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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5314 

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

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

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

weather. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 31, 2014 

Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. COLE, 

Mr. DENT, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. GRIMM, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. 

HOLT, Mr. HONDA, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. PINGREE of 

Maine, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PETERS of California, 

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

to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition 

to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to 

be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 

concerned 

A BILL 

To amend title 31, United States Code, to enhance the 

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

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

Government from such extreme weather. 


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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preparedness and Risk 

5 Management for Extreme Weather Patterns Assuring Re6 silience Act of 2014’’ or the ‘‘PREPARE Act of 2014’’. 

7 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

8 The Congress finds the following: 

9 (1) For the first time in history, the Govern10 ment Accountability Office included the need to ad11 dress extreme weather in its 2013 High Risk List by 

12 declaring that this complex, cross-cutting issue ‘‘pre13 sents a significant financial risk to the federal gov14 ernment’’. 

15 (2) The United States has sustained 151 

16 weather-related disasters since 1980 where overall 

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

18 cost exceeding $1 trillion. 

19 (3) In 2012, the Federal Government spent 

20 nearly $100 billion because of droughts, storms, 

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

22 weather in the United States totaled almost 1 per23 cent of the Nation’s gross domestic product. 

24 (4) Every dollar spent on hazard mitigation 

25 brings a $4 return on investment. 


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1 (5) The Federal Government has a number of 

2 non-permanent efforts underway to address extreme 

3 weather, including those outlined in Executive Order 

4 13514, in Executive Order 13653, in Homeland Se5 curity Presidential Directive 20, in Presidential Pol6 icy Directive 8, and in individual Agency Adaptation 

7 Plans. 

8 (6) The Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task 

9 Force recommendations included taking a resiliency 

10 approach to planning, design, and rebuilding in 

11 order to mitigate impacts of future extreme weather12 related events. 

13 (7) In order to help communities plan for fu14 ture extreme weather-related events, the National 

15 League of Cities urges the Federal Government to 

16 provide financial and technical assistance to help 

17 local governments assess vulnerabilities and mitigate 

18 such future events and to share best practices and 

19 resiliency strategies. 

20 SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO EXTREME WEATHER 

21 RESILIENCY, PREPAREDNESS, AND RISK 

22 MANAGEMENT. 

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

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

25 following new chapter: 


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1 ‘‘CHAPTER 99—EXTREME WEATHER RESIL2 IENCY, PREPAREDNESS, AND RISK 

3 MANAGEMENT 

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

PREPAREDNESS, AND RISK MANAGEMENT

‘‘Sec. 

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

Risk Management. 

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

‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—ASSISTANCE IN IDENTIFYING THE BEST AVAILABLE

SCIENCE AND EXTREME WEATHER RESILIENCY, PREPAREDNESS, AND RISK

MANAGEMENT BEST PRACTICES

‘‘9911. USGCRP Web site. 

‘‘9912. Adequate funding. 

‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—REGIONAL COORDINATION

‘‘9921. Inventory. 

‘‘9922. Meetings. 

‘‘9923. Progress reports. 

‘‘SUBCHAPTER IV—DEFINITIONS

‘‘9931. Definitions. 

4 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR 

5 EXTREME WEATHER RESILIENCY, PRE6 PAREDNESS, AND RISK MANAGEMENT 

7 ‘‘§ 9901. Interagency Council on Extreme Weather Re8 siliency, Preparedness, and Risk Manage9 ment 

10 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President shall estab11 lish a council to be known as the ‘Interagency Council on 

12 Extreme Weather Resiliency, Preparedness, and Risk 

13 Management’. 

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

15 be composed of— 


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1 ‘‘(1) the Chairman of the Council on Environ2 mental Quality; 

3 ‘‘(2) the Director of the Office of Science and 

4 Technology Policy; 

5 ‘‘(3) the Assistant to the President for Home6 land Security and Counterterrorism; 

7 ‘‘(4) the employee of the Office of Management 

8 and Budget in the position established under sub9 section (c)(2), or a designee of such employee; and 

