I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3190 
To amend title 31, United States Code, to enhance the Federal Government’s 
planning and preparation for extreme weather, and the Federal Govern-
ment’s dissemination of best practices to respond to extreme weather, 
thereby increasing resilience, improving regional coordination, and miti-
gating the financial risk to the Federal Government from such extreme 
weather. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2015 
Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Mr. LANCE, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. PETERS, Mr. 
BLUMENAUER, Ms. NORTON, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. HONDA, Mr. HASTINGS, 
Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. POLIS, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. KIND, 
Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. FARENTHOLD, 
and Mr. GARAMENDI) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition 
to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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 amend title 31, United States Code, to enhance the 
Federal Government’s planning and preparation for ex-
treme weather, and the Federal Government’s dissemina-
tion of best practices to respond to extreme weather, 
thereby increasing resilience, improving regional coordi-
nation, and mitigating the financial risk to the Federal 
Government from such extreme weather. 
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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 ‘‘Preparedness and Risk 
Management for Extreme Weather Patterns Assuring Re-
silience and Effectiveness Act of 2015’’ or the ‘‘PRE-
PARE Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Government Accountability Office in-
cluded the need to address extreme weather in its 
2013 and 2015 High Risk List by declaring that 
this complex, cross-cutting issue ‘‘presents a signifi-
cant financial risk to the Federal Government’’ and 
that the Government would be better positioned to 
respond to extreme weather events if the Federal ef-
forts were more coordinated. 
(2) The GAO further found that there are no 
programs to monitor and independently validate the 
effectiveness and sustainability of agency measures 
to address the challenges posed to Federal insurance 
programs by extreme weather and that there is not 
a systematic method to distribute information to 
State and local governments. 
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(3) The United States has sustained 178 
weather-related disasters since 1980 where overall 
costs reached or exceeded $1 billion, with a total 
cost exceeding $1 trillion. 
(4) In the past four years, extreme weather 
events resulted in 253 Presidential major disaster 
declarations, 1,286 fatalities, and $227 billion in 
economic losses with 42 of these events each inflict-
ing at least $1 billion in damage. 
(5) In 2012, the Federal Government spent 
nearly $100 billion because of droughts, storms, 
floods, and forest fires, and the costs of extreme 
weather in the United States totaled almost 1 per-
cent of the Nation’s gross domestic product. 
(6) Every dollar spent on hazard mitigation 
brings a $4 return on investment. 
(7) The Federal Government has a number of 
non-permanent efforts underway to address extreme 
weather, including those outlined in Executive Order 
13693, in Executive Order 13653, in Executive 
Order 13690, in Homeland Security Presidential Di-
rective 20, in Presidential Policy Directive 8, and in 
individual Agency Adaptation Plans. 
(8) The Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task 
Force recommendations included taking a resiliency 
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approach to planning, design, and rebuilding in 
order to mitigate impacts of future extreme weather- 
related events. 
(9) In order to help communities plan for fu-
ture extreme weather-related events, the National 
League of Cities urges the Federal Government to 
provide financial and technical assistance to help 
local governments assess vulnerabilities and mitigate 
such future events and to share best practices and 
resiliency strategies. 
(10) According to the U.S. Global Change Re-
search Program, future impacts of extreme weather 
project national economic losses on the order of $1.2 
trillion through 2050. 
(11) The property insurance industry called for 
State and local governments to adopt measures to 
increase resilience to present and future risks of ex-
treme weather and for the sharing of ‘‘science-based 
information’’ to better inform public policy and deci-
sionmaking at all levels of government and com-
merce. 
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SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO EXTREME WEATHER 
RESILIENCE, 
PREPAREDNESS, 
AND 
RISK 
MANAGEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle VI of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 97 the 
following new chapter: 
‘‘CHAPTER 99—EXTREME WEATHER RESIL-
IENCE, 
PREPAREDNESS, 
AND 
RISK 
MANAGEMENT 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR EXTREME WEATHER RESILIENCE, 
PREPAREDNESS, AND RISK MANAGEMENT 
‘‘9901. Interagency Council on Extreme Weather Resilience, Preparedness, and 
Risk Management. 
