Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HCR46

Introduced
7/23/25  

Caption

Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States is committed to ensuring a safe and healthy climate for future generations, and thus to restoring the climate.

Impact

The resolution highlights various strategies for climate restoration, including significant carbon dioxide reduction efforts that are necessary to achieve a safe climate by 2050. It specifies a goal of removing around 1 trillion tons of CO2 from the atmosphere over a span of twenty years, with annual removal targets specified. By focusing on scientific development and investment in CO2 removal technologies, HCR46 outlines a path that aligns with the broader goals of achieving net-zero emissions and stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations. This focus is crucial as it will address the numerous adverse effects climate change poses, including on agriculture, human health, and global economies.

Summary

HCR46 expresses the sense of Congress regarding the significance of ensuring a safe and healthy climate for future generations. The concurrent resolution emphasizes the obligation humanity has to restore and maintain a climate that supports human survival, pointing out that prior to the industrial revolution, CO2 levels were consistently below 300 parts per million (ppm), which has since been exceeded, currently standing at approximately 420 ppm. The resolution encapsulates a call for action to both restore atmospheric conditions and aims for long-term sustainability.

Contention

Despite its supportive framing of climate restoration, HCR46 may face challenges and contention from different political and economic sectors. Some critics could argue that achieving such ambitious goals requires significant funding and may necessitate transformational changes to industries and economies reliant on fossil fuels. Furthermore, debates may arise around the prioritization of climate restoration measures compared to immediate economic needs, especially in regions dependent on climate-sensitive industries.

Notable_points

HCR46 also ties into a broader narrative around intergenerational justice, as it highlights the disproportionate effects climate change will have on future generations, particularly the youth. Recognizing the mental health impacts associated with recurrent climate disasters is another notable point, aligning the resolution with more comprehensive concerns regarding the well-being of young people. This approach may stimulate discussions on both the urgency of climate action and the ethical responsibilities that current generations hold towards the future.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

US HR1563

Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States is committed to ensuring a safe and healthy climate for future generations, and thus to restoring the climate.

US HCR56

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.

US HCR37

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.

US SCR9

A concurrent resolution 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.

US SCR13

A concurrent resolution 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.

US HCR86

Expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the United States economy.

US HB9573

Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act of 2024

US HCR122

Expressing the sense of Congress that Operation Legend was successful in reducing and combating violent crime in the largest cities of the United States and that a future presidential administration committed to enforcing and maintaining law and order should consider implementing a similar policy.

US HCR133

Expressing the sense of Congress that public health professionals should be commended for their dedication and service to the United States on Public Health Thank You Day, November 25, 2024.

US SB5054

Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act of 2024

Similar Bills

No similar bills found.