I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2780 
To provide for climate change planning, mitigation, adaptation, and resilience 
in the United States Territories and Freely Associated States, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 22, 2021 
Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. SAN NICOLAS, Ms. PLASKETT, 
Mr. SOTO, and Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the 
Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for climate change planning, mitigation, adapta-
tion, and resilience in the United States Territories and 
Freely Associated States, 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 ‘‘Insular Area Climate 
Change Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
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Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
Sec. 4. Findings. 
TITLE I—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 101. Insular Area Climate Change Interagency Task Force. 
Sec. 102. Non-Federal cost-share waiver. 
Sec. 103. Coral reefs prize competitions. 
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
Sec. 201. Office of Insular Affairs Technical Assistance Program. 
Sec. 202. Runit Dome report and monitoring activities. 
TITLE III—NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC 
ADMINISTRATION 
Sec. 301. Climate Change Insular Research Grant Program. 
Sec. 302. Coastal management technical assistance and report. 
Sec. 303. National Weather Service technical assistance and grants. 
Sec. 304. Ocean and Coastal Mapping Integration Act. 
TITLE IV—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
Sec. 401. Office of Insular Area Energy Policy and Programs. 
Sec. 402. Comprehensive energy plans. 
Sec. 403. Energy Efficient Product Rebate Program. 
Sec. 404. Renewable Energy Grant Program. 
Sec. 405. Offshore wind for the territories. 
Sec. 406. State Energy Program non-Federal cost-share waiver. 
TITLE V—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
Sec. 501. Definitions. 
Sec. 502. Insular Area National Program Office. 
Sec. 503. Insular Area Sustainable Infrastructure Grant Program. 
Sec. 504. Insular Area Renewable Energy Grant Program. 
Sec. 505. Insular Area Technical Assistance Program. 
TITLE VI—EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 
Sec. 601. Community disaster loans repayment cancellation. 
Sec. 602. Disaster relief non-Federal cost-share waiver. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, the following definitions apply: 
(1) ADAPTATION.—The term ‘‘Adaptation’’ 
means the capacity of natural and human systems to 
adjust to climate change or its impacts in a matter 
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that will reduce damage or take advantage of any 
beneficial aspects. 
(2) FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES.—The term 
‘‘Freely Associated States’’ means the Republic of 
the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micro-
nesia, and the Republic of Palau. 
(3) 
INSULAR
AREAS.—The 
term 
‘‘Insular 
Areas’’ means the territories and Freely Associated 
States. 
(4) 
MITIGATION.—The 
term 
‘‘Mitigation’’ 
means measures and initiatives that would limit or 
reduce greenhouse gas emissions. 
(5) 
RESILIENCE.—The 
term 
‘‘Resilience’’ 
means the capacity of natural and human systems to 
resist, assimilate, and recover from the effects of cli-
mate change in an efficient and timely manner, 
maintaining or restoring basic structures and essen-
tial functions. 
(6) RENEWABLE ENERGY.—The term ‘‘renew-
able energy’’ means energy that has been derived 
from Earth’s natural resources that are not finite or 
exhaustible, including solar, wind, hydroelectric, geo-
thermal, and ocean (thermal and mechanics). 
(7) RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM.—The term 
‘‘renewable energy system’’ includes off-grid or 
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stand-alone systems, microgrids, nano grids, and vir-
tual power plants systems based on renewable en-
ergy sources, including storage and other related an-
cillary equipment. These may also be referred to as 
‘‘eligible projects’’. Waste to energy are not consid-
ered as eligible projects. 
(8) 
TERRITORIES.—The 
term 
‘‘territories’’ 
means American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and 
the Virgin Islands of the United States. 
(9) TERRITORY.—The term ‘‘territory’’ means 
American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the North-
ern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, or the Vir-
gin Islands of the United States. 
SEC. 4. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds as follows: 
(1) The Insular Areas are topographically and 
environmentally diverse and treasured by millions of 
individuals who call them home. 
(2) The territories in the Caribbean (Puerto 
Rico and the Virgin Islands of the United States) 
and the territories in the Pacific (American Samoa, 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, and Guam) face many of the same climate 
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change-related challenges. Freely Associated States 
face similar climate change-related vulnerabilities. 
(3) Insular Areas are experiencing sea level 
rise, coastal erosion, and increasing storm impacts 
that threaten lives, critical infrastructure, eco-
systems, and livelihood security. 
