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Union Calendar No. 546 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4347 

[Report No. 116–662, Part I] 

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 

DECEMBER 17, 2020 

Additional sponsors: Mr. HICE of Georgia, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. PETERS, 

Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. KIND, Mr. COLE, Mrs. AXNE, Ms. SPANBERGER, 

and Mr. NEGUSE

DECEMBER 17, 2020 

Reported from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

DECEMBER 17, 2020 

Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology for a period 

ending not later than December 17, 2020, for consideration of such provisions of the bill as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant 

to clause 1(p) of rule X 

DECEMBER 17, 2020 

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charged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State 

of the Union and ordered to be printed 

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

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.—There is hereby established a 

14 council to be known as the ‘‘Interagency Council on Ex15 treme Weather Resilience, Preparedness, and Risk Identi16 fication and Management’’. 

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

18 composed of the following: 


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

2 the President, including representation from the fol3 lowing: 

4 (A) The Council on Environmental Qual5 ity. 

6 (B) The Office of Science and Technology 

7 Policy. 

8 (C) The National Security Council. 

9 (D) The Office of Management and Budg10 et. 

11 (E) The Department of Transportation. 

12 (F) The Environmental Protection Agency. 

13 (G) The National Institute of Standards 

14 and Technology. 

15 (H) The National Oceanic and Atmos16 pheric Administration. 

17 (I) The Department of Energy. 

18 (J) The Department of Homeland Secu19 rity. 

20 (K) The Federal Emergency Management 

21 Agency. 

22 (L) The Department of Defense. 

23 (M) The National Aeronautics and Space 

24 Administration. 

25 (N) The Department of Agriculture. 


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1 (O) The Department of Housing and 

2 Urban Development. 

3 (P) The Department of Justice. 

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

5 the President, who have relevant policy expertise and 

6 policy responsibilities, including in the following 

7 areas: 

8 (A) Economic policy and risk analysis. 

9 (B) Foreign affairs. 

10 (C) Defense and intelligence. 

11 (D) Homeland security. 

12 (E) Energy. 

13 (F) Environmental protection. 

14 (G) Natural and cultural resources. 

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

16 floodplains. 

17 (I) Agriculture. 

18 (J) Health and social services. 

19 (K) Transportation and infrastructure. 

20 (L) Housing. 

21 (M) Education. 

22 (N) Extreme weather data analysis or me23 teorological science. 

24 (O) Social science. 

25 (P) Strategic planning. 


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1 (Q) Urban and land use planning. 

2 (R) Infrastructure systems. 

3 (S) Civil rights. 

4 (T) Other areas the President determines 

5 appropriate. 

6 (c) CO-CHAIRPERSONS.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Interagency Council 

8 shall be co-chaired by the Administrator of the Fed9 eral Emergency Management Agency and the Dep10 uty Director of the Office of Management and Budg11 et. The President may appoint one or more addi12 tional members as co-chairs, as appropriate. 

13 (2) DUTIES.—The co-chairpersons shall— 

14 (A) oversee the Interagency Council’s re15 sponse to the Government Accountability Of16 fice’s recommendations under subsection (f)(5); 

17 (B) use the evaluation framework and per18 formance metrics developed pursuant to sub19 section (f)(6) to evaluate agency progress in 

20 meeting the goals and implementing the prior21 ities described in subsection (f)(1)(A); and 

22 (C) work to ensure that sufficient re23 sources are available for agencies to— 


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1 (i) meet the goals and implement the 

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

3 and 

4 (ii) implement the recommendations 

5 developed under subsection (f)(2). 

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

7 Interagency Council (or staff designated by the co-chair8 persons) shall provide administrative support and addi9 tional resources, as appropriate, to the Interagency Coun10 cil to the extent permitted by law and within existing ap11 propriations. The Interagency Council co-chairpersons 

12 shall determine the amount of funding and personnel nec13 essary for the Interagency Council to carry out its duties 

14 and the amount of funding and personnel each agency rep15 resented on the Interagency Council should contribute in 

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

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

18 the Interagency Council, make available personnel, admin19 istrative support services, and information to the Inter20 agency Council. 

