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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3704 
To reduce the health risks of heat by establishing the National Integrated 
Heat Health Information System within the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration and the National Integrated Heat Health Informa-
tion System Interagency Committee to improve extreme heat prepared-
ness, planning, and response, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 4, 2025 
Ms. ANSARI (for herself, Mr. BELL, Ms. DEXTER, Mrs. DINGELL, Mrs. 
FOUSHEE, Mr. GARCIA of California, Mr. HORSFORD, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. 
LANDSMAN, Mr. LICCARDO, Mr. MAGAZINER, Mrs. MCCLAIN DELANEY, 
Mrs. MCIVER, Mr. MULLIN, Ms. NORTON, Ms. RIVAS, Mr. STANTON, Ms. 
TITUS, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. WHITESIDES, Ms. WILLIAMS of 
Georgia, Ms. WILSON of Florida, and Mr. HUFFMAN) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Tech-
nology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To reduce the health risks of heat by establishing the Na-
tional Integrated Heat Health Information System within 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
and the National Integrated Heat Health Information 
System Interagency Committee to improve extreme heat 
preparedness, planning, and response, and for other pur-
poses. 
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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 ‘‘Coordinated Federal 
Response to Extreme Heat Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) EXTREME
HEAT.—The term ‘‘extreme 
heat’’ means heat that substantially exceeds local 
temperature norms in terms of any combination of 
the following: 
(A) Duration. 
(B) Intensity. 
(C) Season length. 
(D) Frequency. 
(2) HEAT.—The term ‘‘heat’’ means any com-
bination of the atmospheric parameters associated 
with modulating human thermoregulation, such as 
air temperature, humidity, solar exposure, and wind 
speed. 
(3) HEAT
EVENT.—The term ‘‘heat event’’ 
means an occurrence of extreme heat of 2 days or 
more that may have heat-health implications. 
(4) HEAT-HEALTH.—The term ‘‘heat-health’’ 
means health effects to humans from heat, during or 
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outside of heat events, including from vulnerability 
and exposure, or the risk of such effects. 
(5) PLANNING.—The term ‘‘planning’’ means 
activities performed across timescales (including 
days, weeks, months, years, and decades) with sce-
nario-based, probabilistic or deterministic informa-
tion to identify and take actions to proactively miti-
gate heat-health risks. 
(6) PREPAREDNESS.—The term ‘‘preparedness’’ 
means activities performed across timescales with 
decision support tools to manage risk in advance of 
a heat event and increased ambient temperature. 
(7) TRIBAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘Tribal 
government’’ means the recognized governing body 
of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, 
pueblo, village, community, component band, or com-
ponent reservation, individually identified (including 
parenthetically) in the list published most recently as 
of the date of enactment of this Act pursuant to sec-
tion 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe 
List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131). 
SEC. 3. NATIONAL INTEGRATED HEAT HEALTH INFORMA-
TION SYSTEM INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMITTEE.—There is es-
tablished within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
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(x) The Department of Energy. 
(xi) The Department of Labor, includ-
ing the Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration. 
(xii) The Department of Veteran Af-
fairs. 
(xiii) The Department of Education. 
(xiv) The Department of State. 
(xv) The United States Agency for 
International Development. 
(xvi) Such other Federal agencies as 
the Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Oceans and Atmosphere considers appro-
priate. 
(2) SELECTION
OF
REPRESENTATIVES.—The 
head of an agency specified in paragraph (1)(B) 
shall, in appointing representatives of the agency to 
the Committee, select representatives who have ex-
pertise in areas relevant to the responsibilities of the 
Committee, such as weather prediction, health im-
pacts, behavioral science, public health hazard pre-
paredness and response, or mental health services. 
(3) CO-CHAIRS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The members of the 
Committee shall select 3 individuals from 
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among such members to serve as co-chairs of 
the Committee, subject to the approval of the 
Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and 
Atmosphere. 
(B) SELECTION.— 
(i) INITIAL
SELECTION.—Of the co- 
chairs first selected, one shall be from the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin-
istration, one shall be from the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services, and 
one shall be from the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency. 
