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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6882 

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, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 22, 2023 

Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. 

FITZPATRICK, Mrs. GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N, Mr. KILMER, Mr. MOYLAN, Ms. 

NORTON, Mrs. PELTOLA, Mr. PETERS, Ms. TOKUDA, and Ms. WILD) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on 

Oversight and Accountability, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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 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, and 

for other purposes. 


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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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

5 ‘‘Preparedness and Risk Management for Extreme Weath6 er Patterns Assuring Resilience and Effectiveness Act of 

7 2023’’ or the ‘‘PREPARE Act of 2023’’. 

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

9 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Interagency Council on Extreme Weather Resilience, Preparedness, and 

Risk Identification and Management. 

Sec. 3. Agency planning for extreme weather-related risks. 

Sec. 4. Website. 

Sec. 5. Providing adequate resources and support. 

Sec. 6. Inventory. 

Sec. 7. Meetings. 

Sec. 8. Progress updates. 

Sec. 9. Definitions. 

Sec. 10. Requirement to include agency extreme weather plan in agency performance plan. 

10 SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON EXTREME WEATHER 

11 RESILIENCE, PREPAREDNESS, AND RISK 

12 IDENTIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT. 

13 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall establish 

15 an interagency council on extreme weather resilience, 

16 preparedness, and risk identification and manage17 ment. 

18 (2) DESIGNATION.—Notwithstanding subsection 

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1 ignate an existing Government entity to carry out 

2 the duties described in subsections (f) and (g). 

3 (b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Interagency Council shall be 

4 composed of the following: 

5 (1) Senior officials, to be appointed by the head 

6 of the respective agency in consultation with the 

7 President, including representation from the fol8 lowing: 

9 (A) The Council on Environmental Qual10 ity. 

11 (B) The Office of Science and Technology 

12 Policy. 

13 (C) The National Security Council. 

14 (D) The Office of Management and Budg15 et. 

16 (E) The Department of Transportation. 

17 (F) The Environmental Protection Agency. 

18 (G) The National Institute of Standards 

19 and Technology. 

20 (H) The National Oceanic and Atmos21 pheric Administration. 

22 (I) The Department of Energy. 

23 (J) The Department of Homeland Secu24 rity. 


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1 (K) The Federal Emergency Management 

2 Agency. 

3 (L) The Department of Defense. 

4 (M) The National Aeronautics and Space 

5 Administration. 

6 (N) The Department of Agriculture. 

7 (O) The Department of Housing and 

8 Urban Development. 

9 (P) The Department of Justice. 

10 (Q) The Department of the Interior. 

11 (R) The Department of Commerce. 

12 (S) The National Science Foundation. 

13 (T) The United States Geological Survey. 

14 (U) The United States Army Corps of En15 gineers. 

16 (V) The General Services Administration. 

17 (W) The Department of State. 

18 (X) The Department of Health and 

19 Human Services. 

20 (Y) The Department of Labor. 

21 (2) Senior officials, to be appointed by the 

22 President, who have relevant policy expertise and 

23 policy responsibilities, including in the following 

24 areas: 

25 (A) Economic policy and risk analysis. 


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1 (B) Foreign affairs. 

2 (C) Defense and intelligence. 

3 (D) Homeland security. 

4 (E) Energy. 

5 (F) Environmental protection. 

6 (G) Natural and cultural resources. 

7 (H) Coasts, oceans, rivers, wetlands, and 

8 floodplains. 

9 (I) Agriculture. 

10 (J) Health and social services. 

11 (K) Transportation and infrastructure. 

12 (L) Housing. 

13 (M) Education. 

14 (N) Extreme weather data analysis or me15 teorological science. 

16 (O) Social science. 

17 (P) Strategic and adaptation planning. 

18 (Q) Urban and land use planning. 

19 (R) Infrastructure systems. 

20 (S) Civil rights. 

21 (T) Forestry and land management. 

22 (U) Acquisition. 

23 (V) Environmental justice. 

24 (W) Emergency management. 


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1 (X) Other areas the President determines 

2 appropriate. 

3 (c) CO-CHAIRPERSONS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Interagency Council 

5 shall be co-chaired by the Administrator of the Fed6 eral Emergency Management Agency and the Dep7 uty Director of the Office of Management and Budg8 et. The President may appoint one or more addi9 tional members as co-chairs, as appropriate. 

