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(2) potential impacts on the national airspace 
and public safety; and 
(3) identification of deficiencies in cabin-based 
cybersecurity. 
(b) ASSESSMENT.—The Administrator shall— 
(1) conduct an assessment of opportunities to 
cooperate with the private sector in conducting air-
craft in-cabin cybersecurity research and develop-
ment; and 
(2) provide recommendations to improve re-
search and development on cabin-based cybersecurity 
vulnerabilities. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 9 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall transmit 
a report on the results of activities under this section to 
the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate. This 
report may contain classified annexes. 
SEC. 733. CYBERSECURITY THREAT MODELING. 
(a) PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall con-
sult the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology to research and develop an internal FAA cy-
bersecurity threat modeling program to detect cyber-
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security 
vulnerabilities, 
track 
how 
those 
vulnerabilities might be exploited, and assess the 
magnitude of harm that could be caused by the ex-
ploitation of those vulnerabilities. 
(2) UPDATES.—This program shall be updated 
regularly, not less than once every 5 years. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, and within 7 days of each threat 
modeling program update under subsection (a)(2), the Ad-
ministrator shall transmit a report to the Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate detailing the status, re-
sults, and composition of the threat modeling program. 
SEC. 734. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECH-
NOLOGY CYBERSECURITY STANDARDS. 
Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the FAA shall, in consultation with the Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Technology, transmit to 
the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report 
that includes— 
(1) a cybersecurity standards plan to implement 
National Institute of Standards and Technology re-
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visions to cybersecurity guidance documents within 
timeframes set by the Office of Management and 
Budget; and 
(2) an explanation of why any such rec-
ommendations are not incorporated in the plan or 
are not incorporated within such timeframes. 
SEC. 735. CYBERSECURITY RESEARCH COORDINATION. 
The Administrator shall, where feasible, cooperate on 
cybersecurity research and development with other inter-
national air traffic management organizations, including 
the European Aviation Safety Agency, the United King-
dom Civil Aviation Authority, Nav Canada, and 
Airservices Australia. 
SEC. 736. CYBERSECURITY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 6 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the FAA, in consulta-
tion with other agencies as appropriate, shall establish a 
research and development program to improve the cyber-
security of civil aircraft and the national airspace system. 
(b) PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the FAA shall de-
velop a plan for the research and development pro-
gram established under subsection (a) that contains
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objectives, proposed tasks, milestones, and a 5-year 
budgetary profile. 
(2) NATIONAL ACADEMIES’ STUDY.—The Ad-
ministrator shall— 
(A) enter into an arrangement with the 
National Academies for a study of the plan de-
veloped under paragraph (1); and 
(B) provide the results of that study to the 
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate not later than 18 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
Subtitle E—FAA Research and 
Development Activities 
SEC. 741. RESEARCH PLAN FOR THE CERTIFICATION OF 
NEW TECHNOLOGIES INTO THE NATIONAL 
AIRSPACE SYSTEM. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with NASA, 
shall transmit a comprehensive research plan for the cer-
tification of new technologies into the national airspace 
system to the Committee on Science, Space, and Tech-
nology of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.
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This plan shall identify research necessary to support the 
certification and implementation of NextGen, including 
both ground and air elements, and explain the plan’s rela-
tionship to other activities and procedures required for 
certification and implementation of new technologies into 
the national airspace system. This plan shall be informed 
by and conform to the recommendations of the National 
Research Council report titled ‘‘Transformation in the 
Air—A Review of the FAA Research Plan’’, issued on 
June 8, 2015. This report shall include, at a minimum— 
(1) a description of the strategic and prescrip-
tive value of the research plan; 
(2) an explanation of the expected outcomes 
from executing the plan; 
(3) an assessment of the FAA’s plan to use re-
search and development to improve cybersecurity 
over the next 5 years, taking into account the cyber-
security research and development plan developed 
under section 736(b); 
(4) an assessment of the current software as-
surance practices, and the desired level or attributes 
to target in the software assurance program; 
(5) cost estimates, planned schedules, and per-
formance benchmarks, including specific tasks, mile-
stones, and timelines and including an identification
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of cost and schedule reserves, for the certification of 
new technologies into the national airspace system, 
including NextGen, Automatic Dependent Surveil-
lance-Broadcast, Data Communications, National 
Airspace System Voice System, Collaborative Air 
Traffic Management Technologies, NextGen Weath-
er, and System Wide Information Management; 
(6) methods for integrating emerging tech-
nologies throughout NextGen’s development, certifi-
cation, and implementation process; and 
(7) best practices in research and development 
used by other organizations, such as NASA, 
NavCanada, and Eurocontrol. 
