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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4932 

To address the disparate impact of climate change on women and support 

the efforts of women globally to address climate change, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 5, 2018 

Ms. LEE (for herself, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. KIHUEN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. MCGOVERN, 

Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. NORTON, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. PAYNE, Mrs. WATSON

COLEMAN, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. ROYBALALLARD, and Ms. MCCOLLUM) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To address the disparate impact of climate change on women 

and support the efforts of women globally to address 

climate change, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Women and Climate Change Act of 2018’’. 


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1 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

2 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 

Sec. 4. Statement of policy. 

TITLE I—STRATEGIES, POLICIES, AND PROGRAMS 

Sec. 101. Federal Interagency Working Group on Women and Climate Change. 

Sec. 102. Development and implementation of strategy and policies to prevent 

and respond to the effects of climate change on women globally. 

TITLE II—OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY 

Sec. 201. Senior coordinator for women and climate change. 

Sec. 202. Briefing and report. 

3 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress finds the following: 

5 (1) Women in the United States and around 

6 the world are the linchpin of families and commu7 nities and are often the first to feel the immediate 

8 and adverse effects of social, environmental, and eco9 nomic stresses on their families and communities. 

10 (2) The United Nations has recognized, as one 

11 of the central organizing principles for its work, that 

12 ‘‘no enduring solution to society’s most threatening 

13 social, economic and political problems can be found 

14 without the full participation, and the full empower15 ment, of the world’s women’’. 

16 (3) The United Nations Development Pro17 gramme 2013 Human Development Report has 

18 found that the number of people living in extreme 


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1 poverty could increase by up to 3,000,000,000 by 

2 2050 unless environmental disasters are averted by 

3 coordinated global action. 

4 (4) Climate change is already forcing vulnerable 

5 communities in developing countries to face unprece6 dented climate stress, including water scarcity and 

7 drought, as well as severe weather events and floods, 

8 which can lead to reduced agricultural productivity, 

9 food insecurity, and increased disease. 

10 (5) Climate change exacerbates issues of scar11 city and lack of accessibility to primary natural re12 sources, forest resources, and arable land for food 

13 production, thereby contributing to increased conflict 

14 and instability, as well as the workload and stresses 

15 on women farmers, who are estimated to produce 60 

16 to 80 percent of the food in most developing coun17 tries. 

18 (6) Women will disproportionately face harmful 

19 impacts from climate change, particularly in poor 

20 and developing nations where women regularly as21 sume increased responsibility for growing the fam22 ily’s food and collecting water, fuel, and other re23 sources. 

24 (7) Epidemics, such as malaria and zika, are 

25 expected to worsen and spread due to variations in 


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1 climate, putting women (especially pregnant mothers 

2 and women who hope to become pregnant) and chil3 dren without access to prevention and medical serv4 ices at risk. 

5 (8) The direct and indirect effects of climate 

6 change have a disproportionate impact on 

7 marginalized women such as refugee and displaced 

8 persons, religious or ethnic minorities, adolescent 

9 girls, and women and girls with disabilities and 

10 those who are living with HIV. 

11 (9) Conflict has a disproportionate impact on 

12 the most vulnerable populations including women, 

13 and is fueled in the world’s poorest regions by 

14 harsher climate, leading to migration, refugee crises, 

15 and conflicts over scarce natural resources including 

16 land and water. 

17 (10) Displaced, refugee, and stateless women 

18 and girls face extreme violence and threats, includ19 ing— 

20 (A) being forced to exchange sex for food 

21 and humanitarian supplies; 

22 (B) being at increased risk of rape, sexual 

23 exploitation and abuse; and 


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1 (C) being at increased risk for HIV, STIs, 

2 unplanned pregnancy, and poor reproductive 

3 health. 

4 (11) It is predicted that climate change will 

5 lead to increasing frequency and intensity of extreme 

6 weather conditions, precipitating the occurrence of 

7 natural disasters around the globe. 

8 (12) The relocation and death of women, and 

9 especially mothers, as a result of climate-related dis10 asters often has devastating impacts on social sup11 port networks, family ties, and the coping capacity 

12 of families and communities. 

13 (13) The ability of women to adapt to climate 

14 change is constrained by a lack of economic free15 doms, property and inheritance rights, as well as ac16 cess to financial resources, education, family plan17 ning and reproductive health, and new tools, equip18 ment, and technology. 

