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(iii) a date 45 days after the later of 
the two dates described in clauses (i) and 
(ii), if the Secretary extends the time for 
enrollment based on extenuating cir-
cumstances relating to enrollment in a 
training program; 
(iv) the last day of such period that 
the Secretary determines appropriate, if 
the failure to enroll is due to the failure to 
provide the worker with timely information 
regarding the date specified in clause (i) or 
(ii), as the case may be; or 
(v) the last day of a period deter-
mined by the Secretary to be approved for 
enrollment after the termination of a waiv-
er issued pursuant to subsection (c); 
(B) has, after the date on which the work-
er became totally separated, or partially sepa-
rated, from adversely affected employment, 
completed a training program approved by the 
Secretary under section 352(b)(2); or 
(C) has received a written statement 
waiving training enrollment requirements under 
subsection (c)(1) of this section. 
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(c) WAIVERS OF TRAINING ENROLLMENT REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may issue a 
written statement to an adversely affected worker 
waiving the requirement to be enrolled in training 
described in subsection (b)(4)(A) if the Secretary de-
termines that it is not feasible or appropriate for the 
worker, because of one or more of the following rea-
sons: 
(A) MARKETABLE
SKILLS.—The worker 
possesses marketable skills for suitable employ-
ment (as determined pursuant to an assessment 
of the worker, carried out in accordance with 
guidelines issued by the Secretary) and there is 
a reasonable expectation of employment at 
equivalent wages in the foreseeable future. 
(B) RETIREMENT.—The worker is within 
2 years of meeting all requirements for entitle-
ment to either— 
(i) old-age insurance benefits under 
title II of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 401 et seq.) (except for application 
therefor); or 
(ii) a private pension sponsored by an 
employer or labor organization. 
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(C) HEALTH.—The worker is unable to 
participate in training due to the health of the 
worker, except that a waiver under this sub-
paragraph shall not be construed to exempt a 
worker from requirements relating to the avail-
ability for work, active search for work, or re-
fusal to accept work under State or Federal un-
employment compensation laws. 
(2) DURATION OF WAIVERS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—A waiver issued under 
paragraph (1) shall be effective for not more 
than 6 months after the date on which the 
waiver is issued, unless the Secretary deter-
mines otherwise, except for waivers issued by 
reason of proximity of retirement age under 
subparagraph (1)(B), in which case the waiver 
shall be effective for the duration of the work-
er’s enrollment in the program. 
(B) REVOCATION.—The Secretary shall re-
voke a waiver issued under paragraph (1) if the 
Secretary determines that the basis of a waiver 
is no longer applicable to the worker and shall 
notify the worker in writing of the revocation. 
(d) AMOUNT
OF WEEKLY ADJUSTMENT ALLOW-
ANCE.— 
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(1) FORMULA.—The weekly adjustment allow-
ance payable to an adversely affected worker for a 
week of total unemployment shall be an amount 
equal to 70 percent of the adversely affected work-
er’s average weekly wage prior to separation from 
adversely affected employment, reduced (but not 
below zero) by— 
(A) any unemployment insurance which 
the worker receives, or would receive if the 
worker applied for such insurance, which re-
spect to such week, except that such reduction 
will not apply if the appropriate State agency or 
Federal agency finally determines that the 
worker was not entitled to unemployment insur-
ance for that week; and 
(B) income that is deductible from unem-
ployment insurance under the disqualifying in-
come provisions of the applicable State law or 
Federal unemployment insurance law. 
(2) ADVERSELY AFFECTED WORKERS WHO ARE 
UNDERGOING TRAINING.—A weekly adjustment al-
lowance payable to an adversely affected worker 
under this section shall be paid in lieu of any train-
ing allowance to which a worker would otherwise be 
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entitled under any other Federal law for the training 
of workers. 
(e) LIMITATION ON WEEKLY ADJUSTMENT ALLOW-
ANCE.— 
(1) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—Except as provided in 
paragraph (2), the maximum amount of weekly ad-
justment allowances payable to an adversely affected 
worker with respect to the period covered by a cer-
tification issued by the Secretary under section 
345(b) shall be the amount which is the product of 
52 multiplied by the amount of the adjustment al-
lowance payable to the worker for a week of total 
unemployment as determined under subsection (d). 
