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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3190 

To amend title 31, United States Code, to enhance the Federal Government’s 

planning and preparation for extreme weather, and the Federal Government’s dissemination of best practices to respond to extreme weather, 

thereby increasing resilience, improving regional coordination, and mitigating the financial risk to the Federal Government from such extreme 

weather. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 23, 2015 

Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Mr. LANCE, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. PETERS, Mr. 

BLUMENAUER, Ms. NORTON, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. HONDA, Mr. HASTINGS, 

Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. POLIS, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. KIND, 

Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. FARENTHOLD, 

and Mr. GARAMENDI) introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition 

to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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 amend title 31, United States Code, to enhance the 

Federal Government’s planning and preparation for extreme weather, and the Federal Government’s dissemination of best practices to respond to extreme weather, 

thereby increasing resilience, improving regional coordination, and mitigating the financial risk to the Federal 

Government from such extreme weather. 


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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 ‘‘Preparedness and Risk 

5 Management for Extreme Weather Patterns Assuring Re6 silience and Effectiveness Act of 2015’’ or the ‘‘PRE7 PARE Act of 2015’’. 

8 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

9 The Congress finds the following: 

10 (1) The Government Accountability Office in11 cluded the need to address extreme weather in its 

12 2013 and 2015 High Risk List by declaring that 

13 this complex, cross-cutting issue ‘‘presents a signifi14 cant financial risk to the Federal Government’’ and 

15 that the Government would be better positioned to 

16 respond to extreme weather events if the Federal ef17 forts were more coordinated. 

18 (2) The GAO further found that there are no 

19 programs to monitor and independently validate the 

20 effectiveness and sustainability of agency measures 

21 to address the challenges posed to Federal insurance 

22 programs by extreme weather and that there is not 

23 a systematic method to distribute information to 

24 State and local governments. 


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1 (3) The United States has sustained 178 

2 weather-related disasters since 1980 where overall 

3 costs reached or exceeded $1 billion, with a total 

4 cost exceeding $1 trillion. 

5 (4) In the past four years, extreme weather 

6 events resulted in 253 Presidential major disaster 

7 declarations, 1,286 fatalities, and $227 billion in 

8 economic losses with 42 of these events each inflict9 ing at least $1 billion in damage. 

10 (5) In 2012, the Federal Government spent 

11 nearly $100 billion because of droughts, storms, 

12 floods, and forest fires, and the costs of extreme 

13 weather in the United States totaled almost 1 per14 cent of the Nation’s gross domestic product. 

15 (6) Every dollar spent on hazard mitigation 

16 brings a $4 return on investment. 

17 (7) The Federal Government has a number of 

18 non-permanent efforts underway to address extreme 

19 weather, including those outlined in Executive Order 

20 13693, in Executive Order 13653, in Executive 

21 Order 13690, in Homeland Security Presidential Di22 rective 20, in Presidential Policy Directive 8, and in 

23 individual Agency Adaptation Plans. 

24 (8) The Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task 

25 Force recommendations included taking a resiliency 


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1 approach to planning, design, and rebuilding in 

2 order to mitigate impacts of future extreme weather3 related events. 

4 (9) In order to help communities plan for fu5 ture extreme weather-related events, the National 

6 League of Cities urges the Federal Government to 

7 provide financial and technical assistance to help 

8 local governments assess vulnerabilities and mitigate 

9 such future events and to share best practices and 

10 resiliency strategies. 

11 (10) According to the U.S. Global Change Re12 search Program, future impacts of extreme weather 

13 project national economic losses on the order of $1.2 

14 trillion through 2050. 

15 (11) The property insurance industry called for 

16 State and local governments to adopt measures to 

17 increase resilience to present and future risks of ex18 treme weather and for the sharing of ‘‘science-based 

19 information’’ to better inform public policy and deci20 sionmaking at all levels of government and com21 merce. 


