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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4280 

To reduce the health risks of heat by authorizing the National Integrated 

Heat Health Information System Interagency Committee to improve extreme heat preparedness and response, requiring a study, and establishing a grant program to address heat effects, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 22, 2020 

Mr. MARKEY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To reduce the health risks of heat by authorizing the National Integrated Heat Health Information System Interagency Committee to improve extreme heat preparedness 

and response, requiring a study, and establishing a grant 

program to address heat effects, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preventing Health 

5 Emergencies And Temperature-related Illness and Deaths 

6 Act of 2020’’ or the ‘‘Preventing HEAT Illness and 

7 Deaths Act of 2020’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) EXTREME HEAT.—The term ‘‘extreme 

4 heat’’ means heat that exceeds local climatological 

5 norms in terms of any combination of the following: 

6 (A) Duration. 

7 (B) Intensity. 

8 (C) Seasonality. 

9 (D) Frequency. 

10 (2) HEAT.—The term ‘‘heat’’ means any com11 bination of the parameters associated with modu12 lating human thermoregulation and perceived tem13 perature, such as temperature, humidity, solar expo14 sure, and wind speed. 

15 (3) HEAT EVENT.—The term ‘‘heat event’’ 

16 means an occurrence of extreme heat that may have 

17 heat-health implications. 

18 (4) HEAT-HEALTH.—The term ‘‘heat-health’’ 

19 means health effects to humans from heat, including 

20 from vulnerability and exposure, or the risk of such 

21 effects. 

22 (5) PLANNING.—The term ‘‘planning’’ means 

23 activities performed on multiple time scales (includ24 ing days, weeks, months, and years) with scenario25 based or probabilistic information to identify and 

26 take actions to proactively mitigate heat-health risks 


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1 from increased heat waves and increased ambient 

2 temperature. 

3 (6) PREPAREDNESS.—The term ‘‘preparedness’’ 

4 means activities performed with probabilistic or de5 terministic information to manage risk in advance of 

6 a heat event. 

7 SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 

8 Congress makes the following findings: 

9 (1) Extreme heat events have been the leading 

10 cause of weather-related death in the United States 

11 over the last 30 years, according to the Centers for 

12 Disease Control and Prevention and the National 

13 Weather Service. 

14 (2) The fourth National Climate Assessment, 

15 mandated by the Global Change Research Act of 

16 1990 (15 U.S.C. 2921 et seq.) finds that average 

17 annual temperature over the contiguous United 

18 States has increased over the past century, and that 

19 recent decades are the warmest of the past 1.5 mil20 lennia. The National Climate Assessment projects 

21 that the frequency and intensity of extreme high 

22 temperature events will increase in the future as 

23 global temperature increases. 

24 (3) Exposure to extreme heat can also cause 

25 acute heat-related illnesses, such as heat stroke, 


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1 which result in more than 65,000 emergency room 

2 visits each year and exacerbate respiratory and car3 diovascular illnesses. 

4 (4) Heat poses the greatest health risks for 

5 adults older than 65 years of age, young children, 

6 low-income communities, urban communities, com7 munities with low air conditioning prevalence, so8 cially isolated individuals, people with mental or 

9 physical disabilities, workers without sufficient ac10 cess to cooling, athletes, people with pre-existing 

11 conditions, incarcerated individuals, people experi12 encing homelessness, and military personnel. 

13 (5) Heat is a threat to the health and safety of 

14 workers, particularly outdoor workers, such as con15 struction workers, farmworkers, and landscapers, 

16 who are at an elevated risk of heat illness. Between 

17 1992 and 2017, across all occupations, heat was es18 timated to be responsible for an average of 2,700 se19 rious injuries and 30 deaths per year in the United 

20 States. Those figures are likely underestimated due 

21 to underreporting. 

22 (6) Nursing homes, mental health facilities, and 

23 other locations with populations on medication are 

24 especially vulnerable to extreme heat, as medications 

25 can lower the threshold for heat-health incidents. 


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1 (7) Heat exposure is an issue of environmental 

2 justice, as people living in low-income communities, 

3 communities of color, and Tribal communities face a 

4 number of interacting factors that render them more 

5 vulnerable to extreme heat. 