(2) FURTHER AMOUNTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding para-
graph (1), in order to assist an adversely af-
fected worker to complete training approved for 
the worker under section 352, and in accord-
ance with regulations prescribed by the Sec-
retary, payments may be made as weekly ad-
justment allowances for up to 52 additional 
weeks in the 52-week period that— 
(i) follows the last week of entitlement 
to weekly adjustment allowances otherwise 
payable under this subtitle; or 
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(ii) begins with the first week of such 
training, if such training begins after the 
last week described in clause (i). 
(B) LIMITATION.—Payments for such ad-
ditional weeks may be made only for weeks in 
such 52-week period during which the indi-
vidual is participating in such training. 
(3) DURATION.—An adjustment allowance shall 
not be paid for any week occurring after the close 
of the 130-week period that begins with the first 
week following the week in which the adversely af-
fected worker was most recently totally separated 
from adversely affected employment with respect to 
which the worker meets the eligibility requirements 
of subsection (b). 
SEC. 352. TRAINING AND OTHER ADJUSTMENT ASSIST-
ANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—An adversely affected worker who 
is covered by a certification issued by the Secretary under 
section 345(b) and who applies for adjustment assistance 
under this subtitle shall be provided, in the same manner 
and to the same extent as a worker covered by a certifi-
cation under section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2273), the training and other adjustment assist-
ance described in subsection (b). 
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(b) TRAINING
AND OTHER ADJUSTMENT ASSIST-
ANCE DESCRIBED.—The training and other adjustment 
assistance referred to in subsection (a) are the following: 
(1) Employment counseling, testing, and place-
ment services, and supportive and other services, as 
described in section 235 of the Trade Act of 1974 
(22 U.S.C. 2295). 
(2) Training described in section 236 of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2296), except that 
the limitation on total payments described in sub-
section (a)(2)(A) of such section shall not apply with 
respect to such training provided under the author-
ity of this paragraph. 
(3) Job search allowances described in section 
237 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2297). 
(4) Relocation allowances described in section 
238 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2298). 
(c) ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY 
WORKER TRAINING PROGRAM.—To the maximum extent 
practicable, an adversely affected worker who is eligible 
to receive training and other adjustment assistance under 
this section shall be eligible to receive assistance under the 
energy efficiency and renewable energy worker training 
program established under section 171(e) of the Work-
force Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2916(e)). 
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SEC. 353. REEMPLOYMENT ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
establish a reemployment trade adjustment assistance pro-
gram for older workers that provides the benefits de-
scribed in subsection (b). 
(b) BENEFITS.—The Secretary shall, for the eligi-
bility period described in subsection (c)(3), provide a 
worker described in subsection (c)(2) with a weekly adjust-
ment allowance equal to 50 percent of the difference be-
tween— 
(1) the wages received by the worker from re-
employment; and 
(2) the wages received by the worker at the 
time of separation. 
(c) ELIGIBILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A group of workers certified 
as eligible for adjustment assistance under this sub-
title is eligible for benefits described in subsection 
(b) under the program established under subsection 
(a). 
(2) INDIVIDUAL ELIGIBILITY.—A worker in a 
group of workers described in paragraph (1) may 
elect to receive benefits described in subsection (b) 
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under the program established under subsection (a) 
if the worker— 
(A) is at least 50 years of age; 
(B) earns not more than $60,000 each 
year in wages from reemployment; 
(C)(i) is employed on a full-time basis as 
defined by State law in the State in which the 
worker is employed; or 
(ii) is employed at least 20 hours per week 
and is enrolled in training approved under sec-
tion 352(b)(2); and 
(D) is not employed at the firm from 
which the worker was separated. 
In the case of a worker described in subparagraph 
(C)(ii), the percentage referred to in subsection (b) 
shall be deemed to be a percentage equal to 1⁄2 of 
the ratio of weekly hours of employment referred to 
in subparagraph (C)(ii) to weekly hours of employ-
ment of that worker at the time of separation (but 
not more than 50 percent). 