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1 SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO EXTREME WEATHER 

2 RESILIENCE, PREPAREDNESS, AND RISK 

3 MANAGEMENT. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle VI of title 31, United 

5 States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 97 the 

6 following new chapter: 

7 ‘‘CHAPTER 99—EXTREME WEATHER RESIL8 IENCE, PREPAREDNESS, AND RISK 

9 MANAGEMENT 

‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR EXTREME WEATHER RESILIENCE, 

PREPAREDNESS, AND RISK MANAGEMENT

‘‘9901. Interagency Council on Extreme Weather Resilience, Preparedness, and 

Risk Management. 

‘‘9902. Agency planning for extreme weather-related risks. 

‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—ASSISTANCE IN IDENTIFYING THE BEST AVAILABLE

SCIENCE AND EXTREME WEATHER RESILIENCE, PREPAREDNESS, AND RISK

MANAGEMENT BEST PRACTICES

‘‘9911. Website. 

‘‘9912. Requesting adequate funding. 

‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—REGIONAL COORDINATION

‘‘9921. Inventory. 

‘‘9922. Meetings. 

‘‘9923. Progress Updates. 

‘‘SUBCHAPTER IV—DEFINITIONS

‘‘9931. Definitions. 


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1 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR 

2 EXTREME WEATHER RESILIENCE, PRE3 PAREDNESS, AND RISK MANAGEMENT 

4 ‘‘§ 9901. Interagency Council on Extreme Weather Re5 silience, Preparedness, and Risk Manage6 ment 

7 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President shall estab8 lish a council to be known as the ‘Interagency Council on 

9 Extreme Weather Resilience, Preparedness, and Risk 

10 Management’. 

11 ‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Interagency Council shall 

12 be composed of— 

13 ‘‘(1) senior officials (Deputy Secretary or equiv14 alent officer), to be appointed by the President, in15 cluding a representative from— 

16 ‘‘(A) the Council on Environmental Qual17 ity; 

18 ‘‘(B) the Office of Science and Technology 

19 Policy; 

20 ‘‘(C) the National Security Council; 

21 ‘‘(D) the Office of Management and Budg22 et; 

23 ‘‘(E) the Department of Transportation; 

24 ‘‘(F) the Environmental Protection Agen25 cy; 


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1 ‘‘(G) the National Oceanic and Atmos2 pheric Administration; 

3 ‘‘(H) the Department of Energy; and 

4 ‘‘(I) the Department of Homeland Secu5 rity; and 

6 ‘‘(2) senior Federal representatives, to be ap7 pointed by the President, who have policy expertise 

8 and policy responsibilities in the areas of— 

9 ‘‘(A) economic policy; 

10 ‘‘(B) foreign affairs; 

11 ‘‘(C) defense and intelligence; 

12 ‘‘(D) homeland security; 

13 ‘‘(E) energy; 

14 ‘‘(F) environmental protection; 

15 ‘‘(G) natural resources; 

16 ‘‘(H) coasts, oceans, rivers, and 

17 floodplains; 

18 ‘‘(I) agriculture; 

19 ‘‘(J) health; 

20 ‘‘(K) transportation, infrastructure; 

21 ‘‘(L) housing; 

22 ‘‘(M) education; 

23 ‘‘(N) extreme weather data analysis or me24 teorological science; 

25 ‘‘(O) social science; 


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1 ‘‘(P) strategic planning; and 

2 ‘‘(Q) other areas the President determines 

3 appropriate. 

4 ‘‘(c) CO-CHAIRPERSONS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Interagency Council 

6 shall be co-chaired by one or more members ap7 pointed by the President as co-chairpersons, one of 

8 whom shall be the member identified in subsection 

9 (b)(1)(D). 

