House Natural Resources Committee
Insular Area Climate Change Act
On Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. (EST), the Committee on Natural Resources Office of Insular Affairs will hold a remote legislative hearing on Discussion Draft H.R.__, “Insular Area Climate Change Act.”
The proposed legislation would:- create the Office of Insular Area Energy Policy and Programs to direct energy management, planning, delivery and conservation programs in the territories;
- establish a rebate program for energy-efficient appliances in order to reduce energy demand;
- provide grants to universities and colleges to monitor, collect, synthesize, analyze and publish local climate change data; and
- waive the locally paid portion for federal disaster relief in the territories and the Freely Associated States.
- Gerald M. Zackios – Ambassador to the U.S., Republic of the Marshall Islands
- Ada Monzón – President, EcoExploratorio – Puerto Rico Science Museum
- Jean-Pierre L. Oriol – Commissioner – USVI Department of Planning and Natural Resources
- Rafael A. Machargo Maldonado – Secretary, Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources
- Zena Grecni – Sustained Climate Assessment Specialist, East-West Center
- Dr. Austin Shelton – Director, University of Guam Center for Island Sustainability