The Federal Legislative Response to Climate Change

Note: Legislation sometimes moves faster than the official sources reflect. We are keeping this page as up to date as possible.

32

Bills Pending In Congress

0

Bill Passed At Least One Chamber

0

Bill Enacted Into Law

Summary of Current Climate-Related Legislation

Title	Status	Probability of Enactment	Date of Most Recent Action
A bill to require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Securities and Exchange Commission to issue an annual report to Congress projecting and accounting for the economic costs directly and indirectly caused by the impacts of climate change, to require the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to establish a Federal Advisory Panel on the Economics of Climate Change, and for other purposes. GovTrack	Introduced	Awaiting Bill Text	2021-03-04
To build a clean and prosperous future by addressing the climate crisis, protecting the health and welfare of all Americans, and putting the Nation on the path to a net-zero greenhouse gas economy by 2050, and for other purposes. GovTrack	Introduced	Awaiting Bill Text	2021-03-02
A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to require transportation planners to consider projects and strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and for other purposes. GovTrack	Introduced	Awaiting Bill Text	2021-02-24
A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a grant program to protect vulnerable mothers and babies from climate change risks, and for other purposes. GovTrack	Introduced	Awaiting Bill Text	2021-02-24
FEMA Climate Change Preparedness Act GovTrack	Introduced	3%	2021-02-08
National Climate Bank Act GovTrack	Introduced	34%	2021-02-08
Justice for Black Farmers Act of 2021 GovTrack	Introduced	34%	2021-02-08
Protecting Moms and Babies Against Climate Change Act GovTrack	Introduced	3%	2021-02-08
Climate Action Planning for Ports Act of 2021 GovTrack	Introduced	4%	2021-02-05
Clean Energy and Sustainability Accelerator Act GovTrack	Introduced	6%	2021-02-04
Climate Emergency Act of 2021 GovTrack	Introduced	7%	2021-02-04
GREEN Act of 2021 GovTrack	Introduced	15%	2021-02-04
FEMA Climate Change Preparedness Act GovTrack	Introduced	3%	2021-02-03
Climate Resilient Transportation Infrastructure Study Act GovTrack	Introduced	1%	2021-02-03
Climate and Health Protection Act GovTrack	Introduced	3%	2021-02-03
Sustainable Aviation Fuel Act GovTrack	Introduced	1%	2021-02-03
Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act GovTrack	Introduced	22%	2021-02-02
Shovel-Ready Restoration Grants for Coastlines and Fisheries Act of 2021 GovTrack	Introduced	6%	2021-02-01
Environmental Justice Mapping and Data Collection Act of 2021 GovTrack	Introduced	4%	2021-01-28
Environmental Justice Mapping and Data Collection Act of 2021 GovTrack	Introduced	4%	2021-01-28
Build America's Libraries Act GovTrack	Introduced	4%	2021-01-28
Climate Smart Ports Act GovTrack	Introduced	6%	2021-01-28
Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act GovTrack	Introduced	25%	2021-01-28
San Francisco Bay Restoration Act GovTrack	Introduced	1%	2021-01-28
Green Bus Act of 2021 GovTrack	Introduced	1%	2021-01-28
Energy Resilient Communities Act GovTrack	Introduced	4%	2021-01-25
California Land Protection Act GovTrack	Introduced	3%	2021-01-25
California Central Coast Conservation Act GovTrack	Introduced	1%	2021-01-25
To ensure transparency with Congress and the American people by requiring that the President report to Congress on a nationally determined contribution to the Paris Agreement prior to the submission of the nationally determined contribution to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat and to provide that nothing in the Paris Agreement may be used to establish or demonstrate the existence of a violation of United States law or an offense against the law of nations in United States courts, and for other purposes. GovTrack	Introduced	Awaiting Bill Text	2021-01-21
Women and Climate Change Act of 2021 GovTrack	Introduced	4%	2021-01-11
Blue Collar to Green Collar Jobs Development Act of 2021 GovTrack	Introduced	3%	2021-01-04
Community Parks Revitalization Act GovTrack	Introduced	3%	2021-01-04

The Federal Regulatory Response to Climate Change

16

Regulations and Proclamations Published

9

Agencies Involved

Summary of Climate-Related Regulations

Title	Agency	Publication Date
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting	Department of Commerce	2021-03-08
America's Supply Chains	Executive Office of the President	2021-03-01
Energy Conservation Program: Procedures for Use in New or Revised Energy Conservation Standards and Test Procedures for Consumer Products and Commercial/Industrial Equipment; Prioritization Process	Department of Energy	2021-02-19
National Environmental Policy Act Guidance on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions	Council on Environmental Quality	2021-02-19
FY 2021 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Low or No Emission Grant Program	Department of Transportation	2021-02-18
ONRR 2020 Valuation Reform and Civil Penalty Rule: Delay of Effective Date; Request for Public Comment	Department of the Interior	2021-02-12
Energy Labeling Rule	Federal Trade Commission	2021-02-12
Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2019	Environmental Protection Agency	2021-02-12
Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs To Resettle Refugees and Planning for the Impact of Climate Change on Migration	Executive Office of the President	2021-02-09
Agricultural Conservation Easement Program	Department of Agriculture	2021-02-04
Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad	Executive Office of the President	2021-02-01
Tribal Consultation and Strengthening Nation-to-Nation Relationships	Executive Office of the President	2021-01-29
Redressing Our Nation's and the Federal Government's History of Discriminatory Housing Practices and Policies	Executive Office of the President	2021-01-29
Modernizing Regulatory Review	Executive Office of the President	2021-01-26
Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis	Executive Office of the President	2021-01-25
Revocation of Certain Executive Orders Concerning Federal Regulation	Executive Office of the President	2021-01-25

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Our A.I. platform ingests and analyzes policy data from official government websites and identifies proposed policies related to climate change based on the associated text of legislation and Federal Register publications. These policies are further filtered to exclude bills and regulations that we predict are unlikely to be significant. For background on some of the enactment prediction methods we employ, see this paper.

The data are updated multiple times per day, but the official government sources themselves sometimes have a lag of several hours or longer.

The charts display cumulative activity over time. This means that each point is the sum of the number of actions taken, bills published, etc taken on or before that day. We measure time from the beginning of the 117th Congress (for legislation) and from President Biden's inauguration (for regulations).