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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4347 

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 

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019 

Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. LOWENTHAL, 

Miss GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N of Puerto Rico, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. ROUDA, Mr. 

CONNOLLY, Mr. LAMALFA, Ms. NORTON, and Mr. ROUZER) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 

and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 

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 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. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

3 ‘‘Preparedness and Risk Management for Extreme Weath4 er Patterns Assuring Resilience and Effectiveness Act of 

5 2019’’ or the ‘‘PREPARE Act of 2019’’. 

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

7 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. 

8 SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON EXTREME WEATHER 

9 RESILIENCE, PREPAREDNESS, AND RISK 

10 IDENTIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT. 

11 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established a 

12 council to be known as the ‘‘Interagency Council on Ex13 treme Weather Resilience, Preparedness, and Risk Identi14 fication and Management’’. 

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

16 composed of the following: 

17 (1) Senior Federal officials, to be appointed by 

18 the President, including representation from the fol19 lowing: 


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1 (A) The Council on Environmental Qual2 ity. 

3 (B) The Office of Science and Technology 

4 Policy. 

5 (C) The National Security Council. 

6 (D) The Office of Management and Budg7 et. 

8 (E) The Department of Transportation. 

9 (F) The Environmental Protection Agency. 

10 (G) The National Institute of Standards 

11 and Technology. 

12 (H) The National Oceanic and Atmos13 pheric Administration. 

14 (I) The Department of Energy. 

15 (J) The Department of Homeland Secu16 rity. 

17 (K) The Federal Emergency Management 

18 Agency. 

19 (L) The Department of Defense. 

20 (M) The National Aeronautics and Space 

21 Administration. 

22 (N) The Department of Agriculture. 

23 (O) The Department of Housing and 

24 Urban Development. 

25 (P) The Department of Justice. 


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1 (2) Senior Federal officials, to be appointed by 

2 the President, who have relevant policy expertise and 

3 policy responsibilities, including in the following 

4 areas: 

5 (A) Economic policy and risk analysis. 

6 (B) Foreign affairs. 

7 (C) Defense and intelligence. 

8 (D) Homeland security. 

9 (E) Energy. 

10 (F) Environmental protection. 

11 (G) Natural and cultural resources. 

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

13 floodplains. 

14 (I) Agriculture. 

15 (J) Health and social services. 

16 (K) Transportation and infrastructure. 

17 (L) Housing. 

18 (M) Education. 

19 (N) Extreme weather data analysis or me20 teorological science. 

21 (O) Social science. 

22 (P) Strategic planning. 

23 (Q) Urban and land use planning. 

24 (R) Infrastructure systems. 

25 (S) Civil rights. 


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1 (T) 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. 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 of 

24 the Interagency Council and its steering committee 

25 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 Coun4 cil shall establish Governmentwide goals and 

5 priorities for addressing extreme weather resil6 ience, preparedness, and risk identification and 

7 management, taking into account regional, eco8 nomic, cultural, and ecological variations, and 

9 the disparate impact of extreme weather. In es10 tablishing such goals and priorities, the Inter11 agency Council shall consider the National Oil 

12 and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contin13 gency Plan, agency continuity of operations 

14 plans, the National Preparedness Goal, the Na15 tional Preparedness Report, the National Global 

16 Change Research Plan, plans for the develop17 ment and implementation of the Building Resil18 ient Infrastructure and Communities program, 

19 the Mitigation Framework Leadership Group’s 

20 National Mitigation Investment Strategy (if 

21 available), State and local mitigation plans, and 

22 all relevant findings described in the Govern23 ment Accountability Office’s High-Risk Series. 

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1 agency Council shall coordinate with other enti2 ties in the Federal Government focused on ex3 treme weather mitigation and recovery (includ4 ing the Mitigation Framework Leadership 

5 Group, the Recovery Support Functions Lead6 ers Group, and the Emergency Support Func7 tions Leaders Group), to facilitate communica8 tion and collaboration among Federal activities. 

9 (C) INCORPORATION INTO AGENCY ACTIVI10 TIES.—In carrying out subparagraph (A), the 

11 Interagency Council shall, in order to ensure 

12 that information relating to extreme weather re13 silience, preparedness, and risk identification 

14 and management is incorporated into everyday 

15 agency activities— 

16 (i) work with agencies to assist such 

17 agencies in considering the goals and prior18 ities described in subparagraph (A) in 

19 agency strategic, programmatic, and budg20 et planning; 

21 (ii) identify details to be included in 

22 agency extreme weather plans; and 

23 (iii) work to identify and communicate 

24 localized extreme weather and natural haz25 ard risk to the extent possible using the 


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1 best available information regarding risk, 

2 and encourage the development of thor3 ough, updated maps, models, and tools to 

4 measure and evaluate risk. 

