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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6605 

To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to make permanent the Climate 

Security Advisory Council of the Office of the Director of National 

Intelligence, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 4, 2022 

Mr. CROW introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Permanent 

Select Committee on Intelligence 

A BILL 

To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to make permanent the Climate Security Advisory Council of the Office 

of the Director of National Intelligence, and for other 

purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Climate Security Intel5 ligence Act of 2022’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CLIMATE SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL AND CLI2 MATE SECURITY INTELLIGENCE CENTER. 

3 (a) REPEAL OF SUNSET OF CLIMATE SECURITY AD4 VISORY COUNCIL.—Section 120 of the National Security 

5 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3060) is amended by striking the 

6 first subsection (e). 

7 (b) PLAN FOR CLIMATE SECURITY INTELLIGENCE

8 CENTER.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 

9 enactment of this Act, the chair of the Climate Security 

10 Advisory Council established under section 120 of the Na11 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3060) shall submit 

12 to the congressional intelligence committees a written plan 

13 to permanently establish within the Office of the Director 

14 of National Intelligence a Climate Security Intelligence 

15 Center (to be headed by a Director appointed by the Di16 rector of National Intelligence) to fulfill each of the duties 

17 described in subsection (c). Such plan shall include the 

18 following: 

19 (1) Recommendations for the Center, developed 

20 based on findings by the Climate Security Advisory 

21 Council, as supported by the National Academies 

22 Climate Security Roundtable established pursuant to 

23 section 1622 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 

24 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

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1 rying out its duties and responsibilities that relate 

2 to— 

3 (A) the scope of the mission, responsibil4 ities, and functions of the Center, and its rela5 tionship with the elements of the intelligence 

6 community; 

7 (B) the composition and staffing of the 

8 Center with personnel from elements of the in9 telligence community and from departments 

10 and agencies of the United States Government 

11 that are not elements of the intelligence com12 munity, including through the detail to the Cen13 ter of personnel who have the appropriate secu14 rity clearances from such departments and 

15 agencies; 

16 (C) the types of data, information, com17 puter modeling, scientific and technical re18 sources, and any other resources necessary for 

19 the Center to fulfill its duties; 

20 (D) the requisite scientific and technical 

21 education, training, skills, and expertise nec22 essary for personnel of the Center to conduct 

23 their work; and 

24 (E) approaches and best practices with re25 spect to data-sharing, information exchanges, 


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1 and other types of collaboration, at the appro2 priate level of classification, on matters relating 

3 to climate security and environmental science 

4 between the Center and— 

5 (i) elements of the intelligence com6 munity; 

7 (ii) departments and agencies of the 

8 United States Government that are not 

9 elements of the intelligence community; 

10 and 

11 (iii) other key stakeholders in the sci12 entific enterprise of the United States, in13 cluding institutions of higher education, 

14 Federal research laboratories (including 

15 the national security laboratories), private 

16 industry, and nonprofit research organiza17 tions. 

18 (2) A proposed process for transferring from 

19 the Climate Security Advisory Council to the Center 

20 recommended functions and duties currently carried 

21 out by the Council, including a timeline for the 

22 transfer and a statement on the feasibility of estab23 lishing the Center and completing the transfer not 

24 more than 1 year after the submission of the plan. 


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1 (3) A request for any additional resources, fa2 cilities, personnel, or authorities that the Climate 

3 Security Advisory Council determines necessary to 

4 ensure that, upon establishment, the Center and its 

5 Director may fulfil the duties described in subsection 

6 (c). 

7 (c) DUTIES.—The duties described in this subsection 

8 are the following: 

9 (1) To serve as the primary organization within 

10 the intelligence community for— 

11 (A) addressing the climate security intel12 ligence needs and priorities of policymakers, in13 cluding information and intelligence sharing at 

14 the appropriate level of classification; 

15 (B) analyzing climate security risks and 

16 the climate influence of the United States; 

17 (C) identifying and disseminating climate 

18 intelligence indications and warnings; 

19 (D) conducting strategic forecasting for 

20 climate security opportunities and risks in fu21 ture; 

22 (E) identifying relevant climate security 

23 collection gaps, and driving collection to fill 

24 such gaps; and 


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1 (F) collaborating with appropriate counter2 parts throughout the intelligence community to 

3 ensure appropriate integration of climate secu4 rity analysis into existing lines of analysis un5 dertaken by the intelligence community. 