SEC. 742. AVIATION FUEL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND 
USAGE. 
The Administrator may conduct or supervise re-
search, development, and service testing, currently being 
conducted under the Piston Aviation Fuels Initiative 
(PAFI) unleaded avgas program, that is required to allow 
the use of an unleaded aviation gasoline in existing air-
craft as a replacement for leaded gasoline. 
SEC. 743. AIR TRAFFIC SURVEILLANCE OVER OCEANS AND 
OTHER REMOTE LOCATIONS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Adminis-
trator, in consultation with NASA and other relevant
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agencies, shall establish a research and development pro-
gram on civilian air traffic surveillance over oceans and 
other remote locations. Such program shall— 
(1) take into account the need for international 
interoperability of technologies and air traffic control 
systems; and 
(2) recognize that Automatic Dependent Sur-
veillance-Broadcast (ADS–B) is an element of the 
Next Generation Air Transportation System. 
(b) PILOT PROGRAM.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish a pilot program to test, evaluate, and certify for 
integration into the national airspace system air traffic 
surveillance equipment for oceans and other remote loca-
tions. 
(c) PARTNERSHIP WITH PRIVATE INDUSTRY.—The 
Administrator shall partner with private industry on the 
research, development, testing, and evaluation under this 
section. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 
transmit a report on activities under this section to the 
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.
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SEC. 744. SINGLE-PILOTED COMMERCIAL CARGO AIR-
CRAFT. 
(a) PROGRAM.—The FAA, in consultation with 
NASA and other relevant agencies, shall establish a re-
search and development program in support of single-pi-
loted cargo aircraft assisted with remote piloting and com-
puter piloting. 
(b) REVIEW.—The FAA, in consultation with NASA, 
shall conduct a review of FAA research and development 
activities in support of single-piloted cargo aircraft as-
sisted with remote piloting and computer piloting. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall transmit 
a report to the Committee on Science, Space, and Tech-
nology of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 
that describes— 
(1) the program established under subsection 
(a); and 
(2) the results of the review conducted under 
subsection (b). 
SEC. 745. ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM RESEARCH AND 
DEVELOPMENT. 
The Administrator shall develop a program to re-
search the use of spectrum in the civil aviation domain,
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including aircraft and unmanned aircraft systems. This 
research shall, at a minimum, address— 
(1) how, operating within an Unmanned Air-
craft System Traffic Management system, un-
manned aircraft systems can safely use, for control 
link, tracking, diagnostics, payload communication, 
collaborative-collision avoidance (e.g. vehicle-to-vehi-
cle communications), and other purposes— 
(A) aviation-protected spectrum; 
(B) commercial communications networks, 
such as mobile communications networks; and 
(C) any other licensed or unlicensed spec-
trum; 
(2) how the reallocation of spectrum assigned 
for use within frequency bands adjacent to those al-
located for position, navigation, and timing may im-
pact the safety of civil aviation; and 
(3) measures to protect and mitigate against 
spectrum interference in frequency bands used by 
the civil aviation community to ensure public safety.
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TITLE VIII—AVIATION REVENUE 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 801. EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY FROM AIRPORT AND 
AIRWAY TRUST FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9502(d)(1) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) 
by striking ‘‘October 1, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘Octo-
ber 1, 2023’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (A) by striking the semi-
colon at the end and inserting ‘‘or the FAA Reau-
thorization Act of 2018;’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 9502(e)(2) 
of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2018’’ 
and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2023’’. 
SEC. 802. EXTENSION OF TAXES FUNDING AIRPORT AND 
AIRWAY TRUST FUND. 