19 (14) Despite a unique capacity and knowledge 

20 to promote and provide for adaptation to climate 

21 change, women often have insufficient resources to 

22 undertake such adaptation. 

23 (15) Women are shown to have a multiplier ef24 fect by using their income and resources, when given 

25 the necessary tools, to increase the well-being of 


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1 their children and families, and thus play a critical 

2 role in reducing food insecurity, poverty, and socio3 economic effects of climate change. 

4 (16) Women are often underrepresented in the 

5 development and formulation of policy regarding 

6 mitigation and adaptation to climate change, even 

7 though they are often in the best position to provide 

8 and consult on adaptive strategies. 

9 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

10 In this Act: 

11 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT12 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com13 mittees’’ means— 

14 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

15 the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

16 of Representatives; and 

17 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

18 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

19 Senate. 

20 (2) CLIMATE CHANGE.—The term ‘‘climate 

21 change’’ means a change of climate that is attrib22 uted directly or indirectly to human activity and al23 tering the composition of the global atmosphere. 

24 (3) DEVELOPING COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘devel25 oping country’’ means those countries classified by 


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1 the World Bank as having a low-income or lower2 middle-income economy. 

3 (4) DISPARATE IMPACT.—The term ‘‘disparate 

4 impact’’ refers to the historic and ongoing impacts 

5 of the pattern and practice of discrimination in em6 ployment, education, housing, banking, health, and 

7 nearly every other aspect of life in the economy, so8 ciety, or culture that have an adverse impact on mi9 norities, women, or other protected groups, regard10 less of whether such practices were motivated by dis11 criminatory intent. 

12 (5) ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS.—The term 

13 ‘‘environmental disasters’’ means specific events 

14 caused by human activity that result in seriously 

15 negative effects on the environment. 

16 (6) ENVIRONMENTAL REFUGEES.—The term 

17 ‘‘environmental refugees’’ means people displaced be18 cause of environmental causes, notably land loss and 

19 degradation, and natural disasters, who have left 

20 their community or country of origin. 

21 (7) EXTREME POVERTY.—The term ‘‘extreme 

22 poverty’’ means having an income level or living 

23 standard at a level of extreme deprivation based on 

24 living with income below 50 percent of the poverty 

25 line as established by the individual country at issue, 


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1 or below $1.90 per day as determined by the World 

2 Bank. 

3 (8) EXTREME WEATHER.—The term ‘‘extreme 

4 weather’’ means unexpected, unusual, unpredictable, 

5 severe, or unseasonal weather that is at the extremes 

6 of the historical distribution range that has been 

7 seen in the past. 

8 (9) FEDERAL AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal 

9 agency’’ means any executive department, Govern10 ment corporation, Government-controlled corpora11 tion, or other establishment in the executive branch 

12 of the Government (including the Executive Office of 

13 the President), or any independent regulatory agen14 cy. 

15 (10) FOOD INSECURITY.—The term ‘‘food inse16 curity’’ means a lack of consistent access to food. 

17 (11) MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES AND

18 POPULATIONS.—The term ‘‘most vulnerable commu19 nities and populations’’ means communities and pop20 ulations, including women, impoverished commu21 nities, children, people with disabilities, and indige22 nous peoples, who are at risk of substantial adverse 

23 impacts of climate change and have limited capacity 

24 to respond to such impacts. 


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1 (12) POVERTY.—The term ‘‘poverty’’ means an 

2 income level and living standard insufficient to meet 

3 basic needs. 

4 SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

5 It is the policy of the United States, in partnership 

6 with affected countries, donor country governments, inter7 national financial institutions, international nongovern8 mental organizations, and civil society groups, especially 

9 those led by women, to combat the leading causes of cli10 mate change, mitigate the effects of climate change on 

11 women and girls, and elevate the participation of women 

12 in policy, program, and community decision-making proc13 esses with respect to climate change, by— 

14 (1) establishing the Federal Interagency Work15 ing Group on Women and Climate Change, mission 

16 of which is to prevent and respond to the effects of 

17 climate change on women globally; and 

18 (2) implementing a coordinated, integrated, evi19 dence-based, and comprehensive strategy on Women 

20 and Climate Change throughout United States poli21 cies in the future. 


