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Calendar No. 624 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2510 

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

Heat Health Information System Program within the National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration and the National Integrated Heat 

Health Information System Interagency Committee to improve extreme 

heat preparedness, planning, and response, requiring a study, and establishing financial assistance programs to address heat effects, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 28, 2021 

Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. PADILLA, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. ROSEN, Mrs. 

FEINSTEIN, Ms. SINEMA, and Mr. WARNOCK) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 

Science, and Transportation 

DECEMBER 12, 2022 

Reported by Ms. CANTWELL, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To reduce the health risks of heat by establishing the National Integrated Heat Health Information System Program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Integrated Heat Health 

Information System Interagency Committee to improve 

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quiring a study, and establishing financial assistance programs 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 2021’’ or the ‘‘Preventing HEAT Illness and 

7 Deaths Act of 2021’’. 

8 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

9 In this Act: 

10 (1) ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY.— 

11 The term ‘‘environmental justice community’’ means 

12 a community with significant representation of com13 munities of color, low-income communities, or Tribal 

14 and indigenous communities, that experiences, or is 

15 at risk of experiencing, higher or more adverse 

16 human health or environmental effects, as compared 

17 to other communities. 

18 (2) EXTREME HEAT.—The term ‘‘extreme 

19 heat’’ means heat that exceeds local climatological 

20 norms in terms of any combination of the following: 

21 (A) Duration. 

22 (B) Intensity. 

23 (C) Season length. 

24 (D) Frequency. 


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1 (3) HEAT.—The term ‘‘heat’’ means any com2 bination of the parameters associated with modu3 lating human thermal regulation, such as air tem4 perature, humidity, solar exposure, and wind speed. 

5 (4) HEAT EVENT.—The term ‘‘heat event’’ 

6 means an occurrence of extreme heat that may have 

7 heat-health implications. 

8 (5) HEAT-HEALTH.—The term ‘‘heat-health’’ 

9 means health effects to humans from heat, during or 

10 outside of heat events, including from vulnerability 

11 and exposure, or the risk of such effects. 

12 (6) PLANNING.—The term ‘‘planning’’ means 

13 activities performed across timescales (including 

14 days, weeks, months, years, and decades) with sce15 nario-based, probabilistic or deterministic informa16 tion to identify and take actions to proactively miti17 gate heat-health risks from increased frequency, du18 ration, and intensity of heat waves and increased 

19 ambient temperature. 

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

21 means activities performed across timescales (includ22 ing days, weeks, months, years, and decades) with 

23 probabilistic or deterministic information to manage 

24 risk in advance of a heat event and increased ambi25 ent temperature. 


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1 (8) URBAN HEAT ISLAND.—The term ‘‘urban 

2 heat island’’ means the phenomenon observed in ur3 banized areas in which heat is more extreme than in 

4 the surrounding exurban areas and heat is hetero5 geneously distributed within urbanized areas, due to 

6 factors including— 

7 (A) low albedo and impervious surfaces; 

8 (B) low vegetation coverage; and 

9 (C) waste heat produced in urban areas. 

10 SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 

11 Congress makes the following findings: 

12 (1) Extreme heat events have been the leading 

13 cause of weather-related death in the United States 

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

15 Disease Control and Prevention and the National 

16 Weather Service. 

17 (2) The fourth National Climate Assessment, 

18 mandated by the Global Change Research Act of 

19 1990 (15 U.S.C. 2921 et seq.), finds that during the 

20 next few decades, annual average temperature over 

21 the contiguous United States is projected to increase 

22 by a further 2.2°F relative to current temperatures, 

23 regardless of future scenarios. The National Climate 

24 Assessment projects that the frequency and intensity 


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1 of extreme heat events will increase in the future as 

2 global temperature increases. 

3 (3) Exposure to extreme heat can cause acute 

4 heat-related illnesses, such as heat stroke, which al5 ready result in more than 65,000 emergency room 

6 visits each year and exacerbate respiratory and car7 diovascular illnesses. 

8 (4) Heat poses the greatest health risks for 

9 adults older than 65 years of age, pregnant people, 

10 young children, low-income communities, urban com11 munities, communities with low air conditioning 

12 prevalence, socially isolated individuals, people with 

13 mental or physical disabilities, people with under14 lying medical conditions, agricultural or other out15 door workers, workers without sufficient access to 

16 cooling, athletes, incarcerated individuals, people ex17 periencing homelessness, and military personnel. 

18 (5) Increasingly common environmental expo19 sures exacerbated by climate change, such as ex20 treme heat, are significantly associated with serious 

21 adverse pregnancy outcomes across the United 

22 States. Those adverse pregnancy outcomes dis23 proportionately impact Black mothers. 

24 (6) Heat exposure is an issue of environmental 

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


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1 communities of color, and Tribal communities face a 

2 number of interacting factors that render them more 

3 vulnerable to extreme heat. 

4 (7) The impacts of heat on human health are 

5 more severe in urban areas where land surface prop6 erties create an urban heat island, particularly in 

7 neighborhoods with limited availability of or access 

8 to green spaces, shade, and tree cover, higher den9 sity of building structures, and more vehicular traf10 fic. 