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 addressing extreme weather resilience, pre10 paredness, and risk identification and management. 

11 (3) SUPPORT REGIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL

12 ACTIONS.—The Interagency Council shall support 

13 regional, State, and local action to assess extreme 

14 weather-related vulnerabilities and cost effectively in15 crease extreme weather resilience, preparedness, and 

16 risk identification and management of communities, 

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

19 (A) conducting inventories under section 6; 

20 (B) convening meetings under section 7; 

21 (C) providing guidance to agencies to 

22 produce tools and products that enhance ex23 treme weather resilience planning, risk knowl24 edge, and actions for use in all levels of govern25 ment, including guidance on cost-effectiveness 


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1 as it pertains to extreme weather and on how 

2 to prioritize funding in order to produce such 

3 tools and products; and 

4 (D) reviewing State and local mitigation 

5 plans. 

6 (4) METEOROLOGICAL AND EXTREME WEATHER

7 SCIENCE.—The Interagency Council shall facilitate 

8 the integration of meteorological and extreme weath9 er science, in addition to other scientific disciplines 

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

11 Council determines to be appropriate, in the policies, 

12 risk evaluation and communication, and planning of 

13 agencies and the private sector, including by— 

14 (A) promoting the development of innova15 tive, actionable, and accessible Federal extreme 

16 weather resilience, preparedness, and risk iden17 tification and management-related information, 

18 data, tools, and examples of successful actions 

19 at appropriate scales for decisionmakers; and 

20 (B) providing such information, data, 

21 tools, and examples to the agency or agencies 

22 designated under section 4 to include on the 

23 website established and maintained or des24 ignated pursuant to such section. 


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1 (5) HIGH-RISK REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS.— 

2 The Interagency Council shall assess the specific 

3 recommendations relating to extreme weather de4 scribed in the Government Accountability Office’s 

5 High-Risk Series, identify the feasibility of revising 

6 Federal programs to implement such recommenda7 tions, and develop a plan to address such rec8 ommendations when feasible that does not duplicate 

9 the National Preparedness Goal. 

10 (6) FRAMEWORK AND PERFORMANCE

11 METRICS.—The Interagency Council shall use exist12 ing and emerging science to develop or adopt— 

13 (A) a framework for evaluating the 

14 progress and success of extreme weather resil15 ience, preparedness, and risk identification and 

16 management-related efforts that is complemen17 tary to and not duplicative of any local or na18 tional indicator system developed as part of the 

19 National Preparedness Goal; and 

20 (B) performance metrics that allow track21 ing of the actions taken and progress made to22 ward meeting the goals and implementing the 

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

24 (7) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CEQ, OMB, 

25 AND DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.—The 


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1 Interagency Council shall provide to the Council on 

2 Environmental Quality, the Office of Management 

3 and Budget, and the Department of Homeland Se4 curity recommendations on how agencies should— 

5 (A) develop or update agency extreme 

6 weather plans; 

7 (B) remove barriers to and facilitate State 

8 and local actions to address extreme weather 

9 resilience, preparedness, and risk identification 

10 and management, in agency regulations, guid11 ance, and policies; and 

12 (C) avoid duplication among Federal ac13 tivities to the extent practicable. 

14 (8) PUBLIC INPUT AND COMMENT.—The Inter15 agency Council shall solicit and incorporate public 

16 input and comment as appropriate into the decisions 

17 of the Interagency Council. 

18 (9) INVENTORY AND MEETINGS.—The Inter19 agency Council shall conduct inventories under sec20 tion 6 and convene meetings under section 7. 

21 (10) DEFINITION OF EXTREME WEATHER.— 

22 The Interagency Council shall consider and may up23 date, not less frequently than every two years, in 

24 consultation with appropriate scientific bodies, the 

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


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1 weather events (in addition to those described in sec2 tion 9(3)) qualify as extreme weather for purposes 

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

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

5 website of the Council and in the Federal Register. 

6 (11) OTHER DUTIES.—The Interagency Council 

7 shall carry out any other duties related to the pur8 poses of this Act that the co-chairpersons of the 

9 Interagency Council determine appropriate. 

10 (12) PUBLIC INFORMATION.—The Interagency 

11 Council shall— 

12 (A) make information available online— 

13 (i) for tracking implementation of 

14 agency extreme weather plans and Govern15 mentwide goals and priorities described in 

16 paragraph (1)(A); 

17 (ii) on recommendations relating to 

18 extreme weather described in the Govern19 ment Accountability Office’s High-Risk Se20 ries; and 

21 (iii) on the results of the Council’s ef22 forts to identify nationwide and localized 

23 risks (including updated mapping efforts); 

24 and 


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

2 reports submitted under paragraph (13) avail3 able as the Council determines appropriate. 

