SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Every region of the United States is con-
fronting the effects of climate change and related 
natural disasters, including extreme heat and 
droughts, heavy rains and flooding, hurricanes and 
tornadoes, acidification of the oceans and sea level 
rise, wildfires, and mudslides, among other effects. 
(2) These changes affect the health, agriculture, 
food supply, infrastructure, energy supply, water 
quality and water supply, and have the potential to 
reduce the standard of living and quality of life in 
the United States. 
(3) The Fourth National Climate Assessment 
estimates that low-income communities will be dis-
proportionately impacted by climate change through 
higher rates of adverse health conditions, greater ex-
posure to environmental hazards, and more severe 
impacts and longer recovery from natural disasters. 
(4) The Fourth National Climate Assessment 
estimates that— 
(A) climate change will shrink the Amer-
ican economy by up to 10 percent by the year 
2100 
and 
will 
result 
in 
losses 
up 
to 
$141,000,000,000 from heat-related deaths, 
$118,000,000,000 from sea level rise, and 
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$32,000,000,000 from infrastructure damage; 
and 
(B) proactive adaptation initiatives yield 
benefits in excess of their costs in both the near 
term and long term. 
(5) The frequency and severity of natural disas-
ters taking place each year is steadily and signifi-
cantly increasing. In 1970, there were 78 registered 
natural disasters. In 2017, there were 335 natural 
disasters, impacting approximately 96,000,000 peo-
ple and costing the United States more than 
$306,000,000,000. 
(6) Service and Conservation Corps, which are 
descended from the Civilian Conservation Corps of 
the 1930s, are trained for and have experience with 
the four stages of disaster: mitigation, preparedness, 
response, and recovery. 
SEC. 3. CLIMATE RESILIENCY SERVICE CORPS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 122(a) of the National 
and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12572) 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as 
paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
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‘‘(4) CLIMATE RESILIENCY SERVICE CORPS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The recipient may 
carry out national service projects through a 
Climate Resiliency Service Corps that improves 
community adaptation, mitigation, prepared-
ness, response, and recovery from natural dis-
aster and other trends related to climate change 
through activities such as those described in 
subparagraph (B) and improves performance on 
the indicators described in subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A Climate Resil-
iency Service Corps described in this para-
graph may carry out activities, including— 
‘‘(I) mitigating the effects of dis-
asters and other trends related to cli-
mate change, including— 
‘‘(aa) assessing community 
resilience; 
‘‘(bb) collecting, monitoring, 
and analyzing data related to cli-
mate change and disasters; 
‘‘(cc) developing a plan to 
improve 
community 
resilience 
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through resilient infrastructure; 
and 
‘‘(dd) building and main-
taining resilient infrastructure, 
including— 
‘‘(AA) preserving, pro-
tecting, and restoring habi-
tat; 
‘‘(BB) stabilizing shore-
lines; 
‘‘(CC) removing inva-
sive species and planting na-
tive species of trees, plants 
and groundcover; 
‘‘(DD) constructing bio-
swales and water bars; 
‘‘(EE) improving drain-
age systems through use of 
permeable surfaces and rain 
gardens; 
‘‘(FF) removing haz-
ardous fuels; 
‘‘(GG) conducting pre-
scribed burns; 
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‘‘(HH) establishing de-
fensible space; 
‘‘(II) retrofitting build-
ings; and 
‘‘(JJ) planting urban 
forestry, trees, and land-
scapes; 
‘‘(II) preparing communities for 
disaster, including— 
‘‘(aa) organizing community- 
based resiliency coalitions and 
working groups; 
‘‘(bb) providing disaster pre-
paredness or community emer-
gency response team training to 
community-based 
organizations 
and residents; and 
‘‘(cc) providing education on 
climate change, disaster, and re-
silience at community-based or-
ganizations and schools; 
‘‘(III) responding to disasters, in-
cluding— 
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‘‘(aa) establishing and man-
aging 
volunteers, 
distribution 
centers, and shelters; 
‘‘(bb) supporting disaster re-
sponse activities and centers, in-
cluding fire camps; 
‘‘(cc) clearing fallen trees 
and branches; 
‘‘(dd) boarding up windows 
and doors and tarping roofs; and 
‘‘(ee) mucking and gutting 
homes and buildings; 
‘‘(IV) recovering from disasters, 
including— 
‘‘(aa) clearing debris; 
‘‘(bb) repairing and rebuild-
ing homes and buildings; 
‘‘(cc) replanting native trees 
and plants; 
‘‘(dd) restoring habitat: and 
‘‘(ee) stabilizing shoreline 
and hillsides; 
‘‘(V) addressing other unmet cli-
mate change needs as the Corporation 
may designate. 
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