11 (8) Limited availability of tree cover and higher 

12 temperatures are correlated with low-income neigh13 borhoods in urban areas. In Richmond, Virginia, 

14 Baltimore, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., re15 searchers found that heat risk is disproportionately 

16 distributed to communities of color in patterns asso17 ciated with segregation and redlining. 

18 (9) Researchers have found that few commu19 nities in the United States have sufficient climate 

20 and health information, guidance, and resources for 

21 heat planning, preparedness, and response. 

22 (10) The risks associated with extreme heat 

23 have complex interactions and impacts, and the 

24 management of those risks requires a 

25 transdisciplinary approach. 


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1 (11) Regions, communities, and populations 

2 that face the greatest health consequences of ex3 treme heat often may experience the lowest heat risk 

4 perceptions, have limited incentives, or have access 

5 to the fewest resources for responding to extreme 

6 heat, and as such, may be less likely to take pre7 cautions. 

8 (12) Research on the impacts of extreme heat 

9 on human health and the effectiveness of solutions 

10 under varying climate, social, and other contexts is 

11 stymied by a lack of access to reliable, timely health 

12 observations and surveillance due to proprietary data 

13 rights, expense, privacy and security concerns, incon14 sistent reporting of health outcomes and contribu15 tory factors, poor data integration and interoper16 ability, few incentives and little systematic coordina17 tion to address those problems, and a lack of ade18 quate climate observation, modeling, and assessment 

19 in urban, indoor, and occupational settings. 

20 (13) Integrated climate and health research and 

21 information, when developed in a collaborative, 

22 transdisciplinary manner, can inform long- and me23 dium-range scenario-based planning and decision 

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1 treme heat, and address factors that increase vulner2 ability. 

3 (14) Heat action plans and early warning sys4 tems can reduce heat-related morbidity and mor5 tality by clearly identifying roles and responsibilities 

6 as well as evidence-based actions and thresholds to 

7 enhance preparedness, and by promoting behavior 

8 changes and actions taken by local governments, 

9 communities, and individuals through awareness and 

10 increased risk perception among those most vulner11 able to the health impacts of heat. 

12 SEC. 4. NATIONAL INTEGRATED HEAT HEALTH INFORMA13 TION SYSTEM INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE. 

14 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMITTEE.—There is es15 tablished within the Office of Science and Technology Pol16 icy an interagency committee, to be known as the ‘‘Na17 tional Integrated Heat Health Information System Inter18 agency Committee’’ (in this section referred to as the 

19 ‘‘Committee’’). 

20 (b) PURPOSE.—The Committee shall coordinate, 

21 plan, and direct agencies represented on the Committee 

22 to execute, as appropriate, activities across such agencies 

23 to ensure the National Integrated Heat Health Informa24 tion System Program established by section 5 provides a 

25 united Federal approach to reducing health risks from 


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1 heat across timescales (including days, weeks, months, 

2 years, and decades). 

3 (c) MEMBERSHIP.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—In order to carry out and 

5 achieve the purpose described in subsection (b), the 

6 Committee shall include the following: 

7 (A) The Director of the National Inte8 grated Heat Health Information System Pro9 gram. 

10 (B) Not fewer than 1 representative from 

11 each of the following: 

12 (i) From the Department of Com13 merce, the following: 

14 (I) From the National Oceanic 

15 and Atmospheric Administration, the 

16 following: 

17 (aa) The National Weather 

18 Service. 

19 (bb) The Office of Oceanic 

20 and Atmospheric Research, in21 cluding the Climate Program Of22 fice. 

23 (II) The National Institute of 

24 Standards and Technology. 

25 (III) The Bureau of the Census. 


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1 (ii) From the Department of Health 

2 and Human Services, the following: 

3 (I) The Centers for Disease Con4 trol and Prevention, including the Na5 tional Institute for Occupational Safe6 ty and Health. 

7 (II) The Office of the Assistant 

8 Secretary of Health and Human Serv9 ices for Preparedness and Response. 

10 (III) The Substance Abuse and 

11 Mental Health Services Administra12 tion. 

13 (IV) The National Institutes of 

14 Health. 

15 (iii) From the Department of the In16 terior, the following: 

17 (I) The Bureau of Indian Affairs. 

18 (II) The Bureau of Land Man19 agement. 

20 (iv) From the Environmental Protec21 tion Agency, the following: 

22 (I) The Office of Environmental 

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1 vironmental Protection Agency deter2 mines appropriate. 

3 (III) The Office of Research and 

4 Development, if the Administrator de5 termines appropriate. 

6 (v) The Federal Emergency Manage7 ment Agency. 

8 (vi) The Department of Defense. 

9 (vii) The Occupational Safety and 

10 Health Administration. 

11 (viii) The Department of Agriculture. 

12 (ix) The Department of Housing and 

13 Urban Development. 

14 (x) The Department of Transpor15 tation. 

16 (xi) The Department of Energy. 

17 (xii) Such other Federal agencies as 

18 the Director of the Office of Science and 

19 Technology Policy considers appropriate. 

20 (2) SELECTION OF REPRESENTATIVES.—The 

21 head of an agency specified in paragraph (1)(B) 

22 shall, in appointing representatives of the agency to 

23 the Committee, select representatives who have ex24 pertise in areas relevant to the responsibilities of the 

25 Committee, such as weather and climate prediction, 


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1 health impacts, environmental justice, behavioral 

2 science, public health hazard preparedness and re3 sponse, or mental health services. 

