(iv) training senior health ministry of-
ficials from developing nations to strength-
en the capacity of such nations to— 
(I) prepare for and respond to 
the health effects of climate change; 
and 
(II) build an international net-
work of public health professionals 
with the necessary climate change 
knowledge base; 
(G) using techniques, including health im-
pact assessments, to assess various climate 
change public health preparedness and response 
strategies on international, national, State, re-
gional, tribal, and local levels, and make rec-
ommendations as to those strategies that best 
protect the public health; 
(H)(i) assisting in the development, imple-
mentation, and support of State, regional, trib-
al, and local preparedness, communication, and 
response plans (including with respect to the 
health departments of such entities) to antici-
pate and reduce the health threats of climate 
change; and 
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(ii) acting through the Director of the Cen-
ters for Disease Control and Prevention or an 
appropriate Federal agency, pursuing collabo-
rative efforts to develop, integrate, and imple-
ment such plans; 
(I) acting through the Director of the Cen-
ters for Disease Control and Prevention or an 
appropriate Federal agency, creating a program 
to advance research as it relates to the effects 
of climate change on public health across Fed-
eral agencies, including research to— 
(i) identify and assess climate change 
health effects preparedness and response 
strategies; 
(ii) prioritize critical public health in-
frastructure projects related to potential 
climate change impacts that affect public 
health; and 
(iii) coordinate preparedness for cli-
mate change health impacts, including the 
development of modeling and forecasting 
tools; 
(J) providing technical assistance for the 
development, implementation, and support of 
preparedness and response plans to anticipate 
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and reduce the health threats of climate change 
in developing nations; and 
(K) carrying out other activities deter-
mined appropriate by the Secretary to plan for 
and respond to the impacts of climate change 
on public health. 
(c) REVISION.—The Secretary shall revise the na-
tional strategic action plan not later than July 1, 2017, 
and every 4 years thereafter, to reflect new information 
collected pursuant to implementation of the national stra-
tegic action plan and otherwise, including information 
on— 
(1) the status of critical environmental health 
parameters and related human health impacts; 
(2) the impacts of climate change on public 
health; and 
(3) advances in the development of strategies 
for preparing for and responding to the impacts of 
climate change on public health. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) IMPLEMENTATION
THROUGH
HHS.—The 
Secretary shall exercise the Secretary’s authority 
under this Act and other Federal statutes to achieve 
the goals and measures of the national strategic ac-
tion plan. 
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(2) OTHER
PUBLIC
HEALTH
PROGRAMS
AND 
INITIATIVES.—The Secretary and Federal officials of 
other relevant Federal agencies shall administer 
public health programs and initiatives authorized by 
statutes other than this Act, subject to the require-
ments of such statutes, in a manner designed to 
achieve the goals of the national strategic action 
plan. 
(3) CDC.—In furtherance of the national stra-
tegic action plan, the Director of the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention shall— 
(A) conduct scientific research to assist 
health professionals in preparing for and re-
sponding to the impacts of climate change on 
public health; 
(B) provide funding for— 
(i) research on the health effects of 
climate change; and 
(ii) preparedness planning on the 
international, national, State, regional, and 
local levels to respond to or reduce the bur-
den of health effects of climate change; 
and 
(C) carry out other activities determined 
appropriate by the Director to prepare for and 
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respond to the impacts of climate change on 
public health. 
SEC. 5. ADVISORY BOARD. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 
a permanent science advisory board comprised of not less 
than 10 and not more than 20 members. 
(b) APPOINTMENT
OF MEMBERS.—The Secretary 
shall appoint the members of the science advisory board 
from among individuals who— 
(1) are recommended by the President of the 
National Academy of Sciences; and 
(2) have expertise in public health and human 
services, climate change, and other relevant dis-
ciplines. 
(c) FUNCTIONS.—The science advisory board shall— 
(1) provide scientific and technical advice and 
recommendations to the Secretary on the domestic 
and international impacts of climate change on pub-
lic health, populations and regions particularly vul-
nerable to the effects of climate change, and strate-
gies and mechanisms to prepare for and respond to 
the impacts of climate change on public health; and 
(2) advise the Secretary regarding the best 
science available for purposes of issuing the national 
strategic action plan. 
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SEC. 6. REPORTS. 
(a) NEEDS ASSESSMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall seek to 
enter into, by not later than 6 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, an agreement with the 
National Research Council and the Institute of Med-
icine to complete a report that— 
(A) assesses the needs for health profes-
sionals to prepare for and respond to climate 
change impacts on public health; and 
(B) recommends programs to meet those 
needs. 
(2) SUBMISSION.—The agreement under para-
graph (1) shall require the completed report to be 
submitted to the Congress and the Secretary and 
made publicly available not later than 1 year after 
the date of the agreement. 
(b) CLIMATE CHANGE HEALTH PROTECTION AND 
PROMOTION REPORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall offer to 
enter into, not later than 6 months after the submis-
sion of the report under subsection (a)(2), an agree-
ment with the National Research Council and the 
Institute of Medicine, under which the National Re-
search Council and the Institute of Medicine will 
prepare periodic reports to aid health professionals 
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