(3) ELIGIBILITY
PERIOD
FOR
PAYMENTS.—A 
worker in a group of workers described in paragraph 
(1) may receive payments described in subsection (b) 
under the program established under subsection (a) 
for a period not to exceed 2 years from the date on 
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which the worker exhausts all rights to unemploy-
ment insurance based on the separation of the work-
er from adversely affected employment or the date 
on which the worker obtains reemployment, which-
ever is earlier. 
(4) TRAINING AND OTHER SERVICES.—A work-
er described in paragraph (2) shall be eligible to re-
ceive training approved under section 352(b)(2) and 
services under section 352(b)(1). 
(d) TOTAL AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS.—The payments 
described in subsection (b) made to a worker may not ex-
ceed $12,000 per worker during the eligibility period 
under subsection (c)(3). 
(e) LIMITATION ON OTHER BENEFITS.—A worker 
described in subsection (c) may not receive a weekly ad-
justment allowance under section 351 during any week for 
which the worker receives a payment described in sub-
section (b). 
SEC. 354. HEALTH COVERAGE TAX CREDITS. 
(a) ELIGIBILITY
FOR CREDIT.—Paragraph (1) of 
section 35(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (defin-
ing eligible individual) is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end of subparagraph (B), by striking the period at 
the end of subparagraph (C) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and 
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by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(D) an eligible adjustment assistance re-
cipient.’’. 
(b) ELIGIBLE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE RECIPIENT 
DEFINED.—Subsection (c) of section 35 of such Code (de-
fining eligible individual) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) ELIGIBLE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE RE-
CIPIENT.—The term ‘eligible adjustment assistance 
recipient’ means, with respect to any month, any in-
dividual who is receiving for any day of such month 
a weekly adjustment allowance under section 351 or 
353 of the Investing in Climate Action and Protec-
tion Act. An individual shall continue to be treated 
as an eligible adjustment assistance recipient during 
the first month that such individual would otherwise 
cease to be an eligible adjustment assistance recipi-
ent by reason of the preceding sentence.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2009. 
SEC. 355. ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) AGREEMENTS WITH STATES.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized 
on behalf of the United States to enter into an 
agreement with any State, or with any State agency. 
Under such an agreement, the State agency— 
(A) as agent of the United States, shall re-
ceive applications for, and shall provide, pay-
ments on the basis provided in this subtitle; 
(B) where appropriate, but in accordance 
with paragraph (6), shall afford adversely af-
fected workers testing, counseling, referral to 
training and job search programs, and place-
ment services; 
(C) shall make any certifications required 
under section 351(c); and 
(D) shall otherwise cooperate with the Sec-
retary and with other State and Federal agen-
cies in providing payments and services under 
this subtitle. 
(2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Each agreement 
under this subsection shall provide the terms and 
conditions upon which the agreement may be amend-
ed, suspended, or terminated. 
(3) UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.—Each agree-
ment under this subsection shall provide that unem-
ployment insurance otherwise payable to any ad-
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versely affected worker shall not be denied or re-
duced for any week by reason of any right to pay-
ments under this subtitle. 
(4) ENTITLEMENT TO PROGRAM BENEFITS.—A 
determination by a State agency with respect to en-
titlement to program benefits under an agreement is 
subject to review in the same manner and to the 
same extent as determinations under the applicable 
State law and only in that manner and to that ex-
tent. 
(5) COORDINATION OF TRAINING AND ASSIST-
ANCE.—Any agreement entered into under this sub-
section shall provide for the coordination of the ad-
ministration of the provisions for employment serv-
ices, training, and supplemental assistance under 
section 352 and under title I of the Workforce In-
vestment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.) upon 
such terms and conditions as are established by the 
Secretary in consultation with the States and set 
forth in such agreement. Any agency of the State 
jointly administering such provisions under such 
agreement shall be considered to be a State agency 
for purposes of this subtitle. 
(6) 
TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.—Each 
State 
agency shall, in carrying out paragraph (1)(B)— 
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(A) advise each worker who applies for un-
employment insurance of the benefits under this 
subtitle and the procedures and deadlines for 
applying for such benefits; 
(B) facilitate the early filing of petitions 
under section 345 for any workers that the 
agency considers are likely to be eligible for 
benefits under this subtitle; 
(C) advise each adversely affected worker 
to apply for training under section 352 before, 
or at the same time, the worker applies for 
weekly adjustment allowances under section 
351; and 
(D) as soon as practicable, interview the 
adversely affected worker regarding suitable 
training opportunities available to the worker 
under section 352 and review such opportuni-
ties with the worker. 
