SEC. 6. INVENTORY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, 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 resilience, preparedness, 
and risk identification and 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 Agency; 
(B) the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency; 
(C) the Department of Transportation; 
and 
(D) the Forest Service; 
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(6) the division offices of the Army Corps of 
Engineers; and 
(7) 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 
resilience, preparedness, and risk identification and man-
agement efforts at the State or local level. 
SEC. 7. MEETINGS. 
Not later than 6 months after the publication of each 
inventory under section 6, the Interagency Council shall 
convene a meeting of representatives of the offices, cen-
ters, and programs included in such inventory and invite 
other local and regional stakeholders to participate and 
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 resilience, pre-
paredness, and risk identification and 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 resilience, preparedness, 
and risk identification and management projects; 
(3) identify extreme weather resilience, pre-
paredness, and risk identification and management 
information needs, research gaps, and decision sup-
port needs that are not met by any of the offices, 
centers, or programs included in the inventory under 
section 6 and make available such identification for 
purposes of information to be submitted to the 
Interagency Council under section 7; 
(4) identify common and complementary goals 
for extreme weather resilience, preparedness, and 
risk identification and management within each re-
gion to be prioritized for the coming year and be-
yond; 
(5) identify barriers to regional extreme weath-
er resilience, preparedness, and risk identification 
and management planning and implementation that 
can be overcome or minimized through Federal ac-
tion and specific suggestions for improvement; 
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(6) evaluate progress and jointly develop a 
strategy for realizing extreme weather resilience, 
preparedness, and risk identification and manage-
ment-related goals, including clearly identified re-
sponsibilities 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 
resilience, preparedness, and risk identification and 
management goals. 
SEC. 8. PROGRESS UPDATES. 
Not later than 90 days after each meeting under sec-
tion 7, each agency that participates in such meeting shall 
submit to the Interagency Council, and make available to 
the United States Global Change Research Program and 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency, information 
describing progress in regional coordination and collabora-
tion in aligning Federal resilience, preparedness, and risk 
identification and management efforts at the State and 
local level, and the benefits of such regional coordination 
and collaboration. 
SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘‘Executive agency’’ under 
section 105 of title 5, but does not include the Gov-
ernment Accountability Office. 
(2) AGENCY EXTREME WEATHER PLAN.—The 
term ‘‘agency extreme weather plan’’ means a plan 
required under section 3(a). 
(3) EXTREME WEATHER.—The term ‘‘extreme 
weather’’ includes observed or anticipated severe and 
unseasonable 
atmospheric 
conditions, 
including 
drought, wildfire, heavy precipitation, wave, high 
water, snowstorm, landslide, mudslide, hurricanes, 
tornadoes 
and 
other 
windstorms 
(including 
derechos), extreme heat, extreme cold, sustained 
temperatures or precipitation that deviate from his-
torical averages, and any other weather event that 
the Interagency Council determines qualifies as ex-
treme weather pursuant to section 2(f)(10). 
(4) INTERAGENCY COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Inter-
agency Council’’ means the Interagency Council on 
Extreme Weather Resilience, Preparedness, and 
Risk Identification and Management established 
under section 2(a). 
(5) MITIGATION PLAN.—The term ‘‘mitigation 
plan’’ means the mitigation plan required under sec-
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tion 322 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5165). 
(6) NATIONAL
GLOBAL
CHANGE
RESEARCH 
PLAN.—The term ‘‘National Global Change Re-
search Plan’’ means the National Global Change Re-
search Plan developed under section 104 of the 
Global Change Research Act of 1990 (15 U.S.C. 
2934), or any revision thereof. 
(7) NATIONAL
OIL
AND
HAZARDOUS
SUB-
STANCES
POLLUTION
CONTINGENCY
PLAN.—The 
term ‘‘National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pol-
lution Contingency Plan’’ means the National Oil 
and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency 
Plan described under part 300 of title 40, Code of 
Federal Regulations, or any revision thereof. 
(8) NATIONAL
PREPAREDNESS
GOAL.—The 
term ‘‘National Preparedness Goal’’ means the na-
tional preparedness goal developed under section 643 
of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform 
Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 743). 
(9) NATIONAL
PREPAREDNESS
REPORT.—The 
term ‘‘National Preparedness Report’’ means the re-
port required by section 652(a) of the Post-Katrina 
Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 
U.S.C. 752(a); Public Law 109–295). 
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(10) PREPAREDNESS.—The term ‘‘prepared-
ness’’ means actions taken to plan, organize, equip, 
train, and exercise to build, apply, and sustain the 
capabilities necessary to prevent, protect against, 
ameliorate the effects of, respond to, and recover 
from extreme weather related damages to life, 
health, property, livelihoods, ecosystems, and na-
tional security. 
(11) 
RESILIENCE.—The 
term 
‘‘resilience’’ 
means the ability to anticipate, prepare for, and 
adapt to changing conditions and withstand, respond 
to, and recover rapidly from disruptions. 
(12) SENIOR OFFICIAL.—The term ‘‘senior offi-
cial’’ means a Deputy Secretary (or an equivalent of-
ficer) of an agency. 
(13) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, each 
commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United 
States, and each federally recognized Indian Tribe. 
(14) UNITED
STATES
GLOBAL
CHANGE
RE-
SEARCH PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘United States Glob-
al 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). 
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(15) UNITED
STATES
GLOBAL
CHANGE
RE-
SEARCH
PROGRAM
ANNUAL
REPORT.—The term 
‘‘United States Global Change Research Program 
Annual Report’’ means the report required by sec-
tion 102(e)(7) of the Global Change Research Act of 
1990 (15 U.S.C. 2932(e)(7)). 
SEC. 10. REQUIREMENT TO INCLUDE AGENCY EXTREME 
WEATHER PLAN IN AGENCY PERFORMANCE 
PLAN. 
A description of the most recent agency extreme 
weather plan, as required under section 3, shall be in-
cluded in the performance plan of an agency (as defined 
in section 9) required pursuant to section 1115(b) of title 
31, United States Code. 
SEC. 11. SUNSET AND REPEAL. 
This Act ceases to be effective and is repealed on the 
date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
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