Climate Change Education Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Climate Change Education Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers. The main policy domain is Education, Energy, Government Operations.
Who Benefits and How
schools, students, and education providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, schools, students, and education providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Climate Change Education Act.
- Section idfbb1ea5237844345a6c6e5fdf1829052: 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: The evidence for human-induced climate change is overwhelming and undeniable. According to the Fifth...
- Section idcbaaa66a9def4717aa9288031a2ea0f9: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term climate change education means nonformal and formal interdisciplinary learning at all age levels about— climate change,...
- Section id2f5bc10456bb4ebd933459d2894f0dbf: 4. Climate Change Education Program Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and...
- Section idc9d68d74f9124a35833e8eb54413f4fd: 5. Grants and cooperative agreements Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, as part of the Climate Change Education Program...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Climate Change Education Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.
Key Policy Areas
Education, Energy, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill, Climate Change Education Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- schools, students, and education providers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- schools, students, and education providers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, …
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Ms. Hirono, …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_administrator"
- → The Administrator identified in the operative section
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
nonformal and formal interdisciplinary learning at all age levels about— climate change, climate adaptation and mitigation, climate resilience, and climate justice
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