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 per15 formance 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 designated 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 based on expertise 

21 and established leadership in the field. Such steering 

22 committee shall assist the Interagency Council in de23 termining its priorities and its strategic direction. 


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1 (2) WORKING GROUPS.—The co-chairpersons of 

2 the Interagency Council and its steering committee 

3 may establish working groups as needed. 

4 (f) DUTIES OF THE INTERAGENCY COUNCIL.— 

5 (1) GOALS AND PRIORITIES.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Interagency Coun7 cil shall establish Governmentwide goals and 

8 priorities for addressing extreme weather resil9 ience, preparedness, and risk identification and 

10 management, taking into account regional, eco11 nomic, cultural, and ecological variations, and 

12 the disproportionate harm caused by extreme 

13 weather on vulnerable and underserved individ14 uals and communities. In establishing such 

15 goals and priorities, the Interagency Council 

16 shall consider agency extreme weather plans re17 quired under section 3(a), agency Climate Ad18 aptation Action Plans, the National Oil and 

19 Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency 

20 Plan, agency continuity of operations plans, the 

21 National Preparedness Goal, the National Pre22 paredness Report, the National Global Change 

23 Research Plan, plans for the development and 

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1 gation Framework Leadership Group’s National 

2 Mitigation Investment Strategy, the strategic 

3 plan required under the National Windstorm 

4 Impact Reduction Reauthorization Act of 2015 

5 (Public Law 114–52), State mitigation plans, 

6 State resilience plans, energy assurance plans, 

7 coastal zone management plans, watershed 

8 plans, other landscape plans, and all relevant 

9 findings described in the Government Account10 ability Office’s High-Risk Series. 

11 (B) COORDINATION.—In executing the du12 ties pursuant to this subsection, the Inter13 agency Council shall coordinate with other enti14 ties in the Federal Government focused on ex15 treme weather mitigation and recovery (includ16 ing the Mitigation Framework Leadership 

17 Group, the Recovery Support Functions Lead18 ers Group, the Emergency Support Functions 

19 Leaders Group, the Interagency Council for Ad20 vancing Meteorological Services, the U.S. Glob21 al Climate Change Research Program, the Na22 tional Drought Resilience Partnership, and the 

23 National Windstorm Impact Reduction Pro24 gram), to facilitate communication and collabo25 ration among Federal activities. 


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1 (C) INCORPORATION INTO AGENCY ACTIVI2 TIES.—In carrying out subparagraph (A), the 

3 Interagency Council shall, in order to ensure 

4 that information relating to extreme weather re5 silience, preparedness, and risk identification 

6 and management is incorporated into everyday 

7 agency activities— 

8 (i) work with agencies to assist such 

9 agencies in considering the goals and prior10 ities described in subparagraph (A) in 

11 agency strategic, programmatic, and budg12 et planning; 

13 (ii) identify details to be included in 

14 agency extreme weather plans; 

15 (iii) work to identify localized extreme 

16 weather and natural hazard risk to the ex17 tent possible using the best available infor18 mation regarding risk, and encourage the 

19 development of thorough, updated maps, 

20 models, and tools to measure and evaluate 

21 risk; and 

22 (iv) communicate extreme weather 

23 and natural hazards resilience, prepared24 ness, mitigation, response, and recovery 


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1 using techniques founded in social and be2 havioral science. 

3 (2) PRIORITY INTERAGENCY FEDERAL AC4 TIONS.—The Interagency Council shall develop, rec5 ommend, coordinate, and track implementation of 

6 priority interagency Federal Government actions re7 lated to addressing extreme weather resilience, pre8 paredness, and risk identification and management 

9 with an emphasis on vulnerable and underserved 

10 communities. 