‘‘9902. Agency planning for extreme weather-related risks. 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER
II—ASSISTANCE
IN
IDENTIFYING
THE
BEST
AVAILABLE 
SCIENCE AND EXTREME WEATHER RESILIENCE, PREPAREDNESS, AND RISK 
MANAGEMENT BEST PRACTICES 
‘‘9911. Website. 
‘‘9912. Requesting adequate funding. 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—REGIONAL COORDINATION 
‘‘9921. Inventory. 
‘‘9922. Meetings. 
‘‘9923. Progress Updates. 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER IV—DEFINITIONS 
‘‘9931. Definitions. 
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‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR 
EXTREME WEATHER RESILIENCE, PRE-
PAREDNESS, AND RISK MANAGEMENT 
‘‘§ 9901. Interagency Council on Extreme Weather Re-
silience, Preparedness, and Risk Manage-
ment 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President shall estab-
lish a council to be known as the ‘Interagency Council on 
Extreme Weather Resilience, Preparedness, and Risk 
Management’. 
‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Interagency Council shall 
be composed of— 
‘‘(1) senior officials (Deputy Secretary or equiv-
alent officer), to be appointed by the President, in-
cluding a representative from— 
‘‘(A) the Council on Environmental Qual-
ity; 
‘‘(B) the Office of Science and Technology 
Policy; 
‘‘(C) the National Security Council; 
‘‘(D) the Office of Management and Budg-
et; 
‘‘(E) the Department of Transportation; 
‘‘(F) the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy; 
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‘‘(G) the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration; 
‘‘(H) the Department of Energy; and 
‘‘(I) the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity; and 
‘‘(2) senior Federal representatives, to be ap-
pointed by the President, who have policy expertise 
and policy responsibilities in the areas of— 
‘‘(A) economic policy; 
‘‘(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, infrastructure; 
‘‘(L) housing; 
‘‘(M) education; 
‘‘(N) extreme weather data analysis or me-
teorological science; 
‘‘(O) social science; 
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‘‘(P) strategic planning; and 
‘‘(Q) other areas the President determines 
appropriate. 
‘‘(c) CO-CHAIRPERSONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Interagency Council 
shall be co-chaired by one or more members ap-
pointed by the President as co-chairpersons, one of 
whom shall be the member identified in subsection 
(b)(1)(D). 
‘‘(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 
performance 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 
‘‘(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). 
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‘‘(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 
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 com-
mittee may establish working groups as needed. 
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‘‘(f) DUTIES OF THE INTERAGENCY COUNCIL.— 
‘‘(1) GOALS AND PRIORITIES.— 
‘‘(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
Interagency 
Council shall establish Governmentwide goals 
and priorities for extreme weather resilience, 
preparedness, and risk management. In estab-
lishing such goals and priorities, the Inter-
agency Council shall consider the National Oil 
and Hazardous Materials Pollution Contingency 
Plan, agency continuity of operations plans, the 
National Preparedness Goal, the National Glob-
al Change Research Plan, and all relevant pro-
visions of the Government Accountability Of-
fice’s High-Risk Series. 
‘‘(B) INCORPORATION
INTO
AGENCY
AC-
TIVITIES.—In carrying out subparagraph (A), 
the Interagency Council shall, in order to en-
sure that information relating to extreme 
weather resilience, preparedness, and risk man-
agement 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 
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agency strategic, programmatic, and budg-
et planning; and 
‘‘(ii) identify details to be included in 
agency extreme weather plans. 
‘‘(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 management. 
‘‘(3) SUPPORT REGIONAL, STATE, LOCAL, AND 
TRIBAL
ACTIONS.—The Interagency Council shall 
support regional, State, local, and tribal action to 
assess extreme weather-related vulnerabilities and 
cost effectively increase extreme weather resilience, 
preparedness, and risk management of communities, 
critical economic sectors, natural and built infra-
structure, and natural resources, including by— 
‘‘(A) conducting inventories under section 
9921; 
‘‘(B) convening meetings under section 
9922; and 
‘‘(C) providing guidance to agencies to 
produce tools and products that enhance ex-
treme weather resilience planning and actions, 
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including guidance on how to prioritize funding 
in order to produce such tools and products. 