4 (3) CO-CHAIRS.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—The members of the 

6 Committee shall select 2 individuals from 

7 among such members to serve as co-chairs of 

8 the Committee, subject to the approval of the 

9 Director of the Office of Science and Tech10 nology Policy. 

11 (B) SELECTION.— 

12 (i) INITIAL SELECTION.—Of the co13 chairs first selected, one co-chair shall be 

14 from the National Oceanic and Atmos15 pheric Administration and one co-chair 

16 shall be from the Centers for Disease Con17 trol and Prevention. 

18 (ii) SUBSEQUENT SELECTION.—Sub19 sequent co-chairs shall be selected from 

20 among the members of the Committee. 

21 (C) TERMS.—Each co-chair shall serve for 

22 a term of not more than 5 years. 

23 (D) RESPONSIBILITIES OF CO-CHAIRS.— 

24 The co-chairs of the Committee shall— 


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1 (i) determine the agenda of the Com2 mittee, in consultation with other members 

3 of the Committee; 

4 (ii) direct the work of the Committee; 

5 (iii) convene meetings of the Com6 mittee not less frequently than once each 

7 fiscal quarter; and 

8 (iv) if necessary, establish a coordina9 tion office for the Committee within the 

10 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin11 istration. 

12 (d) RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMMITTEE.—The Com13 mittee shall promote an integrated, Federal Government14 wide approach to reducing health risks and impacts of 

15 heat, including by— 

16 (1) developing the strategic plan required by 

17 subsection (e); 

18 (2) overseeing the study required by section 

19 6(a)(1); 

20 (3) coordinating across Federal agencies on 

21 heat-health communication, research, service deliv22 ery, and workforce development; 

23 (4) building capacity and partnerships with 

24 Federal and non-Federal entities; and 


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1 (5) annually preparing a budget for the finan2 cial assistance program under section 7 specifying 

3 how funds will be awarded by the Director of the 

4 National Integrated Heat Health Information Sys5 tem Program in alignment with the strategic plan 

6 required by subsection (e)(1) and in coordination 

7 with the climate and health research grant program 

8 under section 5(d)(2). 

9 (e) STRATEGIC PLAN.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 

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

12 shall submit to Congress a 5-year integrated stra13 tegic plan that outlines the goals and projects of the 

14 Committee, including how the Committee will— 

15 (A) improve coordination and integration 

16 of interagency Federal actions to address health 

17 risks of heat; 

18 (B) conduct the study required by section 

19 6(a)(1); and 

20 (C) oversee the program for providing fi21 nancial assistance under section 7. 

22 (2) UPDATES.—Not later than 5 years after the 

23 submission of the strategic plan required by para24 graph (1), and every 5 years thereafter, the Com25 mittee shall submit to Congress an update of the 


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1 plan, which shall include progress made toward goals 

2 outlined in the plan and new priorities that emerge. 

3 (3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Committee 

4 shall make the strategic plan required by paragraph 

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

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

7 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra8 tion, with clear visuals indicating progress toward 

9 goals. 

10 (f) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.—The Administrator 

11 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

12 shall provide technical and administrative support to the 

13 Committee, using amounts authorized to be appropriated 

14 to the Administration. 

15 (g) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the responsibil16 ities of the Committee, the Committee shall consult with 

17 relevant regional, State, Tribal, and local government 

18 agencies, international organizations and partners, re19 search institutions, nongovernmental organizations and 

20 associations, and medical experts with expertise in emer21 gency response, environmental health, economic or busi22 ness development, or community engagement. 


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1 SEC. 5. NATIONAL INTEGRATED HEAT HEALTH INFORMA2 TION SYSTEM PROGRAM OF THE NATIONAL 

3 OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRA4 TION. 

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 

6 the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research of the 

7 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration a pro8 gram, to be known as the ‘‘National Integrated Heat 

9 Health Information System Program’’. 

10 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the program estab11 lished by subsection (a) is to improve the capacity of the 

12 United States to plan, prepare for, adapt to, and mitigate 

13 health risks of extreme heat across multiple timescales. 

14 (c) DIRECTOR.—The Program shall be headed by a 

15 Director. 

16 (d) RESPONSIBILITIES.—In carrying out the purpose 

17 described in subsection (b), the Director shall carry out 

18 the following responsibilities: 

19 (1) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.— 

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall im21 plement the strategic plan required by section 

22 4(e)(1) by developing and implementing a 

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1 paragraph (A), the Director shall focus on the 

2 following: 

3 (i) Developing and sustaining robust 

4 relationships with climate, public health, 

5 environmental justice, and other Federal 

6 and non-Federal partners and decision7 makers— 

8 (I) to respond to the demand for 

9 actionable information that reduces 

10 health risks on multiple timescales; 

11 and 

12 (II) to develop and deliver timely 

13 and accessible decision support serv14 ices, tools, and information to inform 

15 planning, preparedness, and risk-re16 ducing actions across timescales. 