10 ‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The co-chairpersons shall— 

11 ‘‘(A) oversee the Interagency Council’s re12 sponse to the Government Accountability Of13 fice’s recommendations under subsection (f)(5); 

14 ‘‘(B) use the evaluation framework and 

15 performance metrics developed pursuant to sub16 section (f)(6) to evaluate agency progress in 

17 meeting the goals and implementing the prior18 ities described in subsection (f)(1)(A); and 

19 ‘‘(C) work to ensure that sufficient re20 sources are available for agencies to— 

21 ‘‘(i) meet the goals and implement the 

22 priorities described in subsection (f)(1)(A); 

23 and 

24 ‘‘(ii) implement the recommendations 

25 developed under subsection (f)(2). 


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1 ‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION.—The co-chairpersons of the 

2 Interagency Council (or staff designed by the co-chair3 persons) shall provide administrative support and addi4 tional resources, as appropriate, to the Interagency Coun5 cil to the extent permitted by law and within existing ap6 propriations. The Interagency Council co-chairpersons 

7 shall determine the amount of funding and personnel nec8 essary for the Interagency Council to carry out its duties 

9 and the amount of funding and personnel each agency rep10 resented on the Interagency Council should contribute in 

11 order for the Interagency Council to carry out such duties. 

12 Agencies shall, upon the request of the co-chairpersons of 

13 the Interagency Council, make available personnel, admin14 istrative support services, and information to the Inter15 agency Council. 

16 ‘‘(e) STRUCTURE.— 

17 ‘‘(1) STEERING COMMITTEE.—The co-chair18 persons of the Interagency Council shall designate a 

19 subset of members of the Interagency Council to 

20 serve on a steering committee. Such steering com21 mittee shall assist the Interagency Council in deter22 mining its priorities and its strategic direction. 

23 ‘‘(2) WORKING GROUPS.—The co-chairpersons 

24 of the Interagency Council and its steering com25 mittee may establish working groups as needed. 


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1 ‘‘(f) DUTIES OF THE INTERAGENCY COUNCIL.— 

2 ‘‘(1) GOALS AND PRIORITIES.— 

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Interagency 

4 Council shall establish Governmentwide goals 

5 and priorities for extreme weather resilience, 

6 preparedness, and risk management. In estab7 lishing such goals and priorities, the Inter8 agency Council shall consider the National Oil 

9 and Hazardous Materials Pollution Contingency 

10 Plan, agency continuity of operations plans, the 

11 National Preparedness Goal, the National Glob12 al Change Research Plan, and all relevant pro13 visions of the Government Accountability Of14 fice’s High-Risk Series. 

15 ‘‘(B) INCORPORATION INTO AGENCY AC16 TIVITIES.—In carrying out subparagraph (A), 

17 the Interagency Council shall, in order to en18 sure that information relating to extreme 

19 weather resilience, preparedness, and risk man20 agement is incorporated into everyday agency 

21 activities— 

22 ‘‘(i) work with agencies to assist such 

23 agencies in considering the goals and prior24 ities described in subparagraph (A) in 


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1 agency strategic, programmatic, and budg2 et planning; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) identify details to be included in 

4 agency extreme weather plans. 

5 ‘‘(2) PRIORITY INTERAGENCY FEDERAL AC6 TIONS.—The Interagency Council shall develop, rec7 ommend, coordinate, and track implementation of 

8 priority interagency Federal Government actions re9 lated to extreme weather resilience, preparedness, 

10 and risk management. 

11 ‘‘(3) SUPPORT REGIONAL, STATE, LOCAL, AND

12 TRIBAL ACTIONS.—The Interagency Council shall 

13 support regional, State, local, and tribal action to 

14 assess extreme weather-related vulnerabilities and 

15 cost effectively increase extreme weather resilience, 

16 preparedness, and risk management of communities, 

17 critical economic sectors, natural and built infra18 structure, and natural resources, including by— 

19 ‘‘(A) conducting inventories under section 

20 9921; 

21 ‘‘(B) convening meetings under section 

22 9922; and 

23 ‘‘(C) providing guidance to agencies to 

24 produce tools and products that enhance ex25 treme weather resilience planning and actions, 


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1 including guidance on how to prioritize funding 

2 in order to produce such tools and products. 

