the Subcommittee may provide, into all relevant 
Agency policies, plans, programs, strategies, and op-
erations. 
SEC. 7. ASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS AND PRE-
PAREDNESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 4 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and every 4 years there-
after, the Administrator shall publish as a report, submit 
to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and make avail-
able to Congress and the public, a comprehensive assess-
ment of climate change risks and preparedness, which 
shall— 
(1) incorporate and expand upon the findings 
and recommendations made by the Subcommittee; 
(2) identify, predict, and assess existing and fu-
ture natural disaster risks and impacts posed by cli-
mate change to States, cities, and communities 
throughout the United States, including the current 
and potential impact to annual disaster, mitigation, 
and insurance costs, as well as to natural disaster 
mitigation, adaptation, preparedness, response, and 
recovery capabilities and efforts. 
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(3) identify, predict, and assess risks and im-
pacts to frontline communities, particularly low-in-
come communities, communities of color, and Tribal 
communities; 
(4) assess the current state of preparedness 
throughout the emergency management community, 
and across all levels of government, in relation to the 
expected natural disaster risks and impacts posed by 
climate change; 
(5) identify steps taken by FEMA to integrate 
climate change into all relevant Agency policies, 
plans, programs, strategies, and operations; 
(6) identify measures taken by FEMA to in-
crease climate change resilience, adaptation, and 
mitigation throughout the United States, and to in-
crease overall preparedness of the entire emergency 
management community; 
(7) provide recommendations and best practices 
for how FEMA, all relevant partners, and the na-
tional emergency management community can better 
prepare for, mitigate, and adapt to the present and 
future national disaster risks and impacts posed by 
climate change, including specific recommendations 
and best practices for increasing climate change re-
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silience, adaptation, and mitigation in frontline com-
munities; 
(8) describe climate change mitigation, adapta-
tion, and resilience methods adopted in no fewer 
than 5 communities across the United States, in-
cluding at least— 
(A) 1 urban community; 
(B) 1 rural community; 
(C) 1 coastal community; and 
(D) 1 frontline community; and 
(9) incorporate any other components and sec-
tions as the Administrator determines appropriate. 
(b) METHODOLOGY.—Not later than 3 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall re-
port to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate on the meth-
odology that will be used to conduct the analysis and 
produce the assessment required under subsection (a). 
SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, the following definitions apply: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of FEMA. 
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(2) AGENCY; FEMA.—The terms ‘‘Agency’’ and 
‘‘FEMA’’ mean the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency. 
(3) CLIMATE
CHANGE.—The term ‘‘climate 
change’’ means the long-term shifts in global and re-
gional climate patterns, and associated phenomena, 
that are occurring primarily as a result of anthropo-
genic greenhouse gas emissions. 
(4) EXTREME
WEATHER
EVENTS.—The term 
‘‘extreme weather events’’ means historically rare or 
severe natural disasters such as heat waves, 
droughts, floods, tornadoes, and hurricanes. 
(5) 
FRONTLINE
COMMUNITY.—The 
term 
‘‘frontline community’’ means a low-income commu-
nity, community of color, or Tribal community that 
is disproportionately impacted or burdened by cli-
mate change and associated phenomena. 
(6) SEA-LEVEL
RISE.—The term ‘‘sea-level 
rise’’ means the local, regional, and global long-term 
trends in rising average sea levels that are occurring 
as a direct result of climate change and additional 
local factors such as land subsidence. 
Æ 
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