21 (e) STRUCTURE.— 

22 (1) STEERING COMMITTEE.—The co-chair23 persons of the Interagency Council shall designate a 

24 subset of members of the Interagency Council to 

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1 mittee shall assist the Interagency Council in deter2 mining its priorities and its strategic direction. 

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

4 the Interagency Council and its steering committee 

5 may establish working groups as needed. 

6 (f) DUTIES OF THE INTERAGENCY COUNCIL.— 

7 (1) GOALS AND PRIORITIES.— 

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Interagency Coun9 cil shall establish Governmentwide goals and 

10 priorities for addressing extreme weather resil11 ience, preparedness, and risk identification and 

12 management, taking into account regional, eco13 nomic, cultural, and ecological variations, and 

14 the disparate impact of extreme weather. In es15 tablishing such goals and priorities, the Inter16 agency Council shall consider the National Oil 

17 and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contin18 gency Plan, agency continuity of operations 

19 plans, the National Preparedness Goal, the Na20 tional Preparedness Report, the National Global 

21 Change Research Plan, plans for the develop22 ment and implementation of the Building Resil23 ient Infrastructure and Communities program, 

24 the Mitigation Framework Leadership Group’s 

25 National Mitigation Investment Strategy (if 


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1 available), State and local mitigation plans, and 

2 all relevant findings described in the Govern3 ment Accountability Office’s High-Risk Series. 

4 (B) COORDINATION.—In executing the du5 ties pursuant to this subsection, the Inter6 agency Council shall coordinate with other enti7 ties in the Federal Government focused on ex8 treme weather mitigation and recovery (includ9 ing the Mitigation Framework Leadership 

10 Group, the Recovery Support Functions Lead11 ers Group, and the Emergency Support Func12 tions Leaders Group), to facilitate communica13 tion and collaboration among Federal activities. 

14 (C) INCORPORATION INTO AGENCY ACTIVI15 TIES.—In carrying out subparagraph (A), the 

16 Interagency Council shall, in order to ensure 

17 that information relating to extreme weather re18 silience, preparedness, and risk identification 

19 and management is incorporated into everyday 

20 agency activities— 

21 (i) work with agencies to assist such 

22 agencies in considering the goals and prior23 ities described in subparagraph (A) in 

24 agency strategic, programmatic, and budg25 et planning; 


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1 (ii) identify details to be included in 

2 agency extreme weather plans; and 

3 (iii) work to identify and communicate 

4 localized extreme weather and natural haz5 ard risk to the extent possible using the 

6 best available information regarding risk, 

7 and encourage the development of thor8 ough, updated maps, models, and tools to 

9 measure and evaluate risk. 

10 (2) PRIORITY INTERAGENCY FEDERAL AC11 TIONS.—The Interagency Council shall develop, rec12 ommend, coordinate, and track implementation of 

13 priority interagency Federal Government actions re14 lated to addressing extreme weather resilience, pre15 paredness, and risk identification and management. 

16 (3) SUPPORT REGIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL

17 ACTIONS.—The Interagency Council shall support 

18 regional, State, and local action to assess extreme 

19 weather-related vulnerabilities and cost effectively in20 crease extreme weather resilience, preparedness, and 

21 risk identification and management of communities, 

22 critical economic sectors, natural and built infra23 structure, and natural resources, including by— 

24 (A) conducting inventories under section 6; 

25 (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, including guidance on cost-effectiveness 

6 as it pertains to extreme weather and on how 

7 to prioritize funding in order to produce such 

8 tools and products; and 

9 (D) reviewing State and local mitigation 

10 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 Federal programs to implement such recommenda12 tions, and develop a plan to address such rec13 ommendations when feasible that does not duplicate 

14 the National Preparedness Goal. 

15 (6) FRAMEWORK AND PERFORMANCE

16 METRICS.—The Interagency Council shall use exist17 ing and emerging science to develop or adopt— 

18 (A) a framework for evaluating the 

19 progress and success of extreme weather resil20 ience, preparedness, and risk identification and 

21 management-related efforts that is complemen22 tary to and not duplicative of any local or na23 tional indicator system developed as part of the 

24 National Preparedness Goal; and 


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1 (B) performance metrics that allow track2 ing of the actions taken and progress made to3 ward meeting the goals and implementing the 

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

5 (7) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CEQ, OMB, 

6 AND DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.—The 

7 Interagency Council shall provide to the Council on 

8 Environmental Quality, the Office of Management 

9 and Budget, and the Department of Homeland Se10 curity recommendations on how agencies should— 

11 (A) develop or update agency extreme 

12 weather plans; 

13 (B) remove barriers to and facilitate State 

14 and local actions to address extreme weather 

15 resilience, preparedness, and risk identification 

16 and management, in agency regulations, guid17 ance, and policies; and 

18 (C) avoid duplication among Federal ac19 tivities to the extent practicable. 

