I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2762 
To require the integration of climate-resilience considerations into all 
development work of the United States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 22, 2021 
Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Mr. GIMENEZ, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. CASE, Mr. 
TRONE, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. MORELLE, and Mr. COHEN) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To require the integration of climate-resilience considerations 
into all development work of the United States, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Climate-Resilient 
International Development Optimization Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CLIMATE-RESILIENT INTERNATIONAL DEVELOP-
MENT. 
(a) INCORPORATING CLIMATE RESILIENCE INTO 
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.— 
(1) DIRECT
INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT 
PROGRAMS AND INVESTMENTS.—The head of each 
agency with direct international development pro-
grams and investments shall carry out the following: 
(A) Incorporate climate resilience consider-
ations into agency decision making to— 
(i) assess and evaluate climate-related 
risks to and vulnerabilities in agency strat-
egies, planning, programs, projects, invest-
ments, overseas facilities, and related fund-
ing decisions, using best-available climate- 
change data, tools, and information, in-
cluding such data, tools, and information 
identified or developed by the Working 
Group established under subsection (b)(1); 
and 
(ii) adjust strategies, planning, pro-
grams, projects, investments, and related 
funding decisions of the agency, including 
the planning for and management of over-
seas facilities, based on the assessments 
and evaluations referred to in clause (i). 
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(B) Collaborate with the heads of other 
agencies with direct international development 
programs and investments, as appropriate, to 
share knowledge, data, tools, information, 
frameworks, and lessons learned in incor-
porating climate-resilience considerations into 
agency strategy, planning, programs, projects, 
investments, and related funding decisions, in-
cluding the planning for and management of 
overseas facilities. 
(C) Work with other countries, as appro-
priate, to— 
(i) identify climate-related risks; 
(ii) incorporate climate-resilience con-
siderations into international development 
assistance efforts performed by the agency; 
and 
(iii) identify knowledge, practices, 
tools, and data of such other countries and 
multilateral organizations that can be used 
by the United States to improve the activi-
ties described in clauses (i) and (ii). 
(D) Support the efforts of countries that 
are recipients of international development as-
sistance, especially those vulnerable to climatic, 
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weather, and other forms of disruption caused 
by global climate change, to integrate climate- 
resilience considerations regarding how to use 
resources (including the countries’ own national 
resources and those provided by the United 
States, other countries, and multilateral enti-
ties) into national, regional, and sectoral devel-
opment planning and action. 
(E) Support the efforts of multilateral en-
tities and other countries in developing and re-
ceiving access to knowledge, practices, tools, 
and data related to identifying climate-related 
risks and incorporating climate-resilience con-
siderations into development programs. 
(F) Monitor the implementation of sub-
paragraphs (A) through (E). 
(2) DEVELOPMENT
THROUGH
MULTILATERAL 
ENTITY PARTICIPATION OR REPRESENTATION.—The 
head of each agency that participates in a multilat-
eral entity shall, as appropriate, carry out the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Encourage the multilateral entity to— 
(i) assess and evaluate climate-related 
risks to and vulnerabilities in the strate-
gies, planning, programs, projects, invest-
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(ii) to promote the development of and 
access to knowledge, practices, tools, and 
data needed for such efforts. 
(D) Learn from the skills, practices, data, 
and tools of the multilateral entity and other 
countries and incorporate such lessons into 
United States-led development missions. 
(E) Monitor the implementation of sub-
paragraphs (A) through (D). 
(b) WORKING
GROUP
ON
CLIMATE-RESILIENT 
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the Department of the Treasury a Working Group 
on Climate-Resilient International Development (in 
this section referred to as ‘‘Working Group’’). 
