account under this paragraph shall be available 
without further appropriation for obligation and ex-
penditure under that Act. 
TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS 
SEC. 301. NOAA REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECTS; 
PREPARATION ASSISTANCE. 
The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 
U.S.C. 1451 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘REPORT ON EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE 
‘‘SEC. 320. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
report to the Congress not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this section, and every 5 years there-
after, on the possible and projected impacts of climate 
change on— 
‘‘(1) oceanic and coastal ecosystems, including 
marine fish and wildlife and their habitat, and the 
commercial and recreational fisheries and tourism 
industries associated with them; and 
‘‘(2) coastal communities, including private resi-
dential and commercial development and public in-
frastructure in the coastal zone. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—Each report under this section 
shall include information regarding— 
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‘‘(1) the impacts that may be due to climate 
change that have occurred as of the date of the sub-
mission of the report; and 
‘‘(2) the projected future impacts of climate 
change. 
‘‘(c) IMPACTS.—The impacts reported on under sub-
section (b) shall include any— 
‘‘(1) increases in sea level; 
‘‘(2) increases in storm activity and intensity; 
‘‘(3) increases in floods, droughts, and other ex-
tremes of weather; 
‘‘(4) increases in the temperature of the air and 
the water on oceanic and coastal ecosystems, with a 
particular focus on vulnerable fisheries and eco-
systems; and 
‘‘(5) changes in the acidity of the ocean surface 
associated with an increase in concentration of car-
bon dioxide in the atmosphere. 
‘‘CLIMATE CHANGE PREPARATION ASSISTANCE 
‘‘SEC. 321. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
provide technical assistance to each coastal State that has 
an approved coastal zone management plan under this 
title, to assist such States in preparing persons living with-
in their coastal zones to adapt to climate change. 
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‘‘(b) IDENTIFICATION OF AFFECTED AREAS AND AD-
APTATIONS.—In carrying out this section, the Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(1) identify the projected impacts of climate 
change to which persons located in coastal zones 
may need to adapt, including— 
‘‘(A) increases in sea level; 
‘‘(B) increases in storm activity and inten-
sity; and 
‘‘(C) increases in floods, droughts, and 
other extremes of weather; 
‘‘(2) identify the specific coastal areas of the 
United States, and the public and private develop-
ment in coastal communities and the natural re-
sources of the coastal zone, that are vulnerable to 
the impacts identified under paragraph (1); 
‘‘(3) identify the various adaptation measures 
that may be used to protect the areas and resources 
identified under paragraph (2) from the impacts 
identified under paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(4) estimate the costs of the adaptation meas-
ures identified under paragraph (3).’’. 
SEC. 302. ADAPTATION TECHNOLOGIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy shall establish a program 
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on adaptation technologies as part of the Climate Tech-
nology Challenge Program. The Director shall perform an 
assessment of the climate change technological needs of 
various regions of the country. This assessment shall be 
provided to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on 
Science and Technology of the House of Representatives 
within 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) REGIONAL ESTIMATES.—The Director of the Of-
fice of Science and Technology Policy, in consultation with 
the Secretaries of Transportation, Homeland Security, 
Agriculture, Housing and Urban Development, Health 
and Human Services, Defense, Interior, Energy, and Com-
merce, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, the Director of United States Geological Survey, 
and other such Federal offices as the Director considers 
necessary, along with relevant State agencies, shall per-
form 6 regional infrastructure cost assessments covering 
the United States, and a national cost assessment, to pro-
vide estimates of the range of costs that should be antici-
pated for adaptation to the impacts of climate change. The 
Director shall develop those estimates for low, medium, 
and high probabilities of climate change and its potential 
impacts. The assessments shall be provided to the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
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Senate and the Committee on Science and Technology of 
the House of Representatives within 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
(c) ADAPTATION PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Within 6 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Com-
merce shall submit a climate change adaptation plan 
for the United States to the Congress. The adapta-
tion plan shall be based upon assessments performed 
by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on 
Climate Change, those as required by the 1990 
Global Change Research Act, and any other sci-
entific peer-reviewed regional assessments. 
(2) REQUIRED COMPONENTS.—The adaptation 
plan shall include— 
(A) a prioritized list of vulnerable systems 
and regions; 
(B) coordination requirements between 
Federal, State, and local governments to ensure 
that key public infrastructure, safety, health, 
and land use planning and control issues are 
addressed; 
(C) coordination requirements among the 
Federal Government, industry, and commu-
nities; 
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(D) an assessment of climate change 
science research needs including probabilistic 
assessments as an aid to planning; 
(E) an assessment of climate change tech-
nology needs; and 
(F) regional and national costs assess-
ments for the range of costs that should be an-
ticipated for adapting to the impacts of climate 
change. 
SEC. 303. MITIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE’S IMPACTS ON 
THE POOR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct re-
search on the impact of climate change on low-income pop-
ulations everywhere in the world. The research shall— 
(1) include an assessment of the adverse impact 
of climate change on low-income populations in the 
United States and on developing countries; 
(2) identify appropriate climate change adapta-
tion measures and programs for developing countries 
and low-income populations and assess the impact of 
those measures and programs on low-income popu-
lations; 
(3) identify appropriate climate change mitiga-
tion strategies and programs for developing coun-
tries and low-income populations and assess the im-
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pact of those strategies and programs on developing 
countries and on low-income populations in the 
United States; and 
(4) include an estimate of the costs of devel-
oping and implementing those climate change adap-
tation and mitigation programs. 
(b) REPORT.—Within 1 year after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit a report 
on the research conducted under subsection (a) to the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of 
the Senate, and to the Committee on Science and Tech-
nology and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of 
the House of Representatives. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
$2,000,000 to carry out the research required by sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 304. WILDLIFE CONSERVATION. 
(a) FUNDING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT MITI-
GATION PLANNING.—Section 3(c) of the Pittman-Robert-
son Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669b(c)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) CLIMATE
CHANGE
IMPACT
MITIGATION 
PLANS.—Amounts deposited in the Wildlife Con-
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servation and Restoration Account under section 
202(b)(5) of the Climate Stewardship Act of 2007— 
‘‘(A) may be used by States to provide rel-
evant information, training, monitoring, and 
other assistance to develop climate change im-
pact mitigation plans and integrate them into 
State Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation 
Strategies; and 
‘‘(B) shall be used by States to implement 
climate change impact mitigation plans inte-
grated into Comprehensive Wildlife Conserva-
tion Strategies.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3(a)(2) of 
the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 
U.S.C. 669b(a)(2)) is amended in the second sentence by 
inserting ‘‘(in addition to amounts deposited under section 
202(b)(5) of the Climate Stewardship Act of 2007)’’ after 
‘‘Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account’’. 
Æ 
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