(B) providing such information, data, 
tools, and examples to the agency or agencies 
designated under section 4 to include on the 
website established and maintained or des-
ignated pursuant to such section. 
(5) HIGH-RISK REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS.— 
The Interagency Council shall assess the specific 
recommendations relating to extreme weather de-
scribed in the Government Accountability Office’s 
High-Risk Series, identify the feasibility of revising 
or better coordinating existing Federal programs to 
implement such recommendations, and develop a 
plan to address such recommendations when feasible 
that does not duplicate the National Preparedness 
Goal. 
(6) 
FRAMEWORK
AND
PERFORMANCE 
METRICS.—The Interagency Council shall appoint an 
evaluation officer to oversee the use of existing and 
emerging science to develop or adopt— 
(A) a framework for evaluating the 
progress and success of extreme weather resil-
ience, preparedness, and risk identification and 
management-related efforts that is complemen-
tary to and not duplicative of any local or na-
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tional indicator system developed as part of the 
National Preparedness Goal; and 
(B) performance metrics, including quan-
titative metrics, that allow tracking of the ac-
tions taken and progress made toward meeting 
the goals and implementing the priorities de-
scribed in paragraph (1)(A). 
(7) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CEQ, OMB, 
OSTP, AND
DEPARTMENT
OF
HOMELAND
SECU-
RITY.—The Interagency Council shall provide to the 
Council on Environmental Quality, the Office of 
Management and Budget, the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy, and the Department of Home-
land Security recommendations on how agencies 
should— 
(A) develop or update agency extreme 
weather plans; 
(B) remove barriers to and facilitate State, 
Tribal, and local actions to address extreme 
weather resilience, preparedness, and risk iden-
tification and management, in agency regula-
tions, guidance, and policies, including any spe-
cific considerations for vulnerable communities 
within those localities; and 
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(C) avoid duplication among Federal ac-
tivities to the extent practicable. 
(8) PUBLIC INPUT AND COMMENT.—The Inter-
agency Council shall solicit and incorporate public 
input and comment as appropriate into the decisions 
of the Interagency Council. 
(9) INVENTORY
AND
MEETINGS.—The Inter-
agency Council shall conduct inventories under sec-
tion 6 and convene meetings under section 7. 
(10) DEFINITION
OF
EXTREME
WEATHER.— 
The Interagency Council shall consider and may up-
date, not less frequently than every two years, in 
consultation with appropriate scientific bodies, the 
definition of ‘‘extreme weather’’ and what other 
weather events (in addition to those described in sec-
tion 9(3)) qualify as extreme weather for purposes 
of this Act. The definition of ‘‘extreme weather’’ 
shall be published and updated, as necessary, on the 
website of the Council and in the Federal Register. 
(11) OTHER DUTIES.—The Interagency Council 
shall carry out any other duties related to the pur-
poses of this Act that the co-chairpersons of the 
Interagency Council determine appropriate. 
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(12) PUBLIC INFORMATION.—The Interagency 
Council shall, using social and behavioral science as 
part of the methodology— 
(A) make information available online— 
(i) for tracking implementation of 
agency extreme weather plans and govern-
mentwide goals and priorities described in 
paragraph (1)(A); 
(ii) on recommendations relating to 
extreme weather described in the Govern-
ment Accountability Office’s High-Risk Se-
ries; and 
(iii) on the results of the Council’s ef-
forts to identify nationwide and localized 
risks (including updated mapping efforts); 
and 
(B) make such High-Risk Series and the 
reports submitted under paragraph (13) avail-
able as the Council determines appropriate. 
(13) ANNUAL
REPORT.—Not later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
annually thereafter (concurrently with the United 
States Global Change Research Program Annual Re-
port and the National Preparedness Report), the 
Interagency Council shall submit to Congress, and 
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make available to the United States Global Change 
Research Program and the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency, a report that— 
(A) describes how the goals and priorities 
described in paragraph (1)(A) are being met 
and implemented using— 
(i) the performance metrics developed 
under paragraph (6)(B); and 
(ii) information (excluding classified 
information or information otherwise pro-
tected from release by law) on— 
(I) agency expenditures, broken 
down by program activity level if prac-
ticable, that are directly related to ad-
dressing extreme weather resilience, 
preparedness, and risk identification 
and management, including extreme 
weather resilience, preparedness, and 
risk identification and management of 
Federal facilities and, as feasible, in-
frastructure funded through Federal 
grants and other programs; and 
(II) the effectiveness of such ex-
penditures, along with associated fi-
nancial impacts and community, in-
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frastructure, and environmental bene-
fits, to the extent such data are avail-
able; 
(B) provides recommendations to enhance 
the effectiveness of such implementation and 
sets benchmarks to meet; 
(C) describes the progress of the regional 
coordination efforts described in sections 6, 7, 
and 8; and 
(D) includes a summary of public com-
ments solicited under paragraph (8) and any 
action the Interagency Council took to respond 
to such comments. 
(g) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out paragraphs (2) 
through (12) of subsection (f), the Interagency Council 
shall consult with Federal agencies, State, Tribal, and 
local governments, academic and research institutions, 
and the private and nonprofit sectors. 
