Real Emergencies Act
HR 4300, the Real Emergencies Act, prohibits the President from declaring national emergencies, major disasters, or public health emergencies under three specific federal laws *based on climate change*. It directly affects the President and federal agencies that manage emergency declarations under the National Emergencies Act, the Stafford Act, and the Public Health Service Act. The bill's key provision explicitly bans using climate change as a justification for these emergency declarations, without altering existing emergency powers for other reasons. This is a procedural restriction on executive authority, not a change to climate policy or emergency response mechanisms.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jun 22, 2023
Last action Jun 23, 2023
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Total actions
4
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Committee
3
Jun 23, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
lower
Jun 23, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Jun 22, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
lower
Jun 22, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 19 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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Party
State
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August Pfluger
RRepublican
Co
Beth Van Duyne
RRepublican
Co
Bob Good
RRepublican
Co
Brian Babin
RRepublican
Co
Byron Donalds
RRepublican
Co
Clay Higgins
RRepublican
Co
Daniel Meuser
RRepublican
Co
Darrell Issa
RRepublican
Co
David Rouzer
RRepublican
Co
Gary J. Palmer
RRepublican
Co
Guy Reschenthaler
RRepublican
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