10 ‘‘(5) other members as appointed by the Presi11 dent who are agency representatives at the Assistant 

12 Secretary (or equivalent) level or above, including— 

13 ‘‘(A) a representative from— 

14 ‘‘(i) the Department of Transpor15 tation; 

16 ‘‘(ii) the Environmental Protection 

17 Agency; 

18 ‘‘(iii) the Department of Energy; and 

19 ‘‘(iv) the Department of Homeland 

20 Security; and 

21 ‘‘(B) representatives who have policy ex22 pertise and policy responsibilities in the areas 

23 of— 

24 ‘‘(i) economic policy; 

25 ‘‘(ii) foreign affairs; 


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1 ‘‘(iii) defense and intelligence; 

2 ‘‘(iv) homeland security; 

3 ‘‘(v) energy; 

4 ‘‘(vi) environmental protection; 

5 ‘‘(vii) natural resources; 

6 ‘‘(viii) coasts, oceans, rivers, and 

7 floodplains; 

8 ‘‘(ix) agriculture; 

9 ‘‘(x) health; 

10 ‘‘(xi) transportation, infrastructure, or 

11 housing; 

12 ‘‘(xii) education; 

13 ‘‘(xiii) extreme weather data analysis 

14 or meteorological science; 

15 ‘‘(xiv) social science; 

16 ‘‘(xv) strategic planning; and 

17 ‘‘(xvi) other areas the President deter18 mines appropriate. 

19 ‘‘(c) CO-CHAIRPERSONS.— 

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

21 shall be co-chaired by the employee of the Office of 

22 Management and Budget in the position established 

23 under paragraph (2) (or a designee of such em24 ployee) and any other member of the Interagency 


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1 Council that the President may appoint as co-chair2 person. 

3 ‘‘(2) POSITION AT THE OFFICE OF MANAGE4 MENT AND BUDGET.—There is established within 

5 the Office of Management and Budget a position 

6 to— 

7 ‘‘(A) serve as a co-chairperson of the Inter8 agency Council; 

9 ‘‘(B) oversee the Interagency Council’s re10 sponse to the Government Accountability Of11 fice’s recommendations under subsection (f)(5); 

12 ‘‘(C) use the evaluation framework and 

13 performance metrics developed pursuant to sub14 section (f)(6) to evaluate agency progress in 

15 meeting the goals and implementing the prior16 ities described in subsection (f)(1)(A); and 

17 ‘‘(D) work to ensure that sufficient re18 sources are available for agencies to— 

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

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

21 and 

22 ‘‘(ii) implement the recommendations 

23 developed under subsection (f)(2). 

24 ‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION.—The Council on Environ25 mental Quality shall provide administrative support and 


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1 additional resources, as appropriate, to the Interagency 

2 Council to the extent permitted by law and within existing 

3 appropriations. The Interagency Council co-chairpersons 

4 shall determine the amount of funding and personnel nec5 essary for the Interagency Council to carry out its duties 

6 and the amount of funding and personnel each agency rep7 resented on the Interagency Council should contribute in 

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

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

10 the Interagency Council, make available personnel, admin11 istrative support services, and information to the Inter12 agency Council. 

13 ‘‘(e) STRUCTURE.— 

14 ‘‘(1) STEERING COMMITTEE.—The co-chair15 persons of the Interagency Council shall designate a 

16 subset of members of the Interagency Council to 

17 serve on a steering committee. Such steering com18 mittee shall assist the Interagency Council in deter19 mining its priorities and its strategic direction. 

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

21 of the Interagency Council and its steering com22 mittee may establish working groups as needed. 

23 ‘‘(f) DUTIES.— 

24 ‘‘(1) GOALS AND PRIORITIES.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Interagency 

2 Council shall establish government-wide goals 

3 and priorities for extreme weather resiliency, 

4 preparedness, and risk management. In estab5 lishing such goals and priorities, the Inter6 agency Council shall consider the National Oil 

7 and Hazardous Materials Pollution Contingency 

8 Plan, agency continuity of operations plans, the 

9 National Preparedness Goal, the National Glob10 al Change Research Plan, and all relevant pro11 visions of the Government Accountability Of12 fice’s High-Risk Series. 