(h) OMB GUIDANCE.—The Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget, taking into consideration the 
recommendations provided by the Interagency Council 
under subsection (f)(7), shall issue guidance to agencies 
on— 
(1) developing agency extreme weather plans, 
which shall incorporate existing agency reports, 
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where appropriate, to prevent duplication and reduce 
overlap; 
(2) developing agency regulations, guidance, 
and policies to remove barriers to and facilitate 
State, Tribal, and local actions to address extreme 
weather resilience, preparedness, and risk identifica-
tion and management; and 
(3) assessing and managing extreme weather- 
related risks under OMB Circular A–123 ‘‘Manage-
ment’s Responsibility for Enterprise Risk Manage-
ment and Internal Control’’. 
SEC. 3. AGENCY PLANNING FOR EXTREME WEATHER-RE-
LATED RISKS. 
(a) AGENCY EXTREME WEATHER RESILIENCE, PRE-
PAREDNESS, AND RISK IDENTIFICATION AND MANAGE-
MENT PLANS.— 
(1) AGENCY
SUBMISSION.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
every 2 years thereafter, the head of each agency, in 
coordination with the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency to avoid duplication 
with the National Planning Frameworks, shall sub-
mit to the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget, the appropriations and authorization com-
mittees of jurisdiction, and to the Interagency Coun-
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cil a comprehensive plan that integrates consider-
ation of extreme weather into such agency’s oper-
ations and overall mission objectives (hereinafter re-
ferred to as an ‘‘agency extreme weather plan’’). 
Such plan shall exclude any classified information or 
information otherwise protected from release by law. 
(2) HEARING.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and every 2 years 
thereafter, the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget shall convene an interagency budget 
crosscut and policy hearing to review and integrate 
all the agency extreme weather plans and to ensure 
that such extreme weather plans and the activities of 
agencies align with the goals and priorities estab-
lished under section 2(f)(1)(A). 
(3) COMMUNICATION TO STAFF.—Any agency 
extreme weather plan prepared under this section 
shall be made available to relevant employees of the 
agency. 
(b) INCLUSIONS.—Each agency extreme weather plan 
shall include— 
(1) identification and assessment of extreme 
weather-related impacts on, and risks to— 
(A) the agency’s ability to accomplish its 
missions, operations, and programs over time 
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periods to be designated by the Interagency 
Council; and 
(B) State, Tribal, and local entities; 
(2) identification and assessment of barriers 
posed and improvements that could be made to Fed-
eral programs the agency administers to facilitate 
State, Tribal, and local actions to address extreme 
weather resilience, preparedness, and risk identifica-
tion and management efforts; 
(3) a description of programs, policies, and 
plans the agency has already put in place, as well as 
additional actions the agency will take, to manage 
extreme weather risks in the near term and build re-
silience in the short and long term; 
(4) a description of how the agency will con-
sider the need to improve extreme weather resilience, 
preparedness, and risk identification and manage-
ment, including the costs and benefits of such im-
provement, with respect to agency suppliers, supply 
chain, real property investments, and capital equip-
ment purchases, including by updating agency poli-
cies for leasing, building upgrades, relocation of ex-
isting facilities and equipment, and construction of 
new facilities; 
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(5) a description of how the agency will support 
any ongoing or future public-private partnership to 
improve extreme weather resilience, preparedness, 
and risk identification and management, including 
the cost and benefits of technology and methodology 
improvements, hardening, or rapid restoration; 
(6) a description of how the agency will con-
tribute to coordinated interagency efforts to support 
extreme weather resilience, preparedness, and risk 
identification and management at all levels of gov-
ernment, including collaborative work across agen-
cies’ regional offices and hubs, and through coordi-
nated development of information, data, and tools, 
consistent with sections 6, 7, and 8; and 
(7) any other details identified by the Inter-
agency Council under section 2(f)(1)(C)(ii). 
SEC. 4. WEBSITE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Interagency Council shall 
designate an agency or agencies to establish and maintain, 
or designate a website that provides timely, actionable, 
and accessible information, data, and tools on current and 
future risks related to extreme weather, preparedness, re-
silience, and risk identification and management, to sup-
port Federal, regional, State, Tribal, local, private sector, 
and other decisionmakers such as standards developing 
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bodies responsible for establishing building codes and de-
sign standards for infrastructure. 
(b) INTERAGENCY
PROGRESS.—The website de-
scribed under subsection (a), shall identify interagency 
progress, and propose the next interagency steps, towards 
responding to threats posed by extreme weather. 
(c) BEST PRACTICES.—The website described under 
subsection (a) shall provide best practices and examples 
from Federal, regional, State, Tribal, and local decision-
makers in the public and private sectors about how to use 
extreme weather-related information in planning and deci-
sion making. 
(d) INTERAGENCY
COUNCIL
INFORMATION
AND 
TOOLS.—The website described under subsection (a) shall 
include the information, data, tools, and examples pro-
vided by the Interagency Council pursuant to section 
2(f)(4). 
(e) BEST AVAILABLE METEOROLOGICAL SCIENCE.— 
The website described under subsection (a) shall work 
with the Intergovernmental Council for Advancing Mete-
orological Services and the United States Global Change 
Research program to identify best available meteorological 
and related science regarding extreme weather resilience, 
preparedness, and risk identification and management. 
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