Recognizing that the climate crisis disproportionately affects the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, expressing the sense of Congress that leadership by the United States is still urgently needed to address the climate crisis, and acknowledging the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, science-based, and just climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural carbon sequestration, and put the United States on a path toward stabilizing the climate system.

House Concurrent Resolution 56 is a formal statement expressing the sense of Congress that the United States must take a leading role in addressing the climate crisis to protect the health and future rights of children. The resolution calls for the development of a national, science-based "climate recovery plan" aimed at phasing out fossil fuel emissions and enhancing natural carbon removal, such as through forest and soil conservation. If adopted, this measure would establish a goal of reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide to levels consistent with long-term climate stability by the end of the century. While the resolution does not create new laws or mandates, it serves as a policy framework intended to guide future federal legislation and government action toward a comprehensive transition to a low-carbon economy.