S. Con. Res. 22 (Introduced in Senate) — Expressing the sense of Congress that there is a climate emergency which demands a massive-scale mobilization to halt, reverse, and address its consequences and causes.

That it is the sense of Congress that—

(1)

the global warming caused by human activities, which increase emissions of greenhouse gases, has resulted in a climate emergency that—

(A)

severely and urgently impacts the economic and social well-being, health and safety, and national security of the United States; and

(B)

demands a national, social, industrial, and economic mobilization of the resources and labor of the United States at a massive-scale to halt, reverse, mitigate, and prepare for the consequences of the climate emergency and to restore the climate for future generations; and

(2)

nothing in this concurrent resolution constitutes a declaration of a national emergency for purposes of any Act of Congress authorizing the exercise, during the period of a national emergency or other type of declared emergency, of any special or extraordinary power.

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Jul 17, 2019viewing Introduced in Senate Mr. Sanders (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Booker, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms. Warren, and Ms. Harris) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

Expressing the sense of Congress that there is a climate emergency which demands a massive-scale mobilization to halt, reverse, and address its consequences and causes.

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