# 117-hconres-31: Recognizing that the climate crisis is disproportionately affecting the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, recognizing the importance of renewed leadership by the United States in addressing the climate crisis, and recognizing the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, and science-based climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural sequestration, and put the United States on a path towards stabilizing the climate system.

117-hconres-31, Recognizing that the climate crisis is disproportionately affecting the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, recognizing the importance of renewed leadership by the United States in addressing the climate crisis, and recognizing the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, and science-based climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural sequestration, and put the United States on a path towards stabilizing the climate system., is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change. (as of 2026-10-15).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hconres-31
- Congress: 117
- Title: Recognizing that the climate crisis is disproportionately affecting the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, recognizing the importance of renewed leadership by the United States in addressing the climate crisis, and recognizing the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, and science-based climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural sequestration, and put the United States on a path towards stabilizing the climate system.
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
- Introduced: 2021-04-21
- Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL)
- Cosponsors: 54
- Policy area: Environmental Protection
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-15

## Summary

Recognizing that the climate crisis is disproportionately affecting the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, recognizing the importance of renewed leadership by the United States in addressing the climate crisis, and recognizing the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, and science-based climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural sequestration, and put the United States on a path towards stabilizing the climate system.

## Cosponsors (54)

- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51] (D-CA), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Newman, Marie [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jones, Mondaire [D-NY-17] (D-NY), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] (D-MN), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] (D-CO), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5] (D-GA), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25] (D-NY), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (D-FL), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3] (D-MD), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] (D-CA), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7] (D-CA), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bowman, Jamaal [D-NY-16] (D-NY), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37] (D-CA), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2021-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] (D-NC), 2021-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3] (D-MA), 2021-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2021-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2021-05-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15] (D-NY), 2021-05-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL), 2021-05-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2021-05-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7] (D-CO), 2021-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4] (D-VA), 2021-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. San Nicolas, Michael F. Q. [D-GU-At Large] (D-GU), 2021-06-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2022-05-13T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hconres-31 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/31)

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