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 subchapter III; 
and 
‘‘(D) includes a summary of public com-
ments solicited under paragraph (8) and how 
the Interagency Council has responded to such 
comments. 
‘‘(g) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out paragraphs 
(2) through (12) of subsection (f), the Interagency Council 
shall consult with agencies, State, local, and tribal govern-
ments, academic and research institutions, and the private 
and nonprofit sectors. 
‘‘(h) CEQ GUIDANCE.—The Chairman of the Council 
on Environmental Quality, 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; 
and 
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‘‘(2) developing agency regulations, guidance, 
and policies to remove barriers to State and local ex-
treme weather resiliency, preparedness, and risk 
management. 
‘‘§ 9902. Agency planning for extreme weather-related 
risks 
‘‘(a) AGENCY
EXTREME
WEATHER
RESILIENCY, 
PREPAREDNESS, AND RISK MANAGEMENT PLANS.— 
‘‘(1) AGENCY SUBMISSION.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this chapter, and 
every 2 years thereafter, each agency shall submit to 
the Office of Management and Budget and to the 
Interagency Council a comprehensive plan that inte-
grates consideration of extreme weather into such 
agency’s operations and overall mission objectives 
(hereinafter referred to as an ‘agency extreme 
weather plan’). 
‘‘(2) HEARING.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this chapter, and every 2 
years thereafter, the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget shall convene an interagency 
budget crosscut and policy hearing to review and in-
tegrate all the agency extreme weather plans and to 
ensure that such extreme weather plans and the ac-
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tivities of agencies align with the goals and priorities 
established under section 9901(f)(1)(A). 
‘‘(3) OMB SUBMISSION.—The Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget shall, upon re-
ceipt of all agency extreme weather plans in a given 
year, consolidate, and submit to Congress, such 
plans. 
‘‘(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; and 
‘‘(B) State and local entities; 
‘‘(2) identification and assessment of barriers 
posed by Federal programs the agency administers 
to State and local extreme weather resiliency, pre-
paredness, and risk 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 resiliency, 
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preparedness, and risk management, including the 
costs and benefits of such improvement, with respect 
to agency suppliers, supply chain, real property in-
vestments, and capital equipment purchases, includ-
ing by updating agency policies for leasing, building 
upgrades, relocation of existing facilities and equip-
ment, and construction of new facilities; 
‘‘(5) a description of how the agency will sup-
port any ongoing or future public/private partner-
ship to improve extreme weather resiliency, pre-
paredness, and risk management, including the cost 
and benefits of technology improvements, hardening, 
or rapid restoration; 
‘‘(6) a description of how the agency will con-
tribute to coordinated interagency efforts to support 
extreme weather resiliency, preparedness, and risk 
management at all levels of government, including 
collaborative work across agencies’ regional offices 
and hubs, and through coordinated development of 
information, data, and tools, consistent with sub-
chapter III; and 
‘‘(7) any other details identified by the Inter-
agency Council under section 9901(f)(1)(B)(ii). 
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‘‘SUBCHAPTER 
II—ASSISTANCE 
IN 
IDENTI-
FYING THE BEST AVAILABLE SCIENCE AND 
EXTREME 
WEATHER 
RESILIENCY, 
PRE-
PAREDNESS, 
AND 
RISK 
MANAGEMENT 
BEST PRACTICES 
‘‘§ 9911. USGCRP Web site 
‘‘(a) IN
GENERAL.—The United States Global 
Change Research Program, in consultation with the Inter-
agency Council, shall designate an agency that partici-
pates in such Program to establish and maintain, on be-
half of such Program, an Internet Web site that provides 
timely, actionable, and accessible extreme weather resil-
iency, preparedness, and risk management-related infor-
mation. 
‘‘(b) INTERAGENCY PROGRESS.—The Web site estab-
lished 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 Web site established 
under subsection (a) shall provide best practices and ex-
amples from State, regional, and local decisionmakers in 
the public and private sectors about how to use extreme- 
weather-related information in planning and decision-
making. 
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‘‘(d) INTERAGENCY COUNCIL INFORMATION
AND 
TOOLS.—The Web site established under subsection (a) 
shall include the information, data, tools, and examples 
provided by the Interagency Council pursuant to section 
9901(f)(4). 
‘‘(e) 
BEST
AVAILABLE
METEOROLOGICAL 
SCIENCE.—The Web site established under subsection (a) 
shall identify best available meteorological science relating 
to extreme weather resiliency, preparedness, and risk man-
agement. 
‘‘(f) PUBLIC
OUTREACH
AND
EDUCATION.—The 
United States Global Change Research Program shall des-
ignate an agency that participates in such Program to 
conduct outreach and educational activities to inform the 
public and local and State decisionmakers about the tools 
and information available on the Web site established 
under subsection (a). 
‘‘§ 9912. Adequate funding 
‘‘The Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall work with the United States Global Change 
Research Program to ensure that adequate funding is re-
quested— 
‘‘(1) for the National Climate Assessment; 
‘‘(2) for the Internet Web site established under 
section 9911; and 
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‘‘(3) to otherwise carry out this chapter. 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—REGIONAL COORDINATION 
‘‘§ 9921. Inventory 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this chapter, and every 2 years there-
after, the Interagency Council, or a working group of such 
Interagency Council established by the co-chairpersons 
thereof, shall conduct and publish an inventory of all re-
gional offices, centers, and programs of agencies that are 
assisting with extreme weather resiliency, preparedness, 
and risk management efforts at the State or local level, 
including— 
‘‘(1) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration’s regional programs; 
‘‘(2) the Department of the Interior’s Fish and 
Wildlife Service Landscape Conservation Coopera-
tives; 
‘‘(3) the United States Geological Survey’s Cli-
mate Science Centers; 
‘‘(4) the Department of Agriculture’s Climate 
Hubs; 
‘‘(5) the regional offices of— 
‘‘(A) the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy; 
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‘‘(B) the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency; 
‘‘(C) the Army Corps of Engineers; and 
‘‘(D) the Forest Service; and 
‘‘(6) such other offices, centers, and programs 
or other agency efforts as determined appropriate by 
the Interagency Council. 