‘‘(4) METEOROLOGICAL AND EXTREME WEATH-
ER SCIENCE.—The Interagency Council shall facili-
tate the integration of meteorological and extreme 
weather science, in addition to other scientific dis-
ciplines such as physical, natural, and social science 
that the Council deems appropriate, in the policies 
and planning of agencies and the private sector, in-
cluding by— 
‘‘(A) promoting the development of innova-
tive, actionable, and accessible Federal extreme 
weather resilience, preparedness, and risk man-
agement-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 
designated under section 9911 to include on the 
website established and maintained or des-
ignated pursuant to such section. 
‘‘(5) 
HIGH-RISK
REPORT
RECOMMENDA-
TIONS.—The Interagency Council shall assess the 
specific recommendations relating to extreme weath-
er in all relevant provisions of the Government Ac-
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countability Office’s High-Risk Series, identify the 
feasibility of revising Federal programs to implement 
such recommendations, and develop a plan to ad-
dress such recommendations when feasible. 
‘‘(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 management-re-
lated efforts that is complementary to any na-
tional indicator system developed as part of the 
National Climate Assessment; and 
‘‘(B) performance metrics that allow track-
ing of the actions taken and progress made to-
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 rec-
ommendations to the Council on Environmental 
Quality and Office of Management and Budget on 
how agencies should— 
‘‘(A) update agency extreme weather plans; 
and 
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‘‘(B) remove barriers to State and local ex-
treme weather resilience, preparedness, and risk 
management, in agency regulations, guidance, 
and policies. 
‘‘(8) PUBLIC
INPUT
AND
COMMENT.—The 
Interagency 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 9921 and convene meetings under section 9922. 
‘‘(10) DEFINITION OF EXTREME WEATHER.— 
The Interagency Council may consider, in consulta-
tion with appropriate scientific bodies, what other 
weather events (in addition to those described in sec-
tion 9931(3)) qualify as extreme weather for pur-
poses of this chapter. 
‘‘(11) OTHER DUTIES.—The Interagency Coun-
cil shall carry out any other duties the co-chair-
persons of the Interagency Council determine appro-
priate. 
‘‘(12) PUBLIC INFORMATION.—The Interagency 
Council shall— 
‘‘(A) make information available online— 
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‘‘(i) for tracking implementation of 
agency extreme weather plans and Govern-
mentwide goals and priorities described in 
paragraph (1)(A); and 
‘‘(ii) on recommendations relating to 
extreme weather in all relevant provisions 
of the Government Accountability Office’s 
High-Risk Series; 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 one 
year after the date of enactment of this chapter, and 
annually thereafter, the Interagency Council shall 
submit to Congress, and make available to the 
United States Global Change Research Program for 
inclusion in any interim report that supports the 
National Climate Assessment, and in the National 
Climate Assessment, 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 devel-
oped under paragraph (6)(B); and 
‘‘(ii) information on— 
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‘‘(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 management, including 
extreme weather resilience, prepared-
ness, and risk 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 subchapter III; 
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. 
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‘‘(g) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out paragraphs 
(2) through (12) of subsection (f), the Interagency Council 
shall consult with agencies, State, local, and tribal govern-
ments, academic and research institutions, and the private 
and nonprofit sectors. 
‘‘(h) CEQ GUIDANCE.—The Chairman of the Council 
on Environmental Quality, 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; 
and 
‘‘(2) developing agency regulations, guidance, 
and policies to remove barriers to State and local ex-
treme weather resilience, preparedness, and risk 
management. 
‘‘§ 9902. Agency planning for extreme weather-related 
risks 
‘‘(a) AGENCY EXTREME WEATHER RESILIENCE, 
PREPAREDNESS, AND RISK MANAGEMENT PLANS.— 
‘‘(1) AGENCY SUBMISSION.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this chapter, and 
every 2 years thereafter, each agency shall submit to 
the Office of Management and Budget and to the 
Interagency Council a comprehensive plan that inte-
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grates consideration of extreme weather into such 
agency’s operations and overall mission objectives 
(hereinafter referred to as an ‘agency extreme 
weather plan’). 
‘‘(2) HEARING.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this chapter, and every 2 
years thereafter, the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget shall convene an interagency 
budget crosscut and policy hearing to review and in-
tegrate all the agency extreme weather plans and to 
ensure that such extreme weather plans and the ac-
tivities of agencies align with the goals and priorities 
established under section 9901(f)(1)(A). 
