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U.GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-571
SAFEGUARDING AMERICA'S FUTURE AND ENVIRONMENT
ACT
NOVEMBER 16, 2022.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 2872]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 2872) to establish an integrated national approach to re-
spond to ongoing and expected effects of extreme weather and cli-
mate change by protecting, managing, and conserving the fish,
wildlife, and plants of the United States, and to maximize Govern-
ment efficiency and reduce costs, in cooperation with State, local,
and Tribal Governments and other entities, and for other purposes,
having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without
amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 2872 is to establish an integrated national
approach to respond to ongoing and expected effects of extreme
weather and climate change by protecting, managing, and con-
serving the fish, wildlife, and plants of the United States, and to
maximize government efficiency and reduce costs, in cooperation
with state, local, and tribal governments and other entities.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
In the face of climate change, wildlife and plants face increasing
threats, causing shifts in population distributions and phenology
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