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progress, including meetings held and hearings conducted 
before the date of the report, to— 
(1) the President; and 
(2) Congress. 
(i) FINAL REPORT.—As soon as practicable, but not 
later than 5 years after the date of the first meeting of 
the Commission, the Commission shall submit a final re-
port containing a detailed statement of the findings and 
conclusions of the Commission and recommendations for 
legislation and other policies to implement such findings 
and conclusions to— 
(1) the President; 
(2) the Committee on Natural Resources and 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives; and 
(3) the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources and the Committee on the Environment and 
Public Works of the Senate. 
(j) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate 
not later than 30 days after the date on which the Com-
mission transmits a final report under subsection (h)(1). 
(k) APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE ACT.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
U.S.C. App. 1 et seq.) shall not apply to the Commission. 
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(l) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $12,000,000 to carry out 
this section. 
SEC. 8703. STUDY OF POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE 
CHANGE ON WATER RESOURCES AND WATER 
QUALITY. 
(a) NATIONAL ACADEMY STUDY.—The Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall enter 
into an arrangement with the National Academy of 
Sciences under which the Academy shall— 
(1) produce a 2-part study that will consist 
of— 
(A) a study that will identify the potential 
impacts of climate change on the Nation’s wa-
tersheds 
and 
water 
resources, 
including 
hydrological and ecological impacts; 
(B) a study that will identify the potential 
impacts of climate change on water quality, in-
cluding the extent to which Federal and State 
efforts under the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) and other 
ocean and coastal laws may be affected by cli-
mate change; 
(C) information, analyses, and data that 
will identify, to the maximum extent prac-
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ticable, hydrological and temperature changes 
by watershed in the United States and that 
support the findings made under subparagraphs 
(A) and (B); and 
(D) identification of the scientific con-
sensus, assumptions, and uncertainties related 
to predictions of climate change in the United 
States; 
(2) identify the potential impacts of climate 
change on the Nation’s water resources, watersheds, 
and water quality, including the potential for im-
pacts to wetlands, shoreline erosion, and saltwater 
intrusion as a result of sea level rise, and the poten-
tial for significant regional variation in precipitation 
events to impact Federal, State, and local efforts to 
attain or maintain water quality; 
(3) assess the extent to which Federal and 
State efforts under the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act and other ocean and coastal laws may 
be affected by climate change; 
(4) identify prudent steps to assess emerging 
information and identify appropriate response ac-
tions to meet the requirements of such Act, includ-
ing provisions to attain or maintain water quality 
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standards and for adequate stream flows for wet-
lands and aquatic resources; and 
(5) recommend, if necessary, potential legisla-
tive or regulatory changes to address impacts of 
global climate change on efforts to restore and main-
tain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity 
of the Nation’s waters. 
(b) RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator shall transmit to Congress a report on the results 
of the study under this section. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $1,500,000 to carry out this 
section. 
SEC. 8704. IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON CORPS OF 
ENGINEERS PROJECTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army shall 
ensure that water resources projects and studies carried 
out by the Corps of Engineers after the date of enactment 
of this Act take into account the potential short and long 
term effects of climate change on such projects. 
(b) CONSIDERATION.—In carrying out this section, 
the Secretary shall utilize a representative range of cli-
mate change scenarios, including the current projections 
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