17 (ii) Coordinating and collaborating 

18 with the international community and glob19 al partners to conduct research and learn 

20 from, leverage, and contribute to global 

21 knowledge. 

22 (iii) Enhancing observations, surveil23 lance, and monitoring necessary for the ac24 tivities described in clauses (i) and (ii). 


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1 (iv) Communicating, educating, and 

2 building awareness and capacity to address 

3 heat risk across communities, sectors, and 

4 timescales. 

5 (v) Implementing and executing the 

6 grant program under paragraph (2) and 

7 the financial assistance program under sec8 tion (7). 

9 (vi) Conducting the study required by 

10 section 6(a)(1). 

11 (2) GRANT PROGRAM.—The Director shall de12 velop and implement a climate and health research 

13 grant program, in coordination with the financial as14 sistance program under section 7 and other Federal 

15 programs— 

16 (A) to improve understanding of— 

17 (i) the climate epidemiology and social 

18 drivers of heat-health vulnerability and 

19 risk; 

20 (ii) the drivers of climate variability, 

21 predictability, and changes in extreme 

22 heat; and 

23 (iii) the impacts of extreme heat and 

24 compound hazards across timescales; 


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1 (B) to investigate and evaluate the effec2 tiveness of risk management actions, interven3 tions, policies, standards, codes, and guidelines; 

4 and 

5 (C) to address other topics as appropriate, 

6 including topics outlined in the strategic plan 

7 required by section 4(e)(1) and relevant to the 

8 study required by section 6(a)(1) and the finan9 cial assistance program under section 7. 

10 (3) ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES.—The Director 

11 shall carry out such other activities as the Com12 mittee considers appropriate. 

13 SEC. 6. STUDY ON EXTREME HEAT INFORMATION AND RE14 SPONSE. 

15 (a) STUDY.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 

17 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 

18 of the National Integrated Heat Health Information 

19 System Program shall, in consultation with the enti20 ties described in section 4(g), complete a study on 

21 extreme heat information and response. 

22 (2) OVERSIGHT.—The National Integrated 

23 Heat Health Information System Interagency Com24 mittee shall oversee the study required by paragraph 

25 (1). 


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1 (3) ELEMENTS.—The study required by para2 graph (1) shall— 

3 (A) identify policy and research gaps, 

4 which may include— 

5 (i) regions of the United States with 

6 the largest gaps between awareness, pre7 paredness, and capacity to address extreme 

8 heat; and 

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

10 as— 

11 (I) the number of schools, pris12 ons, and other public facilities that 

13 lack air conditioning; and 

14 (II) the demographic breakdown 

15 of people affected by heat events, in16 cluding by race, age, gender, occupa17 tion, and income; 

18 (B) provide recommendations for address19 ing gaps with respect to policy, research, oper20 ations, communications, and data, including the 

21 gaps identified under subparagraph (A), affect22 ing heat-health planning, preparedness, re23 sponse, resilience, adaptation, and environ24 mental justice and equity; 


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1 (C) provide such other recommendations as 

2 the Director considers appropriate, which may 

3 include strategies for— 

4 (i) communicating warnings to and 

5 promoting resilience of populations vulner6 able to extreme heat; 

7 (ii) effectively distributing extreme 

8 heat warnings, including to individuals 

9 with limited English proficiency and indi10 viduals who are socially isolated or have 

11 other established barriers to such informa12 tion; 

13 (iii) designing warnings described in 

14 clause (ii) to convey the urgency and sever15 ity of heat events and achieve behavior 

16 changes that reduce the mortality and 

17 morbidity of extreme heat effects, without 

18 creating warning fatigue or confusion with 

19 other types of weather disaster warnings; 

20 (iv) understanding compound and cas21 cading risks, and implementing alternative 

22 heat-health risk reduction interventions to 

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1 ating outdoor cooling locations or increas2 ing ventilation and filtration in indoor cool3 ing centers; 

4 (v) promoting community resilience to 

5 heat events and incorporating principles of 

6 environmental justice in community re7 sponse to heat waves; 

8 (vi) addressing the impacts of extreme 

9 heat on energy cost and availability; and 

10 (vii) establishing labor and other 

11 standards for workers and heat; and 

12 (D) consider such other subjects as the 

13 Committee considers appropriate, which may in14 clude— 

15 (i) the feasibility of enhancing existing 

16 nationwide data collection on heat-related 

17 illnesses and mortalities to improve and 

18 ensure consistent collection of national19 level heat illness data across all 50 States, 

20 territories, and local jurisdictions of the 

21 United States; 

22 (ii) mechanisms for financing heat 

23 preparedness; and 

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1 tion tools, preparedness plans, or mitiga2 tion. 

3 (4) DEVELOPMENT OF DEFINITIONS.—In con4 ducting the study required by paragraph (1), the Di5 rector shall work with heat and health experts to 

6 identify consistent and agreed upon definitions for 

7 heat events, heat waves, and other relevant terms. 