20 (8) PUBLIC INPUT AND COMMENT.—The Inter21 agency Council shall solicit and incorporate public 

22 input and comment as appropriate into the decisions 

23 of the Interagency Council. 


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1 (9) INVENTORY AND MEETINGS.—The Inter2 agency Council shall conduct inventories under sec3 tion 6 and convene meetings under section 7. 

4 (10) DEFINITION OF EXTREME WEATHER.— 

5 The Interagency Council shall consider and may up6 date, not less frequently than every two years, in 

7 consultation with appropriate scientific bodies, the 

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

9 weather events (in addition to those described in sec10 tion 9(3)) qualify as extreme weather for purposes 

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

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

13 website of the Council and in the Federal Register. 

14 (11) OTHER DUTIES.—The Interagency Council 

15 shall carry out any other duties related to the pur16 poses of this Act that the co-chairpersons of the 

17 Interagency Council determine appropriate. 

18 (12) PUBLIC INFORMATION.—The Interagency 

19 Council shall— 

20 (A) make information available online— 

21 (i) for tracking implementation of 

22 agency extreme weather plans and Govern23 mentwide goals and priorities described in 

24 paragraph (1)(A); 


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1 (ii) on recommendations relating to 

2 extreme weather described in the Govern3 ment Accountability Office’s High-Risk Se4 ries; and 

5 (iii) on the results of the Council’s ef6 forts to identify nationwide and localized 

7 risks (including updated mapping efforts); 

8 and 

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

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

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

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

14 annually thereafter (concurrently with the United 

15 States Global Change Research Program Annual Re16 port and the National Preparedness Report), the 

17 Interagency Council shall submit to Congress, and 

18 make available to the United States Global Change 

19 Research Program and the Federal Emergency Man20 agement Agency, a report that— 

21 (A) describes how the goals and priorities 

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

23 and implemented using— 

24 (i) the performance metrics developed 

25 under paragraph (6)(B); and 


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1 (ii) information on— 

2 (I) agency expenditures, broken 

3 down by program activity level if prac4 ticable, that are directly related to ad5 dressing extreme weather resilience, 

6 preparedness, and risk identification 

7 and management, including extreme 

8 weather resilience, preparedness, and 

9 risk identification and management of 

10 Federal facilities; and 

11 (II) the effectiveness of such ex12 penditures, along with associated fi13 nancial impacts and community, in14 frastructure, and environmental bene15 fits, to the extent such data are avail16 able; 

17 (B) provides recommendations to enhance 

18 the effectiveness of such implementation and 

19 sets benchmarks to meet; 

20 (C) describes the progress of the regional 

21 coordination efforts described in sections 6, 7, 

22 and 8; and 

23 (D) includes a summary of public com24 ments solicited under paragraph (8) and any 


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1 action the Interagency Council took to respond 

2 to such comments. 

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

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

5 shall consult with Federal agencies, State and local gov6 ernments, academic and research institutions, and the pri7 vate and nonprofit sectors. 

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

9 Management and Budget, taking into consideration the 

10 recommendations provided by the Interagency Council 

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

12 on— 

13 (1) developing agency extreme weather plans, 

14 which shall incorporate existing agency reports, 

15 where appropriate, to prevent duplication and reduce 

16 overlap; 

17 (2) developing agency regulations, guidance, 

18 and policies to remove barriers to and facilitate 

19 State and local actions to address extreme weather 

20 resilience, preparedness, and risk identification and 

21 management; and 

22 (3) assessing and managing extreme weather23 related risks under OMB Circular A–123 ‘‘Manage24 ment’s Responsibility for Enterprise Risk Manage25 ment and Internal Control’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. AGENCY PLANNING FOR EXTREME WEATHER-RE2 LATED RISKS. 