(a) FUEL TAXES.—Section 4081(d)(2)(B) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2023’’. 
(b) TICKET TAXES.— 
(1) PERSONS.—Section 4261(k)(1)(A)(ii) of 
such Code is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 
2018’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2023’’.
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(2) PROPERTY.—Section 4271(d)(1)(A)(ii) of 
such Code is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 
2018’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2023’’. 
(c) FRACTIONAL OWNERSHIP PROGRAMS.— 
(1) FUEL TAX.—Section 4043(d) of such Code 
is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2021’’ and 
inserting ‘‘September 30, 2023’’. 
(2) TREATMENT
AS
NONCOMMERCIAL
AVIA-
TION.—Section 4083(b) of such Code is amended by 
striking ‘‘October 1, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘October 
1, 2023’’. 
(3) EXEMPTION FROM TICKET TAXES.—Section 
4261(j) of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 
2023’’. 
TITLE IX—PREPAREDNESS AND 
RISK MANAGEMENT FOR EX-
TREME WEATHER PATTERNS 
ASSURING RESILIENCE AND 
EFFECTIVENESS 
SEC. 901. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Preparedness and 
Risk Management for Extreme Weather Patterns Assur-
ing Resilience and Effectiveness Act of 2018’’ or the 
‘‘PREPARE Act of 2018’’.
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(J) The Federal Emergency Management 
Agency. 
(K) The Department of Defense. 
(L) The National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration. 
(M) The Department of Agriculture. 
(N) The Department of Housing and 
Urban Development. 
(O) The Department of Justice. 
(2) Senior officials, to be appointed by the 
President, who have relevant policy expertise and 
policy responsibilities, including in the following 
areas: 
(A) Economic policy and risk analysis. 
(B) Foreign affairs. 
(C) Defense and intelligence. 
(D) Homeland security. 
(E) Energy. 
(F) Environmental protection. 
(G) Natural resources. 
(H) Coasts, oceans, rivers, and floodplains. 
(I) Agriculture. 
(J) Health. 
(K) Transportation and infrastructure. 
(L) Housing.
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(M) Education. 
(N) Extreme weather data analysis or me-
teorological science. 
(O) Social science. 
(P) Strategic planning. 
(Q) Urban and land use planning. 
(R) Other areas the President determines 
appropriate. 
(c) CO-CHAIRPERSONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Interagency Council 
shall be co-chaired by the Deputy Secretary of the 
Department of Homeland Security and the Deputy 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 
The President may appoint one or more additional 
members as co-chairs, as appropriate. 
(2) DUTIES.—The co-chairpersons shall— 
(A) oversee the Interagency Council’s re-
sponse to the Government Accountability Of-
fice’s recommendations under subsection (f)(5); 
(B) use the evaluation framework and per-
formance metrics developed pursuant to sub-
section (f)(6) to evaluate agency progress in 
meeting the goals and implementing the prior-
ities described in subsection (f)(1)(A); and
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(C) work to ensure that sufficient re-
sources are available for agencies to— 
(i) meet the goals and implement the 
priorities described in subsection (f)(1)(A); 
and 
(ii) implement the recommendations 
developed under subsection (f)(2). 
(d) ADMINISTRATION.—The co-chairpersons of the 
Interagency Council (or staff designed by the co-chair-
persons) shall provide administrative support and addi-
tional resources, as appropriate, to the Interagency Coun-
cil to the extent permitted by law and within existing ap-
propriations. The Interagency Council co-chairpersons 
shall determine the amount of funding and personnel nec-
essary for the Interagency Council to carry out its duties 
and the amount of funding and personnel each agency rep-
resented on the Interagency Council should contribute in 
order for the Interagency Council to carry out such duties. 
Agencies shall, upon the request of the co-chairpersons of 
the Interagency Council, make available personnel, admin-
istrative support services, and information to the Inter-
agency Council. 
(e) STRUCTURE.— 
(1) 
STEERING
COMMITTEE.—The 
co-chair-
persons of the Interagency Council shall designate a
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subset of members of the Interagency Council to 
serve on a steering committee. Such steering com-
mittee shall assist the Interagency Council in deter-
mining its priorities and its strategic direction. 
