(B) life and health insurance claims and 
analytics associated with extreme heat; 
(C) workers compensation data focused on 
employee heat-related claims; 
(D) existing research on labor productivity 
losses associated with extreme heat; 
(E) business interruption coverage claims 
to determine if there is an increase in the fre-
quency of business interruption claim activity 
due to brown out and other heat-related out-
ages or disruptions; 
(F) economic losses due to the impact of 
heat on critical infrastructure, such as trans-
portation, energy, and water; 
(G) increases in energy costs for individ-
uals and entities related to cooling; and 
(H) crop and livestock insurance claims 
and other data to determine overall impact of 
heat on crops and livestock, including the fre-
quency and severity of claims. 
(c) FEEDBACK.—In conducting the study required 
under subsection (a), the Under Secretary shall solicit 
feedback from— 
(1) Federal agencies, including— 
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(A) the Administration for Community 
Living; 
(B) the Administration for Children and 
Families; 
(C) the Administration for Strategic Pre-
paredness and Response; 
(D) the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention; 
(E) the Department of Agriculture; 
(F) the Department of Defense; 
(G) the Department of Energy; 
(H) the Department of the Interior; 
(I) the Department of Transportation; 
(J) the Environmental Protection Agency; 
(K) the Department of Health and Human 
Services; 
(L) the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development; 
(M) the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency; 
(N) the National Institute for Occupa-
tional Safety and Health; 
(O) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration; 
(P) the National Park Service; 
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(Q) the National Institutes of Health; 
(R) the Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration; 
(S) the Substance Abuse and Mental 
Health Services Administration; 
(T) the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development; 
(U) the Forest Service; 
(V) the Department of Veterans Affairs; 
and 
(W) such other Federal Agencies as the 
Under Secretary determines necessary; 
(2) non-Federal Government partners; and 
(3) such other entities as the Under Secretary 
determines necessary. 
(d) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The study required under 
subsection (a) shall include recommendations for how to 
develop and implement a national system for tracking and 
making publicly available— 
(1) health care and other costs associated with 
the increased demand for medical assistance during 
extreme heat events, including expenses related to 
emergency room visits, urgent care treatments, hos-
pitalizations, and associated medications; 
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(2) metrics for improving accuracy of heat 
death reporting; and 
(3) measures of labor productivity losses due to 
extreme heat. 
(e) USE OF EXTERNAL ORGANIZATION.—The Under 
Secretary may conduct the study required under sub-
section (a) through an organization outside the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, such as the Na-
tional Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 
or another organization as determined appropriate by the 
Under Secretary. 
(f) USE OF EXISTING DATABASES AND INDICES.— 
The Under Secretary shall use existing databases and in-
dices as relevant and available to carry out the study re-
quired under subsection (a). 
(g) REPORT AND AUTHORIZATION FOR USE.—Not 
later than 4 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Under Secretary shall— 
(1) publish on the HEAT.gov website a report 
containing the findings of the study required under 
subsection (a); and 
(2) authorize the use of those findings for pub-
lic use, including through the reporting of the data, 
methods, and findings of the report under paragraph 
(1) in an open access peer-reviewed journal in ac-
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cordance with the scientific integrity policies of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 
(h) UNDER SECRETARY DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘Under Secretary’’ means the Under Secretary 
of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Under Secretary 
$3,500,000 to carry out this section. 
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