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

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

6 annually thereafter (concurrently with the United 

7 States Global Change Research Program Annual Re8 port and the National Preparedness Report), the 

9 Interagency Council shall submit to Congress, and 

10 make available to the United States Global Change 

11 Research Program and the Federal Emergency Man12 agement Agency, a report that— 

13 (A) describes how the goals and priorities 

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

15 and implemented using— 

16 (i) the performance metrics developed 

17 under paragraph (6)(B); and 

18 (ii) information on— 

19 (I) agency expenditures, broken 

20 down by program activity level if prac21 ticable, that are directly related to ad22 dressing extreme weather resilience, 

23 preparedness, and risk identification 

24 and management, including extreme 

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1 risk identification and management of 

2 Federal facilities; and 

3 (II) the effectiveness of such ex4 penditures, along with associated fi5 nancial impacts and community, in6 frastructure, and environmental bene7 fits, to the extent such data are avail8 able; 

9 (B) provides recommendations to enhance 

10 the effectiveness of such implementation and 

11 sets benchmarks to meet; 

12 (C) describes the progress of the regional 

13 coordination efforts described in sections 6, 7, 

14 and 8; and 

15 (D) includes a summary of public com16 ments solicited under paragraph (8) and any 

17 action the Interagency Council took to respond 

18 to such comments. 

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

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

21 shall consult with Federal agencies, State and local gov22 ernments, academic and research institutions, and the pri23 vate and nonprofit sectors. 

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

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1 recommendations provided by the Interagency Council 

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

3 on— 

4 (1) developing agency extreme weather plans, 

5 which shall incorporate existing agency reports, 

6 where appropriate, to prevent duplication and reduce 

7 overlap; 

8 (2) developing agency regulations, guidance, 

9 and policies to remove barriers to and facilitate 

10 State and local actions to address extreme weather 

11 resilience, preparedness, and risk identification and 

12 management; and 

13 (3) assessing and managing extreme weather14 related risks under OMB Circular A–123 ‘‘Manage15 ment’s Responsibility for Enterprise Risk Manage16 ment and Internal Control’’. 

17 SEC. 3. AGENCY PLANNING FOR EXTREME WEATHER-RE18 LATED RISKS. 

19 (a) AGENCY EXTREME WEATHER RESILIENCE, PRE20 PAREDNESS, AND RISK IDENTIFICATION AND MANAGE21 MENT PLANS.— 

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

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

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

25 coordination with the Administrator of the Federal 


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1 Emergency Management Agency to avoid duplication 

2 with the National Planning Frameworks, shall sub3 mit to the Director of the Office of Management and 

4 Budget and to the Interagency Council a com5 prehensive plan that integrates consideration of ex6 treme weather into such agency’s operations and 

7 overall mission objectives (hereinafter referred to as 

8 an ‘‘agency extreme weather plan’’). 

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

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

11 thereafter, the Director of the Office of Management 

12 and Budget shall convene an interagency budget 

13 crosscut and policy hearing to review and integrate 

14 all the agency extreme weather plans and to ensure 

15 that such extreme weather plans and the activities of 

16 agencies align with the goals and priorities estab17 lished under section 2(f)(1)(A). 

18 (3) OMB SUBMISSION.—The Director of the 

19 Office of Management and Budget, as part of the 

20 annual budget process, shall consolidate and submit 

21 to Congress all agency extreme weather plans. 

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

23 shall include— 

24 (1) identification and assessment of extreme 

25 weather-related impacts on, and risks to— 


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

2 missions, operations, and programs over time 

3 periods to be designated by the Interagency 

4 Council; and 

5 (B) State and local entities; 

6 (2) identification and assessment of barriers 

7 posed and improvements that could be made to Fed8 eral programs the agency administers to facilitate 

9 State and local actions to address extreme weather 

10 resilience, preparedness, and risk identification and 

11 management efforts; 

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

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

14 additional actions the agency will take, to manage 

15 extreme weather risks in the near term and build re16 silience in the short and long term; 

17 (4) a description of how the agency will con18 sider the need to improve extreme weather resilience, 

19 preparedness, and risk identification and manage20 ment, including the costs and benefits of such im21 provement, with respect to agency suppliers, supply 

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1 isting facilities and equipment, and construction of 

2 new facilities; 

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

4 any ongoing or future public-private partnership to 

5 improve extreme weather resilience, preparedness, 

6 and risk identification and management, including 

7 the cost and benefits of technology and methodology 

8 improvements, hardening, or rapid restoration; 

9 (6) a description of how the agency will con10 tribute to coordinated interagency efforts to support 

11 extreme weather resilience, preparedness, and risk 

12 identification and management at all levels of gov13 ernment, including collaborative work across agen14 cies’ regional offices and hubs, and through coordi15 nated development of information, data, and tools, 

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

17 (7) any other details identified by the Inter18 agency Council under section 2(f)(1)(C)(ii). 