8 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after com9 pleting the study required by subsection (a)(1), the Com10 mittee shall— 

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

12 website of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

13 Administration a report on the findings and conclu14 sions of the study; and 

15 (2) submit the report to— 

16 (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

17 and Transportation of the Senate; 

18 (B) the Committee on Health, Education, 

19 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; 

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

21 Technology of the House of Representatives; 

22 (D) the Committee on Energy and Com23 merce of the House of Representatives; and 

24 (E) the Committee on Education and 

25 Labor of the House of Representatives. 


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1 SEC. 7. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR RESILIENCE IN AD2 DRESSING EXTREME HEAT AND HEALTH 

3 RISKS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

5 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year 

6 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Di7 rector of the National Integrated Heat Health Infor8 mation System Program may, in coordination with 

9 the National Integrated Heat Health Information 

10 System Interagency Committee, establish and ad11 minister a community heat resilience program to 

12 provide financial assistance to eligible entities to 

13 carry out projects described in subsection (e) to 

14 ameliorate human health impacts of extreme heat 

15 events. 

16 (2) REVISION.—Upon completion of the stra17 tegic plan required by section 4(e)(1), the Com18 mittee may revise the community heat resilience pro19 gram to ensure the program aligns with the strategic 

20 plan and is administered in accordance with the 

21 plan. 

22 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the financial assist23 ance provided under this section is to improve community 

24 resilience to heat and heat-health impacts and further sci25 entific research to address adaptation gaps and priorities. 


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1 (c) FORMS OF ASSISTANCE.—Financial assistance 

2 provided under this section may be in the form of con3 tracts, grants, or cooperative agreements. 

4 (d) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—Entities eligible to receive 

5 financial assistance under this section to carry out 

6 projects described in subsection (e) include— 

7 (1) nonprofit entities; 

8 (2) States; 

9 (3) Tribes; 

10 (4) local governments; and 

11 (5) such other entities as the Director deter12 mines to be eligible. 

13 (e) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Projects described in this 

14 subsection include the following: 

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

16 urban forestry or tree plantings and maintenance, 

17 the provision of shade, cooling centers, retrofitting 

18 buildings for cooling, and acquisitions or upgrades of 

19 filtration systems or high-efficiency air conditioning 

20 systems. 

21 (2) Training programs to support the develop22 ment and integration of education and training pro23 grams for identifying and addressing risks associ24 ated with climate change for vulnerable individuals. 

25 (3) Projects— 


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1 (A) to expand public awareness of heat 

2 risks; 

3 (B) to communicate risks and warnings to 

4 geographically, socially, and linguistically iso5 lated communities; 

6 (C) to educate such communities about 

7 how to respond to extreme heat events; and 

8 (D) to further scientific research regarding 

9 extreme heat events. 

10 (4) Other projects that the Director determines 

11 will achieve a significant reduction in heat exposure 

12 or increased resilience to extreme heat events. 

13 (f) PRIORITIES.—In selecting eligible entities to re14 ceive financial assistance under this section, the Director 

15 shall prioritize entities that will carry out projects that 

16 provide benefits for historically disadvantaged commu17 nities and communities with significant heat disparities 

18 associated with race, ethnicity, or income. 

19 (g) DISTRIBUTION OF ASSISTANCE.— 

20 (1) ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND LOW-IN21 COME COMMUNITIES.—Not less than 40 percent of 

22 the amount of financial assistance provided under 

23 this section in any fiscal year shall be provided to el24 igible entities to implement projects described in 


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1 subsection (e) in environmental justice communities 

2 or low-income communities. 

3 (2) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—The Director 

4 shall seek to equitably distribute financial assistance 

5 provided under this section based on geographic lo6 cation or such other factors as the Director deter7 mines appropriate. 

8 (h) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—An entity that receives fi10 nancial assistance to carry out a project under this 

11 section shall contribute, from non-Federal sources, 

12 funds for the project in such amount as the Director 

13 determines appropriate. 

14 (2) WAIVER.—The Director may waive the re15 quirement under paragraph (1) for an entity if the 

16 Director determines that the entity does not have 

17 adequate resources to meet the requirement. 

18 (i) REPORTS.—The Committee shall require the Di19 rector to submit to the Committee, on an annual basis, 

20 a report on actions, outcomes, research needs, and data 

21 gaps under this section. 

22 SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

23 (a) NATIONAL INTEGRATED HEAT HEALTH INFOR24 MATION SYSTEM INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE; NATIONAL

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1 GRAM; STUDY ON EXTREME HEAT INFORMATION AND

2 RESPONSE.—There are authorized to be appropriated to 

3 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to 

4 carry out sections 4, 5, and 6, including for any adminis5 trative costs for the National Integrated Heat Health In6 formation System Interagency Committee and the Na7 tional Integrated Heat Health Information System Pro8 gram, the following: 

9 (1) For fiscal year 2022, $20,000,000. 

10 (2) For fiscal year 2023, $20,000,000. 

11 (3) For fiscal year 2024, $20,000,000. 

12 (4) For fiscal year 2025, $20,000,000. 

13 (5) For fiscal year 2026, $20,000,000. 

14 (b) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR RESILIENCE IN AD15 DRESSING EXTREME HEAT AND HEALTH RISKS.—There 

16 are authorized to be appropriated to the National Oceanic 

17 and Atmospheric Administration to carry out section 7 the 

18 following: 

19 (1) For fiscal year 2022, $10,000,000. 

20 (2) For fiscal year 2023, $10,000,000. 