3 (a) AGENCY EXTREME WEATHER RESILIENCE, PRE4 PAREDNESS, AND RISK IDENTIFICATION AND MANAGE5 MENT PLANS.— 

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

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

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

9 coordination with the Administrator of the Federal 

10 Emergency Management Agency to avoid duplication 

11 with the National Planning Frameworks, shall sub12 mit to the Director of the Office of Management and 

13 Budget and to the Interagency Council a com14 prehensive plan that integrates consideration of ex15 treme weather into such agency’s operations and 

16 overall mission objectives (hereinafter referred to as 

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

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

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

20 thereafter, the Director of the Office of Management 

21 and Budget shall convene an interagency budget 

22 crosscut and policy hearing to review and integrate 

23 all the agency extreme weather plans and to ensure 

24 that such extreme weather plans and the activities of 

25 agencies align with the goals and priorities estab26 lished under section 2(f)(1)(A). 


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

2 Office of Management and Budget, as part of the 

3 annual budget process, shall consolidate and submit 

4 to Congress all agency extreme weather plans. 

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

6 shall include— 

7 (1) identification and assessment of extreme 

8 weather-related impacts on, and risks to— 

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

10 missions, operations, and programs over time 

11 periods to be designated by the Interagency 

12 Council; and 

13 (B) State and local entities; 

14 (2) identification and assessment of barriers 

15 posed and improvements that could be made to Fed16 eral programs the agency administers to facilitate 

17 State and local actions to address extreme weather 

18 resilience, preparedness, and risk identification and 

19 management efforts; 

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

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

22 additional actions the agency will take, to manage 

23 extreme weather risks in the near term and build re24 silience in the short and long term; 


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1 (4) a description of how the agency will con2 sider the need to improve extreme weather resilience, 

3 preparedness, and risk identification and manage4 ment, including the costs and benefits of such im5 provement, with respect to agency suppliers, supply 

6 chain, real property investments, and capital equip7 ment purchases, including by updating agency poli8 cies for leasing, building upgrades, relocation of ex9 isting facilities and equipment, and construction of 

10 new facilities; 

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

12 any ongoing or future public-private partnership to 

13 improve extreme weather resilience, preparedness, 

14 and risk identification and management, including 

15 the cost and benefits of technology and methodology 

16 improvements, hardening, or rapid restoration; 

17 (6) a description of how the agency will con18 tribute to coordinated interagency efforts to support 

19 extreme weather resilience, preparedness, and risk 

20 identification and management at all levels of gov21 ernment, including collaborative work across agen22 cies’ regional offices and hubs, and through coordi23 nated development of information, data, and tools, 

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


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1 (7) any other details identified by the Inter2 agency Council under section 2(f)(1)(C)(ii). 

3 SEC. 4. WEBSITE. 

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

5 designate an agency or agencies to establish and maintain, 

6 or designate a website that provides timely, actionable, 

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

8 future risks related to extreme weather, preparedness, re9 silience, and risk identification and management, to sup10 port Federal, regional, State, local, private sector, and 

11 other decisionmakers. 

12 (b) INTERAGENCY PROGRESS.—The website de13 scribed under subsection (a), shall identify interagency 

14 progress, and propose the next interagency steps, towards 

15 responding to threats posed by extreme weather. 

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

17 subsection (a) shall provide best practices and examples 

18 from Federal, regional, State, and local decisionmakers in 

19 the public and private sectors about how to use extreme 

20 weather-related information in planning and decision21 making. 

22 (d) INTERAGENCY COUNCIL INFORMATION AND

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1 vided by the Interagency Council pursuant to section 

2 2(f)(4). 

3 (e) BEST AVAILABLE METEOROLOGICAL SCIENCE.— 

4 The website described under subsection (a) shall identify 

5 best available meteorological science relating to extreme 

6 weather resilience, preparedness, and risk identification 

7 and management. 

8 (f) PUBLIC OUTREACH AND EDUCATION.—The 

9 Interagency Council shall designate one or more agencies 

10 to conduct outreach and educational activities to inform 

11 the public and regional, State, and local decisionmakers 

12 about the tools and information available on the website 

13 described under subsection (a). 

