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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6461 
To require the Federal Government to produce a national climate adaptation 
and resilience strategy, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 20, 2022 
Mr. PETERS (for himself, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. CURTIS, and Ms. BLUNT ROCH-
ESTER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the Federal Government to produce a national 
climate adaptation and resilience strategy, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Climate Ad-
aptation and Resilience Strategy Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) 
ADAPTATION.—The 
term 
‘‘adaptation’’ 
means an adjustment in a natural or human system 
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in response to a new or changing environmental con-
dition, including such an adjustment associated with 
climate change, that exploits beneficial opportunities 
or moderates negative effects. 
(2) ADAPTIVE CAPACITY.—The term ‘‘adaptive 
capacity’’ means the ability of a system— 
(A) to adjust to climate vulnerabilities to 
moderate potential damage or harm; 
(B) to take advantage of new, and poten-
tially beneficial, opportunities; or 
(C) to cope with change. 
(3) CASCADING CLIMATE HAZARDS.—The term 
‘‘cascading climate hazards’’ means a series of suc-
cessive environmental hazards triggered by an initial 
hazard that is driven or exacerbated by climate 
change, such that the impacts to vulnerable systems 
are amplified. 
(4) CHIEF
RESILIENCE
OFFICER.—The term 
‘‘Chief Resilience Officer’’ means the Chief Resil-
ience Officer of the United States appointed by the 
President under section 3(a)(1). 
(5) CLIMATE
CHANGE.—The term ‘‘climate 
change’’ means changes in average atmospheric and 
oceanic conditions that persist over multiple decades 
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or longer and are natural or anthropogenic in origin, 
including— 
(A) both increases and decreases in tem-
perature; 
(B) shifts in precipitation; 
(C) shifts in ecoregion or biome geography 
and phenology, as applicable; 
(D) changing risk from certain types of 
rapid-onset climate hazards and slow-onset cli-
mate hazards; and 
(E) changes to other features of the cli-
mate system. 
(6) CLIMATE
INFORMATION.—The term ‘‘cli-
mate information’’ means information, data, or 
products that enhance knowledge and understanding 
of climate science, risk, conditions, vulnerability, or 
impact, including— 
(A) climate data products; 
(B) historic or future climate projections 
or scenarios; 
(C) climate risk or vulnerability informa-
tion; 
(D) data or information related to climate 
adaptation and mitigation; and 
(E) other best available climate science. 
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(7) COMPOUND CLIMATE HAZARDS.—The term 
‘‘compound climate hazards’’ means 2 or more envi-
ronmental hazards driven or exacerbated by climate 
change that occur simultaneously or successively, 
such that the impacts to vulnerable systems are am-
plified. 
(8) COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Council’’ means the 
Partners Council on Climate Adaptation and Resil-
ience established by section 4(a). 
(9) FREELY
ASSOCIATED
STATE.—The term 
‘‘Freely Associated State’’ means— 
(A) the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands; 
(B) the Federated States of Micronesia; 
(C) the Republic of the Marshall Islands; 
(D) the Republic of Palau; and 
(E) the United States Virgin Islands. 
(10) FRONTLINE
COMMUNITIES.—The term 
‘‘frontline communities’’ means human communities 
that— 
(A) are highly vulnerable to climate change 
or exposed to climate risk; 
(B) experience the earliest, most adverse 
impacts of climate change; and 
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(C) may have a reduced ability to adapt to 
climate change due to a lack of resources, polit-
ical power, or adaptive capacity. 
(11) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—The term ‘‘Im-
plementation Plan’’ means the Implementation Plan 
jointly developed by the Chief Resilience Officer and 
the Working Groups under section 6(b). 
(12) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 
(13) NATIONAL
CLIMATE
ASSESSMENT.—The 
term ‘‘National Climate Assessment’’ means the as-
sessment delivered to Congress and the President 
pursuant to section 106 of the Global Change Re-
search Act of 1990 (15 U.S.C. 2936). 
(14) NATURAL
INFRASTRUCTURE.—The term 
‘‘natural 
infrastructure’’ 
means 
infrastructure 
that— 
(A) uses, restores, or emulates natural eco-
logical, geological, or physical processes; and 
(B)(i) is created through the action of nat-
ural physical, geological, biological, and chem-
ical processes over time; 
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(ii) is created by human design, engineer-
ing, and construction to emulate or act in con-
cert with natural processes; or 
(iii) involves the use of plants, soils, and 
other natural features, including through the 
creation, restoration, or preservation of natural 
areas using materials appropriate to the region 
to manage stormwater and runoff, to attenuate 
flooding and storm surges, to manage erosion 
and saltwater intrusion, and for other related 
purposes. 