(2) WORKING GROUPS.—The co-chairpersons of 
the Interagency Council and its steering committee 
may establish working groups as needed. 
(f) DUTIES OF THE INTERAGENCY COUNCIL.— 
(1) GOALS AND PRIORITIES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Interagency Coun-
cil shall establish Governmentwide goals and 
priorities for extreme weather resilience, pre-
paredness, and risk identification and manage-
ment. In establishing such goals and priorities, 
the Interagency Council shall consider the Na-
tional Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution 
Contingency Plan, agency continuity of oper-
ations plans, the National Preparedness Goal, 
the National Preparedness Report, the National 
Global Change Research Plan, the Mitigation 
Framework Leadership Group’s National Miti-
gation Investment Strategy (if available), State 
and local mitigation plans, and all relevant pro-
visions of the Government Accountability Of-
fice’s High-Risk Series.
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(B) COORDINATION.—In executing the du-
ties pursuant to this subsection, the Inter-
agency Council shall coordinate with other 
groups in the Federal Government focused on 
extreme weather mitigation and recovery (in-
cluding the Mitigation Framework Leadership 
Group, the Recovery Support Functions Lead-
ers Group, and the Emergency Support Func-
tions Leaders Group), to avoid duplication 
among Federal activities to the extent prac-
ticable. 
(C) INCORPORATION INTO AGENCY ACTIVI-
TIES.—In carrying out subparagraph (A), the 
Interagency Council shall, in order to ensure 
that information relating to extreme weather re-
silience, preparedness, and risk identification 
and management is incorporated into everyday 
agency activities— 
(i) work with agencies to assist such 
agencies in considering the goals and prior-
ities described in subparagraph (A) in 
agency strategic, programmatic, and budg-
et planning; 
(ii) identify details to be included in 
agency extreme weather plans; and
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(iii) work to identify and communicate 
localized extreme weather and natural haz-
ard risk to the extent possible using the 
best available information regarding risk, 
and encourage the development of thor-
ough, updated maps, models, and tools to 
measure and evaluate risk. 
(2) PRIORITY
INTERAGENCY
FEDERAL
AC-
TIONS.—The Interagency Council shall develop, rec-
ommend, coordinate, and track implementation of 
priority interagency Federal Government actions re-
lated to extreme weather resilience, preparedness, 
and risk identification and management. 
(3) SUPPORT
REGIONAL, STATE, AND
LOCAL 
ACTIONS.—The Interagency Council shall support 
regional, State, and local action to assess extreme 
weather-related vulnerabilities and cost effectively in-
crease extreme weather resilience, preparedness, and 
risk identification and management of communities, 
critical economic sectors, natural and built infra-
structure, and natural resources, including by— 
(A) conducting inventories under section 
906; 
(B) convening meetings under section 907;
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(C) providing guidance to agencies to 
produce tools and products that enhance ex-
treme weather resilience planning, risk knowl-
edge, and actions for use in all levels of govern-
ment, including guidance on how to prioritize 
funding in order to produce such tools and 
products; and 
(D) reviewing State and local mitigation 
plans. 
(4) METEOROLOGICAL AND EXTREME WEATHER 
SCIENCE.—The Interagency Council shall facilitate 
the integration of meteorological and extreme weath-
er science, in addition to other scientific disciplines 
such as physical, natural, and social science that the 
Council determines to be appropriate, in the policies 
risk evaluation and communication, and planning of 
agencies and the private sector, including by— 
(A) promoting the development of innova-
tive, actionable, and accessible Federal extreme 
weather resilience, preparedness, and risk iden-
tification and management-related information, 
data, tools, and examples of successful actions 
at appropriate scales for decisionmakers; and 
(B) providing such information, data, 
tools, and examples to the agency or agencies
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designated under section 904 to include on the 
website established and maintained or des-
ignated pursuant to such section. 
(5) HIGH-RISK REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS.— 
The Interagency Council shall assess the specific 
recommendations relating to extreme weather in all 
relevant provisions of the Government Accountability 
Office’s High-Risk Series, identify the feasibility of 
revising Federal programs to implement such rec-
ommendations, and develop a plan to address such 
recommendations when feasible that does not dupli-
cate the National Preparedness Goal. 