14 SEC. 5. PROVIDING ADEQUATE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT. 

15 The Director of the Office of Management and Budg16 et shall ensure that each agency provides adequate re17 sources to the Interagency Council, including administra18 tive services and personnel support, as appropriate— 

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

20 and 

21 (2) to otherwise carry out this Act. 

22 SEC. 6. INVENTORY. 

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

24 date of the enactment of this Act, and every 2 years there25 after, the Interagency Council, or a working group of such 


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1 Interagency Council established by the co-chairpersons 

2 thereof, shall conduct and publish an inventory of all re3 gional offices, centers, and programs of agencies that are 

4 assisting with extreme weather resilience, preparedness, 

5 and risk identification and management efforts at the 

6 State or local level, including— 

7 (1) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad8 ministration’s regional programs; 

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

10 Wildlife Service Landscape Conservation Coopera11 tives; 

12 (3) the United States Geological Survey’s Cli13 mate Science Centers; 

14 (4) the Department of Agriculture’s Climate 

15 Hubs; 

16 (5) the regional offices of— 

17 (A) the Environmental Protection Agency; 

18 (B) the Federal Emergency Management 

19 Agency; 

20 (C) the Department of Transportation; 

21 and 

22 (D) the Forest Service; 

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

24 Engineers; and 


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

2 other agency efforts as determined appropriate by 

3 the Interagency Council. 

4 (b) ASSISTANCE DESCRIBED.—An inventory con5 ducted and published under subsection (a) shall include 

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

7 or program is providing to assist with extreme weather 

8 resilience, preparedness, and risk identification and man9 agement efforts at the State or local level. 

10 SEC. 7. MEETINGS. 

11 Not later than 6 months after the publication of each 

12 inventory under section 6, the Interagency Council shall 

13 convene a meeting of representatives of the offices, cen14 ters, and programs included in such inventory and invite 

15 other local and regional stakeholders to participate and 

16 develop plans to coordinate the efforts of such offices, cen17 ters, and programs and facilitate efficient services to 

18 stakeholders. At such meetings, such representatives 

19 shall— 

20 (1) share information regarding their office, 

21 center, or program’s extreme weather resilience, pre22 paredness, and risk identification and management 

23 efforts; 

24 (2) identify opportunities for collaboration and 

25 coordination of research agendas, extreme weather 


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1 assessment activities, vulnerability assessments, data 

2 collection and analysis, and planning and imple3 menting extreme weather resilience, preparedness, 

4 and risk identification and management projects; 

5 (3) identify extreme weather resilience, pre6 paredness, and risk identification and management 

7 information needs, research gaps, and decision sup8 port needs that are not met by any of the offices, 

9 centers, or programs included in the inventory under 

10 section 6 and make available such identification for 

11 purposes of information to be submitted to the 

12 Interagency Council under section 7; 

13 (4) identify common and complementary goals 

14 for extreme weather resilience, preparedness, and 

15 risk identification and management within each re16 gion to be prioritized for the coming year and be17 yond; 

18 (5) identify barriers to regional extreme weath19 er resilience, preparedness, and risk identification 

20 and management planning and implementation that 

21 can be overcome or minimized through Federal ac22 tion and specific suggestions for improvement; 

23 (6) evaluate progress and jointly develop a 

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1 ment-related goals, including clearly identified re2 sponsibilities by each collaborating regional office, 

3 center, or program; and 

4 (7) share experiences and best practices in 

5 stakeholder engagement and communication, deci6 sion support, and science-practice interactions that 

7 support the realization of identified extreme weather 

8 resilience, preparedness, and risk identification and 

9 management goals. 

10 SEC. 8. PROGRESS UPDATES. 

11 Not later than 90 days after each meeting under sec12 tion 7, each agency that participates in such meeting shall 

13 submit to the Interagency Council, and make available to 

14 the United States Global Change Research Program and 

15 the Federal Emergency Management Agency, information 

16 describing progress in regional coordination and collabora17 tion in aligning Federal resilience, preparedness, and risk 

18 identification and management efforts at the State and 

19 local level, and the benefits of such regional coordination 

20 and collaboration. 

21 SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS. 

22 In this Act: 

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

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


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1 section 105 of title 5, but does not include the Gov2 ernment Accountability Office. 