(7) COORDINATION
OF
WORKFORCE
INVEST-
MENT ACTIVITIES.—In order to promote the coordi-
nation of workforce investment activities in each 
State with activities carried out under this subtitle, 
any agreement entered into under this subsection 
shall provide that the State shall submit to the Sec-
retary, in such form as the Secretary may require, 
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the description and information described in para-
graphs (8) and (14) of section 112(b) of the Work-
force Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2822(b)(8) 
and (14)). 
(b) 
ADMINISTRATION
ABSENT
STATE
AGREE-
MENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In any State where there is 
no agreement in force between a State or its agency 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall arrange 
under regulations prescribed by the Secretary for 
performance of all necessary functions under sec-
tions 351 through 353, including provision for a fair 
hearing for any worker whose application for pay-
ments is denied. 
(2) REVIEW
OF
FINAL
DETERMINATIONS.—A 
final determination under paragraph (1) with re-
spect to entitlement to program benefits under this 
chapter is subject to review by the courts in the 
same manner and to the same extent as is provided 
by section 205(g) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 405(g)). 
Subtitle F—National Climate 
Change Adaptation Program 
SEC. 361. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
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(1) According to the Intergovernmental Panel 
on Climate Change’s Fourth Assessment Report, the 
United States is already experiencing a range of ad-
verse impacts of climate change and is predicted to 
experience more intense impacts over the course of 
this century. These predicted future impacts in-
clude— 
(A) significant reductions in snowpack in 
western mountains by the middle of this cen-
tury, increasing stress on over-allocated water 
systems in the western United States; 
(B) decreased water levels in the Great 
Lakes, leading to a range of adverse ecological 
and economic effects; 
(C) decreased recharge of heavily utilized 
groundwater systems in the southwestern 
United States, resulting in increased water 
stress; 
(D) increased surface water temperatures 
making achievement of water quality standards 
more difficult; 
(E) more frequent and more intense 
wildfires in the western United States; 
(F) acceleration of sea-level rise and 
changes in storm surge patterns, leading to 
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more frequent and more severe coastal flooding, 
increased coastal erosion, increased rates of 
coastal wetland loss, and increased vulnerability 
of coastal infrastructure; 
(G) potentially more intense storms, lead-
ing to greater coastal instability; 
(H) increased magnitude and duration of 
severe heatwaves and increased concentration of 
surface ozone pollution, leading to adverse im-
pacts on public health; 
(I) potential negative impacts on public 
health due to changes in infectious disease 
transmission patterns; and 
(J) increased coastal erosion and perma-
frost thaw in Alaska, jeopardizing public and 
private infrastructure and imposing substantial 
costs. 
(2) Although prompt and aggressive efforts to 
mitigate global greenhouse gas emissions can reduce 
the magnitude and likelihood of adverse impacts of 
climate change on the United States, such impacts 
are likely to intensify for the foreseeable future even 
under a best-case scenario for emissions reductions. 
(3) Absent effective action to manage risks and 
reduce vulnerability to adverse climate change im-
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pacts, such impacts are likely to impose significant 
social and economic costs on the United States. 
(4) State, local, and tribal governments are 
likely to bear much of the burden of responding to 
the impacts of climate change. Although both im-
pacts and appropriate adaptive responses will vary 
by region, State, and locality, the Federal Govern-
ment can bolster State, local, and tribal adaptive ca-
pacity by providing policy-relevant information and 
technical and financial assistance. 
(5) An effective national climate change adapta-
tion program will require improvements in coordina-
tion among Federal agencies, and among the Fed-
eral Government, State, local, and tribal govern-
ments, and nongovernmental stakeholders. 