(15) 
NON-FEDERAL
PARTNER.—The 
term 
‘‘non-Federal partner’’ means a member of a unit of 
State, local, or territorial government, the govern-
ment of an Indian Tribe, the government of a Freely 
Associated State, a private sector entity, or another 
individual or organization not affiliated with the 
Federal Government. 
(16) OPERATIONS REPORT.—The term ‘‘Oper-
ations Report’’ means the National Climate Adapta-
tion and Resilience Operations Report jointly devel-
oped by the Chief Resilience Officer and the Work-
ing Groups under section 5. 
(17) RAPID-ONSET
CLIMATE
HAZARD.—The 
term ‘‘rapid-onset climate hazard’’ means an abrupt 
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environmental hazard driven or exacerbated by cli-
mate change that occurs quickly or unexpectedly and 
triggers impacts that materialize rapidly and inter-
act with conditions of exposure and vulnerability to 
result in a disaster. 
(18) REPRESENTED AGENCY.—The term ‘‘rep-
resented agency’’ means each Federal agency from 
which the Chief Resilience Officer appoints a mem-
ber 
to 
a 
Working 
Group 
under 
section 
3(b)(4)(B)(ii). 
(19) 
RESILIENCE.—The 
term 
‘‘resilience’’ 
means the capacity of a social, physical, economic, or 
environmental system to cope with an environmental 
hazard event, trend, or disturbance that is driven or 
exacerbated by climate change by responding or re-
organizing in ways that maintain, to the greatest ex-
tent practicable, the essential function, identity, and 
structure of the system and ensure that, in the event 
of a rapid-onset climate hazard or a slow-onset cli-
mate hazard, basic human needs are met, while also 
maintaining the capacity for adaptation and trans-
formation. 
(20) RISK.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘risk’’ means 
the potential for consequences in a situation in 
which— 
(i) something of value is at stake; and 
(ii) the outcome is uncertain. 
(B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘‘risk’’ includes 
the potential for consequences described in sub-
paragraph (A) that is evaluated as the product 
obtained by multiplying— 
(i) the probability of a hazard occur-
ring; by 
(ii) the consequence that would result 
if the hazard occurred. 
(21) SLOW-ONSET CLIMATE HAZARD.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘slow-onset 
climate hazard’’ means an environmental haz-
ard driven or exacerbated by climate change 
that evolves gradually through time due to in-
cremental change or because of an increasing 
frequency or intensity of recurring climate im-
pacts. 
(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘slow-onset 
climate hazard’’ includes hazards such as— 
(i) sea level rise; 
(ii) desertification; 
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(iii) biodiversity loss or the alteration 
of or shift in habitat range of individual 
species or entire biomes; 
(iv) increasing temperatures; 
(v) ocean acidification; 
(vi) saltwater intrusion; 
(vii) soil salinization; 
(viii) drought and water scarcity; 
(ix) reduced snow pack; 
(x) sea ice retreat; 
(xi) glacial ice treat; 
(xii) permafrost thaw; and 
(xiii) coastal and river bank erosion. 
(22) STRATEGY.—The term ‘‘Strategy’’ means 
the National Climate Adaptation and Resilience 
Strategy required to be developed jointly by the 
Chief Resilience Officer and the Working Groups 
under section 6(a). 
(23) 
VULNERABILITY.—The 
term 
‘‘vulner-
ability’’ means the propensity or predisposition of a 
human individual or community or physical, biologi-
cal, or socioeconomic system to be susceptible to and 
adversely affected by the impacts of climate change. 
(24) WORKING
GROUP.—The term ‘‘Working 
Group’’ means a National Climate Adaptation and 
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Resilience Working Group established by the Chief 
Resilience Officer under section 3(b). 
SEC. 3. CHIEF RESILIENCE OFFICER AND NATIONAL CLI-
MATE ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCE WORK-
ING GROUPS. 
(a) CHIEF RESILIENCE OFFICER.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Presi-
dent shall identify or appoint a Chief Resilience Offi-
cer of the United States to serve in the Executive 
Office of the President. 
(2) DUTIES.—The Chief Resilience Officer 
shall— 
(A) serve the President by directing a 
whole-of-government effort to build resilience to 
climate change vulnerabilities in the United 
States (as described in the National Climate 
Assessment or other relevant analyses identified 
by the Chief Resilience Officer) in collaboration 
with existing Federal initiatives and interagency 
adaptation efforts; and 
(B) establish Working Groups in accord-
ance with subsection (b) to facilitate inter-
agency coordination with respect to climate re-
silience and adaptation. 
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(b) WORKING GROUPS.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the Chief Resilience Officer shall es-
tablish the minimum number of National Cli-
mate 
Adaptation 
and 
Resilience 
Working 
Groups that is necessary to carry out the duties 
and purposes described in paragraph (3). 