13 ‘‘(B) INCORPORATION INTO AGENCY AC14 TIVITIES.—In carrying out subparagraph (A), 

15 the Interagency Council shall, in order to en16 sure that information relating to extreme 

17 weather resiliency, preparedness, and risk man18 agement is incorporated into everyday agency 

19 activities— 

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

21 agencies in considering the goals and prior22 ities described in subparagraph (A) in 

23 agency strategic, programmatic, and budg24 et planning; and 


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

2 agency extreme weather plans. 

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 extreme weather resiliency, preparedness, 

8 and risk management. 

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

10 TRIBAL ACTIONS.—The Interagency Council shall 

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

12 assess extreme weather-related vulnerabilities and 

13 cost effectively increase extreme weather resiliency, 

14 preparedness, and risk management of communities, 

15 critical economic sectors, natural and built infra16 structure, and natural resources, including by— 

17 ‘‘(A) conducting inventories under section 

18 9921; 

19 ‘‘(B) convening meetings under section 

20 9922; and 

21 ‘‘(C) providing guidance to agencies to 

22 produce tools and products that enhance ex23 treme weather resiliency planning and actions, 

24 including guidance on how to prioritize funding 

25 in order to produce such tools and products. 


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1 ‘‘(4) METEOROLOGICAL AND EXTREME WEATH2 ER SCIENCE.—The Interagency Council shall facili3 tate the integration of meteorological and extreme 

4 weather science in the policies and planning of agen5 cies and the private sector, including by— 

6 ‘‘(A) promoting the development of innova7 tive, actionable, and accessible Federal extreme 

8 weather resiliency, preparedness, and risk man9 agement-related information, data, tools, and 

10 examples of successful actions at appropriate 

11 scales for decisionmakers; and 

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

13 tools, and examples to the United States Global 

14 Change Research Program to include on the 

15 Internet Web site established and maintained 

16 pursuant to section 9911. 

17 ‘‘(5) HIGH-RISK REPORT RECOMMENDA18 TIONS.—The Interagency Council shall assess the 

19 specific recommendations relating to extreme weath20 er in all relevant provisions of the Government Ac21 countability Office’s High-Risk Series, identify the 

22 feasibility of revising Federal programs to implement 

23 such recommendations, and develop a plan to ad24 dress such recommendations when feasible. 


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1 ‘‘(6) FRAMEWORK AND PERFORMANCE

2 METRICS.—The Interagency Council shall use exist3 ing and emerging science to develop— 

4 ‘‘(A) a framework for evaluating the 

5 progress and success of extreme weather resil6 iency, preparedness, and risk management-re7 lated efforts that is complementary to any na8 tional indicator system developed as part of the 

9 National Climate Assessment; and 

10 ‘‘(B) performance metrics that allow track11 ing of the actions taken and progress made to12 ward meeting the goals and implementing the 

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

14 ‘‘(7) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CEQ.—The 

15 Interagency Council shall provide recommendations 

16 to the Council on Environmental Quality on how 

17 to— 

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

19 and 

20 ‘‘(B) remove barriers to State and local ex21 treme weather resiliency, preparedness, and risk 

22 management, in agency regulations, guidance, 

23 and policies. 

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

25 Interagency Council shall solicit and incorporate 


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1 public input and comment as appropriate into the 

2 decisions of the Interagency Council. 

3 ‘‘(9) INVENTORY AND MEETINGS.—The Inter4 agency Council shall conduct inventories under sec5 tion 9921 and convene meetings under section 9922. 

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

7 The Interagency Council shall determine what other 

8 weather events (in addition to those described in sec9 tion 9931(3)) qualify as extreme weather for pur10 poses of this chapter. 

11 ‘‘(11) OTHER DUTIES.—The Interagency Coun12 cil shall carry out any other duties the co-chair13 persons of the Interagency Council determine appro14 priate. 