3 ‘‘(4) METEOROLOGICAL AND EXTREME WEATH4 ER SCIENCE.—The Interagency Council shall facili5 tate the integration of meteorological and extreme 

6 weather science, in addition to other scientific dis7 ciplines such as physical, natural, and social science 

8 that the Council deems appropriate, in the policies 

9 and planning of agencies and the private sector, in10 cluding by— 

11 ‘‘(A) promoting the development of innova12 tive, actionable, and accessible Federal extreme 

13 weather resilience, preparedness, and risk man14 agement-related information, data, tools, and 

15 examples of successful actions at appropriate 

16 scales for decisionmakers; and 

17 ‘‘(B) providing such information, data, 

18 tools, and examples to the agency or agencies 

19 designated under section 9911 to include on the 

20 website established and maintained or des21 ignated pursuant to such section. 

22 ‘‘(5) HIGH-RISK REPORT RECOMMENDA23 TIONS.—The Interagency Council shall assess the 

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1 countability Office’s High-Risk Series, identify the 

2 feasibility of revising Federal programs to implement 

3 such recommendations, and develop a plan to ad4 dress such recommendations when feasible. 

5 ‘‘(6) FRAMEWORK AND PERFORMANCE

6 METRICS.—The Interagency Council shall use exist7 ing and emerging science to develop or adopt— 

8 ‘‘(A) a framework for evaluating the 

9 progress and success of extreme weather resil10 ience, preparedness, and risk management-re11 lated efforts that is complementary to any na12 tional indicator system developed as part of the 

13 National Climate Assessment; and 

14 ‘‘(B) performance metrics that allow track15 ing of the actions taken and progress made to16 ward meeting the goals and implementing the 

17 priorities described in paragraph (1)(A). 

18 ‘‘(7) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CEQ AND

19 OMB.—The Interagency Council shall provide rec20 ommendations to the Council on Environmental 

21 Quality and Office of Management and Budget on 

22 how agencies should— 

23 ‘‘(A) update agency extreme weather plans; 

24 and 


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1 ‘‘(B) remove barriers to State and local ex2 treme weather resilience, preparedness, and risk 

3 management, in agency regulations, guidance, 

4 and policies. 

5 ‘‘(8) PUBLIC INPUT AND COMMENT.—The 

6 Interagency Council shall solicit and incorporate 

7 public input and comment as appropriate into the 

8 decisions of the Interagency Council. 

9 ‘‘(9) INVENTORY AND MEETINGS.—The Inter10 agency Council shall conduct inventories under sec11 tion 9921 and convene meetings under section 9922. 

12 ‘‘(10) DEFINITION OF EXTREME WEATHER.— 

13 The Interagency Council may consider, in consulta14 tion with appropriate scientific bodies, what other 

15 weather events (in addition to those described in sec16 tion 9931(3)) qualify as extreme weather for pur17 poses of this chapter. 

18 ‘‘(11) OTHER DUTIES.—The Interagency Coun19 cil shall carry out any other duties the co-chair20 persons of the Interagency Council determine appro21 priate. 

22 ‘‘(12) PUBLIC INFORMATION.—The Interagency 

23 Council shall— 

24 ‘‘(A) make information available online— 


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1 ‘‘(i) for tracking implementation of 

2 agency extreme weather plans and Govern3 mentwide goals and priorities described in 

4 paragraph (1)(A); and 

5 ‘‘(ii) on recommendations relating to 

6 extreme weather in all relevant provisions 

7 of the Government Accountability Office’s 

8 High-Risk Series; and 

9 ‘‘(B) make such High-Risk Series and the 

10 reports submitted under paragraph (13) avail11 able as the Council determines appropriate. 