6 (2) To identify, disseminate, and maintain best 

7 practices in the analysis of climate security, and the 

8 provision of climate intelligence indications and 

9 warnings, including— 

10 (A) identifying publicly available informa11 tion and clandestinely collected intelligence that 

12 enables such analysis and indications and warn13 ings; and 

14 (B) the use of advanced computer mod15 eling, artificial intelligence, machine learning, 

16 and similar techniques that enables such anal17 ysis and indications and warnings. 

18 (3) To assess and identify best practices with 

19 respect to prior efforts of the intelligence community 

20 to analyze climate security, specifically with respect 

21 to— 

22 (A) the Measurements of Earth Data for 

23 Environmental Analysis program of the Central 

24 Intelligence Agency; 


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1 (B) the Center on Climate Change and 

2 National Security of the Central Intelligence 

3 Agency; and 

4 (C) any climate security-related activities 

5 of the Director of National Intelligence or the 

6 intelligence community that predate the estab7 lishment of the Climate Security Advisory 

8 Council. 

9 (4) To use the best practices identified under 

10 paragraphs (2) and (3) to inform the work of the 

11 Climate Security Intelligence Center and the intel12 ligence community. 

13 (5) To consult, as appropriate, with other ele14 ments of the intelligence community and depart15 ments and agencies of the United States Govern16 ment that are not elements of the intelligence com17 munity to avoid duplication of existing efforts. 

18 (6) To carry out any functions transferred pur19 suant to the process proposed in subsection (b)(2). 

20 (7) To perform such other duties as the Direc21 tor of National Intelligence shall specify. 

22 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

23 (1) CLIMATE SECURITY.—The term ‘‘climate 

24 security’’ means the effects of climate change on the 

25 following: 


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1 (A) The national security of the United 

2 States. 

3 (B) Infrastructure that enhances the na4 tional security of the United States, including— 

5 (i) military installations, Department 

6 of Defense facilities, intelligence commu7 nity facilities, and other physical facilities 

8 that contribute to or otherwise support op9 erations of the intelligence community or 

10 the Department of Defense; and 

11 (ii) critical infrastructure of the 

12 United States (as defined in subsection (e) 

13 of the Critical Infrastructures Protection 

14 Act of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 5195c(e))). 

15 (C) Subnational, national, regional, and 

16 global politics, governance, and political sta17 bility. 

18 (D) The security of allies and partners of 

19 the United States. 

20 (E) Ongoing or potential political violence, 

21 including unrest, rioting, guerrilla warfare, in22 surgency, terrorism, rebellion, revolution, civil 

23 war, and interstate war. 

24 (2) CLIMATE INFLUENCE OF THE UNITED

25 STATES.—The term ‘‘climate influence of the United 


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1 States’’ means the global influence and leadership of 

2 the United States with respect to the climate policies 

3 of other countries, international organizations, and 

4 transnational groups. 

5 (3) CLIMATE INTELLIGENCE INDICATIONS AND

6 WARNINGS.—The term ‘‘climate intelligence indica7 tions and warnings’’ means climate security develop8 ments with the potential to— 

9 (A) imminently and substantially alter the 

10 political stability or degree of human security in 

11 a state or region; or 

12 (B) threaten the United States, the mili13 tary, political, or economic interests of allies or 

14 coalition partners of the United States, or citi15 zens of the United States abroad. 

16 (4) CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMMIT17 TEES.—The term ‘‘congressional intelligence com18 mittees’’ has the meaning given such term in section 

19 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

20 3003). 

21 (5) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The term 

22 ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning given 

23 such term in section 3 of the National Security Act 

24 of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 

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