treme heat, and address factors that increase vulner-
ability. 
(14) Heat action plans and early warning sys-
tems can reduce heat-related morbidity and mor-
tality by clearly identifying roles and responsibilities 
as well as evidence-based actions and thresholds to 
enhance preparedness, and by promoting behavior 
changes and actions taken by local governments, 
communities, and individuals through awareness and 
increased risk perception among those most vulner-
able to the health impacts of heat. 
SEC. 4. NATIONAL INTEGRATED HEAT HEALTH INFORMA-
TION SYSTEM INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMITTEE.—There is es-
tablished within the Office of Science and Technology Pol-
icy an interagency committee, to be known as the ‘‘Na-
tional Integrated Heat Health Information System Inter-
agency Committee’’ (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Committee’’). 
(b) PURPOSE.—The Committee shall coordinate, 
plan, and direct agencies represented on the Committee 
to execute, as appropriate, activities across such agencies 
to ensure the National Integrated Heat Health Informa-
tion System Program established by section 5 provides a 
united Federal approach to reducing health risks from 
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heat across timescales (including days, weeks, months, 
years, and decades). 
(c) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to carry out and 
achieve the purpose described in subsection (b), the 
Committee shall include the following: 
(A) The Director of the National Inte-
grated Heat Health Information System Pro-
gram. 
(B) Not fewer than 1 representative from 
each of the following: 
(i) From the Department of Com-
merce, the following: 
(I) From the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration, the 
following: 
(aa) The National Weather 
Service. 
(bb) The Office of Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Research, in-
cluding the Climate Program Of-
fice. 
(II) The National Institute of 
Standards and Technology. 
(III) The Bureau of the Census. 
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(ii) From the Department of Health 
and Human Services, the following: 
(I) The Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention, including the Na-
tional Institute for Occupational Safe-
ty and Health. 
(II) The Office of the Assistant 
Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices for Preparedness and Response. 
(III) The Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administra-
tion. 
(IV) The National Institutes of 
Health. 
(iii) From the Department of the In-
terior, the following: 
(I) The Bureau of Indian Affairs. 
(II) The Bureau of Land Man-
agement. 
(iv) From the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency, the following: 
(I) The Office of Environmental 
Justice. 
(II) The Office of Air and Radi-
ation, if the Administrator of the En-
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vironmental Protection Agency deter-
mines appropriate. 
(III) The Office of Research and 
Development, if the Administrator de-
termines appropriate. 
(v) The Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency. 
(vi) The Department of Defense. 
(vii) The Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration. 
(viii) The Department of Agriculture. 
(ix) The Department of Housing and 
Urban Development. 
(x) The Department of Transpor-
tation. 
(xi) The Department of Energy. 
(xii) Such other Federal agencies as 
the Director of the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy considers appropriate. 
(2) SELECTION
OF
REPRESENTATIVES.—The 
head of an agency specified in paragraph (1)(B) 
shall, in appointing representatives of the agency to 
the Committee, select representatives who have ex-
pertise in areas relevant to the responsibilities of the 
Committee, such as weather and climate prediction, 
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health impacts, environmental justice, behavioral 
science, public health hazard preparedness and re-
sponse, or mental health services. 
(3) CO-CHAIRS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The members of the 
Committee shall select 2 individuals from 
among such members to serve as co-chairs of 
the Committee, subject to the approval of the 
Director of the Office of Science and Tech-
nology Policy. 
(B) SELECTION.— 
(i) INITIAL
SELECTION.—Of the co- 
chairs first selected, one co-chair shall be 
from the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration and one co-chair 
shall be from the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention. 
(ii) SUBSEQUENT
SELECTION.—Sub-
sequent co-chairs shall be selected from 
among the members of the Committee. 
(C) TERMS.—Each co-chair shall serve for 
a term of not more than 5 years. 
(D) RESPONSIBILITIES
OF
CO-CHAIRS.— 
The co-chairs of the Committee shall— 
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(i) determine the agenda of the Com-
mittee, in consultation with other members 
of the Committee; 
(ii) direct the work of the Committee; 
(iii) convene meetings of the Com-
mittee not less frequently than once each 
fiscal quarter; and 
(iv) if necessary, establish a coordina-
tion office for the Committee within the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin-
istration. 