12 ‘‘(13) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than one 

13 year after the date of enactment of this chapter, and 

14 annually thereafter, the Interagency Council shall 

15 submit to Congress, and make available to the 

16 United States Global Change Research Program for 

17 inclusion in any interim report that supports the 

18 National Climate Assessment, and in the National 

19 Climate Assessment, a report that— 

20 ‘‘(A) describes how the goals and priorities 

21 described in paragraph (1)(A) are being met 

22 and implemented using— 

23 ‘‘(i) the performance metrics devel24 oped under paragraph (6)(B); and 

25 ‘‘(ii) information on— 


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1 ‘‘(I) agency expenditures, broken 

2 down by program activity level if prac3 ticable, that are directly related to ex4 treme weather resilience, prepared5 ness, and risk management, including 

6 extreme weather resilience, prepared7 ness, and risk management of Federal 

8 facilities; and 

9 ‘‘(II) the effectiveness of such ex10 penditures, along with associated fi11 nancial impacts and community, in12 frastructure, and environmental bene13 fits, to the extent such data are avail14 able; 

15 ‘‘(B) provides recommendations to enhance 

16 the effectiveness of such implementation and 

17 sets benchmarks to meet; 

18 ‘‘(C) describes the progress of the regional 

19 coordination efforts described in subchapter III; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(D) includes a summary of public com22 ments solicited under paragraph (8) and any 

23 action the Interagency Council took to respond 

24 to such comments. 


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1 ‘‘(g) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out paragraphs 

2 (2) through (12) of subsection (f), the Interagency Council 

3 shall consult with agencies, State, local, and tribal govern4 ments, academic and research institutions, and the private 

5 and nonprofit sectors. 

6 ‘‘(h) CEQ GUIDANCE.—The Chairman of the Council 

7 on Environmental Quality, taking into consideration the 

8 recommendations provided by the Interagency Council 

9 under subsection (f)(7), shall issue guidance to agencies 

10 on— 

11 ‘‘(1) developing agency extreme weather plans; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(2) developing agency regulations, guidance, 

14 and policies to remove barriers to State and local ex15 treme weather resilience, preparedness, and risk 

16 management. 

17 ‘‘§ 9902. Agency planning for extreme weather-related 

18 risks 

19 ‘‘(a) AGENCY EXTREME WEATHER RESILIENCE, 

20 PREPAREDNESS, AND RISK MANAGEMENT PLANS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) AGENCY SUBMISSION.—Not later than 1 

22 year after the date of enactment of this chapter, and 

23 every 2 years thereafter, each agency shall submit to 

24 the Office of Management and Budget and to the 

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1 grates consideration of extreme weather into such 

2 agency’s operations and overall mission objectives 

3 (hereinafter referred to as an ‘agency extreme 

4 weather plan’). 

5 ‘‘(2) HEARING.—Not later than 1 year after 

6 the date of enactment of this chapter, and every 2 

7 years thereafter, the Director of the Office of Man8 agement and Budget shall convene an interagency 

9 budget crosscut and policy hearing to review and in10 tegrate all the agency extreme weather plans and to 

11 ensure that such extreme weather plans and the ac12 tivities of agencies align with the goals and priorities 

13 established under section 9901(f)(1)(A). 

14 ‘‘(3) OMB SUBMISSION.—The Director of the 

15 Office of Management and Budget shall, upon re16 ceipt of all agency extreme weather plans in a given 

17 year, consolidate, and submit to Congress, such 

18 plans. 