(4) Temperature increases are likely to further 
create and intensify the length of droughts, reduce 
water supply, impact public health, and increase de-
mand of freshwater in Insular Areas. In addition, 
temperature increases will drive coral reefs to extinc-
tion, eliminating a natural barrier against storm 
surge, increasing destruction of infrastructure, and 
threatening lives of the inhabitants of the islands. 
(5) In 2017, two major storms, Hurricane Irma 
and Hurricane Maria, impacted Puerto Rico and the 
Virgin Islands of the United States. Hurricane 
Maria caused thousands of deaths in Puerto Rico 
and the Virgin Islands of the United States and sig-
nificant damage to their infrastructure, including 
Puerto Rico’s energy system. Hurricane Maria de-
stroyed millions of trees in Puerto Rico and the Vir-
gin Islands of the United States, which has signifi-
cantly increased erosion and sediment transport. As 
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a result, reservoirs have lost significant storage ca-
pacity and coral reefs are severely impacted. 
(6) In 2018, Typhoon Yutu impacted the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and 
Guam, causing catastrophic destruction in those ter-
ritories. 
TITLE I—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. INSULAR AREA CLIMATE CHANGE INTERAGENCY 
TASK FORCE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF TASK FORCE.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the following shall jointly establish the ‘‘Insular Area Cli-
mate Change Interagency Task Force’’ (hereafter in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘Task Force’’): 
(1) The Secretary of the Interior. 
(2) The Secretary of Energy. 
(3) The Secretary of State. 
(4) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment. 
(5) The Secretary of Agriculture. 
(6) The Secretary of Commerce. 
(7) The Administrator of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency. 
(8) The Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency. 
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(b) CHAIRPERSON.—The Task Force shall be chaired 
by the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency. 
(c) DUTIES.—The Task Force shall— 
(1) evaluate all Federal programs regarding 
ways to provide greater access to Federal programs 
and equitable baseline funding in relation to States, 
to territories for climate change planning, mitiga-
tion, adaptation, and resilience; 
(2) identify statutory barriers to providing ter-
ritories greater access to Federal programs and eq-
uitable baseline funding; and 
(3) provide recommendations related to climate 
change in Insular Areas. 
(d) COMPREHENSIVE REPORT.—Not later than 1 
year after the establishment of the Task Force, the Task 
Force, in consultation with Insular Areas governments, 
shall issue a comprehensive report that— 
(1) identifies Federal programs that have an 
impact on climate change planning, mitigation, ad-
aptation, and resilience, but exclude territories in re-
gard to eligibility, funding, and assistance, or do not 
provide equitable baseline funding in relation to 
States; and 
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(2) provides advice and recommendations re-
lated to climate change in Insular Areas, such as 
new suggested Federal programs or initiatives. 
(e) PUBLICATION; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agen-
cy shall ensure that the report required under subsection 
(d) is— 
(1) submitted to the Committees on Energy and 
Commerce and Natural Resources of the House of 
Representatives, and Energy and Natural Resources 
of the Senate; 
(2) published in the Federal Register for public 
comment for a period of at least 60 days; and 
(3) made available on a public website along 
with any comments received during the public com-
ment period required under paragraph (2). 
SEC. 102. NON-FEDERAL COST-SHARE WAIVER. 
Section 501 of the Omnibus Territories Act of 1977 
(48 U.S.C. 1469a), is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 
the case of the Insular Areas, any department or agency 
shall waive any requirement for non-Federal matching 
funds under $750,000 (including in-kind contributions) 
required by law to be provided by those jurisdictions.’’. 
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SEC. 103. CORAL REEFS PRIZE COMPETITIONS. 
(a) PRIZE COMPETITIONS.—The Director of the Of-
fice of Science and Technology Policy shall work with the 
head of each Federal agency represented on the U.S. Coral 
Reef Task Force established under Executive Order 13089 
(63 Fed. Reg. 32701) to establish prize competitions, in 
accordance with section 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler Tech-
nology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3719), that pro-
mote coral reef research and conservation in the Insular 
Areas. 