21 (3) For fiscal year 2024, $20,000,000. 

22 (4) For fiscal year 2025, $30,000,000. 

23 (5) For fiscal year 2026, $30,000,000. 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 Emergencies And Temperature-related Illness and Deaths 

4 Act of 2021’’ or the ‘‘Preventing HEAT Illness and Deaths 

5 Act of 2021’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) EXTREME HEAT.—The term ‘‘extreme heat’’ 

9 means heat that substantially exceeds local climato10 logical norms in terms of any combination of the fol11 lowing: 

12 (A) Duration of an individual heat event. 

13 (B) Intensity. 

14 (C) Season length. 

15 (D) Frequency. 

16 (2) HEAT.—The term ‘‘heat’’ means any com17 bination of the atmospheric parameters associated 

18 with modulating human thermal regulation, such as 

19 air temperature, humidity, solar exposure, and wind 

20 speed. 

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

22 an occurrence of extreme heat that may have heat23 health implications. 

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

25 means health effects to humans from heat or the risk 

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1 (5) PLANNING.—The term ‘‘planning’’ means ac2 tivities performed across timescales (including days, 

3 weeks, months, years, and decades) with scenario4 based, probabilistic or deterministic information to 

5 identify and take actions to proactively mitigate heat6 health risks from increased frequency, duration, and 

7 intensity of heat waves and increased ambient tem8 perature. 

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

10 means activities performed across timescales (includ11 ing days, weeks, months, years, and decades) with 

12 probabilistic or deterministic information to manage 

13 risk in advance of a heat event and increased ambient 

14 temperature. 

15 (7) TRIBAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘Tribal 

16 government’’ means the recognized governing body of 

17 any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, 

18 pueblo, village, community, component band, or com19 ponent reservation, individually identified (including 

20 parenthetically) in the list published most recently as 

21 of the date of enactment of this Act pursuant to sec22 tion 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe 

23 List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131). 

24 (8) VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.—The term ‘‘vul25 nerable populations’’ means populations that face 


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1 health, financial, educational, or housing disparities 

2 that would render them more susceptible to the nega3 tive impacts of extreme heat. 

4 SEC. 3. NATIONAL INTEGRATED HEAT HEALTH INFORMA5 TION SYSTEM INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE. 

6 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMITTEE.—There is estab7 lished within the Office of Science and Technology Policy 

8 an interagency committee, to be known as the ‘‘National 

9 Integrated Heat Health Information System Interagency 

10 Committee’’ (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Committee’’). 

11 (b) PURPOSE.—The Committee shall coordinate, plan, 

12 and direct agencies represented on the Committee to execute, 

13 as appropriate, activities across such agencies to ensure a 

14 united Federal approach to reducing health risks from heat 

15 across timescales (including days, weeks, months, years, 

16 and decades). 

17 (c) MEMBERSHIP.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—In order to carry out and 

19 achieve the purpose described in subsection (b), the 

20 Committee shall include the following: 

21 (A) The Director of the National Integrated 

22 Heat Health Information System. 

23 (B) Not fewer than 1 representative from 

24 each of the following: 


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1 (i) From the Department of Commerce, 

2 the following: 

3 (I) From the National Oceanic 

4 and Atmospheric Administration, the 

5 following: 

6 (aa) The National Weather 

7 Service. 

8 (bb) The Climate Program 

9 Office of the Office of Oceanic and 

10 Atmospheric Research. 

11 (II) The National Institute of 

12 Standards and Technology. 

13 (III) The Bureau of the Census. 

14 (ii) From the Department of Health 

15 and Human Services, the following: 

16 (I) The National Institute for Oc17 cupational Safety and Health of the 

18 Centers for Disease Control and Pre19 vention. 

20 (II) The Office of the Assistant 

21 Secretary of Health and Human Serv22 ices for Preparedness and Response. 

23 (III) The Substance Abuse and 

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1 (IV) The National Institutes of 

2 Health. 

3 (V) The Indian Health Service. 

4 (iii) From the Department of the Inte5 rior, the following: 

6 (I) The Bureau of Indian Affairs. 

7 (II) The Bureau of Land Manage8 ment. 

9 (iv) From the Environmental Protec10 tion Agency, the following: 

11 (I) The Office of Environmental 

12 Justice. 

13 (II) The Office of Air and Radi14 ation, if the Administrator of the En15 vironmental Protection Agency deter16 mines appropriate. 

17 (III) The Office of Research and 

18 Development, if the Administrator de19 termines appropriate. 

20 (v) The Federal Emergency Manage21 ment Agency. 

22 (vi) The Department of Defense. 

23 (vii) The Occupational Safety and 

24 Health Administration. 

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1 (ix) The Department of Housing and 

2 Urban Development. 

3 (x) The Department of Transportation. 

4 (xi) The Department of Energy. 

5 (xii) The National Aeronautics and 

6 Space Administration. 

7 (xiii) Such other Federal agencies as 

8 the Director of the Office of Science and 

9 Technology Policy considers appropriate. 

10 (2) SELECTION OF REPRESENTATIVES.—The 

11 head of an agency specified in paragraph (1)(B) 

12 shall, in appointing representatives of the agency to 

13 the Committee, select representatives who have exper14 tise in areas relevant to the responsibilities of the 

15 Committee. 

16 (3) CO-CHAIRS.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—The members of the 

18 Committee shall select 2 individuals from among 

19 such members to serve as co-chairs of the Com20 mittee, subject to the approval of the Director of 

21 the Office of Science and Technology Policy. 