19 ‘‘(b) INCLUSIONS.—Each agency extreme weather 

20 plan shall include— 

21 ‘‘(1) identification and assessment of extreme 

22 weather-related impacts on, and risks to— 

23 ‘‘(A) the agency’s ability to accomplish its 

24 missions, operations, and programs; and 

25 ‘‘(B) State and local entities; 


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1 ‘‘(2) identification and assessment of barriers 

2 posed by Federal programs the agency administers 

3 to State and local extreme weather resilience, pre4 paredness, and risk management efforts; 

5 ‘‘(3) a description of programs, policies, and 

6 plans the agency has already put in place, as well as 

7 additional actions the agency will take, to manage 

8 extreme weather risks in the near term and build re9 silience in the short and long term; 

10 ‘‘(4) a description of how the agency will con11 sider the need to improve extreme weather resilience, 

12 preparedness, and risk management, including the 

13 costs and benefits of such improvement, with respect 

14 to agency suppliers, supply chain, real property in15 vestments, and capital equipment purchases, includ16 ing by updating agency policies for leasing, building 

17 upgrades, relocation of existing facilities and equip18 ment, and construction of new facilities; 

19 ‘‘(5) a description of how the agency will sup20 port any ongoing or future public/private partner21 ship to improve extreme weather resilience, pre22 paredness, and risk management, including the cost 

23 and benefits of technology improvements, hardening, 

24 or rapid restoration; 


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1 ‘‘(6) a description of how the agency will con2 tribute to coordinated interagency efforts to support 

3 extreme weather resilience, preparedness, and risk 

4 management at all levels of government, including 

5 collaborative work across agencies’ regional offices 

6 and hubs, and through coordinated development of 

7 information, data, and tools, consistent with sub8 chapter III; and 

9 ‘‘(7) any other details identified by the Inter10 agency Council under section 9901(f)(1)(B)(ii). 

11 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—ASSISTANCE IN IDENTI12 FYING THE BEST AVAILABLE SCIENCE AND 

13 EXTREME WEATHER RESILIENCE, PRE14 PAREDNESS, AND RISK MANAGEMENT 

15 BEST PRACTICES 

16 ‘‘§ 9911. Website 

17 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Interagency Council shall 

18 designate an agency or agencies to establish, maintain, or 

19 designate a website that provides timely, actionable, and 

20 accessible information, data, and tools on current and fu21 ture risks related to extreme weather, preparedness, resil22 ience, and risk management, to support State, local, tribal, 

23 private sector, and other decisionmakers. 

24 ‘‘(b) INTERAGENCY PROGRESS.—The website estab25 lished or designated under subsection (a), shall identify 


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1 interagency progress, and propose the next interagency 

2 steps, towards responding to threats posed by extreme 

3 weather. 

4 ‘‘(c) BEST PRACTICES.—The website established or 

5 designated under subsection (a) shall provide best prac6 tices and examples from State, regional, and local deci7 sionmakers in the public and private sectors about how 

8 to use extreme weather-related information in planning 

9 and decisionmaking. 

10 ‘‘(d) INTERAGENCY COUNCIL INFORMATION AND

11 TOOLS.—The website established or designated under 

12 subsection (a) shall include the information, data, tools, 

13 and examples provided by the Interagency Council pursu14 ant to section 9901(f)(4). 

15 ‘‘(e) BEST AVAILABLE METEOROLOGICAL

16 SCIENCE.—The website established or designated under 

17 subsection (a) shall identify best available meteorological 

18 science relating to extreme weather resilience, prepared19 ness, and risk management. 

20 ‘‘(f) PUBLIC OUTREACH AND EDUCATION.—The 

21 Interagency Council shall designate one or more agencies 

22 to conduct outreach and educational activities to inform 

23 the public and local and State decisionmakers about the 

24 tools and information available on the website established 

25 or designated under subsection (a). 


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1 ‘‘§ 9912. Requesting adequate funding 

2 ‘‘The Director of the Office of Management and 

3 Budget shall work with the United States Global Change 

4 Research Program to ensure that adequate funding is re5 quested— 

6 ‘‘(1) for the National Climate Assessment; 

7 ‘‘(2) for the website established or designated 

8 under section 9911; and 

9 ‘‘(3) to otherwise carry out this chapter. 