(b) WAIVER OF MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—Section 
204(b) of the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 (16 
U.S.C. 6403(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking the enumerator and heading for 
paragraph (2) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) WAIVERS.— 
‘‘(A) NEED AND BENEFIT.—’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end of paragraph (2) the 
following: 
‘‘(B) SUSTAINING CORAL REEF MANAGE-
MENT AND MONITORING.—The Secretary shall 
waive all of the matching requirement under 
paragraph (1) for grants to implement State 
and territorial coral reef conservation coopera-
tive agreements to sustain coral reef manage-
ment and monitoring in Florida, Hawaii, Amer-
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ican Samoa, the Commonwealth of the North-
ern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and 
the Virgin Islands of the United States.’’. 
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF THE 
INTERIOR 
SEC. 201. OFFICE OF INSULAR AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSIST-
ANCE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior, act-
ing through the Office of Insular Affairs Technical Assist-
ance Program, shall provide technical assistance for cli-
mate change planning, mitigation, adaptation, and resil-
ience to Insular Areas under the jurisdiction of such Pro-
gram. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Inte-
rior to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 
SEC. 202. RUNIT DOME REPORT AND MONITORING ACTIVI-
TIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall submit to the Committees on Natural Resources and 
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, 
and to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
of the Senate, a report, prepared by independent experts 
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not employed by the U.S. government, on the impacts of 
climate change on the ‘‘Runit Dome’’ nuclear waste dis-
posal site in Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands, and on 
other environmental hazards in the vicinity thereof. The 
report shall include the following: 
(1) A detailed scientific analysis of any threats 
to the environment, and to the health and safety of 
Enewetak Atoll residents, posed by each of the fol-
lowing: 
(A) The ‘‘Runit Dome’’ nuclear waste dis-
posal site. 
(B) Crypts used to contain nuclear waste 
and other toxins on Enewetak Atoll. 
(C) Radionuclides and other toxins present 
in the lagoon of Enewetak Atoll, including areas 
in the lagoon where nuclear waste was dumped. 
(D) Radionuclides and other toxins, includ-
ing beryllium, which may be present on the is-
lands of Enewetak Atoll as a result of nuclear 
tests and other activities of the U.S. govern-
ment, including tests of chemical and biological 
warfare agents, rocket tests, contaminated air-
craft landing on Enewetak Island, and nuclear 
cleanup activities. 
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(E) Radionuclides and other toxins that 
may be present in the drinking water on 
Enewetak Island or in the water source for the 
desalination plant. 
(F) Radionuclides and other toxins that 
may be present in the groundwater under and 
in the vicinity of the nuclear waste disposal fa-
cility on Runit Island. 
(2) A detailed scientific analysis of the extent to 
which rising sea levels, severe weather events and 
other effects of climate change might exacerbate any 
of the threats identified above. 
(3) A detailed plan, including costs, to relocate 
all of the nuclear waste and other toxic waste con-
tained in— 
(A) the ‘‘Runit Dome’’ nuclear waste dis-
posal site; 
(B) all of the crypts on Enewetak Atoll 
containing such waste; and 
(C) the three dumping areas in Enewetak’s 
lagoon to a safe, secure facility to be con-
structed in an uninhabited, unincorporated ter-
ritory of the United States. 
(b) MARSHALLESE PARTICIPATION.—The Secretary 
of the Interior shall allow scientists or other experts se-
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lected by the Republic of the Marshall Islands to partici-
pate in all aspects of the preparation of the report re-
quired by subsection (a), including, without limitation, de-
veloping the work plan, identifying questions, conducting 
research, and collecting and interpreting data. 
(c) PUBLICATION.—The report required in subsection 
(a) shall be published in the Federal Register for public 
comment for a period of not fewer than 60 days. 
(d) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary of the In-
terior shall publish the study required under subsection 
(a) and results submitted under subsection (b) on a public 
website. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION FOR RE-
PORT.—It is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
Department of the Interior, Office of Insular Affairs, for 
fiscal year 2022 such sums as may be necessary to 
produce the report required in subsection (a). 
(f) INDEFINITE AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION 
FOR RUNIT DOME MONITORING ACTIVITIES.—It is hereby 
authorized to be appropriated to the Department of En-
ergy such sums as may be necessary to comply with the 
requirements of 48 U.S.C. 1921b(f)(1)(B). 