(6) 
FRAMEWORK
AND
PERFORMANCE 
METRICS.—The Interagency Council shall use exist-
ing and emerging science to develop or adopt— 
(A) a framework for evaluating the 
progress and success of extreme weather resil-
ience, preparedness, and risk identification and 
management-related efforts that is complemen-
tary to and not duplicative of any local or na-
tional indicator system developed as part of the 
National Preparedness Goal; and 
(B) performance metrics that allow track-
ing of the actions taken and progress made to-
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ward meeting the goals and implementing the 
priorities described in paragraph (1)(A). 
(7) RECOMMENDATIONS
FOR
THE
CEQ
AND 
OMB.—The Interagency Council shall provide to the 
Council on Environmental Quality, the Office of 
Management and Budget, and the Department of 
Homeland Security recommendations on how agen-
cies should— 
(A) develop or update agency extreme 
weather plans; 
(B) remove barriers to State and local ex-
treme weather resilience, preparedness, and risk 
identification and management, in agency regu-
lations, guidance, and policies; and 
(C) avoid duplication among Federal ac-
tivities to the extent practicable. 
(8) PUBLIC INPUT AND COMMENT.—The Inter-
agency Council shall solicit and incorporate public 
input and comment as appropriate into the decisions 
of the Interagency Council. 
(9) INVENTORY
AND
MEETINGS.—The Inter-
agency Council shall conduct inventories under sec-
tion 906 and convene meetings under section 907. 
(10) DEFINITION
OF
EXTREME
WEATHER.— 
The Interagency Council shall consider and may up-
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date, not less frequently than every two years, in 
consultation with appropriate scientific bodies, the 
definition of ‘‘extreme weather’’ and what other 
weather events (in addition to those described in sec-
tion 909(3)) qualify as extreme weather for purposes 
of this title. The definition of ‘‘extreme weather’’ 
shall be published and updated, as necessary, on the 
website of the Council and in the Federal Register. 
(11) OTHER DUTIES.—The Interagency Council 
shall carry out any other duties the co-chairpersons 
of the Interagency Council determine appropriate. 
(12) PUBLIC INFORMATION.—The Interagency 
Council shall— 
(A) make information available online— 
(i) for tracking implementation of 
agency extreme weather plans and Govern-
mentwide goals and priorities described in 
paragraph (1)(A); 
(ii) on recommendations relating to 
extreme weather in all relevant provisions 
of the Government Accountability Office’s 
High-Risk Series; and 
(iii) on the results of the Council’s ef-
forts to identify nationwide and localized
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risks (including updated mapping efforts); 
and 
(B) make such High-Risk Series and the 
reports submitted under paragraph (13) avail-
able as the Council determines appropriate. 
(13) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an-
nually thereafter (concurrently with the United 
States Global Change Research Program Annual Re-
port and the National Preparedness Report), the 
Interagency Council shall submit to Congress, and 
make available to the United States Global Change 
Research Program and the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency, a report that— 
(A) describes how the goals and priorities 
described in paragraph (1)(A) are being met 
and implemented using— 
(i) the performance metrics developed 
under paragraph (6)(B); and 
(ii) information on— 
(I) agency expenditures, broken 
down by program activity level if prac-
ticable, that are directly related to ex-
treme weather resilience, prepared-
ness, and risk identification and man-
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agement, including extreme weather 
resilience, 
preparedness, 
and 
risk 
identification and management of 
Federal facilities; and 
(II) the effectiveness of such ex-
penditures, along with associated fi-
nancial impacts and community, in-
frastructure, and environmental bene-
fits, to the extent such data are avail-
able; 
(B) provides recommendations to enhance 
the effectiveness of such implementation and 
sets benchmarks to meet; 
(C) describes the progress of the regional 
coordination efforts described in sections 906, 
907, and 908; and 
(D) includes a summary of public com-
ments solicited under paragraph (8) and any 
action the Interagency Council took to respond 
to such comments. 
