HI HCR142

Urges the President of the United States and members of Congress to immediately decrease military expenditures and reallocate federal funds to environmental and human protection and debt reduction.

Calls for full integration of climate change national security consequences into national security and defense strategies, recognizing climate change as a threat to national security interests.

Commits the United States to a stronger national and international role in assisting with global climate stabilization and developing global partnerships to address environmental challenges like industrialization and transboundary pollution.

Cites the 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review categorizing climate change impacts as "threat multipliers" and notes that U.S. military spending exceeds the combined expenditures of the next eight nations, six of which are U.S. allies.

Requires transmission of certified copies to the President, Secretary of Energy, Secretary of Defense, and relevant Senate and House committee chairs.