(B) LIMITATION.—The Chief Resilience 
Officer shall not establish more than 5 Working 
Groups. 
(2) FOCUS.—Each Working Group shall focus 
on a topic or series of related topics with respect to 
climate adaptation and resilience, as determined by 
the Chief Resilience Officer. 
(3) DUTIES
AND
PURPOSE.—Each Working 
Group shall, under the leadership of the Chief Resil-
ience Officer, with respect to the focus of the Work-
ing Group— 
(A) coordinate a whole-of-government plan 
to build resilience to the applicable climate 
change vulnerabilities described in the National 
Climate Assessment or other relevant analyses 
identified by the Chief Resilience Officer; and 
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(B) assist in the development of the appli-
cable portions of— 
(i) the Operations Report; 
(ii) the Strategy; and 
(iii) the Implementation Plan. 
(4) STRUCTURE.— 
(A) CHAIRPERSON.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Chief Resil-
ience Officer shall serve as chairperson of 
each Working Group. 
(ii) TEMPORARY CHAIRPERSON.—The 
President or the Chief Resilience Officer 
may designate another staff member or 
member of a Working Group to act tempo-
rarily as the chairperson of that Working 
Group in the absence of the Chief Resil-
ience Officer. 
(B) 
MEMBERSHIP.—In 
establishing 
a 
Working Group, the Chief Resilience Officer 
shall— 
(i) identify each Federal agency with 
operations or organizational units that are 
relevant to the focus of the Working 
Group; and 
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(ii) appoint 1 member of each Federal 
agency identified under clause (i) to rep-
resent that Federal agency on the Working 
Group. 
(C) 
REQUIREMENT.—In 
appointing 
a 
member of a Working Group under subpara-
graph (B)(ii), the Chief Resilience Officer shall, 
to the maximum extent practicable, appoint the 
head of the portion of the represented agency 
that is most relevant to the focus of the Work-
ing Group. 
(D) DUTIES OF MEMBERS.—Each member 
of a Working Group— 
(i) shall attend meetings of the Work-
ing Group; and 
(ii) work to support the duties of the 
Working Group. 
(5) MEETINGS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Each Working Group 
shall meet not less frequently than once every 
180 days. 
(B) QUORUM.—3⁄4 of the members of a 
Working Group shall constitute a quorum of 
the Working Group. 
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(C) REMOTE PARTICIPATION.—A member 
of a Working Group may participate in a meet-
ing of that Working Group through teleconfer-
ence or similar means. 
(6) SUPPORT PERSONNEL.— 
(A) EXECUTIVE SECRETARY.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Chief Resil-
ience Officer shall appoint a permanent 
employee of a represented agency to serve 
as Executive Secretary of the Working 
Groups. 
(ii) EMPLOYMENT.—The employee ap-
pointed as Executive Secretary under 
clause (i) shall remain an employee of the 
agency, department, or program from 
which the employee was appointed. 
(B) NECESSARY
ASSISTANCE.—To carry 
out the purposes of each Working Group, as de-
scribed in paragraph (3), each represented 
agency with a member on the Working Group 
shall furnish necessary assistance to that Work-
ing Group, such as— 
(i) the detail of employees to the 
Working Group to perform such functions, 
consistent with the purposes of the Work-
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ing Group described in paragraph (3), as 
the Chief Resilience Officer may assign, in-
cluding support staff for the Executive 
Secretary appointed under subparagraph 
(A)(i); and 
(ii) on request of the Chief Resilience 
Officer, undertaking special studies for the 
Working Group as may be appropriate to 
carry out the functions of the Working 
Group. 
SEC. 4. PARTNERS COUNCIL ON CLIMATE ADAPTATION 
AND RESILIENCE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a coun-
cil, to be known as the ‘‘Partners Council on Climate Ad-
aptation and Resilience’’. 
(b) MISSION
AND FUNCTION.—The Council shall 
work to improve the climate adaptation and resilience op-
erations of the Federal Government by providing rec-
ommendations through the Chief Resilience Officer, in-
cluding those recommendations contained in the report re-
quired under subsection (c), that identify how the Federal 
Government can better support non-Federal partners with 
equitable resources, technical assistance, improved poli-
cies, and other assistance to help frontline communities 
build resilience to climate change. 
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(c) REPORT.—Not later than 16 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and every 3 years there-
after, the Council, acting through the Chief Resilience Of-
ficer, shall submit to the President and the Working 
Groups a report that includes— 
(1) an analysis of the deficiencies or gaps in the 
climate resilience operations of the Federal Govern-
ment that reduce or fail to increase the capacity of 
non-Federal partners to adapt to climate change; 
(2) an identification of the resources, including 
Federal funding, necessary for non-Federal partners 
to adequately adapt to climate change; and 
(3) recommendations with respect to how the 
Federal Government could better support efforts by 
non-Federal 
partners 
to 
expeditiously 
address 
vulnerabilities associated with climate change and 
build climate resilience. 