‘‘(b) ASSISTANCE DESCRIBED.—An inventory con-
ducted and published under subsection (a) shall include 
a description of the assistance each agency office, center, 
or program is providing to assist with extreme weather 
resiliency, preparedness, and risk management efforts at 
the State or local level. 
‘‘§ 9922. Meetings 
‘‘Not later than 6 months after the publication of 
each inventory under section 9921, the Interagency Coun-
cil shall convene a meeting of representatives of the of-
fices, centers, and programs included in such inventory to 
develop plans to coordinate the efforts of such offices, cen-
ters, and programs and facilitate efficient services to 
stakeholders. At such meetings, such representatives 
shall— 
‘‘(1) share information regarding their office, 
center, or program’s extreme weather resiliency, pre-
paredness, and risk management efforts; 
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‘‘(2) identify opportunities for collaboration and 
coordination of research agendas, extreme weather 
assessment activities, vulnerability assessments, data 
collection and analysis, and planning and imple-
menting extreme weather resiliency, preparedness, 
and risk management projects; 
‘‘(3) identify extreme weather resiliency, pre-
paredness, and risk management information needs, 
research gaps, and decision support needs that are 
not met by any of the offices, centers, or programs 
included in the inventory under section 9921 and 
provide for such identification in an agency report 
submitted to the Interagency Council under section 
9923; 
‘‘(4) identify common and complementary goals 
for extreme weather resiliency, preparedness, and 
risk management within each region to be prioritized 
for the coming year and beyond; 
‘‘(5) identify barriers to regional extreme 
weather resiliency, preparedness, and risk manage-
ment planning and implementation that can be over-
come or minimized through Federal action and spe-
cific suggestions for improvement; 
‘‘(6) evaluate progress and jointly develop a 
strategy for realizing extreme weather resiliency, 
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preparedness, and risk management-related goals, 
including clearly identified responsibilities by each 
collaborating regional office, center, or program; and 
‘‘(7) share experiences and best practices in 
stakeholder engagement and communication, deci-
sion support, and science-practice interactions that 
support the realization of identified extreme weather 
resiliency, preparedness, and risk management goals. 
‘‘§ 9923. Progress reports 
‘‘Not later than 90 days after each meeting under 
section 9922, each agency that participates in such meet-
ing shall submit to the Interagency Council, and make 
available to the United States Global Change Research 
Program for inclusion in the National Climate Assess-
ment, a report describing progress in regional coordination 
and collaboration in aligning Federal resiliency, prepared-
ness, and risk management efforts at the State and local 
level, and the benefits of such regional coordination and 
collaboration. 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER IV—DEFINITIONS 
‘‘§ 9931. Definitions 
‘‘In this chapter: 
‘‘(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘agency’ means an 
Executive agency, as defined in section 105 of title 
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5, United States Code, excluding the Government 
Accountability Office. 
‘‘(2) AGENCY EXTREME WEATHER PLAN.—The 
term ‘agency extreme weather plan’ means a plan 
required under section 9902(a). 
‘‘(3) EXTREME WEATHER.—The term ‘extreme 
weather’ includes observed or anticipated severe and 
unseasonable 
atmospheric 
conditions, 
including 
heavy precipitation, hurricanes, tornadoes and other 
windstorms (including derechos), extreme heat, ex-
treme cold, sustained temperatures or precipitation 
that deviate from historical averages, and any other 
weather event that the Interagency Council deter-
mines qualifies as extreme weather. 
‘‘(4) INTERAGENCY COUNCIL.—The term ‘Inter-
agency Council’ means the Interagency Council on 
Extreme Weather Resiliency, Preparedness, and 
Risk Management established under section 9901(a). 
‘‘(5) NATIONAL
CLIMATE
ASSESSMENT.—The 
term ‘National Climate Assessment’ means the as-
sessment required under section 106 of the Global 
Change Research Act of 1990 (15 U.S.C. 2936). 
‘‘(6) NATIONAL
GLOBAL
CHANGE
RESEARCH 
PLAN.—The term ‘National Global Change Research 
Plan’ means the National Global Change Research 
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Plan developed under section 104 of the Global 
Change Research Act of 1990 (15 U.S.C. 2934), or 
any revision thereof. 
‘‘(7) UNITED
STATES
GLOBAL
CHANGE
RE-
SEARCH PROGRAM.—The term ‘United States Global 
Change Research Program’ means the United States 
Global Change Research Program established under 
section 103 of the Global Change Research Act of 
1990 (15 U.S.C. 2933).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of chapters 
at the beginning of subtitle VI of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
chapter 97 the following new item: 
‘‘99. Extreme weather resiliency, preparedness, and risk 
management ............................................................ 9901’’. 
SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT TO INCLUDE AGENCY EXTREME 
WEATHER PLAN IN AGENCY PERFORMANCE 
PLAN. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Section 1115(b) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (10), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
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‘‘(11) describe the most recent agency extreme 
weather plan, as required under section 9902 of this 
title.’’. 
(b) AGENCIES COVERED.—Section 1115(h)(1) of 
such title is amended by inserting before the semicolon 
at the end the following: ‘‘except that, for purposes of sub-
section (b)(11), the definition of ‘agency’ in section 9931 
of this title shall apply’’. 
Æ 
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