15 ‘‘(12) INTERAGENCY COUNCIL WEB SITE.—The 

16 Interagency Council shall establish and maintain an 

17 Internet Web site for tracking implementation of 

18 agency extreme weather plans, Government-wide 

19 goals and priorities described in paragraph (1)(A), 

20 and recommendations relating to extreme weather in 

21 all relevant provisions of the Government Account22 ability Office’s High-Risk Series, and shall make 

23 such High-Risk Series and the reports submitted 

24 under paragraph (13) available on such Web site, as 

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

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

3 annually thereafter, the Interagency Council shall 

4 submit to Congress, and make available to the 

5 United States Global Change Research Program for 

6 inclusion in any interim report that supports the 

7 National Climate Assessment, and in the National 

8 Climate Assessment, a report that— 

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

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

11 and implemented using— 

12 ‘‘(i) the performance metrics devel13 oped under paragraph (6)(B); and 

14 ‘‘(ii) information on— 

15 ‘‘(I) agency expenditures, broken 

16 down by program activity level if prac17 ticable, that are directly related to ex18 treme weather resiliency, prepared19 ness, and risk management, including 

20 extreme weather resiliency, prepared21 ness, and risk management of Federal 

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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 subchapter III; 

9 and 

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

12 the Interagency Council has responded to such 

13 comments. 

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

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

16 shall consult with agencies, State, local, and tribal govern17 ments, academic and research institutions, and the private 

18 and nonprofit sectors. 

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

20 on Environmental Quality, 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 and 


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

2 and policies to remove barriers to State and local ex3 treme weather resiliency, preparedness, and risk 

4 management. 

5 ‘‘§ 9902. Agency planning for extreme weather-related 

6 risks 

7 ‘‘(a) AGENCY EXTREME WEATHER RESILIENCY, 

8 PREPAREDNESS, AND RISK MANAGEMENT PLANS.— 

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

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

11 every 2 years thereafter, each agency shall submit to 

12 the Office of Management and Budget and to the 

13 Interagency Council a comprehensive plan that inte14 grates consideration of extreme weather into such 

15 agency’s operations and overall mission objectives 

16 (hereinafter referred to as an ‘agency extreme 

17 weather plan’). 

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

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

20 years thereafter, the Director of the Office of Man21 agement and Budget shall convene an interagency 

22 budget crosscut and policy hearing to review and in23 tegrate all the agency extreme weather plans and to 

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1 tivities of agencies align with the goals and priorities 

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

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

4 Office of Management and Budget shall, upon re5 ceipt of all agency extreme weather plans in a given 

6 year, consolidate, and submit to Congress, such 

7 plans. 

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

9 plan shall include— 

10 ‘‘(1) identification and assessment of extreme 

11 weather-related impacts on, and risks to— 

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

13 missions, operations, and programs; and 

14 ‘‘(B) State and local entities; 

15 ‘‘(2) identification and assessment of barriers 

16 posed by Federal programs the agency administers 

17 to State and local extreme weather resiliency, pre18 paredness, and risk management efforts; 

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

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

21 additional actions the agency will take, to manage 

22 extreme weather risks in the near term and build re23 silience in the short and long term; 

24 ‘‘(4) a description of how the agency will con25 sider the need to improve extreme weather resiliency, 


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1 preparedness, and risk management, including the 

2 costs and benefits of such improvement, with respect 

3 to agency suppliers, supply chain, real property in4 vestments, and capital equipment purchases, includ5 ing by updating agency policies for leasing, building 

6 upgrades, relocation of existing facilities and equip7 ment, and construction of new facilities; 

8 ‘‘(5) a description of how the agency will sup9 port any ongoing or future public/private partner10 ship to improve extreme weather resiliency, pre11 paredness, and risk management, including the cost 

12 and benefits of technology improvements, hardening, 

13 or rapid restoration; 

14 ‘‘(6) a description of how the agency will con15 tribute to coordinated interagency efforts to support 

16 extreme weather resiliency, preparedness, and risk 

17 management at all levels of government, including 

18 collaborative work across agencies’ regional offices 

19 and hubs, and through coordinated development of 

20 information, data, and tools, consistent with sub21 chapter III; and 

22 ‘‘(7) any other details identified by the Inter23 agency Council under section 9901(f)(1)(B)(ii). 