(d) CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR.—The Chief Resilience 
Officer shall serve as chairperson of the Council and shall 
appoint a vice-chairperson from among the members of 
the Council appointed pursuant to subsection (e). 
(e) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the Chief Re-
silience Officer, the Council shall consist of 20 non- 
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Federal partner members appointed by the Chief Re-
silience Officer. 
(2) APPOINTMENT.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Chief Resilience 
Officer shall appoint members of the Council 
who can support the Working Groups by articu-
lating how the Federal Government can better 
support State, local, and territorial govern-
ments, the governments of Indian Tribes, the 
governments of Freely Associated States, non-
profit organizations, or private sector entities to 
build resilience to climate change. 
(B) REQUIREMENTS.—In appointing mem-
bers of the Council, the Chief Resilience Officer 
shall appoint— 
(i) 12 members who are employees of 
State, local, or territorial governments, the 
governments of Indian Tribes, or the gov-
ernments of Freely Associated States, of 
which— 
(I) not fewer than 2 shall be em-
ployees of a State government; 
(II) not fewer than 2 shall be 
employees of a unit of local govern-
ment; 
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(III) not fewer than 2 shall be 
employees of the government of an In-
dian Tribe; and 
(IV) not fewer than 2 shall be 
employees of a territorial government 
or the government of a Freely Associ-
ated State; and 
(ii) 8 members who represent non-
governmental organizations and the private 
sector, of which— 
(I) 3 shall represent nongovern-
mental organizations; 
(II) 3 shall represent the private 
sector; and 
(III) 2 shall represent academic 
institutions. 
(C) SELECTION.—To the maximum extent 
practicable, the Chief Resilience Officer shall 
seek to select members of the Council who— 
(i) possess firsthand, lived experience 
of climate vulnerability in the United 
States, including direct experience working 
with, or as members of, frontline commu-
nities; and 
(ii) represent a diversity of— 
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(I) perspectives; 
(II) demographics; 
(III) geographies; 
(IV) political affiliations; and 
(V) institution sizes, including 
representatives of both small and 
large units of government and busi-
nesses. 
(D) TERM.—Members appointed to the 
Council shall serve a single term of not more 
than 3 years, except that— 
(i) of the initial members appointed to 
the Council, the Chief Resilience Officer 
shall appoint— 
(I) 1⁄2 of the members to serve 
for a term of 18 months; and 
(II) 1⁄2 of the members to serve 
a term of 3 years; and 
(ii) the Chief Resilience Officer may 
extend the term of any member of the 
Council by a period of not more than 1 
year on a one-time basis, if the Chief Re-
silience Officer determines it necessary to 
support the work of the Council. 
(E) VACANCIES.— 
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(i) IN GENERAL.—A vacancy in the 
Council shall be filled in the same manner 
in which the original selection was made. 
(ii) APPOINTMENT
OF
NEW
MEM-
BERS.—After the expiration of the term 
for which a member of the Council is ap-
pointed, the member may continue to serve 
until a successor is appointed. 
(f) MEETINGS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Council shall meet not 
less frequently than once every 180 days. 
(2) QUORUM.—3⁄4 of the members of the Coun-
cil shall constitute a quorum of the Council. 
(3) REMOTE PARTICIPATION.—A member of the 
Council may participate in a meeting of the Council 
through teleconference or similar means. 
(g) APPLICABILITY OF FACA.—Section 14 of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not 
apply to the Council. 
SEC. 5. NATIONAL CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCE 
OPERATIONS REPORT. 
Not later than 16 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and every 3 years thereafter, the Chief Resil-
ience Officer and the Working Groups shall jointly submit 
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to the President and Congress a National Climate Adapta-
tion and Resilience Operations Report that includes— 
(1) a summary of the existing climate resilience 
operations of each represented agency that in-
cludes— 
(A) the roles and responsibilities of each 
represented agency in building national resil-
ience to the climate vulnerabilities described in 
the National Climate Assessment or other anal-
yses relevant to each represented agency; 
(B) the major findings and conclusions 
from climate adaptation plans or risk or vulner-
ability assessments prepared by each rep-
resented agency; 
(C) the mechanisms by which each rep-
resented agency supports the resilience efforts 
of non-Federal partners, such as by providing 
funding, resources, and technical assistance; 
and 
(D) an assessment of how each represented 
agency is working to ensure equitable adapta-
tion outcomes; and 
(2) a cross-agency analysis of the resilience op-
erations identified under paragraph (1) that— 
(A) identifies— 
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