(6) To improve the United States capacity to 
adapt to adverse climate change impacts, Federal 
agencies must incorporate potential short-term, me-
dium-term, and long-term impacts of climate change 
into the implementation of their respective man-
dates. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this subtitle is to es-
tablish an integrated Federal program to enhance the ca-
pacity of Federal, State, local, and tribal governments to 
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reduce vulnerability to the adverse impacts of climate 
change on the United States and its territories. 
SEC. 362. DEFINITIONS. 
As used in this subtitle— 
(1) COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Council’’ means the 
National Climate Change Adaptation Council estab-
lished under section 364. 
(2) NATIONAL ASSESSMENT.—The term ‘‘Na-
tional Assessment’’ refers to a National Climate 
Change Vulnerability Assessment prepared pursuant 
to section 366. 
(3) NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION 
FUND.—The term ‘‘National Climate Change Adap-
tation Fund’’ means the National Climate Change 
Adaptation Fund established under section 722 of 
the Clean Air Act (as added by section 101 of this 
Act). 
(4) NOAA.—The term ‘‘NOAA’’ means the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 
(5) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means 
the National Climate Change Adaptation Program 
established under section 365. 
(6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, 
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the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, or the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 
(7) TRIBAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘tribal 
government’’ means the official government of a fed-
erally recognized Indian tribe. 
SEC. 363. FUNDING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Funds deposited in the National 
Climate Change Adaptation Fund shall be available for 
expenditure, without further need of appropriation or fis-
cal year limitation, to carry out this subtitle in accordance 
with the requirements of this section. 
(b) ALLOCATION.— 
(1) NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION 
PROGRAM.—For each of fiscal years 2010 through 
2050, the Secretary of Commerce shall utilize not 
more than 15 percent of the funds deposited in the 
National Climate Change Adaptation Fund to carry 
out the National Climate Change Adaptation Pro-
gram established under section 365. 
(2) FEDERAL
FUNDING
FOR
STATE, LOCAL, 
AND TRIBAL ADAPTATION PROJECTS.—The Federal 
agency or agencies charged with implementing the 
program established under section 369 shall utilize 
the remaining funds deposited in the National Cli-
mate Change Adaptation Program to provide finan-
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cial assistance to State, local, and tribal govern-
ments pursuant to such program, provided that Con-
gress has not enacted a statute codifying the pro-
gram or an alternative to the program. 
SEC. 364. NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION COUN-
CIL. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall es-
tablish a National Climate Change Adaptation Council, 
consisting of representatives, appointed by the head of the 
respective Federal agency, of— 
(1) NOAA; 
(2) the Environmental Protection Agency; 
(3) the Department of Agriculture; 
(4) the Department of Commerce; 
(5) the Department of Defense; 
(6) the Department of Energy; 
(7) the Department of Health and Human 
Services; 
(8) the Department of Homeland Security; 
(9) the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment; 
(10) the Department of the Interior; 
(11) the Department of Transportation; 
(12) the Army Corps of Engineers; 
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(13) the Centers for Disease Control; 
(14) the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency; 
(15) the National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration; 
(16) the United States Geological Survey; and 
(17) such other Federal agencies or depart-
ments as the President considers appropriate. 
(b) CHAIRPERSON.—The representative described in 
subsection (a)(1) shall be the chairperson of the Council. 
(c) FUNCTIONS.—The Council shall serve as a forum 
for interagency consultation on, and coordination of, Fed-
eral policies relating to assessment of, and adaptation to, 
the impacts of climate change on the United States and 
its Territories. 
SEC. 365. NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PRO-
GRAM. 
The Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Ad-
ministrator of NOAA, shall establish within NOAA a Na-
tional Climate Change Adaptation Program for the pur-
pose of increasing the overall effectiveness of Federal cli-
mate change adaptation efforts. Under the Program, the 
Administrator of NOAA shall, in consultation as appro-
priate with the Council— 
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(1) develop and publish periodic National As-
sessments under section 366; 
(2) provide to Federal agencies, local, State, 
and tribal governments, and nongovernmental stake-
holders policy-relevant scientific information, re-
search products, decision tools, and technical sup-
port related to climate change impacts and adapta-
tion to such impacts, as provided in section 367; and 
(3) advise Federal agencies on issues related to 
climate change impacts and adaptation to such im-
pacts, including through the provision of technical 
support to Federal agencies in the development of 
agency climate change adaptation plans as required 
under section 368. 