11 (3) SUPPORT REGIONAL, STATE, TRIBAL, AND

12 LOCAL ACTIONS.—The Interagency Council shall 

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

14 assess extreme weather-related vulnerabilities, or the 

15 degree to which a system is susceptible to, or unable 

16 to cope with, adverse effects of extreme weather in17 cluding climate variability and extremes, public 

18 health, and the cost to effectively increase extreme 

19 weather resilience, preparedness, and risk identifica20 tion and management of communities, critical eco21 nomic sectors, natural and built infrastructure, and 

22 natural and cultural resources, including by— 

23 (A) conducting inventories under section 6; 

24 (B) convening meetings under section 7; 


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1 (C) providing guidance to agencies to 

2 produce tools and products that enhance ex3 treme weather resilience planning, risk knowl4 edge, and actions for use in all levels of govern5 ment, particularly for vulnerable and under6 served communities, including guidance on cost7 effectiveness as it pertains to extreme weather 

8 and on how to prioritize funding in order to 

9 produce such tools and products; and 

10 (D) reviewing State adaptation plans. 

11 (4) METEOROLOGICAL AND EXTREME WEATHER

12 SCIENCE.—The Interagency Council shall facilitate 

13 the integration of meteorological and extreme weath14 er science, in addition to other scientific disciplines 

15 such as physical, natural, and social science that the 

16 Council determines to be appropriate, in the policies, 

17 risk evaluation and communication, and planning of 

18 agencies and the private sector, including by— 

19 (A) promoting the development of innova20 tive, actionable, and accessible Federal extreme 

21 weather resilience, preparedness, and risk iden22 tification and management-related information, 

23 data, tools, and examples of successful actions 

24 at appropriate scales for decisionmakers; and 


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1 (B) providing such information, data, 

2 tools, and examples to the agency or agencies 

3 designated under section 4 to include on the 

4 website established and maintained or des5 ignated pursuant to such section. 

6 (5) HIGH-RISK REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS.— 

7 The Interagency Council shall assess the specific 

8 recommendations relating to extreme weather de9 scribed in the Government Accountability Office’s 

10 High-Risk Series, identify the feasibility of revising 

11 or better coordinating existing Federal programs to 

12 implement such recommendations, and develop a 

13 plan to address such recommendations when feasible 

14 that does not duplicate the National Preparedness 

15 Goal. 

16 (6) FRAMEWORK AND PERFORMANCE

17 METRICS.—The Interagency Council shall appoint an 

18 evaluation Officer to oversee the use of existing and 

19 emerging science to develop or adopt— 

20 (A) a framework for evaluating the 

21 progress and success of extreme weather resil22 ience, preparedness, and risk identification and 

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1 tional indicator system developed as part of the 

2 National Preparedness Goal; and 

3 (B) performance metrics, including quan4 titative metrics, that allow tracking of the ac5 tions taken and progress made toward meeting 

6 the goals and implementing the priorities de7 scribed in paragraph (1)(A). 

8 (7) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CEQ, OMB, 

9 OSTP, AND DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECU10 RITY.—The Interagency Council shall provide to the 

11 Council on Environmental Quality, the Office of 

12 Management and Budget, the Office of Science and 

13 Technology Policy, and the Department of Home14 land Security recommendations on how agencies 

15 should— 

16 (A) develop or update agency extreme 

17 weather plans; 

18 (B) remove barriers to and facilitate State, 

19 Tribal, and local actions to address extreme 

20 weather resilience, preparedness, and risk iden21 tification and management, in agency regula22 tions, guidance, and policies, including any spe23 cific considerations for vulnerable communities 

24 within those localities; and 


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1 (C) avoid duplication among Federal ac2 tivities to the extent practicable. 

3 (8) PUBLIC INPUT AND COMMENT.—The Inter4 agency Council shall solicit and incorporate public 

5 input and comment as appropriate into the decisions 

6 of the Interagency Council. 

7 (9) INVENTORY AND MEETINGS.—The Inter8 agency Council shall conduct inventories under sec9 tion 6 and convene meetings under section 7. 

10 (10) DEFINITION OF EXTREME WEATHER.— 

11 The Interagency Council shall consider and may up12 date, not less frequently than every two years, in 

13 consultation with appropriate scientific bodies, the 

14 definition of ‘‘extreme weather’’ and what other 

15 weather events (in addition to those described in sec16 tion 9(3)) qualify as extreme weather for purposes 

17 of this Act. The definition of ‘‘extreme weather’’ 

18 shall be published and updated, as necessary, on the 

19 website of the Council and in the Federal Register. 