(d) RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMMITTEE.—The Com-
mittee shall promote an integrated, Federal Government- 
wide approach to reducing health risks and impacts of 
heat, including by— 
(1) developing the strategic plan required by 
subsection (e); 
(2) overseeing the study required by section 
6(a)(1); 
(3) coordinating across Federal agencies on 
heat-health communication, research, service deliv-
ery, and workforce development; 
(4) building capacity and partnerships with 
Federal and non-Federal entities; and 
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(5) annually preparing a budget for the finan-
cial assistance program under section 7 specifying 
how funds will be awarded by the Director of the 
National Integrated Heat Health Information Sys-
tem Program in alignment with the strategic plan 
required by subsection (e)(1) and in coordination 
with the climate and health research grant program 
under section 5(d)(2). 
(e) STRATEGIC PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Committee 
shall submit to Congress a 5-year integrated stra-
tegic plan that outlines the goals and projects of the 
Committee, including how the Committee will— 
(A) improve coordination and integration 
of interagency Federal actions to address health 
risks of heat; 
(B) conduct the study required by section 
6(a)(1); and 
(C) oversee the program for providing fi-
nancial assistance under section 7. 
(2) UPDATES.—Not later than 5 years after the 
submission of the strategic plan required by para-
graph (1), and every 5 years thereafter, the Com-
mittee shall submit to Congress an update of the 
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plan, which shall include progress made toward goals 
outlined in the plan and new priorities that emerge. 
(3) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—The Committee 
shall make the strategic plan required by paragraph 
(1) and updates to the plan required by paragraph 
(2) available to the public on an internet website of 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion, with clear visuals indicating progress toward 
goals. 
(f) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.—The Administrator 
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
shall provide technical and administrative support to the 
Committee, using amounts authorized to be appropriated 
to the Administration. 
(g) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the responsibil-
ities of the Committee, the Committee shall consult with 
relevant regional, State, Tribal, and local government 
agencies, international organizations and partners, re-
search institutions, nongovernmental organizations and 
associations, and medical experts with expertise in emer-
gency response, environmental health, economic or busi-
ness development, or community engagement. 
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SEC. 5. NATIONAL INTEGRATED HEAT HEALTH INFORMA-
TION SYSTEM PROGRAM OF THE NATIONAL 
OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRA-
TION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 
the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration a pro-
gram, to be known as the ‘‘National Integrated Heat 
Health Information System Program’’. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the program estab-
lished by subsection (a) is to improve the capacity of the 
United States to plan, prepare for, adapt to, and mitigate 
health risks of extreme heat across multiple timescales. 
(c) DIRECTOR.—The Program shall be headed by a 
Director. 
(d) RESPONSIBILITIES.—In carrying out the purpose 
described in subsection (b), the Director shall carry out 
the following responsibilities: 
(1) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall im-
plement the strategic plan required by section 
4(e)(1) by developing and implementing a 
multi-year implementation plan. 
(B) ELEMENTS.—In developing and imple-
menting the implementation plan under sub-
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paragraph (A), the Director shall focus on the 
following: 
(i) Developing and sustaining robust 
relationships with climate, public health, 
and other Federal and non-Federal part-
ners and decisionmakers— 
(I) to respond to the demand for 
actionable information that reduces 
health risks on multiple timescales; 
and 
(II) to develop and deliver timely 
and accessible decision support serv-
ices, tools, and information to inform 
planning, preparedness, and risk-re-
ducing actions across timescales. 
(ii) Coordinating and collaborating 
with the international community and glob-
al partners to conduct research and learn 
from, leverage, and contribute to global 
knowledge. 
(iii) Enhancing observations, surveil-
lance, and monitoring necessary for the ac-
tivities described in clauses (i) and (ii). 
(iv) Communicating, educating, and 
building awareness and capacity to address 
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heat risk across communities, sectors, and 
timescales. 
(v) Implementing and executing the 
grant program under paragraph (2) and 
the financial assistance program under sec-
tion (7). 
(vi) Conducting the study required by 
section 6(a)(1). 
(2) GRANT PROGRAM.—The Director shall de-
velop and implement a climate and health research 
grant program, in coordination with the financial as-
sistance program under section 7 and other Federal 
programs— 
(A) to improve understanding of— 
(i) the climate epidemiology and social 
drivers of heat-health vulnerability and 
risk; 
(ii) the drivers of climate variability, 
predictability, and changes in extreme 
heat; and 
(iii) the impacts of extreme heat and 
compound hazards across timescales; 
(B) to investigate and evaluate the effec-
tiveness of risk management actions, interven-
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tions, policies, standards, codes, and guidelines; 
and 
(C) to address other topics as appropriate, 
including topics outlined in the strategic plan 
required by section 4(e)(1) and relevant to the 
study required by section 6(a)(1) and the finan-
cial assistance program under section 7. 