SEC. 366. NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY AS-
SESSMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 1, 2012, 
and every 4 years thereafter, the Administrator of NOAA 
shall publish and deliver to the President a National Cli-
mate Change Vulnerability Assessment evaluating regional 
and national vulnerability to impacts of climate change, 
strategies to adapt to such impacts, and priorities for fur-
ther research related to climate change impacts and adapt-
ive capacity. 
(b) CONTENTS.— 
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(1) REGIONAL ASSESSMENTS.—Each National 
Assessment shall include regional assessments for a 
sufficient number of geographic regions within the 
United States and its Territories to effectively ad-
dress specific climate change impacts at the regional 
and State or territorial levels. Each regional assess-
ment shall— 
(A) assess, at an appropriate geographic 
scale, the nature and probability of predicted 
short-term, medium-term, and long-term im-
pacts of climate change on human health and a 
broad range of natural systems, resources, in-
frastructure, and social and economic sectors; 
(B) provide a regionally prioritized list of 
vulnerable systems and areas and an estimate 
of the range of anticipated costs of climate 
change impacts within the region; 
(C) describe current efforts within the re-
gion to adapt to climate change impacts, in 
areas such as public health, emergency re-
sponse, infrastructure and development, water 
resource management, agriculture, forest man-
agement, and coastal management; 
(D) identify gaps in current adaptation ef-
forts within the region, strategies to address 
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such gaps, and estimates of the costs of imple-
menting such strategies; 
(E) describe current research, observation, 
and monitoring activities focused on under-
standing regional climate change impacts and 
adaptation to such impacts, as well as research 
and data needs and priorities in these areas; 
(F) assess the adequacy of existing mecha-
nisms for communication and coordination 
within the region between Federal agencies and 
regional, State, local, and tribal stakeholders 
and recommend measures to enhance such com-
munication and coordination; and 
(G) include any other information relevant 
to understanding regional climate change im-
pacts and adaptation. 
(2) NATIONAL SYNTHESIS.—Each National As-
sessment shall include a synthesis of the regional as-
sessments, including— 
(A) a description of relevant research on 
national-scale, international-scale, or global- 
scale climate change impacts, vulnerabilities, 
and adaptive strategies not addressed in the re-
gional assessments; 
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(B) based on the regional assessments, a 
nationally prioritized list of vulnerable systems 
and regions in the United States and a national 
estimate of the range of costs of short-term, 
medium-term, and long-term costs of predicted 
climate change impacts; 
(C) a nationally prioritized list of strate-
gies and actions to address climate change im-
pacts, including estimates of the costs of imple-
menting such strategies and actions and the ap-
propriate roles of relevant Federal Government 
agencies; 
(D) a description of priorities for devel-
oping Federal research, observation, and moni-
toring, and policy tools to meet the needs of 
State and local decisionmakers identified in the 
regional assessments; 
(E) an assessment of the adequacy of ex-
isting mechanisms for communication and co-
ordination between Federal agencies and re-
gional, State, local, and tribal stakeholders and 
recommendations for measures to enhance such 
communication and coordination; 
(F) a description of the progress made to-
wards achieving the objectives identified in the 
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prior National Assessment, except that such re-
quirement shall not apply to the first National 
Assessment; and 
(G) any other relevant results from the re-
gional assessments that have implications for 
Federal climate change research, mitigation, or 
adaptation efforts. 
(c) METHODOLOGICAL AND PROCEDURAL REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
(1) CONSULTATION WITH COUNCIL.—In devel-
oping the National Assessments, the Administrator 
of NOAA shall consult with the Council and shall 
seek input and assistance from the Federal agencies 
represented on the Council within their respective 
areas of expertise. 
(2) CONSULTATION WITH LOCAL, STATE, AND 
REGIONAL STAKEHOLDERS.—In developing the Na-
tional Assessments, the Administrator of NOAA and 
participating Federal agencies shall consult with 
State, local, and tribal governments and nongovern-
mental stakeholders at the local, State, and regional 
levels, to facilitate coordination of efforts and to 
maximize the utility to local, State, regional, and 
tribal decision makers of the information provided 
by the National Assessment. 