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1 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—ASSISTANCE IN IDENTI2 FYING THE BEST AVAILABLE SCIENCE AND 

3 EXTREME WEATHER RESILIENCY, PRE4 PAREDNESS, AND RISK MANAGEMENT 

5 BEST PRACTICES 

6 ‘‘§ 9911. USGCRP Web site 

7 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The United States Global 

8 Change Research Program, in consultation with the Inter9 agency Council, shall designate an agency that partici10 pates in such Program to establish and maintain, on be11 half of such Program, an Internet Web site that provides 

12 timely, actionable, and accessible extreme weather resil13 iency, preparedness, and risk management-related infor14 mation. 

15 ‘‘(b) INTERAGENCY PROGRESS.—The Web site estab16 lished under subsection (a) shall identify interagency 

17 progress, and propose the next interagency steps, towards 

18 responding to threats posed by extreme weather. 

19 ‘‘(c) BEST PRACTICES.—The Web site established 

20 under subsection (a) shall provide best practices and ex21 amples from State, regional, and local decisionmakers in 

22 the public and private sectors about how to use extreme23 weather-related information in planning and decision24 making. 


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1 ‘‘(d) INTERAGENCY COUNCIL INFORMATION AND

2 TOOLS.—The Web site established under subsection (a) 

3 shall include the information, data, tools, and examples 

4 provided by the Interagency Council pursuant to section 

5 9901(f)(4). 

6 ‘‘(e) BEST AVAILABLE METEOROLOGICAL

7 SCIENCE.—The Web site established under subsection (a) 

8 shall identify best available meteorological science relating 

9 to extreme weather resiliency, preparedness, and risk man10 agement. 

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

12 United States Global Change Research Program shall des13 ignate an agency that participates in such Program to 

14 conduct outreach and educational activities to inform the 

15 public and local and State decisionmakers about the tools 

16 and information available on the Web site established 

17 under subsection (a). 

18 ‘‘§ 9912. Adequate funding 

19 ‘‘The Director of the Office of Management and 

20 Budget shall work with the United States Global Change 

21 Research Program to ensure that adequate funding is re22 quested— 

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

24 ‘‘(2) for the Internet Web site established under 

25 section 9911; and 


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

2 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—REGIONAL COORDINATION 

3 ‘‘§ 9921. Inventory 

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

5 date of enactment of this chapter, and every 2 years there6 after, the Interagency Council, or a working group of such 

7 Interagency Council established by the co-chairpersons 

8 thereof, shall conduct and publish an inventory of all re9 gional offices, centers, and programs of agencies that are 

10 assisting with extreme weather resiliency, preparedness, 

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

12 including— 

13 ‘‘(1) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad14 ministration’s regional programs; 

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

16 Wildlife Service Landscape Conservation Coopera17 tives; 

18 ‘‘(3) the United States Geological Survey’s Cli19 mate Science Centers; 

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

21 Hubs; 

22 ‘‘(5) the regional offices of— 

23 ‘‘(A) the Environmental Protection Agen24 cy; 


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1 ‘‘(B) the Federal Emergency Management 

2 Agency; 

3 ‘‘(C) the Army Corps of Engineers; and 

4 ‘‘(D) the Forest Service; and 

5 ‘‘(6) such other offices, centers, and programs 

6 or other agency efforts as determined appropriate by 

7 the Interagency Council. 

8 ‘‘(b) ASSISTANCE DESCRIBED.—An inventory con9 ducted and published under subsection (a) shall include 

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

11 or program is providing to assist with extreme weather 

12 resiliency, preparedness, and risk management efforts at 

13 the State or local level. 