20 (11) OTHER DUTIES.—The Interagency Council 

21 shall carry out any other duties related to the pur22 poses of this Act that the co-chairpersons of the 

23 Interagency Council determine appropriate. 


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1 (12) PUBLIC INFORMATION.—The Interagency 

2 Council shall, using social and behavioral science as 

3 part of the methodology— 

4 (A) make information available online— 

5 (i) for tracking implementation of 

6 agency extreme weather plans and Govern7 mentwide goals and priorities described in 

8 paragraph (1)(A); 

9 (ii) on recommendations relating to 

10 extreme weather described in the Govern11 ment Accountability Office’s High-Risk Se12 ries; and 

13 (iii) on the results of the Council’s ef14 forts to identify nationwide and localized 

15 risks (including updated mapping efforts); 

16 and 

17 (B) make such High-Risk Series and the 

18 reports submitted under paragraph (13) avail19 able as the Council determines appropriate. 

20 (13) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than one 

21 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 

22 annually thereafter (concurrently with the United 

23 States Global Change Research Program Annual Re24 port and the National Preparedness Report), the 

25 Interagency Council shall submit to Congress, and 


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1 make available to the United States Global Change 

2 Research Program and the Federal Emergency Man3 agement Agency, a report that— 

4 (A) describes how the goals and priorities 

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

6 and implemented using— 

7 (i) the performance metrics developed 

8 under paragraph (6)(B); and 

9 (ii) information (excluding classified 

10 information or information otherwise pro11 tected from release by law) on— 

12 (I) agency expenditures, broken 

13 down by program activity level if prac14 ticable, that are directly related to ad15 dressing extreme weather resilience, 

16 preparedness, and risk identification 

17 and management, including extreme 

18 weather resilience, preparedness, and 

19 risk identification and management of 

20 Federal facilities and, as feasible, in21 frastructure funded through Federal 

22 grants and other programs; and 

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1 frastructure, and environmental bene2 fits, to the extent such data are avail3 able; 

4 (B) provides recommendations to enhance 

5 the effectiveness of such implementation and 

6 sets benchmarks to meet; 

7 (C) describes the progress of the regional 

8 coordination efforts described in sections 6, 7, 

9 and 8; and 

10 (D) includes a summary of public com11 ments solicited under paragraph (8) and any 

12 action the Interagency Council took to respond 

13 to such comments. 

14 (g) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out paragraphs (2) 

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

16 shall consult with Federal agencies, State, Tribal, and 

17 local governments, academic and research institutions, 

18 and the private and nonprofit sectors. 

19 (h) OMB GUIDANCE.—The Director of the Office of 

20 Management and Budget, taking into consideration the 

21 recommendations provided by the Interagency Council 

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

23 on— 

24 (1) developing agency extreme weather plans, 

25 which shall incorporate existing agency reports, 


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1 where appropriate, to prevent duplication and reduce 

2 overlap; 

3 (2) developing agency regulations, guidance, 

4 and policies to remove barriers to and facilitate 

5 State, Tribal, and local actions to address extreme 

6 weather resilience, preparedness, and risk identifica7 tion and management; and 

8 (3) assessing and managing extreme weather9 related risks under OMB Circular A–123 ‘‘Manage10 ment’s Responsibility for Enterprise Risk Manage11 ment and Internal Control’’. 

12 SEC. 3. AGENCY PLANNING FOR EXTREME WEATHER-RE13 LATED RISKS. 

14 (a) AGENCY EXTREME WEATHER RESILIENCE, PRE15 PAREDNESS, AND RISK IDENTIFICATION AND MANAGE16 MENT PLANS.— 

17 (1) AGENCY SUBMISSION.—Not later than 1 

18 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 

19 every 2 years thereafter, the head of each agency, in 

20 coordination with the Administrator of the Federal 

21 Emergency Management Agency to avoid duplication 

22 with the National Planning Frameworks, shall sub23 mit to the Director of the Office of Management and 

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1 cil a comprehensive plan that integrates consider2 ation of extreme weather into such agency’s oper3 ations and overall mission objectives (hereinafter re4 ferred to as an ‘‘agency extreme weather plan’’). 

5 Such plan shall exclude any classified information or 

6 information otherwise protected from release by law. 

7 (2) HEARING.—Not later than 1 year after the 

8 date of the enactment of this Act, and every 2 years 

9 thereafter, the Director of the Office of Management 

10 and Budget shall convene an interagency budget 

11 crosscut and policy hearing to review and integrate 

12 all the agency extreme weather plans and to ensure 

13 that such extreme weather plans and the activities of 

14 agencies align with the goals and priorities estab15 lished under section 2(f)(1)(A). 