(g) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out paragraphs (2) 
through (12) of subsection (f), the Interagency Council 
shall consult with agencies, State and local governments, 
academic and research institutions, and the private and 
nonprofit sectors.
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(h) OMB GUIDANCE.—The Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget, taking into consideration the 
recommendations provided by the Interagency Council 
under subsection (f)(7), shall issue guidance to agencies 
on— 
(1) developing agency extreme weather plans, 
which shall incorporate existing agency reports, 
where appropriate, to prevent duplication and reduce 
overlap; and 
(2) developing agency regulations, guidance, 
and policies to remove barriers to State and local ex-
treme weather resilience, preparedness, and risk 
identification and management. 
SEC. 903. AGENCY PLANNING FOR EXTREME WEATHER-RE-
LATED RISKS. 
(a) AGENCY EXTREME WEATHER RESILIENCE, PRE-
PAREDNESS, AND RISK IDENTIFICATION AND MANAGE-
MENT PLANS.— 
(1) AGENCY
SUBMISSION.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
every 2 years thereafter, the head of each agency, in 
coordination with the Director of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency to avoid duplication with 
the National Planning Frameworks, shall submit to 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budg-
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et and to the Interagency Council a comprehensive 
plan that integrates consideration of extreme weath-
er into such agency’s operations and overall mission 
objectives (hereinafter referred to as an ‘‘agency ex-
treme weather plan’’). 
(2) HEARING.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and every 2 years 
thereafter, the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget shall convene an interagency budget 
crosscut and policy hearing to review and integrate 
all the agency extreme weather plans and to ensure 
that such extreme weather plans and the activities of 
agencies align with the goals and priorities estab-
lished under section 902(f)(1)(A). 
(3) OMB SUBMISSION.—The Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, upon receipt of 
all agency extreme weather plans in a given year, 
shall consolidate and submit to Congress such plans. 
(b) INCLUSIONS.—Each agency extreme weather plan 
shall include— 
(1) identification and assessment of extreme 
weather-related impacts on, and risks to— 
(A) the agency’s ability to accomplish its 
missions, operations, and programs over time
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periods to be designated by the Interagency 
Council; and 
(B) State and local entities; 
(2) identification and assessment of barriers 
posed by Federal programs the agency administers 
to State and local extreme weather resilience, pre-
paredness, and risk identification and management 
efforts; 
(3) a description of programs, policies, and 
plans the agency has already put in place, as well as 
additional actions the agency will take, to manage 
extreme weather risks in the near term and build re-
silience in the short and long term; 
(4) a description of how the agency will con-
sider the need to improve extreme weather resilience, 
preparedness, and risk identification and manage-
ment, including the costs and benefits of such im-
provement, with respect to agency suppliers, supply 
chain, real property investments, and capital equip-
ment purchases, including by updating agency poli-
cies for leasing, building upgrades, relocation of ex-
isting facilities and equipment, and construction of 
new facilities; 
(5) a description of how the agency will support 
any ongoing or future public-private partnership to
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improve extreme weather resilience, preparedness, 
and risk identification and management, including 
the cost and benefits of technology and methodology 
improvements, hardening, or rapid restoration; 
(6) a description of how the agency will con-
tribute to coordinated interagency efforts to support 
extreme weather resilience, preparedness, and risk 
identification and management at all levels of gov-
ernment, including collaborative work across agen-
cies’ regional offices and hubs, and through coordi-
nated development of information, data, and tools, 
consistent with sections 906, 907, and 908; and 
(7) any other details identified by the Inter-
agency Council under section 902(f)(1)(B)(ii). 
SEC. 904. WEBSITE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Interagency Council shall 
designate an agency or agencies to establish, maintain, or 
designate a website that provides timely, actionable, and 
accessible information, data, and tools on current and fu-
ture risks related to extreme weather, preparedness, resil-
ience, and risk identification and management, to support 
Federal, regional, State, local, private sector, and other 
decisionmakers. 
(b) INTERAGENCY
PROGRESS.—The website de-
scribed under subsection (a), shall identify interagency
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progress, and propose the next interagency steps, towards 
responding to threats posed by extreme weather. 