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1 TITLE I—STRATEGIES, POLICIES, 

2 AND PROGRAMS 

3 SEC. 101. FEDERAL INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP ON 

4 WOMEN AND CLIMATE CHANGE. 

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

6 Department of State a Federal Interagency Working 

7 Group on Women and Climate Change, which shall be 

8 chaired by the Senior Coordinator for Women and Climate 

9 Change designated pursuant to section 201. Members of 

10 the Working Group shall be selected by their respective 

11 agency heads from the senior ranks of such agencies. The 

12 Working Group shall— 

13 (1) be composed of a senior representative from 

14 each of— 

15 (A) the Department of State, including— 

16 (i) the Office of Global Women’s 

17 Issues; 

18 (ii) the Office of Civil Rights; 

19 (iii) the Bureau of Oceans and Inter20 national Environmental and Scientific Af21 fairs; 

22 (iv) the Bureau of Population, Refu23 gees, and Migration; 

24 (v) the Bureau of Democracy, Human 

25 Rights, and Labor; and 


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1 (vi) the Bureau of International Orga2 nization Affairs; 

3 (B) the Agency for International Develop4 ment; 

5 (C) the Centers for Disease Control and 

6 Prevention; 

7 (D) the Environmental Protection Agency; 

8 (E) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

9 Administration; 

10 (F) the National Institutes of Health; 

11 (G) the National Science Foundation; 

12 (H) the White House Council on Environ13 mental Quality; and 

14 (I) other members as designated by the 

15 Senior Coordinator; 

16 (2) coordinate and integrate the development of 

17 all policies and activities of the Federal Government 

18 across all agencies relating to— 

19 (A) combating the effects of climate 

20 change on women in the international sphere; 

21 and 

22 (B) increasing the Federal Government re23 sponse and strategy to fight climate change for 

24 the security of the United States and the inter25 national community; 


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1 (3) allow each member of the Working Group 

2 to act as a representative for the Working Group 

3 within the Federal department or agency of such 

4 member to facilitate implementation of the Working 

5 Group policies within such department or agency; 

6 (4) ensure that all relevant Federal depart7 ments or agencies comply with appropriate guide8 lines, policies, and directives from the Working 

9 Group, the Department of State, and other Federal 

10 departments or agencies with responsibilities relating 

11 to climate change; 

12 (5) ensure that Federal departments or agen13 cies, State governments, and relevant congressional 

14 committees, in consultation with nongovernmental 

15 organizations and policy experts in the field and 

16 State and local government officials who administer 

17 or direct policy for programs relating to climate 

18 change and women— 

19 (A) have access to, receive, and appro20 priately disseminate best practices in the ad21 ministration of programs; 

22 (B) have adequate resources to maximize 

23 the public awareness of such programs; 

24 (C) increase the reach of such programs; 

25 (D) share relevant data; and 


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1 (E) issue relevant guidance; and 

2 (6) identify and disseminate best practices for 

3 improved data collection on the part of each agency 

4 and department relevant to the disparate impact of 

5 climate change on women, including in— 

6 (A) unpaid care work; 

7 (B) community advocacy, activism, and 

8 representation; 

9 (C) women and girls’ access to education; 

10 (D) access to comprehensive health care, 

11 include reproductive health and rights; 

12 (E) desertification and food insecurity; 

13 (F) community infrastructure, multi-level 

14 Government adaptability, and climate-resilience; 

15 (G) climate and weather-related crisis re16 sponse including safety from gender-based vio17 lence; and 

18 (H) women’s involvement and leadership in 

19 the development of frameworks and policies for 

20 climate resilience. 

21 (b) CONSULTATION PERMITTED.—The Federal 

22 Interagency Working Group may consult and obtain rec23 ommendations from such independent nongovernmental 

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1 ganizations as the Senior Coordinator determines will as2 sist in carrying out the mission of the Office. 

3 (c) FREQUENCY OF MEETING.—The Federal Inter4 agency Working Group shall meet on a quarterly basis to 

5 discuss and develop policies, projects, and programs, and 

6 shall meet with the Senior Coordinator for Women and 

7 Climate Change on a monthly basis to report on and dis8 cuss implementation of such policies, projects, and pro9 grams. 