16 (3) COMMUNICATION TO STAFF.—Any agency 

17 extreme weather plan prepared under this section 

18 shall be made available to relevant employees of the 

19 agency. 

20 (b) INCLUSIONS.—Each agency extreme weather plan 

21 shall include— 

22 (1) identification and assessment of extreme 

23 weather-related impacts on, and risks to— 

24 (A) the agency’s ability to accomplish its 

25 missions, operations, and programs over time 


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1 periods to be designated by the Interagency 

2 Council; and 

3 (B) State, Tribal, and local entities; 

4 (2) identification and assessment of barriers 

5 posed and improvements that could be made to Fed6 eral programs the agency administers to facilitate 

7 State, Tribal, and local actions to address extreme 

8 weather resilience, preparedness, and risk identifica9 tion and management efforts; 

10 (3) a description of programs, policies, and 

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

12 additional actions the agency will take, to manage 

13 extreme weather risks in the near term and build re14 silience in the short and long term; 

15 (4) a description of how the agency will con16 sider the need to improve extreme weather resilience, 

17 preparedness, and risk identification and manage18 ment, including the costs and benefits of such im19 provement, with respect to agency suppliers, supply 

20 chain, real property investments, and capital equip21 ment purchases, including by updating agency poli22 cies for leasing, building upgrades, relocation of ex23 isting facilities and equipment, and construction of 

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1 (5) a description of how the agency will support 

2 any ongoing or future public-private partnership to 

3 improve extreme weather resilience, preparedness, 

4 and risk identification and management, including 

5 the cost and benefits of technology and methodology 

6 improvements, hardening, or rapid restoration; 

7 (6) a description of how the agency will con8 tribute to coordinated interagency efforts to support 

9 extreme weather resilience, preparedness, and risk 

10 identification and management at all levels of gov11 ernment, including collaborative work across agen12 cies’ regional offices and hubs, and through coordi13 nated development of information, data, and tools, 

14 consistent with sections 6, 7, and 8; and 

15 (7) any other details identified by the Inter16 agency Council under section 2(f)(1)(C)(ii). 

17 SEC. 4. WEBSITE. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Interagency Council shall 

19 designate an agency or agencies to establish and maintain, 

20 or designate a website that provides timely, actionable, 

21 and accessible information, data, and tools on current and 

22 future risks related to extreme weather, preparedness, re23 silience, and risk identification and management, to sup24 port Federal, regional, State, Tribal, local, private sector, 

25 and other decisionmakers such as standards developing 


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1 bodies responsible for establishing building codes and de2 sign standards for infrastructure. 

3 (b) INTERAGENCY PROGRESS.—The website de4 scribed under subsection (a), shall identify interagency 

5 progress, and propose the next interagency steps, towards 

6 responding to threats posed by extreme weather. 

7 (c) BEST PRACTICES.—The website described under 

8 subsection (a) shall provide best practices and examples 

9 from Federal, regional, State, Tribal, and local decision10 makers in the public and private sectors about how to use 

11 extreme weather-related information in planning and deci12 sion making. 

13 (d) INTERAGENCY COUNCIL INFORMATION AND

14 TOOLS.—The website described under subsection (a) shall 

15 include the information, data, tools, and examples pro16 vided by the Interagency Council pursuant to section 

17 2(f)(4). 

18 (e) BEST AVAILABLE METEOROLOGICAL SCIENCE.— 

19 The website described under subsection (a) shall work 

20 with the Intergovernmental Council for Advancing Mete21 orological Services and the United States Global Change 

22 Research program to identify best available meteorological 

23 and related science regarding extreme weather resilience, 

24 preparedness, and risk identification and management. 


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1 (f) PUBLIC OUTREACH AND EDUCATION.—The 

2 Interagency Council shall designate one or more agencies 

3 to conduct outreach and educational activities to inform 

4 the public and regional, State, Tribal, and local decision5 makers about the tools and information available on the 

6 website described under subsection (a). 

