term for which a member of the 
Council is appointed, the member may 
continue to serve until a successor is 
appointed. 
(6) APPLICABILITY OF FACA.—Section 1013 of 
title 5, United States Code, shall not apply to the 
Council. 
(d) 
NATIONAL
ADAPTATION
AND
RESILIENCE 
STRATEGY.— 
(1) STRATEGY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Chief Resilience Officer shall submit to the 
President and Congress a National Adaptation 
and Resilience Strategy. 
(B) UPDATES.—Not later than the date 
that is 3 years after the date on which the 
Chief Resilience Officer submits the Strategy to 
the President and Congress under subpara-
graph (A), and every 3 years thereafter, the 
Chief Resilience Officer shall submit an up-
dated version of the Strategy to the President 
and Congress to account for— 
(i) evolving science related to climate 
change, resilience, and adaptation; 
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(ii) relevant changes in Federal Gov-
ernment structure, congressional authori-
ties, or appropriations; and 
(iii) any other necessary improve-
ments or changes identified by the Chief 
Resilience Officer. 
(C) PURPOSE AND SCOPE.—The Strategy 
shall describe strategies for the Federal Govern-
ment, in partnership with non-Federal partners, 
to address the vulnerabilities of the United 
States described in the National Climate As-
sessment or other relevant analyses identified 
by the Chief Resilience Officer to ensure that— 
(i) the United States has an over-
arching strategic vision to respond to cli-
mate change that— 
(I) identifies national resilience 
goals and guides national adaptation 
efforts; 
(II) facilitates the incorporation 
of the resilience goals identified under 
subclause (I) into relevant national 
programs, operations, and strategies; 
(III) develops proactive, long- 
term, scenario-based strategies to plan 
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for and respond to current and future 
disasters or environmental condition 
changes to human communities, nat-
ural resources and public land, and 
infrastructure and other physical as-
sets; 
(IV) emphasizes forward-thinking 
adaptation 
strategies, 
including 
predisaster mitigation, that seek to 
overcome repeated impacts to vulner-
able systems and communities; 
(V) prioritizes resilience efforts 
to support the most vulnerable human 
communities and the most urgent na-
tional resilience challenges, as deter-
mined by the Chief Resilience Officer 
in consultation with the working 
groups; 
(VI) 
avoids 
unnecessary 
redundancies and inefficiencies in na-
tional adaptation and resilience plan-
ning and response; and 
(VII) recognizes the vulnerability 
of natural systems to changing envi-
ronmental conditions and underscores 
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the importance of promoting eco-
system resilience to preserve the in-
trinsic value of nature and support 
ecosystem services relied on by human 
beings; 
(ii) Federal investments in Federal 
and non-Federal infrastructure and assets 
promote resilience to the maximum extent 
practicable; and 
(iii) the adaptive capacity and resil-
ience of State governments, local govern-
ments, territorial governments, the govern-
ments of Indian Tribes, and governments 
of Freely Associated States are maximized 
to the maximum extent practicable. 
(D) COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS.—In de-
veloping the Strategy, the Chief Resilience Offi-
cer and working groups shall consider the rec-
ommendations of the Council. 
(E) INCLUSIONS.—The Strategy shall in-
clude the following: 
(i) Information with respect to direct 
Federal Government adaptation and resil-
ience response, including— 
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(I) information on better pre-
paring the United States for the ad-
verse impacts experienced or antici-
pated to be experienced as a result of 
near-term and long-term climate haz-
ards, including slow-onset hazards; 
(II) information on educating, 
engaging, or developing the skills of 
the workforce of the represented agen-
cies with respect to topics related to 
environmental vulnerability and resil-
ience to promote effective Federal re-
silience operations; and 
(III) an identification of opportu-
nities and appropriate circumstances 
for represented agencies to better use 
natural infrastructure as an adapta-
tion strategy. 
(ii) Information relating to the sup-
port of the adaptation of non-Federal part-
ners and resilience groups, including— 
(I) methods for represented agen-
cies to better collaborate and work di-
rectly with non-Federal partners to 
increase the resilience and adaptive 
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capacity of State governments, local 
governments, territorial governments, 
the governments of Indian Tribes, the 
governments of Freely Associated 
States, and other non-Federal part-
ners; 
(II) clarifying, simplifying, and 
harmonizing the planning require-
ments and application processes for 
State governments, local governments, 
territorial governments, the govern-
ments of Indian Tribes, and the gov-
ernments of Freely Associated States 
to access Federal funds for adaptation 
and resilience efforts across rep-
resented agencies; 
(III) identifying under-resourced 
communities and communities with 
low adaptive capacity and resilience 
and to directly support those commu-
nities in applying for Federal funds 
for adaptation and resilience efforts; 
and 
(IV) supporting the retreat or re-
location of human communities in 
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