6 (8) The COVID–19 pandemic has led to closure 

7 of many public cooling centers or rendered such cen8 ters inaccessible to individuals concerned about con9 tracting the highly contagious disease. 

10 (9) People in living in low-income communities, 

11 communities of color, and Tribal communities are 

12 affected by disproportionately high rates of under13 lying medical conditions, such as diabetes, asthma, 

14 and hypertension, and a greater risk of contracting 

15 COVID–19 or experiencing serious complications if 

16 infected with COVID–19. Those medical conditions, 

17 among others, can be exacerbated by extreme heat 

18 and lead to more serious illness and death if not 

19 treated immediately. 

20 (10) The impacts of heat on human health are 

21 more severe in urban areas where land surface prop22 erties create an ‘‘urban heat island’’ phenomenon, 

23 particularly in neighborhoods with limited avail24 ability of or access to green spaces, shade, and tree 


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1 cover, higher density of building structures, and 

2 more vehicular traffic. 

3 (11) Limited availability of tree cover and high4 er temperatures are correlated with low-income 

5 neighborhoods in urban areas. In Richmond, Vir6 ginia, Baltimore, Maryland, and Washington, DC, 

7 researchers found that heat risk is disproportion8 ately distributed to communities of color in patterns 

9 associated with segregation and redlining. 

10 (12) Researchers have found that few commu11 nities in the United States have sufficient resources 

12 for heat planning, preparedness, and response. 

13 (13) Researchers have found that long-term, 

14 scenario-based planning as well as heat early warn15 ing systems can result in behavior changes that 

16 lower morbidity and mortality, but individuals un17 aware of heat risks or with low risk perception of 

18 heat are less likely to take appropriate precautions. 

19 (14) The risks associated with extreme heat 

20 have complex interactions and impacts, and the 

21 management of those risks requires an interdiscipli22 nary approach. 

23 (15) Regions and communities that face the 

24 greatest health consequences of extreme heat often 

25 may experience the lowest heat risk perceptions or 


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1 have access to the fewest resources for responding to 

2 extreme heat. 

3 SEC. 4. NATIONAL INTEGRATED HEAT HEALTH INFORMA4 TION SYSTEM INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE. 

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMITTEE.—There is es6 tablished a committee, to be known as the ‘‘National Inte7 grated Heat Health Information System Interagency 

8 Committee’’ (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Com9 mittee’’). 

10 (b) FOCUS.—The Director of the Office of Science 

11 and Technology Policy shall require the Committee to 

12 focus on research and actions for the reduction of health 

13 risks of heat over multiple time scales (including days, 

14 weeks, months, and years). 

15 (c) MEMBERSHIP.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—In order to achieve and 

17 carry out the focus described in subsection (b), the 

18 Committee shall include not fewer than 1 represent19 ative from each of the following: 

20 (A) From the Department of Commerce, 

21 the following: 

22 (i) The National Weather Service. 

23 (ii) The Office of Oceanic and Atmos24 pheric Research, including the Climate 

25 Program Office. 


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1 (iii) The National Institute of Stand2 ards and Technology. 

3 (B) From the Department of Health and 

4 Human Services, the following: 

5 (i) The Centers for Disease Control 

6 and Prevention, including the National In7 stitute for Occupational Safety and Health. 

8 (ii) The Office of the Assistant Sec9 retary of Health and Human Services for 

10 Preparedness and Response. 

11 (iii) The Substance Abuse and Mental 

12 Health Services Administration. 

13 (iv) The National Institutes of 

14 Health. 

15 (C) From the Department of the Interior, 

16 the following: 

17 (i) The Bureau of Indian Affairs. 

18 (ii) The Bureau of Land Manage19 ment. 

20 (D) From the Environmental Protection 

21 Agency, the following: 

22 (i) The Office of Environmental Jus23 tice. 


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1 (ii) The Office of Air and Radiation, 

2 if the Administrator of the Environmental 

3 Protection Agency determines appropriate. 

4 (iii) The Office of Research and De5 velopment, if the Administrator determines 

6 appropriate. 