(3) ADDITIONAL
ACTIVITIES.—The Director 
shall carry out such other activities as the Com-
mittee considers appropriate. 
SEC. 6. STUDY ON EXTREME HEAT INFORMATION AND RE-
SPONSE. 
(a) STUDY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 
of the National Integrated Heat Health Information 
System Program shall, in consultation with the enti-
ties described in section 4(g), complete a study on 
extreme heat information and response. 
(2) 
OVERSIGHT.—The 
National 
Integrated 
Heat Health Information System Interagency Com-
mittee shall oversee the study required by paragraph 
(1). 
(3) ELEMENTS.—The study required by para-
graph (1) shall— 
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(A) identify policy and research gaps, 
which may include— 
(i) regions of the United States with 
the largest gaps between awareness, pre-
paredness, and capacity to address extreme 
heat; and 
(ii) heat-related gaps in data, such 
as— 
(I) the number of schools, pris-
ons, and other public facilities that 
lack air conditioning; and 
(II) the demographic breakdown 
of people affected by heat events, in-
cluding by race, age, gender, occupa-
tion, and income; and 
(B) provide recommendations for address-
ing gaps with respect to policy, research, oper-
ations, communications, and data, including the 
gaps identified under subparagraph (A), affect-
ing heat-health planning, preparedness, re-
sponse, resilience, adaptation, and environ-
mental justice and equity; 
(C) provide such other recommendations as 
the Director considers appropriate, which may 
include strategies for— 
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(i) communicating warnings to and 
promoting resilience of populations vulner-
able to extreme heat; 
(ii) effectively distributing extreme 
heat warnings, including to individuals 
with limited English proficiency and indi-
viduals who are socially isolated or have 
other established barriers to such informa-
tion; 
(iii) designing warnings described in 
clause (ii) to convey the urgency and sever-
ity of heat events and achieve behavior 
changes that reduce the mortality and 
morbidity of extreme heat effects, without 
creating warning fatigue or confusion with 
other types of weather disaster warnings; 
(iv) understanding compound and cas-
cading risks, and implementing alternative 
heat-health risk reduction interventions to 
manage those risks collectively, such as re-
ducing risk of the transmission of infec-
tious diseases during heat waves by cre-
ating outdoor cooling locations or increas-
ing ventilation and filtration in indoor cool-
ing centers; 
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(v) promoting community resilience to 
heat events and incorporating principles of 
environmental justice in community re-
sponse to heat waves; 
(vi) addressing the impacts of extreme 
heat on energy cost and availability; and 
(vii) establishing labor and other 
standards for workers and heat; 
(D) consider such other subjects as the 
Committee considers appropriate, which may in-
clude— 
(i) the feasibility of enhancing existing 
nationwide data collection on heat-related 
illnesses and mortalities to improve and 
ensure consistent collection of national- 
level heat illness data across all 50 States, 
territories, and local jurisdictions of the 
United States; 
(ii) mechanisms for financing heat 
preparedness; and 
(iii) the effectiveness of county- or 
local-level heat awareness and communica-
tion tools, preparedness plans, or mitiga-
tion. 
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(4) DEVELOPMENT OF DEFINITIONS.—In con-
ducting the study required by paragraph (1), the Di-
rector shall work with heat and health experts to 
identify consistent and agreed upon definitions for 
heat events, heat waves, and other relevant terms. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after com-
pleting the study required by subsection (a)(1), the Com-
mittee shall— 
(1) make available to the public on an internet 
website of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration a report on the findings and conclu-
sions of the study; and 
(2) submit the report to— 
(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; 
(C) the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology of the House of Representatives; 
(D) the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives; and 
(E) the Committee on Education and 
Labor of the House of Representatives. 
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SEC. 7. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR RESILIENCE IN AD-
DRESSING 
EXTREME 
HEAT 
AND 
HEALTH 
RISKS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Di-
rector of the National Integrated Heat Health Infor-
mation System Program may, in coordination with 
the National Integrated Heat Health Information 
System Interagency Committee, establish and ad-
minister a community heat resilience program to 
provide financial assistance to eligible entities to 
carry out projects described in subsection (e) to 
ameliorate human health impacts of extreme heat 
events. 