22 (B) SELECTION.— 

23 (i) INITIAL SELECTION.—Of the co24 chairs first selected, one co-chair shall be 

25 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 


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1 Administration and one co-chair shall be 

2 from the Centers for Disease Control and 

3 Prevention. 

4 (ii) SUBSEQUENT SELECTION.—Subse5 quent co-chairs shall be selected from among 

6 the members of the Committee. 

7 (C) TERMS.—Each co-chair shall serve for a 

8 term of not more than 3 years. 

9 (D) RESPONSIBILITIES OF CO-CHAIRS.—The 

10 co-chairs of the Committee shall— 

11 (i) determine the agenda of the Com12 mittee, in consultation with other members 

13 of the Committee; 

14 (ii) direct the work of the Committee; 

15 and 

16 (iii) convene meetings of the Committee 

17 not less frequently than once each fiscal 

18 quarter. 

19 (d) RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMMITTEE.—The Com20 mittee shall promote an integrated, Federal Government21 wide approach to reducing health risks and impacts of heat, 

22 including by— 

23 (1) developing the strategic plan required by sub24 section (e); 


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1 (2) coordinating across Federal agencies on heat2 health communication, research, service delivery, and 

3 workforce development; and 

4 (3) building capacity and partnerships with 

5 Federal and non-Federal entities. 

6 (e) STRATEGIC PLAN.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 

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

9 shall submit to Congress and make available on a 

10 public website a 5-year integrated strategic plan that 

11 outlines the goals and projects of the Committee, in12 cluding how the Committee will improve coordination 

13 and integration of interagency Federal actions to ad14 dress health risks of heat, including— 

15 (A) a strategy for improving and coordi16 nating existing Federal data collection and shar17 ing on heat-related illnesses and mortalities to 

18 inform Federal heat-related activities; and 

19 (B) mechanisms for financing heat pre20 paredness within such agencies as the Committee 

21 considers appropriate. 

22 (2) IMPLEMENTATION PLANS.—The head of an 

23 agency represented on the Committee may implement 

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1 oping and implementing a multi-year implementa2 tion plan. 

3 (3) UPDATES.—Not later than 5 years after the 

4 submission of the strategic plan required by para5 graph (1), and every 5 years thereafter until 2042, 

6 the Committee shall submit to Congress an update of 

7 the plan, which shall include progress made toward 

8 goals outlined in the plan and new priorities that 

9 emerge. 

10 (f) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the responsibil11 ities of the Committee, the Committee shall consult with rel12 evant regional, State, Tribal, and local governments, inter13 national organizations and partners, research institutions, 

14 nongovernmental organizations and associations, and med15 ical experts with expertise in emergency response, environ16 mental health, economic or business development, or com17 munity engagement. 

18 SEC. 4. NATIONAL INTEGRATED HEAT HEALTH INFORMA19 TION SYSTEM. 

20 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Under Secretary of Com21 merce for Oceans and Atmosphere shall establish within the 

22 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration a sys23 tem, to be known as the ‘‘National Integrated Heat Health 

24 Information System’’ (NIHHIS) (in this section referred 

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1 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the System is— 

2 (1) to improve the capacity of weather, subsea3 sonal, and seasonal forecasts for the United States to 

4 allow the Federal Government and stakeholders to 

5 plan, prepare for, adapt to, and mitigate risks of ex6 treme heat across multiple timescales; and 

7 (2) to facilitate the work of the National Inte8 grated Heat Health Information System Interagency 

9 Committee. 

10 (c) DIRECTOR.—The System shall be headed by a Di11 rector. 

12 (d) RESPONSIBILITIES.—In carrying out the purpose 

13 described in subsection (b), the Director shall— 

14 (1) develop and sustain robust relationships with 

15 Federal and non-Federal partners and decision16 makers— 

17 (A) to respond to the demand for actionable 

18 weather- and climate-related information that 

19 reduces health risks on multiple timescales; and 

20 (B) to develop and deliver timely and acces21 sible weather- and climate-related decision sup22 port services, tools, and information to inform 

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1 (2) coordinate and collaborate with the inter2 national community and global partners to conduct 

3 research and learn from, leverage, and contribute to 

4 global weather and climate knowledge as it pertains 

5 to extreme heat; 

6 (3) enhance observations and monitoring nec7 essary for the activities described in paragraphs (1) 

8 and (2); and 

9 (4) communicate, educate, and build awareness 

10 regarding extreme heat events to communities, edu11 cational and economic sectors, Tribal governments, 

12 and other relevant stakeholders. 

13 SEC. 5. STUDY ON EXTREME HEAT INFORMATION AND RE14 SPONSE. 

15 (a) STUDY.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 

17 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Sec18 retary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, in 

19 consultation with the National Integrated Heat 

20 Health Information System Interagency Committee 

21 and the entities described in section 3(f), shall seek to 

22 enter into an agreement with the National Academies 

23 of Science, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a 

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1 completed not later than 2 years after the date of the 

2 enactment of this Act. 