(c) BEST PRACTICES.—The website described under 
subsection (a) shall provide best practices and examples 
from Federal, regional, State, and local decisionmakers in 
the public and private sectors about how to use extreme 
weather-related information in planning and decision-
making. 
(d) INTERAGENCY
COUNCIL
INFORMATION
AND 
TOOLS.—The website described under subsection (a) shall 
include the information, data, tools, and examples pro-
vided by the Interagency Council pursuant to section 
902(f)(4). 
(e) BEST AVAILABLE METEOROLOGICAL SCIENCE.— 
The website described under subsection (a) shall identify 
best available meteorological science relating to extreme 
weather resilience, preparedness, and risk identification 
and management. 
(f) PUBLIC
OUTREACH
AND
EDUCATION.—The 
Interagency Council shall designate one or more agencies 
to conduct outreach and educational activities to inform 
the public and regional, State, and local decisionmakers 
about the tools and information available on the website 
described under subsection (a).
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SEC. 905. PROVIDING ADEQUATE RESOURCES AND SUP-
PORT. 
The Director of the Office of Management and Budg-
et shall ensure that each agency provides adequate re-
sources to the Interagency Council, including administra-
tive services and personnel support, as appropriate— 
(1) for the website described under section 904; 
and 
(2) to otherwise carry out this title. 
SEC. 906. INVENTORY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and every 2 years there-
after, the Interagency Council, or a working group of such 
Interagency Council established by the co-chairpersons 
thereof, shall conduct and publish an inventory of all re-
gional offices, centers, and programs of agencies that are 
assisting with extreme weather resilience, preparedness, 
and risk identification and management efforts at the 
State or local level, including— 
(1) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration’s regional programs; 
(2) the Department of the Interior’s Fish and 
Wildlife Service Landscape Conservation Coopera-
tives; 
(3) the United States Geological Survey’s Cli-
mate Science Centers;
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(4) the Department of Agriculture’s Climate 
Hubs; 
(5) the regional offices of— 
(A) the Environmental Protection Agency; 
(B) the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency; 
(C) the Department of Transportation; 
and 
(D) the Forest Service; 
(6) the division offices of the Army Corps of 
Engineers; and 
(7) such other offices, centers, and programs or 
other agency efforts as determined appropriate by 
the Interagency Council. 
(b) ASSISTANCE DESCRIBED.—An inventory con-
ducted and published under subsection (a) shall include 
a description of the assistance each agency office, center, 
or program is providing to assist with extreme weather 
resilience, preparedness, and risk identification and man-
agement efforts at the State or local level. 
SEC. 907. MEETINGS. 
Not later than 6 months after the publication of each 
inventory under section 906, the Interagency Council shall 
convene a meeting of representatives of the offices, cen-
ters, and programs included in such inventory and invite
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risk identification and management within each re-
gion to be prioritized for the coming year and be-
yond; 
(5) identify barriers to regional extreme weath-
er resilience, preparedness, and risk identification 
and management planning and implementation that 
can be overcome or minimized through Federal ac-
tion and specific suggestions for improvement; 
(6) evaluate progress and jointly develop a 
strategy for realizing extreme weather resilience, 
preparedness, and risk identification and manage-
ment-related goals, including clearly identified re-
sponsibilities by each collaborating regional office, 
center, or program; and 
(7) share experiences and best practices in 
stakeholder engagement and communication, deci-
sion support, and science-practice interactions that 
support the realization of identified extreme weather 
resilience, preparedness, and risk identification and 
management goals. 
SEC. 908. PROGRESS UPDATES. 
Not later than 90 days after each meeting under sec-
tion 907, each agency that participates in such meeting 
shall submit to the Interagency Council, and make avail-
able to the United States Global Change Research Pro-
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gram and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
information describing progress in regional coordination 
and collaboration in aligning Federal resilience, prepared-
ness, and risk identification and management efforts at 
the State and local level, and the benefits of such regional 
coordination and collaboration. 
SEC. 909. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘‘Executive agency’’ under 
section 105 of title 5, but does not include the Gov-
ernment Accountability Office. 