(2) REVISION.—Upon completion of the stra-
tegic plan required by section 4(e)(1), the Com-
mittee may revise the community heat resilience pro-
gram to ensure the program aligns with the strategic 
plan and is administered in accordance with the 
plan. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the financial assist-
ance provided under this section is to improve community 
resilience to heat and heat-health impacts and further sci-
entific research to address adaptation gaps and priorities. 
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(c) FORMS
OF ASSISTANCE.—Financial assistance 
provided under this section may be in the form of con-
tracts, grants, or cooperative agreements. 
(d) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—Entities eligible to receive 
financial assistance under this section to carry out 
projects described in subsection (e) include— 
(1) nonprofit entities; 
(2) States; 
(3) Tribes; 
(4) local governments; and 
(5) such other entities as the Director deter-
mines to be eligible. 
(e) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Projects described in this 
subsection include the following: 
(1) Projects for cool roofs, cool pavements, 
urban forestry or tree plantings and maintenance, 
the provision of shade, cooling centers, retrofitting 
buildings for cooling, and acquisitions or upgrades of 
filtration systems or high-efficiency air conditioning 
systems. 
(2) Training programs to support the develop-
ment and integration of education and training pro-
grams for identifying and addressing risks associ-
ated with climate change for vulnerable individuals. 
(3) Projects— 
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(A) to expand public awareness of heat 
risks; 
(B) to communicate risks and warnings to 
isolated communities; 
(C) to educate such communities about 
how to respond to extreme heat events; and 
(D) to further scientific research regarding 
extreme heat events. 
(4) Other projects that the Director determines 
will achieve a significant reduction in heat exposure 
or increased resilience to extreme heat events. 
(f) PRIORITIES.—In selecting eligible entities to re-
ceive financial assistance under this section, the Director 
shall prioritize entities that will carry out projects that 
provide benefits for historically disadvantaged commu-
nities and communities with significant heat disparities 
associated with race or income. 
(g) DISTRIBUTION OF ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE
AND
LOW-IN-
COME COMMUNITIES.—Not less than 40 percent of 
the amount of financial assistance provided under 
this section in any fiscal year shall be provided to el-
igible entities to implement projects described in 
subsection (e) in environmental justice communities 
or low-income communities. 
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(2) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—The Director 
shall seek to equitably distribute financial assistance 
provided under this section based on geographic lo-
cation or such other factors as the Director deter-
mines appropriate. 
(h) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An entity that receives fi-
nancial assistance to carry out a project under this 
section shall contribute, from non-Federal sources, 
funds for the project in such amount as the Director 
determines appropriate. 
(2) WAIVER.—The Director may waive the re-
quirement under paragraph (1) for an entity if the 
Director determines that the entity does not have 
adequate resources to meet the requirement. 
(i) REPORTS.—The Committee shall require the Di-
rector to submit to the Committee, on an annual basis, 
a report on actions, outcomes, research needs, and data 
gaps under this section. 
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) NATIONAL INTEGRATED HEAT HEALTH INFOR-
MATION SYSTEM INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE; NATIONAL 
INTEGRATED HEAT HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM PRO-
GRAM; STUDY ON EXTREME HEAT INFORMATION AND 
RESPONSE.—There are authorized to be appropriated to 
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the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to 
carry out sections 4, 5, and 6, including for any adminis-
trative costs for the National Integrated Heat Health In-
formation System Interagency Committee and the Na-
tional Integrated Heat Health Information System Pro-
gram, the following: 
(1) For fiscal year 2022, $20,000,000. 
(2) For fiscal year 2023, $20,000,000. 
(3) For fiscal year 2024, $20,000,000. 
(4) For fiscal year 2025, $20,000,000. 
(5) For fiscal year 2026, $20,000,000. 
(b) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR RESILIENCE IN AD-
DRESSING EXTREME HEAT AND HEALTH RISKS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration to carry out section 7 the 
following: 
(1) For fiscal year 2022, $10,000,000. 
(2) For fiscal year 2023, $10,000,000. 
(3) For fiscal year 2024, $20,000,000. 
(4) For fiscal year 2025, $30,000,000. 
(5) For fiscal year 2026, $30,000,000. 
Æ 
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