3 (2) ELEMENTS.—The study described in para4 graph (1) shall— 

5 (A) identify the policy, research, operations, 

6 communications, and data gaps affecting heat7 health planning, preparedness, response, resil8 ience, and adaptation, and impacts to vulnerable 

9 populations; 

10 (B) provide recommendations for addressing 

11 gaps identified under subparagraph (A); 

12 (C) provide recommendations, in addition 

13 to the recommendations provided under subpara14 graph (B), which may include strategies for— 

15 (i) communicating warnings to and 

16 promoting resilience of populations vulner17 able to extreme heat; 

18 (ii) distributing extreme heat warn19 ings, including to individuals with limited 

20 English proficiency and individuals who 

21 may have other established barriers to such 

22 information; 

23 (iii) designing warnings described in 

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1 changes that reduce the mortality and mor2 bidity of extreme heat effects; 

3 (iv) understanding compound and cas4 cading risks to inform development and im5 plementation of heat-health risk reduction 

6 interventions; and 

7 (v) promoting community resilience 

8 and addressing specific decision support 

9 service needs of vulnerable populations; and 

10 (D) consider the effectiveness of country- or 

11 local-level heat awareness and communication 

12 tools, preparedness plans, or mitigation. 

13 (3) DEVELOPMENT OF DEFINITIONS.—In con14 ducting the study described in paragraph (1), the Na15 tional Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medi16 cine shall work with heat and health experts to iden17 tify consistent and agreed upon definitions for heat 

18 events, heat waves, and other relevant terms. 

19 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after completion 

20 of the study described in subsection (a)(1), the Committee 

21 shall— 

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

23 website of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad24 ministration a report on the findings and conclusions 

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1 (2) submit the report to— 

2 (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

3 and Transportation of the Senate; 

4 (B) the Committee on Health, Education, 

5 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; 

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

7 Technology of the House of Representatives; 

8 (D) the Committee on Energy and Com9 merce of the House of Representatives; and 

10 (E) the Committee on Education and Labor 

11 of the House of Representatives. 

12 SEC. 6. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR RESEARCH AND RESIL13 IENCE IN ADDRESSING EXTREME HEAT 

14 RISKS. 

15 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—Subject to the 

16 availability of appropriations, not later than 1 year after 

17 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary 

18 of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere shall establish and 

19 administer a community heat resilience program to provide 

20 financial assistance to eligible entities to carry out projects 

21 described in subsection (e) to ameliorate human health im22 pacts of extreme heat events. 

23 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the financial assistance 

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1 regarding extreme heat and fund efforts to educate commu2 nities about extreme heat. 

3 (c) FORMS OF ASSISTANCE.—Financial assistance 

4 provided under this section may be in the form of contracts, 

5 grants, or cooperative agreements. 

6 (d) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—Entities eligible to receive 

7 financial assistance under this section to carry out projects 

8 described in subsection (e) include— 

9 (1) nonprofit entities; 

10 (2) States; 

11 (3) Tribal governments; 

12 (4) local governments; and 

13 (5) academic institutions. 

14 (e) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Projects described in this 

15 subsection include projects— 

16 (1) to expand public awareness of heat risks; 

17 (2) to conduct heat mapping campaigns; 

18 (3) to conduct scientific research to assess gaps 

19 and priorities regarding the risks of extreme heat in 

20 communities; 

21 (4) to communicate risks to isolated commu22 nities; and 

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1 (f) PRIORITIES.—In selecting eligible entities to receive 

2 financial assistance under this section, the Under Secretary 

3 of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere shall prioritize en4 tities that will carry out projects that provide benefits for 

5 historically disadvantaged communities and communities 

6 found to have the greatest risk or highest incidence of heat7 related illnesses and mortalities. 

8 SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

9 (a) NATIONAL INTEGRATED HEAT HEALTH INFORMA10 TION SYSTEM INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE; NATIONAL INTE11 GRATED HEAT HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM.—There is 

12 authorized to be appropriated to the National Oceanic and 

13 Atmospheric Administration to carry out sections 3 and 4, 

14 including for any administrative costs for the National In15 tegrated Heat Health Information System Interagency 

16 Committee and the National Integrated Heat Health Infor17 mation System, $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 

18 through 2027. 

19 (b) STUDY ON EXTREME HEAT INFORMATION AND RE20 SPONSE.—There is authorized to be appropriated to the Na21 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to contract 

22 with the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and 

23 Medicine to carry out section 5 $500,000 for each of fiscal 

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1 (c) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS EXTREME

2 HEAT.—There is authorized to be appropriated to the Na3 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry 

4 out section 6 $1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 

5 through 2027. 


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Calendar No. 624 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2510 

A BILL 

To reduce the health risks of heat by establishing 

other purposes. ance programs to address heat effects, and for quiring a study, and establishing financial assistheat preparedness, planning, and response, retem Interagency Committee to improve extreme tional Integrated Heat Health Information Sysand Atmospheric Administration and the NaSystem Program within the National Oceanic the National Integrated Heat Health Information 

DECEMBER 12, 2022 

Reported with an amendment 


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