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(3) BEST AVAILABLE SCIENCE.—The National 
Assessments shall be based on the best scientific and 
commercial data available. 
(4) TREATMENT OF UNCERTAINTY.—To ensure 
that scientific uncertainties are addressed through a 
consistent methodology, all components of the Na-
tional Assessments shall follow either— 
(A) the guidance on treatment of uncer-
tainty set forth in the Intergovernmental Panel 
on Climate Change’s Guidance Notes for Lead 
Authors of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Re-
port on Addressing Uncertainty; or 
(B) such similar uniform guidelines on the 
treatment of uncertainty as the Administrator 
of NOAA may establish. 
(5) UTILIZATION OF PRIOR RESEARCH AND AS-
SESSMENTS.—In developing the National Assess-
ments, the Administrator of NOAA shall, to the ex-
tent practicable, take into consideration research 
and information contained in— 
(A) the reports of the Intergovernmental 
Panel on Climate Change; 
(B) reports or research published by the 
Global Change Research Program and the Cli-
mate Change Science Program; and 
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(C) any existing climate change adaptation 
strategy, report, or assessment prepared by or 
for a Federal, State, local, or tribal government 
entity. 
SEC. 367. CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION SERVICES. 
(a) NATIONAL CLIMATE SERVICE.—The Secretary of 
Commerce, acting through the Administrator of NOAA, 
shall establish within NOAA a National Climate Service 
to serve as a clearinghouse to provide State, local, and 
tribal government decisionmakers with access to regionally 
and nationally relevant information, data, forecasts, and 
services relating to climate change impacts and adaptation 
to such impacts. The National Climate Service shall— 
(1) develop and provide access to policy-relevant 
climate information products, databases, decision 
tools, and services for Federal, State, local, and trib-
al government decisionmakers and policymakers; 
(2) provide technical assistance to Federal, 
State, local, and tribal government efforts to assess 
vulnerability to climate change impacts and develop 
appropriate strategies and plans to reduce such vul-
nerability; 
(3) facilitate communication and coordination 
among Federal, State, local, and tribal stakeholders 
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with regard to climate change information and adap-
tation strategies; and 
(4) undertake education and outreach initiatives 
related to climate change impacts, vulnerabilities, 
and the application of climate information in deci-
sionmaking. 
(b) REGIONAL AND NATIONAL WORKSHOPS.—To fa-
cilitate information exchange, outreach, and coordination 
of efforts on assessment of and adaptation to climate 
change impacts, the Administrator of NOAA shall, during 
each 4-year cycle during which a National Assessment is 
being prepared (or, in the case of the first National As-
sessment, the period between the date of enactment of this 
Act and January 1, 2012), convene— 
(1) at least one stakeholder workshop in each 
region identified by the National Assessment, to 
which appropriate governmental and nongovern-
mental stakeholders from the region are invited; and 
(2) at a date after all of the regional workshops 
described in paragraph (1) have been completed, at 
least one national-level workshop to which appro-
priate governmental and nongovernmental stake-
holders from all of the regions identified by the Na-
tional Assessments are invited. 
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(c) OBSERVATION AND MONITORING.—The Adminis-
trator of NOAA is authorized to deploy such observation 
and monitoring systems, including remote sensing sys-
tems, as may be necessary to support the National Climate 
Change Adaptation Program established under this sub-
title. 
SEC. 368. FEDERAL AGENCY CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTA-
TION PLANS. 
(a) PUBLICATION AND REVIEW.— 
(1) PRESIDENTIAL
REVIEW.—Within 1 year 
after the date of publication of each National As-
sessment, each Federal agency with representation 
on the Council shall— 
(A) complete an agency climate change ad-
aptation plan detailing the agency’s current and 
projected efforts to address the potential im-
pacts of climate change on matters within the 
agency’s jurisdiction; and 
(B) submit such agency climate change ad-
aptation plan to the President for review. 