7 SEC. 5. PROVIDING ADEQUATE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT. 

8 The Director of the Office of Management and Budg9 et shall ensure that each agency provides adequate re10 sources to the Interagency Council, including administra11 tive services and personnel support, as appropriate— 

12 (1) for the website described under section 4; 

13 and 

14 (2) to otherwise carry out this Act. 

15 SEC. 6. INVENTORY. 

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

17 date of the enactment of this Act, and every 2 years there18 after, the Interagency Council, or a working group of such 

19 Interagency Council established by the co-chairpersons 

20 thereof, shall conduct and publish an inventory of all re21 gional offices, centers, and programs of agencies that are 

22 assisting with extreme weather resilience, preparedness, 

23 and risk identification and management efforts at the 

24 State, Tribal, or local level, including— 


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1 (1) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad2 ministration’s national and regional centers and pro3 grams; 

4 (2) the Department of the Interior’s Fish and 

5 Wildlife Service Landscape Conservation Coopera6 tives; 

7 (3) the United States Geological Survey’s Cli8 mate Adaptation Science Centers; 

9 (4) the Department of Agriculture’s Climate 

10 Hubs; 

11 (5) the regional offices of— 

12 (A) the Environmental Protection Agency; 

13 (B) the Federal Emergency Management 

14 Agency; 

15 (C) the Department of Transportation; 

16 and 

17 (D) the Forest Service; 

18 (6) the division offices of the Army Corps of 

19 Engineers; and 

20 (7) such other offices, centers, and programs or 

21 other agency efforts as determined appropriate by 

22 the Interagency Council. 

23 (b) ASSISTANCE DESCRIBED.—An inventory con24 ducted and published under subsection (a) shall include 

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


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1 or program is providing to assist with extreme weather 

2 resilience, preparedness, and risk identification and man3 agement efforts at the State, Tribal, or local level. 

4 SEC. 7. MEETINGS. 

5 Not later than 6 months after the publication of each 

6 inventory under section 6, the Interagency Council shall 

7 convene a meeting of representatives of the offices, cen8 ters, and programs included in such inventory and invite 

9 other local and regional stakeholders to participate and 

10 develop plans to coordinate the efforts of such offices, cen11 ters, and programs and facilitate efficient services to 

12 stakeholders. At such meetings, such representatives 

13 shall— 

14 (1) share information regarding their office, 

15 center, or program’s extreme weather resilience, pre16 paredness, and risk identification and management 

17 efforts; 

18 (2) identify opportunities for collaboration and 

19 coordination of research agendas, extreme weather 

20 assessment activities, vulnerability assessments, data 

21 collection and analysis, and planning and imple22 menting extreme weather resilience, preparedness, 

23 and risk identification and management projects, in24 cluding reviewing existing Memorandums of Under25 standing between agencies; 


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1 (3) identify extreme weather resilience, pre2 paredness, and risk identification and management 

3 information needs, research gaps, and decision sup4 port needs that are not met by any of the offices, 

5 centers, or programs included in the inventory under 

6 section 6 and make available such identification for 

7 purposes of information to be submitted to the 

8 Interagency Council under section 7; 

9 (4) identify common and complementary goals 

10 for extreme weather resilience, preparedness, and 

11 risk identification and management within each re12 gion to be prioritized for the coming year and be13 yond; 

14 (5) identify resources and actions needed to 

15 strengthen regional extreme weather resilience, pre16 paredness, and risk identification and management 

17 planning and implementation; 

18 (6) evaluate progress and jointly develop a 

19 strategy for realizing extreme weather resilience, 

20 preparedness, and risk identification and manage21 ment-related goals, including clearly identified re22 sponsibilities by each collaborating regional office, 

23 center, or program; and 

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1 sion support, social science, and science-practice 

2 interactions that support the realization of identified 

3 extreme weather resilience, preparedness, and risk 

4 identification and management goals. 

5 SEC. 8. PROGRESS UPDATES. 

6 Not later than 90 days after each meeting under sec7 tion 7, each agency that participates in such meeting shall 

8 submit to the Interagency Council, and make available to 

9 the United States Global Change Research Program, the 

10 United States Weather Research Program, and the Fed11 eral Emergency Management Agency, information describ12 ing progress in regional coordination and collaboration in 

13 aligning Federal resilience, preparedness, and risk identi14 fication and management efforts at the State, Tribal, and 

15 local level, and the benefits of such regional coordination 

16 and collaboration. 

