section 4 and developing the National Extreme Weather 
Resilience Action Plan under section 5, the Director may 
carry out additional activities in support of the purpose 
of this Act. 
SEC. 7. REPORTS. 
(a) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RE-
PORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall submit a report to Congress that— 
(1) identifies existing Federal Government pro-
grams and policies related to disaster relief, re-
sponse, and recovery that impede improving short- 
and long-term extreme weather resilience; and 
(2) make recommendations for how the pro-
grams or policies could be structured differently to 
better support short- and long-term resilience after 
an extreme weather event. 
(b) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall 
submit a report to Congress that contains— 
(1) the results of the gap and overlap analysis; 
(2) the final National Extreme Weather Resil-
ience Action Plan; 
(3) an update on the implementation of the 
plan; and 
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(4) available resources for the sustained imple-
mentation of the plan. 
(c) TRIENNIAL REPORTS.—Not later than 2 years 
after the submission of the report under subsection (a), 
and every 3 years thereafter, the coordinating entity iden-
tified under section 5(c)(4), in cooperation with the inter-
agency working group established under section 4(a), shall 
submit a report to Congress that— 
(1) contains an update of the National Extreme 
Weather Resilience Action Plan; 
(2) describes the progress of the plan’s imple-
mentation; 
(3) improves upon the original analysis as more 
information 
and 
understanding 
about 
extreme 
weather events becomes available; 
(4) establishes criteria for prioritization of ac-
tivities described in the plan; 
(5) reconsiders and makes changes to the plan 
based on the availability of new information de-
scribed in paragraph (3); and 
(6) identifies cost-effective changes to laws, 
policies, or regulations that could advance the pur-
pose of this Act. 
(d) FEMA REPORTS ON FUNDING.— 
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
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(A) The Federal Emergency Management 
Agency grant programs are a key vehicle that 
exists to fund activities related to resiliency 
planning and projects. 
(B) In order to ensure that the United 
States becomes more resilient to extreme weath-
er, it is important to ensure that sufficient re-
sources are available to support resiliency ac-
tivities. 
(2) REPORTS.—At the end of each fiscal year, 
the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency (in this paragraph referred to as 
‘‘FEMA’’) shall submit a report to Congress that— 
(A) identifies the amounts that were made 
available to FEMA during such fiscal year for 
State and local entities to use for activities that 
support the purposes of this Act; 
(B) identifies the amounts disbursed by 
FEMA to State and local entities during such 
fiscal year for such activities; 
(C) describes the resources requested by 
State and local entities for activities that sup-
port the purposes of this Act; and 
(D) identifies the difference between the 
amounts disbursed by FEMA and the amounts 
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requested from FEMA by State and local enti-
ties. 
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) AMOUNTS FOR ANALYSIS, PLAN DEVELOPMENT 
AND IMPLEMENTATION, AND REPORTS.—There are au-
thorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary for fiscal years 2018 through 2020— 
(1) to conduct the gap and overlap analysis re-
quired under section 4; 
(2) to conduct the activities required under sec-
tion 5, including the creation and maintenance of 
the information portal; and 
(3) to prepare the reports to Congress required 
under subsections (b) and (c) of section 7. 
(b) AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.—Amounts appro-
priated pursuant to subsection (a) shall remain available 
for the purposes set forth in such subsection through De-
cember 31, 2020. 
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