(2) SUBMISSION
TO
CONGRESS.—Within 18 
months after the date of publication of each Na-
tional Assessment, each Federal agency with rep-
resentation on the Council shall submit the agency 
climate change adaptation plan described in para-
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graph (1), as finalized following Presidential review, 
to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, 
the Senate Committee on Environment and Public 
Works, and the committees in the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate with principal jurisdic-
tion over the relevant agency. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Each agency climate change 
adaptation plan shall include— 
(1) a review of the current impacts of climate 
change on matters within the agency’s jurisdiction; 
(2) a review of anticipated future (short-term, 
medium-term, and long-term) impacts of climate 
change on matters within the agency’s jurisdiction, 
including an assessment of the probability of such 
impacts that follows the guidelines on treatment of 
uncertainty established for the National Assess-
ments; 
(3) a description of priorities, within the scope 
of the agency’s jurisdiction, for building the adaptive 
capacity of the United States and its territories; 
(4) a review of the agency’s current efforts to 
address climate change impacts on matters within 
its jurisdiction, including a description of how cur-
rent and future impacts are being integrated into 
agency decisionmaking and a description of budg-
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etary and human resources dedicated to adaptation 
to climate change; 
(5) a description of initiatives that will be un-
dertaken to address climate change impacts on mat-
ters within the jurisdiction of the agency, includ-
ing— 
(A) the strategic objectives of such initia-
tives; 
(B) the resources that will be dedicated to 
such initiatives; 
(C) timelines for implementation; and 
(D) benchmarks and methods for assessing 
effectiveness; 
(6) a description of current and proposed mech-
anisms to enhance cooperation on climate change ad-
aptation efforts with other Federal agencies and 
with State, local, and tribal governments and non-
governmental stakeholders; 
(7) an assessment of the agency’s success in 
meeting the objectives outlined in its most recent 
agency climate change adaptation plan, except that 
this paragraph shall not apply to the first agency cli-
mate change adaptation plan; and 
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(4) HABITAT.—The term ‘‘habitat’’ means the 
physical, chemical, and biological properties (includ-
ing aquatic and terrestrial plant communities) that 
are used by wildlife for growth, reproduction, and 
survival, food, water, cover, and space in an area or 
region. 
(5) IMPERILED SPECIES.—The term ‘‘imperiled 
species’’ means— 
(A) a species listed as an endangered spe-
cies or threatened species under the Endan-
gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
seq.); 
(B) a species proposed for listing under 
that Act; 
(C) a candidate species under that Act; 
(D) a species listed as an endangered spe-
cies under any State law; and 
(E) a species, the population of which is 
declining at a significant rate. 
(6) 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. 450b). 
(7) PLANT.—The term ‘‘plant’’ means any spe-
cies of wild flora. 
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more resilient and adapting to the impacts of 
climate change and ocean acidification. 
(B) 
ADMINISTRATION.—In 
establishing 
and revising the national adaptation strategy, 
the President shall— 
(i) base the strategy on the best avail-
able science, as identified by the Science 
Advisory Board established under subpara-
graph (D); 
(ii) develop the strategy in coordina-
tion with the National Climate Change Ad-
aptation Program established under sub-
title F of this title; 
(iii) develop the strategy in coopera-
tion with State fish and wildlife agencies, 
State coastal agencies, United States terri-
tories, and Indian tribes; 
(iv) coordinate with the Secretary of 
the Interior, the Secretary of Commerce, 
the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary 
of Defense, the Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, and other 
agencies as appropriate; 
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(iv) to protect, acquire, maintain, and 
restore fish and wildlife habitat to build re-
silience to climate change and ocean acidi-
fication; 
(v) to provide habitat linkages and 
corridors to facilitate fish, wildlife, and 
plant movement in response to climate 
change and ocean acidification; 
(vi) to restore and protect ecological 
processes that sustain fish, wildlife, and 
plant populations that are vulnerable to cli-
mate change and ocean acidification; 
(vii) to protect, maintain, and restore 
coastal, marine, and aquatic ecosystems so 
that the ecosystems are more resilient and 
better able to withstand the further 
stresses associated with climate change, in-
cluding relative sea level rise and ocean 
acidification; 
(viii) to protect ocean and coastal spe-
cies from the impact of climate change and 
ocean acidification; 
(ix) to incorporate adaptation strate-
gies and activities to address relative sea 
level rise in coastal zone planning; 
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