10 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—REGIONAL COORDINATION 

11 ‘‘§ 9921. Inventory 

12 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

13 date of enactment of this chapter, and every 2 years there14 after, the Interagency Council, or a working group of such 

15 Interagency Council established by the co-chairpersons 

16 thereof, shall conduct and publish an inventory of all re17 gional offices, centers, and programs of agencies that are 

18 assisting with extreme weather resilience, preparedness, 

19 and risk management efforts at the State or local level, 

20 including— 

21 ‘‘(1) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad22 ministration’s regional programs; 

23 ‘‘(2) the Department of the Interior’s Fish and 

24 Wildlife Service Landscape Conservation Coopera25 tives; 


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1 ‘‘(3) the United States Geological Survey’s Cli2 mate Science Centers; 

3 ‘‘(4) the Department of Agriculture’s Climate 

4 Hubs; 

5 ‘‘(5) the regional offices of— 

6 ‘‘(A) the Environmental Protection Agen7 cy; 

8 ‘‘(B) the Federal Emergency Management 

9 Agency; 

10 ‘‘(C) the Department of Transportation; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(D) the Forest Service; 

13 ‘‘(6) the division offices of the Army Corps of 

14 Engineers; and 

15 ‘‘(7) such other offices, centers, and programs 

16 or other agency efforts as determined appropriate by 

17 the Interagency Council. 

18 ‘‘(b) ASSISTANCE DESCRIBED.—An inventory con19 ducted and published under subsection (a) shall include 

20 a description of the assistance each agency office, center, 

21 or program is providing to assist with extreme weather 

22 resilience, preparedness, and risk management efforts at 

23 the State or local level. 


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1 ‘‘§ 9922. Meetings 

2 ‘‘Not later than 6 months after the publication of 

3 each inventory under section 9921, the Interagency Coun4 cil shall convene a meeting of representatives of the of5 fices, centers, and programs included in such inventory to 

6 develop plans to coordinate the efforts of such offices, cen7 ters, and programs and facilitate efficient services to 

8 stakeholders. At such meetings, such representatives 

9 shall— 

10 ‘‘(1) share information regarding their office, 

11 center, or program’s extreme weather resilience, pre12 paredness, and risk management efforts; 

13 ‘‘(2) identify opportunities for collaboration and 

14 coordination of research agendas, extreme weather 

15 assessment activities, vulnerability assessments, data 

16 collection and analysis, and planning and imple17 menting extreme weather resilience, preparedness, 

18 and risk management projects; 

19 ‘‘(3) identify extreme weather resilience, pre20 paredness, and risk management information needs, 

21 research gaps, and decision support needs that are 

22 not met by any of the offices, centers, or programs 

23 included in the inventory under section 9921 and 

24 make available such identification for purposes of in25 formation to be submitted to the Interagency Coun26 cil under section 9923; 


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1 ‘‘(4) identify common and complementary goals 

2 for extreme weather resilience, preparedness, and 

3 risk management within each region to be prioritized 

4 for the coming year and beyond; 

5 ‘‘(5) identify barriers to regional extreme 

6 weather resilience, preparedness, and risk manage7 ment planning and implementation that can be over8 come or minimized through Federal action and spe9 cific suggestions for improvement; 

10 ‘‘(6) evaluate progress and jointly develop a 

11 strategy for realizing extreme weather resilience, 

12 preparedness, and risk management-related goals, 

13 including clearly identified responsibilities by each 

14 collaborating regional office, center, or program; and 

15 ‘‘(7) share experiences and best practices in 

16 stakeholder engagement and communication, deci17 sion support, and science-practice interactions that 

18 support the realization of identified extreme weather 

19 resilience, preparedness, and risk management goals. 

