HB6455: Climate Displaced Persons Act
- 1Introduced (current step)
- 2Passed One Chamber
- 3Passed Both Chambers
- 4Became Law
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Summary
To establish the Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy, to authorize the admission of climate-displaced persons into the United States, and for other purposes.
Plain-language summary
The Climate Displaced Persons Act would create a new Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy and allow people displaced by climate change to be admitted to the United States. The bill affects immigration policy and climate response efforts. Climate-displaced persons are people forced to leave their homes due to climate-related disasters like flooding or drought. The bill is currently in the introductory stage after being introduced in Congress.
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HB6455: Climate Displaced Persons Act
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Sponsors
Nydia Velazquez
Primary SponsorCo-sponsors (20)
Eleanor Norton
James McGovern
Adriano Espaillat
Jesus Garcia
Jared Huffman