10 SEC. 102. DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF 

11 STRATEGY AND POLICIES TO PREVENT AND 

12 RESPOND TO THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE 

13 CHANGE ON WOMEN GLOBALLY. 

14 (a) INITIAL STRATEGY.—Not later than 180 days 

15 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Senior 

16 Coordinator for Women and Climate Change and the Am17 bassador-at-Large for the Office of Global Women’s Issues 

18 of the Department of State, in consultation with the Fed19 eral Interagency Working Group, shall develop and submit 

20 to the appropriate congressional committees a United 

21 States National and International Strategy to prevent and 

22 respond to the effects of climate change on women. The 

23 strategy shall include— 


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1 (1) recognizing the disparate impacts of climate 

2 change on women and the efforts of women globally 

3 to address climate change; 

4 (2) taking effective action to prevent and re5 spond to climate change and mitigate the effects of 

6 climate change on women around the world, as well 

7 as to promoting gender equality, economic growth, 

8 public health, racial justice, and human rights; 

9 (3) implementing the United Nations Sustain10 able Development goals listed in subsection (e), 

11 through and beyond 2030, as part of the strategy to 

12 prevent and respond to the effects of climate change 

13 on women globally; 

14 (4) implementing balanced participation of men 

15 and women, especially individuals from the commu16 nities most impacted, in climate change adaptation 

17 and mitigation efforts, including in governance and 

18 diplomatic positions within the United States Gov19 ernment; 

20 (5) working at the local, national, and inter21 national levels, including with individuals, families, 

22 and communities, to prevent and respond to the ef23 fects of climate change on women; 

24 (6) systematically integrating and coordinating 

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1 mate change on women internationally into United 

2 States foreign policy and foreign assistance pro3 grams; 

4 (7) investing in research on climate change 

5 through appropriate Federal departments or agen6 cies and funding of university and independent re7 search groups on the various causes and effects of 

8 climate change; 

9 (8) developing and implementing gender-sen10 sitive frameworks in policies to address climate 

11 change, which account for the specific impacts of cli12 mate change on women; 

13 (9) developing policies to support women who 

14 are particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts 

15 to prepare for, build their resilience, and adapt to 

16 such impacts, including a commitment to increase 

17 education and training opportunities for women to 

18 develop local resilience plans to address the effects 

19 of climate change; 

20 (10) developing and investing in programs for 

21 the education and empowerment of women and girls 

22 in the United States and across the global commu23 nity, including to gather information on how climate 

24 change is affecting their lives and for guidance on 

25 the needs of their families and communities in the 


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1 face of climate change, in coordination with the dip2 lomatic missions of other countries; 

3 (11) consulting with representatives of civil so4 ciety, including nongovernmental organizations, 

5 faith-based organizations, multilateral organizations, 

6 local and international civil society groups, and local 

7 climate change organizations and their beneficiaries 

8 with demonstrated experience in preventing and re9 sponding to the effects of climate change on women; 

10 (12) supporting and building local capacity in 

11 developing countries, including with respect to gov12 ernments at all levels and nongovernmental organi13 zations (especially women-led), to prevent and re14 spond to the effects of climate change on women; 

15 (13) developing programs to empower women in 

16 communities to have a voice in the planning, design, 

17 implementation, and evaluation of strategies to ad18 dress climate change so that their roles and re19 sources are taken into account; 

20 (14) including women in economic development 

21 planning, policies, and practices that directly im22 prove conditions that result from climate change; 

23 (15) integrating a gender approach in all poli24 cies and programs in the United States that are 

25 globally related to climate change; and 


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1 (16) ensuring that such policies and programs 

2 support women globally to prepare for, build resil3 ience for, and adapt to climate change. 

4 (b) UPDATES.—The Senior Coordinator for Women 

5 and Climate Change shall consult with the Federal Inter6 agency Working Group to collect information and feed7 back, to update the strategy and programs to prevent and 

8 respond to the effects of climate change on women glob9 ally. 

10 (c) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not later than 60 

11 days after the date of the submission of the strategy under 

12 subsection (a), the Senior Coordinator for Women and Cli13 mate Change shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

14 committees an implementation plan and budget for the 

15 strategy. 