14 ‘‘§ 9922. Meetings 

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

16 each inventory under section 9921, the Interagency Coun17 cil shall convene a meeting of representatives of the of18 fices, centers, and programs included in such inventory to 

19 develop plans to coordinate the efforts of such offices, cen20 ters, and programs and facilitate efficient services to 

21 stakeholders. At such meetings, such representatives 

22 shall— 

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

24 center, or program’s extreme weather resiliency, pre25 paredness, and risk management efforts; 


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1 ‘‘(2) identify opportunities for collaboration and 

2 coordination of research agendas, extreme weather 

3 assessment activities, vulnerability assessments, data 

4 collection and analysis, and planning and imple5 menting extreme weather resiliency, preparedness, 

6 and risk management projects; 

7 ‘‘(3) identify extreme weather resiliency, pre8 paredness, and risk management information needs, 

9 research gaps, and decision support needs that are 

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

11 included in the inventory under section 9921 and 

12 provide for such identification in an agency report 

13 submitted to the Interagency Council under section 

14 9923; 

15 ‘‘(4) identify common and complementary goals 

16 for extreme weather resiliency, preparedness, and 

17 risk management within each region to be prioritized 

18 for the coming year and beyond; 

19 ‘‘(5) identify barriers to regional extreme 

20 weather resiliency, preparedness, and risk manage21 ment planning and implementation that can be over22 come or minimized through Federal action and spe23 cific suggestions for improvement; 

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

25 strategy for realizing extreme weather resiliency, 


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1 preparedness, and risk management-related goals, 

2 including clearly identified responsibilities by each 

3 collaborating regional office, 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 resiliency, preparedness, and risk management goals. 

9 ‘‘§ 9923. Progress reports 

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

11 section 9922, each agency that participates in such meet12 ing shall submit to the Interagency Council, and make 

13 available to the United States Global Change Research 

14 Program for inclusion in the National Climate Assess15 ment, a report describing progress in regional coordination 

16 and collaboration in aligning Federal resiliency, prepared17 ness, and risk management efforts at the State and local 

18 level, and the benefits of such regional coordination and 

19 collaboration. 

20 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER IV—DEFINITIONS 

21 ‘‘§ 9931. Definitions 

22 ‘‘In this chapter: 

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

24 Executive agency, as defined in section 105 of title 


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1 5, United States Code, excluding the Government 

2 Accountability Office. 

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

4 term ‘agency extreme weather plan’ means a plan 

5 required under section 9902(a). 

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

7 weather’ includes observed or anticipated severe and 

8 unseasonable atmospheric conditions, including 

9 heavy precipitation, hurricanes, tornadoes and other 

10 windstorms (including derechos), extreme heat, ex11 treme cold, sustained temperatures or precipitation 

12 that deviate from historical averages, and any other 

13 weather event that the Interagency Council deter14 mines qualifies as extreme weather. 

15 ‘‘(4) INTERAGENCY COUNCIL.—The term ‘Inter16 agency Council’ means the Interagency Council on 

17 Extreme Weather Resiliency, Preparedness, and 

18 Risk Management established under section 9901(a). 

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

20 term ‘National Climate Assessment’ means the as21 sessment required under section 106 of the Global 

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

23 ‘‘(6) NATIONAL GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH

24 PLAN.—The term ‘National Global Change Research 

25 Plan’ means the National Global Change Research 


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1 Plan developed under section 104 of the Global 

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

3 any revision thereof. 

4 ‘‘(7) UNITED STATES GLOBAL CHANGE RE5 SEARCH PROGRAM.—The term ‘United States Global 

6 Change Research Program’ means the United States 

7 Global Change Research Program established under 

8 section 103 of the Global Change Research Act of 

9 1990 (15 U.S.C. 2933).’’. 

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

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

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

13 chapter 97 the following new item: 

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

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

14 SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT TO INCLUDE AGENCY EXTREME 

15 WEATHER PLAN IN AGENCY PERFORMANCE 

16 PLAN. 

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

18 United States Code, is amended— 

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

20 end; 

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

22 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

24 paragraph: 


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

2 weather plan, as required under section 9902 of this 

3 title.’’. 

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

5 such title is amended by inserting before the semicolon 

6 at the end the following: ‘‘except that, for purposes of sub7 section (b)(11), the definition of ‘agency’ in section 9931 

8 of this title shall apply’’. 

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