(g) ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES.—The Director shall 
carry out such other activities as the Committee considers 
appropriate. 
SEC. 6. STUDY ON EXTREME HEAT INFORMATION AND RE-
SPONSE. 
(a) STUDY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and At-
mosphere, in consultation with the National Inte-
grated Heat Health Information System Interagency 
Committee and the individuals and entities described 
in section 4(g), shall seek to enter into an agreement 
with the National Academies of Science, Engineer-
ing, and Medicine to conduct a study on extreme 
heat information and response, to be completed not 
later than 3 years after such date of enactment. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The study described in para-
graph (1) shall— 
(A) identify policy and research gaps, 
which may include— 
(i) regions of the United States with 
the largest gaps between awareness, pre-
paredness, and capacity to address extreme 
heat; and 
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(ii) heat-related gaps in data, such 
as— 
(I) the number of schools, pris-
ons, and other public facilities that 
lack air conditioning; 
(II) the demographic breakdown 
of people affected by heat events, in-
cluding by race, age, gender, occupa-
tion, and income; 
(III) medical coding in health 
care facilities (such as hospitals, 
emergency rooms, and health centers) 
that indicate heat-related illnesses 
(such as kidney failure, dehydration, 
and fainting spells); and 
(IV) with respect to public policy 
at the State and community level that 
enhance vulnerabilities to extreme 
heat (such as outdoor working condi-
tions and thresholds to protect work-
ers, animals, and others susceptible to 
heat-related illness); 
(B) provide recommendations for address-
ing gaps with respect to policy, research, oper-
ations, communications, and data, including the 
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gaps identified under subparagraph (A), affect-
ing heat-health planning, preparedness, re-
sponse, resilience, adaptation, and environ-
mental justice and equity; 
(C) provide such other recommendations as 
the Director considers appropriate, which may 
include strategies for— 
(i) communicating warnings to and 
providing impact-based decision support to 
promote preparedness actions and resil-
ience of populations vulnerable to extreme 
heat; 
(ii) understanding compound and cas-
cading risks, and implementing alternative 
heat-health risk reduction interventions to 
manage those risks collectively, such as re-
ducing risk of the transmission of infec-
tious diseases during heat waves by cre-
ating outdoor cooling locations or increas-
ing ventilation and filtration in indoor cool-
ing centers; 
(iii) promoting community resilience 
to heat events and incorporating principles 
of environmental justice in community re-
sponse to heat waves; 
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(iv) addressing the impacts of extreme 
heat on energy cost, affordability, and reli-
ability for residential and commercial in-
frastructure (such as weatherization, en-
ergy costs, electric power systems, and 
water supply and treatment systems); and 
(v) establishing labor and other stand-
ards for workers and heat; and 
(D) consider such other subjects as the 
Committee considers appropriate, which may in-
clude— 
(i) the feasibility of enhancing and 
standardizing existing nationwide data col-
lection on heat-related illnesses and mor-
talities to improve and ensure consistent 
collection of national-level heat illness data 
across all 50 States, territories, and local 
jurisdictions of the United States; 
(ii) mechanisms for financing heat 
preparedness; and 
(iii) the effectiveness of county- or 
local-level heat awareness and communica-
tion approaches, heat action, and tools, 
preparedness plans, or mitigation. 
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(3) DEVELOPMENT
OF
DEFINITIONS.—Fol-
lowing the study described in paragraph (1), the 
Committee shall work with heat experts across dis-
ciplines to comprehensively identify impacts of in-
creased heat to inform consistent and agreed upon 
definitions for heat events, heat waves, and other 
relevant terms. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after com-
pleting the study described in subsection (a)(1), the Com-
mittee shall— 
(1) make available to the public on a Federal 
internet website of the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration a report on the findings and 
conclusions of the study; and 
(2) submit the report to— 
(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; 
(C) the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology of the House of Representatives; 
(D) the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives; and 
(E) the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce of the House of Representatives. 
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SEC. 7. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR RESILIENCE IN AD-
DRESSING 
EXTREME 
HEAT 
AND 
HEALTH 
RISKS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Di-
rector of the National Integrated Heat Health Infor-
mation System may, in coordination with the Na-
tional Integrated Heat Health Information System 
Interagency Committee, establish and administer a 
community heat resilience program to provide finan-
cial assistance to eligible entities to carry out 
projects described in subsection (e) to ameliorate 
human health impacts of extreme heat events. 