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TITLE III—NATIONAL OCEANIC 
AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINIS-
TRATION 
SEC. 301. CLIMATE CHANGE INSULAR RESEARCH GRANT 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall es-
tablish a Climate Change Insular Research Grant Pro-
gram to provide grants to institutions of higher education, 
as such term is defined in section 101(a) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)), and nonprofit 
organizations in Insular Areas for monitoring, collecting, 
synthesizing, analyzing, and publishing local climate 
change data, including ocean temperature, sea level rise, 
ocean acidification, and altered ocean currents data. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section there is authorized to be appropriated to 
the Administrator $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2022 through 2026. 
SEC. 302. COASTAL MANAGEMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 
AND REPORT. 
(a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
acting through the Director of the Office for Coastal 
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Management, shall provide technical assistance to 
Insular Areas to enhance such entities’ coastal man-
agement and climate change programs. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this subsection there is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Administrator of the National 
Oceanic 
and 
Atmospheric 
Administration 
$5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2022 through 
2026. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Administrator of the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, acting 
through the Director of the Office for Coastal Manage-
ment, shall submit an annual report to the Committee on 
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
of the Senate on the status of— 
(1) wetland, mangrove, and estuary conditions 
in Insular Areas; and 
(2) climate change impacts, including ecological, 
economic, and cultural impacts, in Insular Areas. 
SEC. 303. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TECHNICAL AS-
SISTANCE AND GRANTS. 
(a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
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acting through the Director of the National Weather 
Service, shall provide technical assistance and out-
reach to Insular Areas through the San Juan, 
Tiyan, and Pago Pago Weather Forecast Offices of 
the National Weather Service. For the purposes of 
this section, the Administrator may also employ 
other agency entities as the Administrator deems 
necessary, in order to improve weather data collec-
tion, produce more accurate tropical weather fore-
casts, and provide science, data, information, and 
impact-based decision support services to reduce 
hurricane, typhoon, droughts, tsunamis, tides, and 
sea level rise impacts in the Insular Areas. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this subsection there is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Administrator $5,000,000 for 
each of the fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 
(b) GRANTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
may provide grants to academic, nonprofit, and local 
entities to conduct climate change research to im-
prove weather data collection, produce more accurate 
tropical weather forecasts, and provide science, data, 
information, and impact-based decision support serv-
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ices 
to 
reduce 
hurricane, 
typhoon, 
droughts, 
tsunamis, tides, and sea level rise impacts in the In-
sular Areas. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this subsection there is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Administrator $5,000,000 for 
each of the fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 
SEC. 304. OCEAN AND COASTAL MAPPING INTEGRATION 
ACT. 
Section 12204 of the Ocean and Coastal Mapping In-
tegration Act (33 U.S.C. 3503) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (12) by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(2) in paragraph (13) by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(14) The study of Insular Areas and the ef-
fects of climate change’’. 
TITLE IV—DEPARTMENT OF 
ENERGY 
SEC. 401. OFFICE OF INSULAR AREA ENERGY POLICY AND 
PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the Department of En-
ergy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7131 et seq.) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
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(3) submits an application for the allocation at 
such time, in such form, and containing such infor-
mation as the Director of the Office of Insular Area 
Energy Policy and Programs may require; and 
(4) provides assurances satisfactory to the Di-
rector of the Office of Insular Area Energy Policy 
and Programs that the territory will use the alloca-
tion to supplement, but not supplant, funds made 
available to carry out the rebate program. 
(d) AMOUNT OF ALLOCATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, the Di-
rector of the Office of Insular Area Energy Policy 
and Programs shall allocate to the energy office of 
each eligible territory to carry out subsection (e) an 
amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying 
the amount made available under subsection (g) for 
the fiscal year by the ratio that the population of the 
territory in the most recent calendar year for which 
data are available bears to the total population of all 
eligible territories in that calendar year. 
(2) MINIMUM ALLOCATIONS.—For each fiscal 
year, the amounts allocated under this subsection 
shall be adjusted proportionately so that no eligible 
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(C) in subsection (q), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(r) The term ‘State’ means the several States, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, 
the Virgin Islands of the United States, and the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.’’. 
(2) EXCLUSIONS.—Section 18 of the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) This section shall not apply 
to the scheduling of lease sales in the 
Outer Continental Shelf adjacent to 
the Territories and possessions of the 
United States.’’. 
(b) WIND LEASE SALES FOR AREAS OF OUTER CON-
TINENTAL SHELF.—The Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 33. WIND LEASE SALES FOR AREAS OF OUTER CONTI-
NENTAL SHELF. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary may conduct 
wind lease sales on the Outer Continental Shelf. 
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