cluding how the Committee will improve coordination 
and integration of interagency Federal actions to ad-
dress health risks of heat, including— 
(A) a strategy for improving and coordi-
nating existing Federal data collection and data 
management to include sharing of data and sta-
tistics on heat-related illnesses and mortalities 
and other impacts to inform heat-related activi-
ties; 
(B) a strategy for improving and coordi-
nating Federal activities to understand user 
gaps and needs, conduct research, foster inno-
vative solutions, and provide actionable infor-
mation and services; and 
(C) mechanisms for financing heat pre-
paredness within such agencies as the Com-
mittee considers appropriate. 
(2) IMPLEMENTATION PLANS.—The head of an 
agency represented on the Committee may imple-
ment the portions of the strategic plan required by 
paragraph (1) that are relevant to that agency by 
developing and implementing a multi-year implemen-
tation plan. 
(3) UPDATES.—Not later than 5 years after the 
submission of the strategic plan required by para-
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graph (1), the Committee shall submit to Congress 
an update of the plan, which shall include progress 
made toward goals outlined in the plan and new pri-
orities that emerge. 
(f) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.—The Administrator 
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
shall provide technical and administrative support to the 
Committee, using amounts authorized to be appropriated 
to the Administration. 
(g) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the responsibil-
ities of the Committee, the Committee shall consult with 
relevant regional, State, Tribal, and local governments, 
international organizations and partners, research institu-
tions, nongovernmental organizations and associations, 
and medical experts with expertise in emergency response, 
environmental health, economic or business development, 
or community engagement. 
SEC. 5. NATIONAL INTEGRATED HEAT HEALTH INFORMA-
TION SYSTEM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Under Secretary of Com-
merce for Oceans and Atmosphere shall establish within 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration a 
system, to be known as the ‘‘National Integrated Heat 
Health Information System’’ (NIHHIS) (in this section 
referred to as the ‘‘System’’). 
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(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the System is to im-
prove the capacity of weather, subseasonal, and seasonal 
forecasts for the United States to allow the Federal Gov-
ernment and stakeholders to plan, prepare for, adapt to, 
and mitigate health risks of extreme heat across multiple 
timescales. 
(c) DIRECTOR.—The System shall be headed by a Di-
rector. 
(d) RESPONSIBILITIES.—In carrying out the purpose 
described in subsection (b), the Director shall— 
(1) develop and sustain robust relationships 
with Federal and non-Federal partners and decision-
makers— 
(A) to respond to the demand for action-
able weather- and climate-related information 
that reduces health risks on multiple timescales; 
(B) to conduct research and scientific in-
novation; and 
(C) to develop and deliver timely and ac-
cessible decision support services, solutions, 
tools, and information to inform planning, pre-
paredness, and risk-reducing actions across 
timescales; 
(2) coordinate and collaborate with the inter-
national community and global partners to conduct 
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research and learn from, leverage, and contribute to 
global knowledge as it pertains to predicting and 
preventing the impacts of increased heat; 
(3) enhance observations, surveillance, moni-
toring, and analysis necessary for the activities de-
scribed in paragraphs (1) and (2); and 
(4) communicate, educate, and build awareness 
regarding the risks and impacts of increased heat 
and extreme heat events to communities, educational 
and economic sectors, Tribal governments, and other 
relevant stakeholders. 
(e) DATA MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY.—The Director shall coordi-
nate with interagency partners to ensure that data 
and metadata associated with the System is fully 
and openly available, within the legal right to redis-
tribute, in accordance with chapter 31 of title 44, 
United States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Fed-
eral Records Act of 1950’’), and the Federal Evi-
dence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 (Public Law 
115–435; 132 Stat. 5529) and the amendments 
made by that Act, to maximize use of such data to 
support the goals of the System. 
(2) NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL 
INFORMATION.—The Under Secretary of Commerce 
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for Oceans and Atmosphere shall manage, maintain, 
and steward archival data and metadata associated 
with the System within the National Centers for En-
vironmental Information. 
(f) RESEARCH PROGRAM.—The Director shall de-
velop and implement a climate and health research grant 
program, in coordination with the financial assistance pro-
gram under section 7 and other Federal programs— 
(1) to improve understanding of— 
(A) the climate epidemiology and social, 
behavioral, and economic drivers of heat-health 
vulnerability and risk; 
(B) the drivers of climate variability, pre-
dictability, and changes in extreme heat; and 
(C) the impacts of extreme heat, compound 
hazards, 
and 
cascading 
impacts 
across 
timescales; 
(2) to investigate and evaluate the effectiveness 
of risk management actions, interventions, policies, 
standards, codes, and guidelines; and 
(3) to address other topics as appropriate, in-
cluding topics outlined in the strategic plan required 
by section 4(e)(1) and the financial assistance pro-
gram under section 7. 
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