‘‘(3) OMB SUBMISSION.—The Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget shall, upon re-
ceipt of all agency extreme weather plans in a given 
year, 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; and 
‘‘(B) State and local entities; 
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‘‘(2) identification and assessment of barriers 
posed by Federal programs the agency administers 
to State and local extreme weather resilience, pre-
paredness, and risk 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 management, including the 
costs and benefits of such improvement, with respect 
to agency suppliers, supply chain, real property in-
vestments, and capital equipment purchases, includ-
ing by updating agency policies for leasing, building 
upgrades, relocation of existing facilities and equip-
ment, and construction of new facilities; 
‘‘(5) a description of how the agency will sup-
port any ongoing or future public/private partner-
ship to improve extreme weather resilience, pre-
paredness, and risk management, including the cost 
and benefits of technology improvements, hardening, 
or rapid restoration; 
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‘‘(6) a description of how the agency will con-
tribute to coordinated interagency efforts to support 
extreme weather resilience, preparedness, and risk 
management at all levels of government, including 
collaborative work across agencies’ regional offices 
and hubs, and through coordinated development of 
information, data, and tools, consistent with sub-
chapter III; and 
‘‘(7) any other details identified by the Inter-
agency Council under section 9901(f)(1)(B)(ii). 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER 
II—ASSISTANCE 
IN 
IDENTI-
FYING THE BEST AVAILABLE SCIENCE AND 
EXTREME WEATHER RESILIENCE, PRE-
PAREDNESS, 
AND 
RISK 
MANAGEMENT 
BEST PRACTICES 
‘‘§ 9911. 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 management, to support State, local, tribal, 
private sector, and other decisionmakers. 
‘‘(b) INTERAGENCY PROGRESS.—The website estab-
lished or designated under subsection (a), shall identify 
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interagency progress, and propose the next interagency 
steps, towards responding to threats posed by extreme 
weather. 
‘‘(c) BEST PRACTICES.—The website established or 
designated under subsection (a) shall provide best prac-
tices and examples from State, regional, and local deci-
sionmakers in the public and private sectors about how 
to use extreme weather-related information in planning 
and decisionmaking. 
‘‘(d) INTERAGENCY COUNCIL INFORMATION
AND 
TOOLS.—The website established or designated under 
subsection (a) shall include the information, data, tools, 
and examples provided by the Interagency Council pursu-
ant to section 9901(f)(4). 
‘‘(e) 
BEST
AVAILABLE
METEOROLOGICAL 
SCIENCE.—The website established or designated under 
subsection (a) shall identify best available meteorological 
science relating to extreme weather resilience, prepared-
ness, and risk 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 local and State decisionmakers about the 
tools and information available on the website established 
or designated under subsection (a). 
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‘‘§ 9912. Requesting adequate funding 
‘‘The Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall work with the United States Global Change 
Research Program to ensure that adequate funding is re-
quested— 
‘‘(1) for the National Climate Assessment; 
‘‘(2) for the website established or designated 
under section 9911; and 
‘‘(3) to otherwise carry out this chapter. 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—REGIONAL COORDINATION 
‘‘§ 9921. Inventory 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this chapter, 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 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; 
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‘‘(3) the United States Geological Survey’s Cli-
mate Science Centers; 
‘‘(4) the Department of Agriculture’s Climate 
Hubs; 
‘‘(5) the regional offices of— 
‘‘(A) the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy; 
‘‘(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 management efforts at 
the State or local level. 