17 SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS. 

18 In this Act: 

19 (1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 

20 meaning given the term ‘‘Executive agency’’ under 

21 section 105 of title 5, but does not include the Gov22 ernment Accountability Office. 

23 (2) AGENCY EXTREME WEATHER PLAN.—The 

24 term ‘‘agency extreme weather plan’’ means a plan 

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

2 weather’’ includes observed or anticipated severe at3 mospheric conditions, including drought, wildfire, 

4 heavy precipitation, wave, high water, snowstorm, 

5 landslide, mudslide, hurricanes, tornadoes and other 

6 windstorms (including derechos), extreme heat, ex7 treme cold, sustained temperatures or precipitation, 

8 floods and inundation, including those that deviate 

9 from historical averages over decadal timescales 

10 without an apparent return to the previous normal 

11 state, and any other weather event that the Inter12 agency Council determines qualifies as extreme 

13 weather pursuant to section 2(f)(10). 

14 (4) INTERAGENCY COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Inter15 agency Council’’ means the Interagency Council on 

16 Extreme Weather Resilience, Preparedness, and 

17 Risk Identification and Management established 

18 under section 2(a). 

19 (5) MITIGATION PLAN.—The term ‘‘mitigation 

20 plan’’ means the mitigation plan required under sec21 tion 322 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

22 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5165). 

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1 search Plan developed under section 104 of the 

2 Global Change Research Act of 1990 (15 U.S.C. 

3 2934), or any revision thereof. 

4 (7) NATIONAL OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUB5 STANCES POLLUTION CONTINGENCY PLAN.—The 

6 term ‘‘National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pol7 lution Contingency Plan’’ means the National Oil 

8 and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency 

9 Plan described under part 300 of title 40, Code of 

10 Federal Regulations, or any revision thereof. 

11 (8) NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS GOAL.—The 

12 term ‘‘National Preparedness Goal’’ means the na13 tional preparedness goal developed under section 643 

14 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform 

15 Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 743). 

16 (9) NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS REPORT.—The 

17 term ‘‘National Preparedness Report’’ means the re18 port required by section 652(a) of the Post-Katrina 

19 Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 

20 U.S.C. 752(a)). 

21 (10) PREPAREDNESS.—The term ‘‘prepared22 ness’’ means actions taken to plan, organize, equip, 

23 train, and exercise to build, apply, and sustain the 

24 capabilities necessary to prevent, protect against, 

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1 from extreme weather related damages to life, 

2 health, property, livelihoods, ecosystems, and na3 tional security. 

4 (11) RESILIENCE.—The term ‘‘resilience’’ 

5 means an ability to prepare for anticipated hazards, 

6 adapt to changing conditions, and withstand and re7 cover rapidly from disruptions. 

8 (12) RISK.—The term ‘‘risk’’ means a combina9 tion of the magnitude of the potential consequences 

10 of extreme weather impacts and the likelihood that 

11 the consequences will occur. 

12 (13) SENIOR OFFICIAL.—The term ‘‘senior offi13 cial’’ means a Deputy Secretary (or an equivalent of14 ficer) of an agency. 

15 (14) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

16 the several States, the District of Columbia, each 

17 commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United 

18 States. 

19 (15) UNITED STATES GLOBAL CHANGE RE20 SEARCH PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘United States Glob21 al Change Research Program’’ means the United 

22 States Global Change Research Program established 

23 under section 103 of the Global Change Research 

24 Act of 1990 (15 U.S.C. 2933). 


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1 (16) UNITED STATES GLOBAL CHANGE RE2 SEARCH PROGRAM ANNUAL REPORT.—The term 

3 ‘‘United States Global Change Research Program 

4 Annual Report’’ means the report required by sec5 tion 102(e)(7) of the Global Change Research Act of 

6 1990 (15 U.S.C. 2932(e)(7)). 

7 SEC. 10. REQUIREMENT TO INCLUDE AGENCY EXTREME 

8 WEATHER PLAN IN AGENCY PERFORMANCE 

9 PLAN. 

10 A description of the most recent agency extreme 

11 weather plan, as required under section 3, shall be in12 cluded in the performance plan of an agency (as defined 

13 in section 9) required pursuant to section 1115(b) of title 

14 31, United States Code. 

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