(2) AGENCY EXTREME WEATHER PLAN.—The 
term ‘‘agency extreme weather plan’’ means a plan 
required under section 903(a). 
(3) EXTREME WEATHER.—The term ‘‘extreme 
weather’’ includes observed or anticipated severe and 
unseasonable 
atmospheric 
conditions, 
including 
drought, wildfire, heavy precipitation, wave, high 
water, snowstorm, landslide, mudslide, hurricanes, 
tornadoes 
and 
other 
windstorms 
(including 
derechos), extreme heat, extreme cold, sustained 
temperatures or precipitation that deviate from his-
torical averages, and any other weather event that
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the Interagency Council determines qualifies as ex-
treme weather pursuant to section 902(f)(10). 
(4) INTERAGENCY COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Inter-
agency Council’’ means the Interagency Council on 
Extreme Weather Resilience, Preparedness, and 
Risk Identification and Management established 
under section 902(a). 
(5) MITIGATION PLAN.—The term ‘‘mitigation 
plan’’ means the mitigation plan required under sec-
tion 322 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5165). 
(6) NATIONAL
GLOBAL
CHANGE
RESEARCH 
PLAN.—The term ‘‘National Global Change Re-
search Plan’’ means the National Global Change Re-
search Plan developed under section 104 of the 
Global Change Research Act of 1990 (15 U.S.C. 
2934), or any revision thereof. 
(7) NATIONAL
OIL
AND
HAZARDOUS
SUB-
STANCES
POLLUTION
CONTINGENCY
PLAN.—The 
term ‘‘National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pol-
lution Contingency Plan’’ means the National Oil 
and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency 
Plan described under part 300 of title 40, Code of 
Federal Regulations, or any revision thereof.
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(8) NATIONAL
PREPAREDNESS
GOAL.—The 
term ‘‘National Preparedness Goal’’ means the na-
tional preparedness goal developed under section 643 
of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform 
Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 743). 
(9) NATIONAL
PREPAREDNESS
REPORT.—The 
term ‘‘National Preparedness Report’’ means the re-
port required by section 652(a) of the Post-Katrina 
Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 
U.S.C. 752(a); Public Law 109–295). 
(10) PREPAREDNESS.—The term ‘‘prepared-
ness’’ means actions taken to plan, organize, equip, 
train, and exercise to build, apply, and sustain the 
capabilities necessary to prevent, protect against, 
ameliorate the effects of, respond to, and recover 
from extreme weather related damages to life, 
health, property, livelihoods, ecosystems, and na-
tional security. 
(11) 
RESILIENCE.—The 
term 
‘‘resilience’’ 
means the ability to anticipate, prepare for, and 
adapt to changing conditions and withstand, respond 
to, and recover rapidly from disruptions. 
(12) SENIOR OFFICIAL.—The term ‘‘senior offi-
cial’’ means a Deputy Secretary (or an equivalent of-
ficer) of an agency.
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(13) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, each 
commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United 
States, and each federally recognized Indian Tribe. 
(14) UNITED
STATES
GLOBAL
CHANGE
RE-
SEARCH PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘United States Glob-
al Change Research Program’’ means the United 
States Global Change Research Program established 
under section 103 of the Global Change Research 
Act of 1990 (15 U.S.C. 2933). 
(15) UNITED
STATES
GLOBAL
CHANGE
RE-
SEARCH
PROGRAM
ANNUAL
REPORT.—The term 
‘‘United States Global Change Research Program 
Annual Report’’ means the report required by sec-
tion 102(e)(7) of the Global Change Research Act of 
1990 (15 U.S.C. 2932(e)(7)). 
SEC. 910. REQUIREMENT TO INCLUDE AGENCY EXTREME 
WEATHER PLAN IN AGENCY PERFORMANCE 
PLAN. 
A description of the most recent agency extreme 
weather plan, as required under section 903, shall be in-
cluded in the performance plan of an agency (as defined 
in section 909) required pursuant to section 1115(b) of 
title 31, United States Code.
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SEC. 911. SUNSET AND REPEAL. 
This title ceases to be effective and is repealed on 
the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 27, 2018. 
Attest: 
Clerk.