19 SEC. 4. WEBSITE. 

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

21 designate an agency or agencies to establish and maintain, 

22 or designate a website that provides timely, actionable, 

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

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1 port Federal, regional, State, local, private sector, and 

2 other decisionmakers. 

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, and local decisionmakers in 

10 the public and private sectors about how to use extreme 

11 weather-related information in planning and decision12 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 identify 

20 best available meteorological science relating to extreme 

21 weather resilience, preparedness, and risk identification 

22 and management. 

23 (f) PUBLIC OUTREACH AND EDUCATION.—The 

24 Interagency Council shall designate one or more agencies 

25 to conduct outreach and educational activities to inform 


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1 the public and regional, State, and local decisionmakers 

2 about the tools and information available on the website 

3 described under subsection (a). 

4 SEC. 5. PROVIDING ADEQUATE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT. 

5 The Director of the Office of Management and Budg6 et shall ensure that each agency provides adequate re7 sources to the Interagency Council, including administra8 tive services and personnel support, as appropriate— 

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

10 and 

11 (2) to otherwise carry out this Act. 

12 SEC. 6. INVENTORY. 

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

14 date of the enactment of this Act, and every 2 years there15 after, the Interagency Council, or a working group of such 

16 Interagency Council established by the co-chairpersons 

17 thereof, shall conduct and publish an inventory of all re18 gional offices, centers, and programs of agencies that are 

19 assisting with extreme weather resilience, preparedness, 

20 and risk identification and management efforts at the 

21 State or local level, including— 

22 (1) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad23 ministration’s regional programs; 


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

2 Wildlife Service Landscape Conservation Coopera3 tives; 

4 (3) the United States Geological Survey’s Cli5 mate Science Centers; 

6 (4) the Department of Agriculture’s Climate 

7 Hubs; 

8 (5) the regional offices of— 

9 (A) the Environmental Protection Agency; 

10 (B) the Federal Emergency Management 

11 Agency; 

12 (C) the Department of Transportation; 

13 and 

14 (D) the Forest Service; 

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

16 Engineers; and 

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

18 other agency efforts as determined appropriate by 

19 the Interagency Council. 

20 (b) ASSISTANCE DESCRIBED.—An inventory con21 ducted and published under subsection (a) shall include 

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

23 or program is providing to assist with extreme weather 

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1 SEC. 7. MEETINGS. 

2 Not later than 6 months after the publication of each 

3 inventory under section 6, the Interagency Council shall 

4 convene a meeting of representatives of the offices, cen5 ters, and programs included in such inventory and invite 

6 other local and regional stakeholders to participate and 

7 develop plans to coordinate the efforts of such offices, cen8 ters, and programs and facilitate efficient services to 

9 stakeholders. At such meetings, such representatives 

10 shall— 

11 (1) share information regarding their office, 

12 center, or program’s extreme weather resilience, pre13 paredness, and risk identification and management 

14 efforts; 

15 (2) identify opportunities for collaboration and 

16 coordination of research agendas, extreme weather 

17 assessment activities, vulnerability assessments, data 

18 collection and analysis, and planning and imple19 menting extreme weather resilience, preparedness, 

20 and risk identification and management projects; 

21 (3) identify extreme weather resilience, pre22 paredness, and risk identification and management 

23 information needs, research gaps, and decision sup24 port needs that are not met by any of the offices, 

25 centers, or programs included in the inventory under 

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1 purposes of information to be submitted to the 

2 Interagency Council under section 7; 

3 (4) identify common and complementary goals 

4 for extreme weather resilience, preparedness, and 

5 risk identification and management within each re6 gion to be prioritized for the coming year and be7 yond; 

8 (5) identify barriers to regional extreme weath9 er resilience, preparedness, and risk identification 

10 and management planning and implementation that 

11 can be overcome or minimized through Federal ac12 tion and specific suggestions for improvement; 

13 (6) evaluate progress and jointly develop a 

14 strategy for realizing extreme weather resilience, 

15 preparedness, and risk identification and manage16 ment-related goals, including clearly identified re17 sponsibilities by each collaborating regional office, 

18 center, or program; and 

19 (7) share experiences and best practices in 

20 stakeholder engagement and communication, deci21 sion support, and science-practice interactions that 

22 support the realization of identified extreme weather 

23 resilience, preparedness, and risk identification and 

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1 SEC. 8. PROGRESS UPDATES. 