(2) MISSION
AND
DUTIES.—The Working 
Group shall carry out the following: 
(A) Support each agency with direct inter-
national development programs and investments 
by— 
(i) identifying, as appropriate, the 
need for new data, tools, and information 
from the data, tools, and information de-
scribed in subsection (a)(1)(A)(i) to be de-
veloped by the agency working with a 
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science and security agency or entity to ad-
vance the development of such agency; 
(ii) identifying approaches for adjust-
ing 
strategies, 
planning, 
programs, 
projects, investments, and related funding 
decisions described in clause (ii) of sub-
section (a)(1)(A) in response to the find-
ings of climate-risk assessments described 
in clause (i) of such subsection; 
(iii) 
facilitating 
the 
exchange 
of 
knowledge, data, tools, information, frame-
works, and lessons learned in assessing cli-
mate risks to and incorporating climate-re-
silience considerations into strategies, plan-
ning, programs, projects, investments, and 
related funding decisions of the agency de-
scribed in subsection (a)(1)(A); and 
(iv) developing methods for tracking 
and reporting on actions to institutionalize 
climate-resilient development approaches, 
including performance metrics and meth-
odologies for assessing climate-related risks 
and making cost-benefit analysis. 
(B) Support each agency with direct inter-
national development programs and investments 
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by identifying ways each such agency may work 
with multilateral entities and other countries to 
receive, share, and review best practices to fa-
cilitate advancement of climate-resilient devel-
opment policies. 
(C) Support each agency with direct inter-
national development programs and investments 
by identifying ways each such agency may share 
with multilateral entities and other countries, as 
appropriate, and make publicly available to the 
extent possible, data, tools, and information 
used pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A)(i). 
(D) Promote interagency collaboration, in-
cluding through joint training. 
(E) Identify and develop, as appropriate, 
guidelines for incorporating considerations of 
climate-change risks and climate resilience into 
agency strategies, plans, programs, projects, in-
vestments, and related funding decisions de-
scribed in subsection (a)(1)(A). 
(F) Identify and assess, as appropriate, ex-
isting climate-change data, decision-support 
tools, and information described in subsection 
(a)(1)(A)(i) to— 
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(i) help the Working Group assess cli-
mate risks and make decisions that incor-
porate climate-resilience considerations, in-
cluding project screening; and 
(ii) allow the screening for and incor-
poration of considerations of climate- 
change risks and vulnerabilities by the 
Working Group in strategies, plans, pro-
grams, projects, investments, and related 
funding decisions. 
(G) Coordinate efforts, including efforts 
pursuant to Executive Order 13653 (78 Fed. 
Reg. 66817) as in effect on November 1, 2013, 
between representatives of the Working Group 
with decision makers in multilateral entities, 
donor countries, and recipient countries to— 
(i) share data, tools, and information 
described in subparagraph (F); and 
(ii) increase information on climate- 
change impacts for providers and users. 
(H) Work with the heads of agencies with 
direct international development programs and 
investments and the heads of agencies that par-
ticipate in a multilateral entities to provide, not 
later than 2 years after the date of the enact-
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ment of this Act, training for personnel of such 
agencies with respect to integrating climate-re-
silience considerations into international devel-
opment assistance efforts performed by such 
agencies (and the heads of such agencies shall 
cooperate with the Working Group in providing 
such training). 
(3) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(A) 
CO-CHAIRS.—The 
Working 
Group 
shall be co-chaired by the following: 
(i) The Secretary of the Treasury, or 
the Secretary’s designee. 
(ii) The Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Develop-
ment, or the Administrator’s designee. 
(B) REPRESENTATIVES.— 
(i) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
Working 
Group shall be composed of one represent-
ative from— 
(I) each agency that participates 
in a multilateral entity, including each 
agency or entity determined by the co- 
chairs of the Working Group pursuant 
to subsection (f)(2)(C); 
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(II) each agency with direct 
international development programs 
and investments, including each agen-
cy or entity determined by the co- 
chairs of the Working Group pursuant 
to subsection (f)(3)(H); 
(III) each science and security 
agency or entity, including each agen-
cy or entity determined by the co- 
chairs of the Working Group pursuant 
to subsection (f)(7)(H); and 
(IV) the Council on Environ-
mental Quality or another agency or 
office in the Executive Office of the 
President, as determined by the Presi-
dent. 
(ii) 
AGENCIES
WITH
MULTIPLE 
PLACEMENTS.—The head of any agency 
that is represented on the Working Group 
as described in more than one category 
listed in clause (i) may decide— 
(I) to be represented by a sepa-
rate representative for each such cat-
egory; or 
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