7 (E) The Federal Emergency Management 

8 Agency. 

9 (F) The Department of Defense. 

10 (G) The Occupational Safety and Health 

11 Administration. 

12 (H) The Department of Agriculture. 

13 (I) The Department of Housing and Urban 

14 Development. 

15 (J) Such other Federal agencies as the Di16 rector considers appropriate. 

17 (2) SELECTION OF REPRESENTATIVES.—The 

18 head of an agency specified in paragraph (1) shall, 

19 in appointing representatives of the agency to the 

20 Committee, select representatives— 

21 (A) from components of the agency that 

22 are most relevant to the responsibilities of the 

23 Committee; or 

24 (B) who have expertise in areas relevant to 

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1 mate prediction, health impacts, environmental 

2 justice, behavioral science, public health hazard 

3 preparedness and response, or mental health 

4 services. 

5 (3) CO-CHAIRS.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—The members of the 

7 Committee shall select 2 members to serve as 

8 co-chairs of the Committee, subject to the ap9 proval of the Director. 

10 (B) TERMS.—Each co-chair shall serve for 

11 a term of not more than 3 years. 

12 (C) SELECTION.—One co-chair shall be 

13 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

14 Administration, and one co-chair shall be from 

15 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

16 (D) RESPONSIBILITIES OF CO-CHAIRS.— 

17 The co-chairs of the Committee shall— 

18 (i) determine the agenda of the Com19 mittee, in consultation with other members 

20 of the Committee; 

21 (ii) direct the work of the Committee; 

22 (iii) convene meetings of the Com23 mittee not less frequently than once each 

24 fiscal quarter; and 


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1 (iv) if necessary, establish a coordina2 tion office for the Committee within the 

3 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin4 istration. 

5 (d) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.—The National Oce6 anic and Atmospheric Administration shall provide tech7 nical and administrative support to the Committee, using 

8 amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Administra9 tion before the date of the enactment of this Act and avail10 able for obligation as of such date. 

11 (e) CONSULTATION.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall consult 

13 with relevant regional, State, Tribal, and local gov14 ernment agencies, research institutions, nongovern15 mental organizations, and medical experts with ex16 pertise in emergency response, environmental health, 

17 or community engagement. 

18 (2) ADVISORY COUNCIL.—Such consultation 

19 may occur through an advisory council established 

20 by the Committee that convenes regularly. 

21 (f) RESPONSIBILITIES.—In carrying out the focus de22 scribed in subsection (b), the Committee shall, in consulta23 tion with the entities described in subsection (e)(1), pro24 mote an integrated, Federal Government-wide approach to 

25 reducing health risks and impacts of heat, including by— 


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1 (1) identifying and harmonizing existing agency 

2 capabilities related to understanding heat risk, pre3 diction, information, warnings, planning, prepared4 ness, and response (including common communica5 tion mechanisms for coordinated Federal informa6 tion needed to manage and reduce health risks from 

7 heat); 

8 (2) building and sustaining networks across cli9 mate, health, medical, and related disciplines and 

10 decision makers— 

11 (A) that support continuous engagement 

12 with Federal, State, local, and Tribal govern13 ments to identify decision-maker and informa14 tion needs, take action, and evaluate effective15 ness; and 

16 (B) that support engagement with inter17 national government and nongovernmental or18 ganizations and other partners to harmonize re19 search and information and knowledge produc20 tion and enhance effective action; 

21 (3) enhancing actionable information to reduce 

22 health-related heat risks on multiple time scales 

23 by— 


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1 (A) enhancing heat-health risk manage2 ment forecasts and information based on user 

3 needs and epidemiological requirements; 

4 (B) providing seamless, integrated heat5 health heat projections and predictions on all 

6 time scales; and 

7 (C) building capacity across climate, public 

8 health, medical, and related communities to de9 fine and deliver research, observations, pre10 diction, vulnerability assessments, health sur11 veillance, and other information needed to sup12 port planning and preparedness on heat-health; 

13 (4) enhancing understanding of heat-related 

14 health risks, vulnerabilities, and risk reduction 

15 through— 

16 (A) supporting improved understanding of 

17 the role of drivers of climate variability and 

18 change in extreme heat; 