2 Not later than 90 days after each meeting under sec3 tion 7, each agency that participates in such meeting shall 

4 submit to the Interagency Council, and make available to 

5 the United States Global Change Research Program and 

6 the Federal Emergency Management Agency, information 

7 describing progress in regional coordination and collabora8 tion in aligning Federal resilience, preparedness, and risk 

9 identification and management efforts at the State and 

10 local level, and the benefits of such regional coordination 

11 and collaboration. 

12 SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS. 

13 In this Act: 

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

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

16 section 105 of title 5, but does not include the Gov17 ernment Accountability Office. 

18 (2) AGENCY EXTREME WEATHER PLAN.—The 

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

20 required under section 3(a). 

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

22 weather’’ includes observed or anticipated severe and 

23 unseasonable atmospheric conditions, including 

24 drought, wildfire, heavy precipitation, wave, high 

25 water, snowstorm, landslide, mudslide, hurricanes, 

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1 derechos), extreme heat, extreme cold, sustained 

2 temperatures or precipitation that deviate from his3 torical averages, and any other weather event that 

4 the Interagency Council determines qualifies as ex5 treme weather pursuant to section 2(f)(10). 

6 (4) INTERAGENCY COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Inter7 agency Council’’ means the Interagency Council on 

8 Extreme Weather Resilience, Preparedness, and 

9 Risk Identification and Management established 

10 under section 2(a). 

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

12 plan’’ means the mitigation plan required under sec13 tion 322 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

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

15 (6) NATIONAL GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH

16 PLAN.—The term ‘‘National Global Change Re17 search Plan’’ means the National Global Change Re18 search Plan developed under section 104 of the 

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

20 2934), or any revision thereof. 

21 (7) NATIONAL OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUB22 STANCES POLLUTION CONTINGENCY PLAN.—The 

23 term ‘‘National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pol24 lution Contingency Plan’’ means the National Oil 

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

2 Federal Regulations, or any revision thereof. 

3 (8) NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS GOAL.—The 

4 term ‘‘National Preparedness Goal’’ means the na5 tional preparedness goal developed under section 643 

6 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform 

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

8 (9) NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS REPORT.—The 

9 term ‘‘National Preparedness Report’’ means the re10 port required by section 652(a) of the Post-Katrina 

11 Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 

12 U.S.C. 752(a); Public Law 109–295). 

13 (10) PREPAREDNESS.—The term ‘‘prepared14 ness’’ means actions taken to plan, organize, equip, 

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

16 capabilities necessary to prevent, protect against, 

17 ameliorate the effects of, respond to, and recover 

18 from extreme weather related damages to life, 

19 health, property, livelihoods, ecosystems, and na20 tional security. 

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

22 means the ability to anticipate, prepare for, and 

23 adapt to changing conditions and withstand, respond 

24 to, and recover rapidly from disruptions. 


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1 (12) SENIOR OFFICIAL.—The term ‘‘senior offi2 cial’’ means a Deputy Secretary (or an equivalent of3 ficer) of an agency. 

4 (13) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

5 the several States, the District of Columbia, each 

6 commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United 

7 States, and each federally recognized Indian Tribe. 

8 (14) UNITED STATES GLOBAL CHANGE RE9 SEARCH PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘United States Glob10 al Change Research Program’’ means the United 

11 States Global Change Research Program established 

12 under section 103 of the Global Change Research 

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

14 (15) UNITED STATES GLOBAL CHANGE RE15 SEARCH PROGRAM ANNUAL REPORT.—The term 

16 ‘‘United States Global Change Research Program 

17 Annual Report’’ means the report required by sec18 tion 102(e)(7) of the Global Change Research Act of 

19 1990 (15 U.S.C. 2932(e)(7)). 

20 SEC. 10. REQUIREMENT TO INCLUDE AGENCY EXTREME 

21 WEATHER PLAN IN AGENCY PERFORMANCE 

22 PLAN. 

23 A description of the most recent agency extreme 

24 weather plan, as required under section 3, shall be in25 cluded in the performance plan of an agency (as defined 


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

2 31, United States Code. 

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