20 ‘‘§ 9923. Progress Updates 

21 ‘‘Not later than 90 days after each meeting under 

22 section 9922, each agency that participates in such meet23 ing shall submit to the Interagency Council, and make 

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1 ment, information describing progress in regional coordi2 nation and collaboration in aligning Federal resilience, 

3 preparedness, and risk management efforts at the State 

4 and local level, and the benefits of such regional coordina5 tion and collaboration. 

6 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER IV—DEFINITIONS 

7 ‘‘§ 9931. Definitions 

8 ‘‘In this chapter: 

9 ‘‘(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘agency’ means an 

10 Executive agency, as defined in section 105 of title 

11 5, United States Code, excluding the Government 

12 Accountability Office. 

13 ‘‘(2) AGENCY EXTREME WEATHER PLAN.—The 

14 term ‘agency extreme weather plan’ means a plan 

15 required under section 9902(a). 

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

17 weather’ includes observed or anticipated severe and 

18 unseasonable atmospheric conditions, including 

19 drought, wildfire, heavy precipitation, hurricanes, 

20 tornadoes and other windstorms (including 

21 derechos), extreme heat, extreme cold, sustained 

22 temperatures or precipitation that deviate from his23 torical averages, and any other weather event that 

24 the Interagency Council determines qualifies as ex25 treme weather pursuant to section 9901(f)(10). 


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1 ‘‘(4) INTERAGENCY COUNCIL.—The term ‘Inter2 agency Council’ means the Interagency Council on 

3 Extreme Weather Resilience, Preparedness, and 

4 Risk Management established under section 9901(a). 

5 ‘‘(5) NATIONAL CLIMATE ASSESSMENT.—The 

6 term ‘National Climate Assessment’ means the as7 sessment required under section 106 of the Global 

8 Change Research Act of 1990 (15 U.S.C. 2936). 

9 ‘‘(6) NATIONAL GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH

10 PLAN.—The term ‘National Global Change Research 

11 Plan’ means the National Global Change Research 

12 Plan developed under section 104 of the Global 

13 Change Research Act of 1990 (15 U.S.C. 2934), or 

14 any revision thereof. 

15 ‘‘(7) PREPAREDNESS.—The term ‘preparedness’ 

16 means actions taken to plan, organize, equip, train, 

17 and exercise to build, apply, and sustain the capa18 bilities necessary to prevent, protect against, amelio19 rate the effects of, respond to, and recover from ex20 treme weather related damages to life, health, prop21 erty, livelihoods, ecosystems, and national security. 

22 ‘‘(8) RESILIENCE.—The term ‘resilience’ means 

23 the ability to anticipate, prepare for, and adapt to 

24 changing conditions and withstand, respond to, and 

25 recover rapidly from disruptions. 


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1 ‘‘(9) UNITED STATES GLOBAL CHANGE RE2 SEARCH PROGRAM.—The term ‘United States Global 

3 Change Research Program’ means the United States 

4 Global Change Research Program established under 

5 section 103 of the Global Change Research Act of 

6 1990 (15 U.S.C. 2933).’’. 

7 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of chapters 

8 at the beginning of subtitle VI of title 31, United States 

9 Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 

10 chapter 97 the following new item: 

‘‘99. Extreme weather resilience, preparedness, and risk 

management ............................................................ 9901’’. 

11 SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT TO INCLUDE AGENCY EXTREME 

12 WEATHER PLAN IN AGENCY PERFORMANCE 

13 PLAN. 

14 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Section 1115(b) of title 31, 

15 United States Code, is amended— 

16 (1) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

17 end; 

18 (2) in paragraph (10), by striking the period at 

19 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

20 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

21 paragraph: 

22 ‘‘(11) describe the most recent agency extreme 

23 weather plan, as required under section 9902 of this 

24 title.’’. 


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1 (b) AGENCIES COVERED.—Section 1115(h)(1) of 

2 such title is amended by inserting before the semicolon 

3 at the end the following: ‘‘except that, for purposes of sub4 section (b)(11), the definition of ‘agency’ in section 9931 

5 of this title shall apply’’. 

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