(ii) SUBSEQUENT
SELECTION.—Sub-
sequent co-chairs shall be selected from 
among the members of the Committee, ex-
cept the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration shall have the opportunity 
to maintain a co-chair position. 
(C) TERMS.—Each co-chair shall serve for 
a term of not more than 5 years. 
(D) RESPONSIBILITIES
OF
CO-CHAIRS.— 
The co-chairs of the Committee shall, in con-
sultation with the Director of the National Inte-
grated Heat Health Information System— 
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(i) determine the agenda of the Com-
mittee, in consultation with other members 
of the Committee; 
(ii) direct the work of the Committee; 
and 
(iii) convene meetings of the Com-
mittee not less frequently than once each 
fiscal quarter. 
(d) RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMMITTEE.—The Com-
mittee shall coordinate an integrated, Federal Govern-
ment-wide approach to reducing health risks and impacts 
of heat, including by— 
(1) developing the strategic plan required by 
subsection (e); 
(2) coordinating across Federal agencies on 
heat-health communication, engagement, research, 
service delivery, and workforce development; and 
(3) building capacity and partnerships with 
Federal and non-Federal entities. 
(e) STRATEGIC PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Committee 
shall submit to Congress and make available on a 
public website a 5-year strategic plan that outlines 
the goals and projects of the Committee, including 
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how the Committee will improve coordination and in-
tegration of interagency Federal capacity and capa-
bilities to address 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 plan-
ning and preparedness within such agencies as 
the Committee considers appropriate. 
(2) IMPLEMENTATION.—The head of an agency 
represented on the Committee may implement the 
portions of the strategic plan required by paragraph 
(1) that are relevant to that agency. 
(3) UPDATES.—Not later than 5 years after the 
submission of the strategic plan required by para-
graph (1), and every 5 years thereafter, the Com-
mittee shall brief Congress on an update of the plan, 
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which shall include progress made toward goals out-
lined in the previous plan and new priorities that 
emerge. 
(f) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the responsibil-
ities of the Committee, the Committee shall consult with 
relevant— 
(1) regional, State, Tribal, and local govern-
ments; 
(2) international organizations and partners; 
(3) research institutions; 
(4) nongovernmental organizations and associa-
tions; 
(5) medical experts with expertise in emergency 
response; and 
(6) environmental health, economic or business 
development, or other stakeholders. 
SEC. 4. 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 re-
duce heat-related impacts by— 
(1) improving the delivery of data, information, 
forecasts, warnings, predictions, and projections re-
lated to temperature and extreme heat and related 
impacts; 
(2) through the Office of Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Research, developing science-based solutions 
and tools to improve impact-based decision support 
services for heat impacts to human life, property, 
and the United States economy; and 
(3) supporting a research program on heat 
health, in coordination with the agencies represented 
on the National Integrated Heat Health Information 
System Interagency Committee. 
(c) DATA MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY.—The data and metadata as-
sociated with the System shall be fully and openly 
available, within the legal right to redistribute, in ac-
cordance with chapter 31 of title 44, United States 
Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Federal Records Act 
of 1950’’), and the Federal Evidence-Based Policy-
making Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–435; 132 
Stat. 5529) and the amendments made by that Act, 
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to maximize use of such data to support the goals 
of the System. 
(2) NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL 
INFORMATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary of 
Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere shall 
manage, maintain, and steward archival data 
and metadata associated with the System with-
in the National Centers for Environmental In-
formation. 
(B) WARNING COORDINATION METEOROLO-
GIST.—The Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Oceans and Atmosphere shall designate at least 
one warning coordination meteorologist, as de-
scribed in section 405 of the Weather Research 
and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 (15 
U.S.C. 8545), at the National Centers for Envi-
ronmental Information. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry 
out sections 3 and 4, including for any administrative 
costs for the National Integrated Heat Health Information 
System Interagency Committee and the National Inte-
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grated Heat Health Information System, $5,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029. 
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