19 (B) building mechanistic understanding of 

20 heat-health, from epidemiological, physiological, 

21 economical, and sociological disciplines; and 

22 (C) enhancing understanding of the im23 pacts of and risk management actions for ex24 treme heat events across multiple time scales, 


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1 including the modeling of future risk of extreme 

2 heat; 

3 (5) developing timely, locally relevant, and ac4 cessible communication tools to inform preparedness 

5 and adaptation, including heat early-warning sys6 tems and heat-health action plans that include plan7 ning and preparedness on multiple time scales; 

8 (6) providing a suite of decision support serv9 ices for the reduction of heat-related illness and 

10 mitigation of other effects of extreme heat; 

11 (7) identifying, coordinating, and disseminating 

12 Federal grants and other funding opportunities for 

13 non-Federal entities— 

14 (A) to improve climate, weather, and 

15 health research and analytics to improve heat 

16 preparedness and response for vulnerable and 

17 disadvantaged communities; and 

18 (B) to support longer-term sustained en19 gagement of multisector and interdisciplinary 

20 networks to conduct research and co-produce 

21 knowledge and actionable information; 

22 (8) promoting principles of environmental jus23 tice, including providing guidance for projects and 

24 programs that benefit historically disadvantaged 


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1 communities or communities with significant heat 

2 disparities associated with race or income; and 

3 (9) carrying out such other activities as the 

4 Committee considers appropriate. 

5 (g) STRATEGIC PLAN.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

7 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Committee 

8 shall submit to Congress a 3-year integrated stra9 tegic plan that outlines the goals and projects of the 

10 Committee, including how the Committee will— 

11 (A) improve and coordinate interagency 

12 Federal actions to address health risks of heat; 

13 (B) conduct the study required by section 

14 5(a)(1); and 

15 (C) administer the grant program de16 scribed in section 6. 

17 (2) UPDATES.—Not later than 3 years after the 

18 submission of the strategic plan required by para19 graph (1), and every 3 years thereafter, the Com20 mittee shall submit to Congress an update of the 

21 plan, which shall include progress made toward goals 

22 in the plan and new priorities that emerge. 

23 (3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Committee 

24 shall make the strategic plan required by paragraph 

25 (1) and updates to the plan required by paragraph 


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1 (2) available to the public on an internet website of 

2 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra3 tion, with clear visuals indicating progress toward 

4 goals. 

5 SEC. 5. EXAMINATION OF EXTREME HEAT INFORMATION 

6 AND RESPONSE. 

7 (a) STUDY.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

9 the date of the enactment of this Act, and after con10 sultation with the entities described in section 

11 4(e)(1), the National Integrated Heat Health Infor12 mation System Interagency Committee (in this sec13 tion referred to as the ‘‘Committee’’) shall complete 

14 a study on opportunities for improving data collec15 tion, warning communications, resilience of vulner16 able populations, and response capacity for current 

17 and future heat-affected communities. 

18 (2) ELEMENTS.—The study required by para19 graph (1) shall— 

20 (A) identify policy and research gaps, such 

21 as— 

22 (i) regions of the United States with 

23 the largest gaps between awareness, pre24 paredness, and capacity to address extreme 

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1 (ii) heat-related gaps in data, such 

2 as— 

3 (I) the number of schools, pris4 ons, and other public facilities that 

5 lack air conditioning; 

6 (II) the number of energy black7 outs that occur in the United States 

8 as a result of extreme heat; and 

9 (III) the demographic breakdown 

10 of people affected by heat events, in11 cluding by race, age, gender, occupa12 tion, and income; 

13 (B) consider the feasibility of enhancing 

14 existing nationwide data collection on heat-re15 lated illnesses and mortalities to improve and 

16 ensure consistent collection of national-level 

17 heat illness data across all 50 States, terri18 tories, and local jurisdictions; 

19 (C) evaluate mechanisms for financing 

20 heat preparedness; 

21 (D) evaluate the effectiveness of county- or 

22 local-level heat awareness and communication 

23 tools, preparedness plans, or mitigation; and 

24 (E) consider such other subjects as the 

25 Committee finds appropriate. 


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1 (3) POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS.— 

2 (A) IN GENERAL.—The study required by 

3 paragraph (1) shall include policy recommenda4 tions for communicating warnings to and pro5 moting resilience of populations vulnerable to 

6 extreme heat. 