(2) REVISION.—Upon completion of the stra-
tegic plan required by section 4(e)(1), the Com-
mittee may revise the community heat resilience pro-
gram to ensure the program aligns with the strategic 
plan and is administered in accordance with the 
plan. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the financial assist-
ance provided under this section is to improve community 
resilience to heat and heat-health impacts and further sci-
entific research to address adaptation gaps and priorities. 
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(c) FORMS
OF ASSISTANCE.—Financial assistance 
provided under this section may be in the form of prizes, 
contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements. 
(d) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—Entities eligible to receive 
financial assistance under this section to carry out 
projects described in subsection (e) include— 
(1) nonprofit entities; 
(2) States; 
(3) Tribal governments; 
(4) local governments; 
(5) local workforce development boards; and 
(6) academic institutions. 
(e) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—Projects described in this 
subsection include the following: 
(1) Projects to reduce heat-health risks, includ-
ing sustainable heat reduction and mitigation solu-
tions such as for cool roofs, cool pavements, urban 
forestry or tree plantings and maintenance, the pro-
vision of shade, cooling and resilience centers, retro-
fitting buildings for cooling, improving the resilience 
of the power grid to ensure reliable air conditioning, 
energy efficiency, acquisitions or upgrades of filtra-
tion systems or high-efficiency air conditioning sys-
tems, and strategies to improve community level re-
sponse before and during a heat event. 
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(2) Training programs to support the develop-
ment and integration of education and training pro-
grams for identifying and addressing risks associ-
ated with climate change for vulnerable individuals. 
(3) Projects focusing on being responsive to 
heat-related needs from communities heard from en-
gagements at different geographic scales (national to 
regional to local) including— 
(A) to expand public awareness of heat 
risks; 
(B) to conduct community-based climate 
and health observational campaigns; 
(C) to conduct scientific research to assess 
gaps and priorities regarding the risks of ex-
treme heat in communities; 
(D) to communicate risks and warnings to 
isolated communities; 
(E) to support the establishment of work-
place policies and practices to reduce the risk of 
extreme heat illness among workers; 
(F) to educate such communities about 
how to respond to extreme heat events; and 
(G) to establish local, city, and county heat 
planning and heat-related emergency action 
plans. 
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(4) Other projects that the Director determines 
will achieve a significant reduction in heat exposure 
or increased resilience to increased heat or extreme 
heat events. 
(f) PRIORITIES.—In selecting eligible entities to re-
ceive financial assistance under this section, the Director 
shall prioritize entities that will carry out projects that 
provide benefits for historically disadvantaged commu-
nities and communities with significant heat disparities 
associated with race, ethnicity, or income. 
(g) DISTRIBUTION OF ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) COMMUNITIES WITH ENVIRONMENTAL JUS-
TICE CONCERNS AND LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES.— 
Not less than 40 percent of the amount of financial 
assistance provided under this section in any fiscal 
year shall be provided to eligible entities to imple-
ment projects described in subsection (e) in commu-
nities with environmental justice concerns or low-in-
come communities. 
(2) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—The Director 
shall seek to equitably distribute financial assistance 
provided under this section based on geographic lo-
cation or such other factors as the Director deter-
mines appropriate. 
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SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) NATIONAL INTEGRATED HEAT HEALTH INFOR-
MATION SYSTEM INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE; NATIONAL 
INTEGRATED
HEAT
HEALTH
INFORMATION
SYSTEM; 
STUDY
ON EXTREME HEAT INFORMATION
AND RE-
SPONSE.—There is authorized to be appropriated to the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to 
carry out sections 4 and 5, including for any administra-
tive costs for the National Integrated Heat Health Infor-
mation System Interagency Committee and the National 
Integrated Heat Health Information System, the fol-
lowing: 
(1) For fiscal year 2024, $20,000,000. 
(2) For fiscal year 2025, $20,000,000. 
(3) For fiscal year 2026, $20,000,000. 
(4) For fiscal year 2027, $20,000,000. 
(5) For fiscal year 2028, $20,000,000. 
(b) STUDY ON EXTREME HEAT INFORMATION AND 
RESPONSE.—There is authorized to be appropriated to 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
$500,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2026 to 
contract with the National Academies of Science, Engi-
neering, and Medicine to carry out section 6. 
(c) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR RESILIENCE IN AD-
DRESSING EXTREME HEAT AND HEALTH RISKS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to the National Oceanic 
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and Atmospheric Administration to carry out section 7 the 
following: 
(1) For fiscal year 2024, $10,000,000. 
(2) For fiscal year 2025, $10,000,000. 
(3) For fiscal year 2026, $20,000,000. 
(4) For fiscal year 2027, $30,000,000. 
(5) For fiscal year 2028, $30,000,000. 
Æ 
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