3 (2) AGENCY EXTREME WEATHER PLAN.—The 

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

5 required under section 3(a). 

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

7 weather’’ includes observed or anticipated severe and 

8 unseasonable atmospheric conditions, including 

9 drought, wildfire, heavy precipitation, wave, high 

10 water, snowstorm, landslide, mudslide, hurricanes, 

11 tornadoes and other windstorms (including 

12 derechos), extreme heat, extreme cold, sustained 

13 temperatures or precipitation that deviate from his14 torical averages, and any other weather event that 

15 the Interagency Council determines qualifies as ex16 treme weather pursuant to section 2(f)(10). 

17 (4) INTERAGENCY COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Inter18 agency Council’’ means the Interagency Council on 

19 Extreme Weather Resilience, Preparedness, and 

20 Risk Identification and Management established 

21 under section 2(a). 

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

23 plan’’ means the mitigation plan required under sec24 tion 322 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

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


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1 (6) NATIONAL GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH

2 PLAN.—The term ‘‘National Global Change Re3 search Plan’’ means the National Global Change Re4 search Plan developed under section 104 of the 

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

6 2934), or any revision thereof. 

7 (7) NATIONAL OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUB8 STANCES POLLUTION CONTINGENCY PLAN.—The 

9 term ‘‘National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pol10 lution Contingency Plan’’ means the National Oil 

11 and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency 

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

13 Federal Regulations, or any revision thereof. 

14 (8) NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS GOAL.—The 

15 term ‘‘National Preparedness Goal’’ means the na16 tional preparedness goal developed under section 643 

17 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform 

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

19 (9) NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS REPORT.—The 

20 term ‘‘National Preparedness Report’’ means the re21 port required by section 652(a) of the Post-Katrina 

22 Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 

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

24 (10) PREPAREDNESS.—The term ‘‘prepared25 ness’’ means actions taken to plan, organize, equip, 


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

2 capabilities necessary to prevent, protect against, 

3 ameliorate the effects of, respond to, and recover 

4 from extreme weather related damages to life, 

5 health, property, livelihoods, ecosystems, and na6 tional security. 

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

8 means the ability to anticipate, prepare for, and 

9 adapt to changing conditions and withstand, respond 

10 to, and recover rapidly from disruptions. 

11 (12) SENIOR OFFICIAL.—The term ‘‘senior offi12 cial’’ means a Deputy Secretary (or an equivalent of13 ficer) of an agency. 

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

15 the several States, the District of Columbia, each 

16 commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United 

17 States, and each federally recognized Indian Tribe. 

18 (14) UNITED STATES GLOBAL CHANGE RE19 SEARCH PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘United States Glob20 al Change Research Program’’ means the United 

21 States Global Change Research Program established 

22 under section 103 of the Global Change Research 

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

24 (15) UNITED STATES GLOBAL CHANGE RE25 SEARCH PROGRAM ANNUAL REPORT.—The term 


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1 ‘‘United States Global Change Research Program 

2 Annual Report’’ means the report required by sec3 tion 102(e)(7) of the Global Change Research Act of 

4 1990 (15 U.S.C. 2932(e)(7)). 

5 SEC. 10. REQUIREMENT TO INCLUDE AGENCY EXTREME 

6 WEATHER PLAN IN AGENCY PERFORMANCE 

7 PLAN. 

8 A description of the most recent agency extreme 

9 weather plan, as required under section 3, shall be in10 cluded in the performance plan of an agency (as defined 

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

12 31, United States Code. 


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Union Calendar No. 546 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4347 

[Report No. 116–662, Part I] 

A BILL 

To enhance the Federal Government’s planning and 

other purposes. ernment from such extreme weather, and for mitigating the financial risk to the Federal Govresilience, improving regional coordination, and respond to extreme weather, thereby increasing Government’s dissemination of best practices to preparation for extreme weather and the Federal 

DECEMBER 17, 2020 

Reported from the Committee on Transportation and 

Infrastructure 

DECEMBER 17, 2020 

Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Techto clause 1(p) of rule X fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant 2020, for consideration of such provisions of the bill as nology for a period ending not later than December 17, 

DECEMBER 17, 2020 

Committees on Oversight and Reform and Science, 

Union and ordered to be printed Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Space, and Technology discharged; committed to the 


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