7 (B) STRATEGIES.—The recommendations 

8 required by subparagraph (A) may include 

9 strategies for— 

10 (i) effectively distributing extreme 

11 heat warnings, including to individuals 

12 with limited English proficiency and indi13 viduals who are socially isolated or with 

14 other established barriers to such informa15 tion; 

16 (ii) implementing alternatives to pub17 lic cooling centers given concerns related to 

18 COVID–19 and spread of disease in indoor 

19 spaces; 

20 (iii) designing such warnings to con21 vey the urgency and severity of heat events 

22 and achieve behavior changes that reduce 

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1 tigue or confusion with other types of 

2 weather disaster warnings; 

3 (iv) addressing data gaps identified 

4 under paragraph (2)(A)(ii); 

5 (v) promoting community resilience to 

6 heat events and incorporating principles of 

7 environmental justice in community re8 sponse to heat waves; 

9 (vi) regulating against utility compa10 nies shutting off power during heat waves; 

11 and 

12 (vii) establishing labor and other 

13 standards for workers and heat. 

14 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after com15 pleting the study required by subsection (a)(1), the Com16 mittee shall— 

17 (1) make available to the public on an internet 

18 website of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

19 Administration a report on the findings and conclu20 sions of the study; and 

21 (2) submit the report to— 

22 (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

23 and Transportation of the Senate; 

24 (B) the Committee on Health, Education, 

25 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; 


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1 (C) the Committee on Science, Space, and 

2 Technology of the House of Representatives; 

3 (D) the Committee on Energy and Com4 merce of the House of Representatives; and 

5 (E) the Committee on Education and 

6 Labor of the House of Representatives. 

7 SEC. 6. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS TO ADDRESS EX8 TREME HEAT AND HEALTH RISKS. 

9 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 

10 the date of the enactment of this Act, the National Inte11 grated Heat Health Information System Interagency 

12 Committee (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Com13 mittee’’) shall establish and administer a community heat 

14 resilience grant program to provide Federal grants to ame15 liorate human health impacts of extreme heat events. 

16 (b) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Projects eligible to receive 

17 a grant under this section may include the following: 

18 (1) Projects for cool roofs, cool pavements, 

19 urban forestry or tree plantings, the provision of 

20 shade, cooling centers that abide by applicable 

21 guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and 

22 Prevention relating to COVID–19, building retro23 fitting for cooling, and high-efficiency air condi24 tioning acquisitions or upgrades. 

25 (2) Projects— 


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1 (A) to expand public awareness of heat 

2 risks; 

3 (B) to communicate risks and warnings to 

4 isolated communities; and 

5 (C) to educate such communities about 

6 how to respond to extreme heat events. 

7 (3) Other projects that the Committee deter8 mines will achieve a significant reduction in heat ex9 posure or resilience to extreme heat events. 

10 (c) PROJECT PROPOSALS.—To be eligible to receive 

11 a grant under this section, an entity shall— 

12 (1) demonstrate that the entity has any permits 

13 or other authorizations from local, State, Federal, 

14 and Tribal government agencies necessary to carry 

15 out the project or provide evidence demonstrating 

16 general support from such agencies; 

17 (2) demonstrate community engagement and 

18 partnerships; 

19 (3) provide to the Committee environmental 

20 and demographic information, using EJSCREEN 

21 data or a similar environmental justice mapping and 

22 screening tool, for the community in which the 

23 project is located; and 

24 (4) provide to the Committee any other infor25 mation the Committee determines appropriate. 


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1 (d) PROJECT SELECTION.— 

2 (1) DEVELOPMENT OF CRITERIA.— 

3 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall 

4 develop criteria for the selection of entities to 

5 receive grants under this section for proposed 

6 projects. 

7 (B) CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing cri8 teria under subparagraph (A), the Committee 

9 shall take into account the following: 

10 (i) Extent of heat risk reduction, in11 cluding temperature difference or number 

12 of people affected. 

