# 118-hconres-56: Recognizing that the climate crisis disproportionately affects the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, expressing the sense of Congress that leadership by the United States is still urgently needed to address the climate crisis, and acknowledging the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, science-based, and just climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural carbon sequestration, and put the United States on a path toward stabilizing the climate system.

118-hconres-56, Recognizing that the climate crisis disproportionately affects the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, expressing the sense of Congress that leadership by the United States is still urgently needed to address the climate crisis, and acknowledging the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, science-based, and just climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural carbon sequestration, and put the United States on a path toward stabilizing the climate system., is a 118th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials. (as of 2026-10-15).

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## Facts
- Bill: 118-hconres-56
- Congress: 118
- Title: Recognizing that the climate crisis disproportionately affects the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, expressing the sense of Congress that leadership by the United States is still urgently needed to address the climate crisis, and acknowledging the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, science-based, and just climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural carbon sequestration, and put the United States on a path toward stabilizing the climate system.
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
- Introduced: 2023-07-13
- Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL)
- Cosponsors: 84
- Policy area: Environmental Protection
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-15

## Summary

Recognizing that the climate crisis disproportionately affects the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, expressing the sense of Congress that leadership by the United States is still urgently needed to address the climate crisis, and acknowledging the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, science-based, and just climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural carbon sequestration, and put the United States on a path toward stabilizing the climate system.

## Cosponsors (84)

- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16] (D-TX), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bush, Cori [D-MO-1] (D-MO), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crockett, Jasmine [D-TX-30] (D-TX), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5] (D-GA), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3] (D-MD), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (D-FL), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3] (D-MA), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] (D-MN), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] (D-CA), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mullin, Kevin [D-CA-15] (D-CA), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12] (D-PA), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hoyle, Val T. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] (D-HI), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10] (D-FL), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] (D-NC), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51] (D-CA), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25] (D-NY), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37] (D-CA), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42] (D-CA), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6] (D-OR), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4] (D-NC), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] (D-CO), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] (D-PA), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52] (D-CA), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] (D-CT), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3] (D-KY), 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2023-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2023-08-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] (D-NY), 2023-08-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2023-08-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bowman, Jamaal [D-NY-16] (D-NY), 2023-08-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2023-08-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2023-08-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2023-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large] (D-VT), 2023-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA), 2023-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ivey, Glenn [D-MD-4] (D-MD), 2023-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10] (D-NY), 2023-08-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2] (D-LA), 2023-08-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2023-08-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] (D-CA), 2023-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7] (D-CA), 2023-11-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2023-11-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC), 2024-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE), 2024-07-30T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 118-hr-82: Social Security Fairness Act of 2023
- 118-hr-14: John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2023
- 118-hr-11: Freedom to Vote Act
- 118-hr-15: Equality Act
- 118-hr-4121: Right to Contraception Act
- 118-hr-2708: Latonya Reeves Freedom Act of 2023

## Sources
- [118-hconres-56 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/56)

## Related
- [118-hr-82: Social Security Fairness Act of 2023](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/118-hr-82)
- [118-hr-14: John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2023](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/118-hr-14)
- [118-hr-11: Freedom to Vote Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/118-hr-11)
- [118-hr-15: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/118-hr-15)
- [118-hr-4121: Right to Contraception Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/118-hr-4121)
- [118-hr-2708: Latonya Reeves Freedom Act of 2023](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/118-hr-2708)
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