16 (d) ASSISTANCE AND CONSULTATION.—The Senior 

17 Coordinator for Women and Climate Change shall assist 

18 and provide consultation to the Secretary of State in pre19 venting and responding to the effects of climate change 

20 on women globally. 

21 (e) UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

22 GOALS THROUGH AND BEYOND 2030.—The United Na23 tions Sustainable Development goals listed in this sub24 section are the following: 

25 (1) Ending poverty in all its forms everywhere. 


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1 (2) Ending hunger, achieving food security and 

2 improved nutrition, and promoting sustainable agri3 culture. 

4 (3) Ensuring healthy lives and promote well5 being for all and at all ages. 

6 (4) Ensuring inclusive, equitable, and quality 

7 education and promoting lifelong learning opportuni8 ties for all. 

9 (5) Achieving gender equality and empowering 

10 all women and girls. 

11 (6) Ensuring the availability and sustainable 

12 management of water and sanitation for all. 

13 (7) Ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sus14 tainable and modern energy for all. 

15 (8) Promoting sustained, inclusive, and sustain16 able economic growth, full and productive employ17 ment, and decent work for all. 

18 (9) Building resilient infrastructure, promoting 

19 inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and fos20 tering innovation. 

21 (10) Reducing inequality within and among 

22 countries. 

23 (11) Making cities and human settlements in24 clusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable. 


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1 (12) Ensuring sustainable consumption and 

2 production patterns. 

3 (13) Taking urgent action to combat climate 

4 change and its impacts. 

5 (14) Conserving and sustainably using the 

6 oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable 

7 development. 

8 (15) Protecting, restoring, and promoting sus9 tainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably 

10 managing forests, combating desertification, and 

11 halting and reversing land degradation and biodiver12 sity loss. 

13 (16) Promoting peaceful and inclusive societies 

14 for sustainable development, providing access to jus15 tice for all, and building effective, accountable and 

16 inclusive institutions at all levels. 

17 (17) Strengthening the means of policy imple18 mentation and revitalize the global partnership for 

19 sustainable development. 

20 TITLE II—OVERSIGHT AND 

21 ACCOUNTABILITY 

22 SEC. 201. SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR WOMEN AND CLI23 MATE CHANGE. 

24 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Ambassador-at-Large of 

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1 rent employee serving as a Senior Advisor, or equivalent 

2 role, to serve concurrently as the Senior Coordinator for 

3 Women and Climate Change. 

4 (b) IN GENERAL.—The Senior Coordinator shall— 

5 (1) direct the activities, policies, programs, and 

6 funding of the Department of State relating to the 

7 effects of climate change on women, including with 

8 respect to efforts to prevent and respond to these ef9 fects; 

10 (2) advise the Secretary, the relevant heads of 

11 other Federal departments and independent agen12 cies, and other entities within the Executive Office 

13 of the President, regarding the establishment of— 

14 (A) policies, goals, objectives, and priorities 

15 for addressing and combating the effects of cli16 mate change on women; and 

17 (B) mechanisms to improve the effective18 ness, coordination, impact, and outcomes of 

19 programs relating to addressing and combating 

20 the effects of climate change on women, in co21 ordination with experts in the field, nongovern22 mental organizations, and foreign governments; 

23 and 

24 (3) identify and assist in the resolution of any 

25 disputes that arise between Federal agencies relating 


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1 to policies and programs to address and combat the 

2 effects of climate change on women or other matters 

3 within the responsibility of the Office. 

4 (c) OVERSIGHT.—The Senior Coordinator for Women 

5 and Climate Change shall report to the Ambassador-at6 Large for the Office of Global Women’s Issues and the 

7 Secretary of State. 

8 SEC. 202. BRIEFING AND REPORT. 

9 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact10 ment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Ambas11 sador-at-Large and Senior Coordinator for Women and 

12 Climate Change shall— 

13 (1) brief the appropriate congressional commit14 tees on— 

15 (A) the effects of climate change on 

16 women; and 

17 (B) the prevention and response strategies, 

18 programming, and associated outcomes with re19 spect to climate change; and 

20 (2) submit to the appropriate congressional 

21 committees an assessment of human and financial 

22 resources necessary to fulfill the purposes of and 

23 carry out this Act. 

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