13 (ii) Risk reduction for the most vul14 nerable groups, including low-income com15 munities, communities of color, Tribal 

16 communities, elderly individuals, and indi17 viduals on medications. 

18 (iii) Cost-effectiveness. 

19 (iv) Efforts to ensure that projects do 

20 not contribute to gentrification. 

21 (v) Equitable distribution of heat 

22 mitigation benefits. 

23 (vi) Co-benefits such as other climate, 

24 health, or environmental benefits such as 


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1 air quality improvement, energy efficiency, 

2 or reduced energy use. 

3 (2) PRIORITIES.—In selecting entities to receive 

4 grants under this section, the Committee shall 

5 prioritize projects that provide the following: 

6 (A) Benefits for historically disadvantaged 

7 communities and communities with significant 

8 heat disparities associated with race or income. 

9 (B) Benefits to regions identified in the 

10 study under section 5(a)(2)(A)(i) as having 

11 large preparedness gaps. 

12 (e) USE OF FUNDS.—A grant awarded under this 

13 section to an entity to carry out a project may be used 

14 by the entity only— 

15 (1) to carry out the project, including adminis16 tration, design, permitting, entry into negotiated in17 direct cost rate agreements, and construction; and 

18 (2) to monitor, collect, and report data on the 

19 performance (including performance over time) of 

20 the project. 

21 (f) COST-SHARING.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para23 graph (2), an entity that receives a grant under this 

24 section to carry out a project shall provide, from 

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1 as in-kind matching from private entities) valued at 

2 not less than 25 percent of the total cost, including 

3 administrative costs, of the project. 

4 (2) REDUCED MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR

5 CERTAIN COMMUNITIES.—The Committee may re6 duce or waive the matching requirement under para7 graph (1) for an entity representing a community or 

8 nonprofit organization if— 

9 (A) the entity submits to the Committee in 

10 writing— 

11 (i) a request for such a reduction or 

12 waiver and, in the case of a request for a 

13 reduction, the amount of the reduction; 

14 and 

15 (ii) a justification for why the entity 

16 cannot meet the matching requirement; 

17 and 

18 (B) the Committee agrees with the jus19 tification. 

20 (g) LIMITATION ON GRANT QUANTITY AND SIZE.— 

21 In carrying out this section, the Committee may not award 

22 to an entity— 

23 (1) more than 1 grant for which the entity is 

24 the lead applicant; or 


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1 (2) a grant that is in an amount that is more 

2 than $2,500,000. 

3 (h) REPORTING.—The Committee shall require each 

4 entity receiving a grant under this section to, not later 

5 than 1 year after the date on which the entity receives 

6 the grant, and annually thereafter until the completion of 

7 the project, submit to the Committee a report on— 

8 (1) the activities carried out under the project; 

9 and 

10 (2) the effectiveness of the project in reducing 

11 heat risk or promoting heat awareness and response. 

12 SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

13 (a) NATIONAL INTEGRATED HEAT HEALTH INFOR14 MATION SYSTEM INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE; EXAMINA15 TION OF EXTREME HEAT INFORMATION AND RE16 SPONSE.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the 

17 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to 

18 carry out sections 4 and 5, including for any administra19 tive costs for the National Integrated Heat Health Infor20 mation System Interagency Committee, the following: 

21 (1) For fiscal year 2021, $20,000,000. 

22 (2) For fiscal year 2022, $20,000,000. 

23 (3) For fiscal year 2023, $18,000,000. 

24 (4) For fiscal year 2024, $18,000,000. 

25 (5) For fiscal year 2025, $18,000,000. 


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1 (b) FEDERAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS TO ADDRESS EX2 TREME HEAT AND HEALTH RISKS.—There are authorized 

3 to be appropriated to the National Oceanic and Atmos4 pheric Administration to carry out section 6 the following: 

5 (1) For fiscal year 2021, $10,000,000. 

6 (2) For fiscal year 2022, $10,000,000. 

7 (3) For fiscal year 2023, $20,000,000. 

8 (4) For fiscal year 2024, $30,000,000. 

9 (5) For fiscal year 2025, $30,000,000. 

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