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SAFE Act

USA116th CongressS-1482| Senate 
| Updated: 5/15/2019
Sheldon Whitehouse

Sheldon Whitehouse

Democratic Senator

Rhode Island

Cosponsors (8)
Dianne Feinstein (Democratic)Kamala D. Harris (Democratic)Thomas R. Carper (Democratic)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Jeff Merkley (Democratic)Gary C. Peters (Democratic)Ron Wyden (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)

Environment and Public Works Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Safeguarding America's Future and Environment Act or the SAFE Act The bill requires the development of strategies to help fish, wildlife, and plants adapt to extreme weather changes and climate change. Specifically, the bill requires the President to establish an interagency National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy Joint Implementation Working Group. The working group must adopt the 2013 National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy, which addresses the effects of extreme weather and climate change on fish, wildlife, and plants. After the Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences releases a periodic scientific assessment required under the U.S. Global Change Research Program, the working group must use sound science to review and revise the strategy to incorporate new information and advances in the development of strategies to help fish, wildlife, and plants adapt. Each federal agency must integrate the strategy into agency plans, environmental reviews, and programs. The Department of the Interior must establish a National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center to assess and develop scientific information, tools, strategies, and techniques to support the working group and other interested parties in addressing the effects of extreme weather and climate change. Interior must establish an Advisory Committee on Climate Change and Natural Resource Sciences to advise the working group.
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Timeline
May 15, 2019
Introduced in Senate
May 15, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Sep 1, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-2748
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 385.
  • May 15, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 15, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.


  • September 1, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-2748
    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 385.

Environmental Protection

Related Bills

  • HR 116-2748: SAFE Act
Advisory bodiesAir qualityAnimal protection and human-animal relationshipsAquatic ecologyAtmospheric science and weatherClimate change and greenhouse gasesDepartment of the InteriorEcologyEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchExecutive agency funding and structureFishesIndian lands and resources rightsMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesScientific communicationState and local government operationsWildlife conservation and habitat protection

SAFE Act

USA116th CongressS-1482| Senate 
| Updated: 5/15/2019
Safeguarding America's Future and Environment Act or the SAFE Act The bill requires the development of strategies to help fish, wildlife, and plants adapt to extreme weather changes and climate change. Specifically, the bill requires the President to establish an interagency National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy Joint Implementation Working Group. The working group must adopt the 2013 National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy, which addresses the effects of extreme weather and climate change on fish, wildlife, and plants. After the Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences releases a periodic scientific assessment required under the U.S. Global Change Research Program, the working group must use sound science to review and revise the strategy to incorporate new information and advances in the development of strategies to help fish, wildlife, and plants adapt. Each federal agency must integrate the strategy into agency plans, environmental reviews, and programs. The Department of the Interior must establish a National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center to assess and develop scientific information, tools, strategies, and techniques to support the working group and other interested parties in addressing the effects of extreme weather and climate change. Interior must establish an Advisory Committee on Climate Change and Natural Resource Sciences to advise the working group.
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Timeline
May 15, 2019
Introduced in Senate
May 15, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Sep 1, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-2748
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 385.
  • May 15, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 15, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.


  • September 1, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-2748
    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 385.
Sheldon Whitehouse

Sheldon Whitehouse

Democratic Senator

Rhode Island

Cosponsors (8)
Dianne Feinstein (Democratic)Kamala D. Harris (Democratic)Thomas R. Carper (Democratic)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Jeff Merkley (Democratic)Gary C. Peters (Democratic)Ron Wyden (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)

Environment and Public Works Committee

Environmental Protection

Related Bills

  • HR 116-2748: SAFE Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Advisory bodiesAir qualityAnimal protection and human-animal relationshipsAquatic ecologyAtmospheric science and weatherClimate change and greenhouse gasesDepartment of the InteriorEcologyEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchExecutive agency funding and structureFishesIndian lands and resources rightsMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesScientific communicationState and local government operationsWildlife conservation and habitat protection