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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3110 
To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to establish a Climate Security 
Intelligence Center within the Office of the Director of National Intel-
ligence, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 5, 2019 
Mr. HECK (for himself, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. WELCH, Mr. HIMES, and Mr. CAR-
SON of Indiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
A BILL 
To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to establish 
a Climate Security Intelligence Center within the Office 
of the Director of National Intelligence, 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 Security Intel-
ligence Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) The evidence for human-induced climate 
change is clear and undeniable. 
(2) According to the 2019 Worldwide Threat 
Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community, cli-
mate change will fuel competition for resources, and 
cause economic distress and social discontent 
through 2019 and beyond. 
(3) In 2016, the National Intelligence Council 
found that ‘‘climate change and its resulting effects 
are likely to pose wide-ranging national security 
challenges for the United States and other countries 
over the next 20 years.’’. 
(4) The intelligence community, the Depart-
ment of Defense, the Department of State, inter-
national organizations, and national security experts 
have all concluded that the impacts of climate 
change pose a significant risk to the national secu-
rity of the United States. 
(5) The impacts of climate change— 
(A) threaten the national security infra-
structure of the United States both domestically 
and abroad; 
(B) negatively impact the readiness and 
operations of the Armed Forces; and 
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(C) contribute to the conditions that lead 
to subnational, national, regional, and global in-
stability. 
(6) The intelligence community has previously 
analyzed, studied, and engaged in public-private 
partnerships to improve understanding about the ef-
fects of climate change on national security, how-
ever, such efforts were undertaken in a sporadic 
manner due to inconsistent policy commitment to 
such efforts. 
(7) The United States needs to be fully pre-
pared to respond to the threats to and harmful im-
pacts on national security from climate change, but 
is not at the present time. 
SEC. 3. CLIMATE SECURITY INTELLIGENCE CENTER. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Title I of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 120. CLIMATE SECURITY INTELLIGENCE CENTER. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is within the Office of 
the Director of National Intelligence a Climate Security 
Intelligence Center. 
‘‘(b) DIRECTOR
OF
CLIMATE
SECURITY
INTEL-
LIGENCE CENTER.—There is a Director of the Climate 
Security Intelligence Center, who shall be the head of the 
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Climate Security Intelligence Center, and who shall be ap-
pointed by the Director of National Intelligence. 
‘‘(c) DUTIES OF CENTER.—The duties of the Climate 
Security Intelligence Center shall be as follows: 
‘‘(1) To serve as the primary organization with-
in the intelligence community for— 
‘‘(A) analyzing climate security threats and 
the climate influence of the United States; and 
‘‘(B) identifying and disseminating climate 
intelligence indications and warnings. 
‘‘(2) To assess and identify best practices in the 
analysis of climate security, including identifying 
publicly available information and clandestinely col-
lected intelligence that enables such analysis. 
‘‘(3) To assess and identify best practices with 
respect to prior efforts of the intelligence community 
to analyze climate security, including— 
‘‘(A) the Measurements of Earth Data for 
Environmental Analysis program of the Central 
Intelligence Agency; 
‘‘(B) the Center on Climate Change and 
National Security of the Central Intelligence 
Agency; and 
‘‘(C) climate security-related activities of 
the Director of National Intelligence. 
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‘‘(4) To use the best practices identified under 
paragraphs (2) and (3) to inform the work of the 
Climate Security Intelligence Center. 
‘‘(5) To consult, as appropriate, with other ele-
ments of the intelligence community and Federal 
agencies to avoid duplication of existing efforts. 
‘‘(6) To perform such other duties as the Direc-
tor of National Intelligence shall specify. 
‘‘(d) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the 
date of the enactment of the Climate Security Intelligence 
Act of 2019, and every two years thereafter, the Climate 
Security Intelligence Center shall submit to the congres-
sional intelligence committees and the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence a report on the activities conducted by 
the Center for the period covered by the report. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘climate security’ means the ef-
fects of climate change on the following: 
‘‘(A) The national security of the United 
States. 
‘‘(B) Infrastructure that enhances the na-
tional security of the United States, including— 
‘‘(i) military installations, Department 
of Defense facilities, intelligence commu-
nity facilities, and other physical facilities 
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that contribute to or otherwise support op-
erations of the intelligence community or 
the Department of Defense; and 
‘‘(ii) critical infrastructure of the 
United States (as defined in subsection (e) 
of the Critical Infrastructures Protection 
Act of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 5195c(e))). 
‘‘(C) Subnational, national, regional, and 
global politics, governance, and political sta-
bility. 
‘‘(D) The security of allies and partners of 
the United States. 
‘‘(E) Ongoing or potential political vio-
lence, including unrest, rioting, guerrilla war-
fare, insurgency, terrorism, rebellion, revolution, 
civil war, and interstate war. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘climate influence of the United 
States’ means the global influence and leadership of 
the United States with respect to the climate policies 
of other countries, international organizations, and 
transnational groups. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘climate intelligence indications 
and warnings’ mean climate security developments 
with the potential to— 
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‘‘(A) imminently and substantially alter 
the political stability or degree of human secu-
rity in a state or region; or 
‘‘(B) threaten the United States, the mili-
tary, political, or economic interests of allies or 
coalition partners of the United States, or citi-
zens of the United States abroad.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 103(c) of 
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3025(c)) 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (14) as para-
graph (15); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (13) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(14) The Climate Security Intelligence Cen-
ter.’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the National Security Act of 1947 is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 119B the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘Sec. 120. Climate Security Intelligence Center.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
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