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‘‘§ 9922. Meetings 
‘‘Not later than 6 months after the publication of 
each inventory under section 9921, the Interagency Coun-
cil shall convene a meeting of representatives of the of-
fices, centers, and programs included in such inventory to 
develop plans to coordinate the efforts of such offices, cen-
ters, and programs and facilitate efficient services to 
stakeholders. At such meetings, such representatives 
shall— 
‘‘(1) share information regarding their office, 
center, or program’s extreme weather resilience, pre-
paredness, and risk management efforts; 
‘‘(2) identify opportunities for collaboration and 
coordination of research agendas, extreme weather 
assessment activities, vulnerability assessments, data 
collection and analysis, and planning and imple-
menting extreme weather resilience, preparedness, 
and risk management projects; 
‘‘(3) identify extreme weather resilience, pre-
paredness, and risk management information needs, 
research gaps, and decision support needs that are 
not met by any of the offices, centers, or programs 
included in the inventory under section 9921 and 
make available such identification for purposes of in-
formation to be submitted to the Interagency Coun-
cil under section 9923; 
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‘‘(4) identify common and complementary goals 
for extreme weather resilience, preparedness, and 
risk management within each region to be prioritized 
for the coming year and beyond; 
‘‘(5) identify barriers to regional extreme 
weather resilience, preparedness, and risk manage-
ment planning and implementation that can be over-
come or minimized through Federal action and spe-
cific suggestions for improvement; 
‘‘(6) evaluate progress and jointly develop a 
strategy for realizing extreme weather resilience, 
preparedness, and risk management-related goals, 
including clearly identified responsibilities 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 management goals. 
‘‘§ 9923. Progress Updates 
‘‘Not later than 90 days after each meeting under 
section 9922, each agency that participates in such meet-
ing shall submit to the Interagency Council, and make 
available to the United States Global Change Research 
Program for inclusion in the National Climate Assess-
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ment, information describing progress in regional coordi-
nation and collaboration in aligning Federal resilience, 
preparedness, and risk management efforts at the State 
and local level, and the benefits of such regional coordina-
tion and collaboration. 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER IV—DEFINITIONS 
‘‘§ 9931. Definitions 
‘‘In this chapter: 
‘‘(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘agency’ means an 
Executive agency, as defined in section 105 of title 
5, United States Code, excluding the Government 
Accountability Office. 
‘‘(2) AGENCY EXTREME WEATHER PLAN.—The 
term ‘agency extreme weather plan’ means a plan 
required under section 9902(a). 
‘‘(3) EXTREME WEATHER.—The term ‘extreme 
weather’ includes observed or anticipated severe and 
unseasonable 
atmospheric 
conditions, 
including 
drought, wildfire, heavy precipitation, 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 
the Interagency Council determines qualifies as ex-
treme weather pursuant to section 9901(f)(10). 
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‘‘(4) INTERAGENCY COUNCIL.—The term ‘Inter-
agency Council’ means the Interagency Council on 
Extreme Weather Resilience, Preparedness, and 
Risk Management established under section 9901(a). 
‘‘(5) NATIONAL
CLIMATE
ASSESSMENT.—The 
term ‘National Climate Assessment’ means the as-
sessment required under section 106 of the Global 
Change Research Act of 1990 (15 U.S.C. 2936). 
‘‘(6) NATIONAL
GLOBAL
CHANGE
RESEARCH 
PLAN.—The term ‘National Global Change Research 
Plan’ means the National Global Change Research 
Plan developed under section 104 of the Global 
Change Research Act of 1990 (15 U.S.C. 2934), or 
any revision thereof. 
‘‘(7) PREPAREDNESS.—The term ‘preparedness’ 
means actions taken to plan, organize, equip, train, 
and exercise to build, apply, and sustain the capa-
bilities necessary to prevent, protect against, amelio-
rate the effects of, respond to, and recover from ex-
treme weather related damages to life, health, prop-
erty, livelihoods, ecosystems, and national security. 
‘‘(8) 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. 
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‘‘(9) UNITED
STATES
GLOBAL
CHANGE
RE-
SEARCH PROGRAM.—The term ‘United States Global 
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).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of chapters 
at the beginning of subtitle VI of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
chapter 97 the following new item: 
‘‘99. Extreme weather resilience, preparedness, and risk 
management ............................................................ 9901’’. 
SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT TO INCLUDE AGENCY EXTREME 
WEATHER PLAN IN AGENCY PERFORMANCE 
PLAN. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Section 1115(b) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (10), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(11) describe the most recent agency extreme 
weather plan, as required under section 9902 of this 
title.’’. 
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(b) AGENCIES COVERED.—Section 1115(h)(1) of 
such title is amended by inserting before the semicolon 
at the end the following: ‘‘except that, for purposes of sub-
section (b)(11), the definition of ‘agency’ in section 9931 
of this title shall apply’’. 
Æ 
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