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(9) The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 
and Enforcement. 
(b) PLAN.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall submit a plan to Congress describing what the agen-
cies listed in subsection (a) shall do both individually and 
cooperatively to accomplish the following: 
(1) Working in cooperation with the United 
States Geological Survey, develop an interagency in-
ventory and Geographic Information System data-
base of United States ecosystems, water supplies, 
and water infrastructure vulnerable to climate 
change. 
(2) Manage land, water, and ocean resources in 
a manner that takes into account projected climate 
change impacts, including but not limited to, pro-
longed periods of drought and changing hydrology. 
(3) Develop consistent protocols to incorporate 
climate change impacts in land and water manage-
ment decisions across land and water resources 
under the jurisdiction of those agencies listed in sub-
section (a). 
(4) Incorporate the most current, peer-reviewed 
science on climate change and the economic, social, 
and ecological impacts of climate change into the de-
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cision making process of those agencies listed in sub-
section (a). 
(c) COORDINATION.—The activities of the Natural 
Resources Management Council on Climate Change shall 
be coordinated with the activities of the United States 
Global Change Research Program. 
Subchapter B—National Policy and Strategy 
for Wildlife 
SEC. 7451. SHORT TITLE. 
This subchapter may be cited as the ‘‘Global Warm-
ing Wildlife Survival Act’’. 
SEC. 7452. NATIONAL POLICY ON WILDLIFE AND GLOBAL 
WARMING. 
It is the policy of the Federal Government, in co-
operation with State, tribal, and affected local govern-
ments, other concerned public and private organizations, 
landowners, and citizens to use all practicable means and 
measures— 
(1) to assist wildlife populations and their habi-
tats in adapting to and surviving the effects of glob-
al warming; and 
(2) to ensure the persistence and resilience of 
the wildlife of the United States, together with its 
habitat, as an essential part of our Nation’s culture, 
landscape, and natural resources. 
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SEC. 7453. DEFINITIONS. 
In this chapter: 
(1) ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES.—The term ‘‘eco-
logical processes’’ means the biological, chemical, 
and physical interactions between the biotic and abi-
otic components of ecosystems, including nutrient 
cycling, pollination, predator-prey relationships, soil 
formation, gene flow, hydrologic cycling, decomposi-
tion, and disturbance regimes such as fire and flood-
ing. 
(2) HABITAT
LINKAGES.—The term ‘‘habitat 
linkages’’ means areas that connect wildlife habitat 
or potential wildlife habitat, and that facilitate the 
ability of wildlife to move within a landscape in re-
sponse to the effects of global warming. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(4) WILDLIFE.—The term ‘‘wildlife’’ means— 
(A) any species of wild, free-ranging fauna, 
including fish and other aquatic species; and 
(B) any fauna in a captive breeding pro-
gram the object of which is to reintroduce indi-
viduals of a depleted indigenous species into 
previously occupied range. 
(5) HABITAT.—The term ‘‘habitat’’ means the 
physical, chemical, and biological properties that are 
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