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(1) document current policy options being im-
plemented by Federal, State, and local governments 
to mitigate or adapt to the effects of global and re-
gional climate change; 
(2) evaluate the realized and anticipated effec-
tiveness of those current policy options in meeting 
mitigation and adaptation goals; 
(3) identify and evaluate a range of additional 
policy options and infrastructure for mitigating or 
adapting to the effects of global and regional climate 
change; 
(4) analyze the adoption rates of policies and 
technologies available to reduce the vulnerability of 
society to global change with an evaluation of the 
market and policy obstacles to their adoption in the 
United States; and 
(5) evaluate the distribution of economic costs 
and benefits of these policy options across different 
United States economic sectors. 
SEC. 4619. ANNUAL REPORT. 
Each year at the time of submission to the Congress 
of the President’s budget request, the President shall sub-
mit to the Congress a report on the activities conducted 
pursuant to this part, including— 
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(1) a description of the activities of the Pro-
gram during the past fiscal year; 
(2) a description of the activities planned in the 
next fiscal year toward achieving the goals of the 
Plan; and 
(3) a description of the groups or categories of 
State, local, and regional decisionmakers identified 
as potential users of the information generated 
through the Program and a description of the activi-
ties used to facilitate consultations with and out-
reach to these groups, coordinated through the work 
of the interagency committee. 
SEC. 4620. RELATION TO OTHER AUTHORITIES. 
The President shall— 
(1) ensure that relevant research, assessment, 
and outreach activities of the National Climate Pro-
gram, established by the National Climate Program 
Act (15 U.S.C. 2901 et seq.), are considered in de-
veloping national global and regional climate change 
research and assessment efforts; and 
(2) facilitate ongoing dialog and information ex-
change with regional, State, and local governments 
and other user communities through programs au-
thorized in the National Climate Program Act (15 
U.S.C. 2901 et seq.). 
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SEC. 4621. REPEAL. 
The Global Change Research Act of 1990 (15 U.S.C. 
2921 et seq.) is repealed. 
SEC. 4622. GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH INFORMATION. 
The President shall establish or designate a Global 
Change Research Information Exchange to make scientific 
research and other information produced through or uti-
lized by the Program which would be useful in preventing, 
mitigating, or adapting to the effects of global change ac-
cessible through electronic means. 
SEC. 4623. ICE SHEET STUDY AND REPORT. 
(a) STUDY.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Director of the Na-
tional Science Foundation and the Administrator of 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
shall enter into an arrangement with the National 
Academy of Sciences to complete a study of the cur-
rent status of ice sheet melt, as caused by climate 
change, with implications for global sea level rise. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The study shall take into con-
sideration— 
(A) the past research completed related to 
ice sheet melt as reviewed by Working Group I 
of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate 
Change; 
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(B) additional research completed since the 
fall of 2005 that was not included in the Work-
ing Group I report due to time constraints; and 
(C) the need for an accurate assessment of 
changes in ice sheet spreading, changes in ice 
sheet flow, self-lubrication, the corresponding 
effect on ice sheets, and current modeling capa-
bilities. 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the National 
Academy of Sciences shall transmit to the Com-
mittee on Science and Technology of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report 
on the key findings of the study conducted under 
subsection (a), along with recommendations for addi-
tional research related to ice sheet melt and cor-
responding sea level rise. 
SEC. 4624. HURRICANE FREQUENCY AND INTENSITY STUDY 
AND REPORT. 
(a) STUDY.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
and the Director of the National Science Foundation 
shall enter into an arrangement with the National 
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Academy of Sciences to complete a study of the cur-
rent state of the science on the potential impacts of 
climate change on patterns of hurricane and typhoon 
development, including storm intensity, track, and 
frequency, and the implications for hurricane-prone 
and typhoon-prone coastal regions. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The study shall take into con-
sideration— 
(A) the past research completed related to 
hurricane and typhoon development, track, and 
intensity as reviewed by Working Groups I and 
II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate 
Change; 
(B) additional research completed since the 
fall of 2005 that was not included in the Work-
ing Group I and II reports due to time con-
straints; 
(C) the need for accurate assessment of 
potential changes in hurricane and typhoon in-
tensity, track, and frequency and of the current 
modeling and forecasting capabilities and the 
need for improvements in forecasting of these 
parameters; and 
(D) the need for additional research and 
monitoring to improve forecasting of hurricanes 
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