Chair of either such Committee, a written report de-
scribing such process and rationale. 
(b) FUTURE STRATEGIC PLANS.—Any strategic plan 
subsequent to the 2018–2022 Strategic Plan developed by 
FEMA shall— 
(1) explicitly mention climate change, in accord-
ance with the policy of FEMA under section 101 of 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121), as amended 
by section 3; and 
(2) address the implications of climate change 
on homeland security and near- and long-term na-
tional disaster risk, including emergency prepared-
ness, response, recovery, and mitigation, drawing 
upon findings and recommendations, once available, 
from the Climate Change Subcommittee described in 
section 6 and the assessment of climate change risks 
and preparedness described in section 7. 
SEC. 6. NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL CLIMATE CHANGE 
SUBCOMMITTEE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home-
land Security shall establish, as a subcommittee of the Na-
tional Advisory Council, the Climate Change Sub-
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committee (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Sub-
committee’’). 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Subcommittee shall consist of— 
(A) the Administrator of FEMA; 
(B) the Director of the United States Geo-
logical Survey of the Department of the Inte-
rior; 
(C) the Director of the Bureau of Safety 
and Environmental Enforcement of the Depart-
ment of the Interior; 
(D) the Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Oceans and Atmosphere; 
(E) the Commanding Officer of the United 
States Army Corps of Engineers; 
(F) the Director of the Office of Homeland 
Security and Emergency Coordination of the 
Department of Agriculture; 
(G) the Executive Director of the Federal 
Highway Administration of the Department of 
Transportation; 
(H) the Executive Director of the Federal 
Transit Administration of the Department of 
Transportation; 
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(I) the Under Secretary of Energy of the 
Department of Energy; 
(J) the Commissioner of the Federal Hous-
ing Administration of the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development; 
(K) the Assistant Administrator of the Of-
fice of Land and Emergency Management of 
the Environmental Protection Agency; 
(L) the Acting Director of the Center for 
Preparedness and Response of the Department 
of Health and Human Services; 
(M) such other qualified individuals as the 
Administrator shall appoint as soon as prac-
ticable from among the following— 
(i) members of the National Advisory 
Council that have the requisite technical 
knowledge and expertise to address climate 
change threats to homeland security, in-
cluding— 
(I) emergency management and 
emergency response providers; 
(II) State, local, and Tribal gov-
ernment officials; 
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(III) climate scientists and ex-
perts in natural disaster risk assess-
ment; and 
(IV) experts in climate change 
adaption, mitigation, and resilience; 
and 
(ii) individuals who have the requisite 
technical knowledge and expertise to serve 
on the Climate Change Subcommittee, in-
cluding at least 1 representative from each 
of— 
(I) an environmental justice or-
ganization 
representing 
low-income 
communities and communities of color 
that are disproportionately impacted 
by climate change; 
(II) a Tribal community that is 
disproportionately impacted by climate 
change or environmental pollution; 
(III) an organized labor group 
within the resilient infrastructure sec-
tor; 
(IV) a private-sector company 
that designs, develops, or constructs 
resilient infrastructure, or an organi-
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zation that represents such compa-
nies; 
(V) a city or county that is di-
rectly impacted by coastal sea-level 
rise; 
(VI) a State that is directly im-
pacted by coastal sea-level rise; 
(VII) a city or county that is 
highly 
impacted 
by 
wildfires 
or 
droughts; 
(VIII) a State that is highly im-
pacted by wildfires or droughts; 
(IX) scientists with expertise in 
climate science and natural disaster 
risk assessment who are faculty mem-
bers at an accredited university; and 
(X) experts in homeland security 
threat assessment and intelligence 
analysis, especially as it concerns nat-
ural disasters; and 
(N) representatives of such other stake-
holders and interested and affected parties as 
the Administrator determines appropriate. 
(2) 
REPRESENTATION.—The 
Administrator 
shall ensure, to the extent practicable, that members 
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of the Subcommittee represent a geographic (includ-
ing urban, rural, and coastal) and substantive diver-
sity of State, local, and Tribal government officials, 
emergency managers, and emergency response pro-
viders, scientific and technical experts, private-sector 
companies, and nongovernmental organizations. 
(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Subcommittee shall ad-
vise the Administrator on how to best incorporate climate 
change, including risk assessments and strategies for ad-
aptation and mitigation, into and throughout FEMA’s 
policies, plans, programs, and operations, including 
through the performance of the following duties: 
(1) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 18 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sub-
committee shall develop and submit to the Adminis-
trator and Congress, and make available to the pub-
lic, an assessment of all relevant FEMA policies, 
plans, programs, strategies, and operations with a 
focus on climate change-related risks, impacts, adap-
tation, preparedness, mitigation, and resilience. The 
assessment shall address— 
(A) existing and future risks and impacts 
posed by climate change to States, cities, and 
communities throughout the United States, in-
cluding the current and potential impacts of cli-
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strategies, and operations, which shall ad-
dress— 
(i) risk assessments, including ways to 
more comprehensively predict and incor-
porate current and future risks as they re-
late to climate change; 
(ii) strategies to increase climate 
change adaptation, mitigation, and resil-
ience in communities throughout the 
United States; 
(iii) ways to ensure that investments 
and strategies around climate change ad-
aptation, mitigation, and resilience benefit 
all communities, especially frontline com-
munities; 
(iv) critical information, communica-
tion, and policy gaps, barriers, and chal-
lenges; 
(v) technical assistance, outreach, 
grant, and loan programs, including ways 
that FEMA can use and expand such pro-
grams to increase climate change prepared-
ness throughout the emergency manage-
ment community, and strengthen climate 
change adaptation, mitigation, and resil-
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ience across the United States, particularly 
in frontline communities; 
(vi) coordination with all relevant 
partners, including Federal, State, and 
local agencies and authorities, as well as 
private entities and volunteers; 
(vii) monitoring, recording, and ana-
lyzing FEMA actions, data management, 
and budget allocations to help advance cli-
mate resilience; 
(viii) methodologies for integrating 
and disseminating scientific knowledge of 
projected climate change impacts and 
risks, and other relevant data and informa-
tion, into policies, guidance, and public 
communications; 
(ix) platforms for sharing best prac-
tices, information, and lessons learned with 
the national emergency management com-
munity and general public, including public 
web pages, webinars, and workshops; 
(x) FEMA’s 2018–2022 Strategic 
Plan, and ways for FEMA to better incor-
porate climate change into all future such 
plans; and 
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(xi) any other matters, as the Admin-
istrator determines to be appropriate; and 
(G) timeframes for implementing any such 
recommendations that do not require congres-
sional action, and the identification of any such 
recommendations that require congressional ac-
tion. 
(2) ONGOING
DUTIES.—Upon request of the 
Administrator, the Subcommittee shall, on an ongo-
ing basis— 
(A) review any relevant Agency policies, 
plans, programs, strategies, and operations, and 
make any necessary recommendations thereof, 
regarding climate change; 
(B) support the Administrator in incor-
porating and implementing findings and rec-
ommendations from the assessment described in 
paragraph (1) into all relevant Agency policies, 
plans, programs, strategies, and operations, in-
cluding the assessment of climate change risks 
and preparedness described in section 7; and 
(C) perform any other relevant duties, as 
the Administrator determines to be appropriate. 
(d) PUBLIC MEETINGS.—In carrying out its duties 
under this section, the Subcommittee shall— 
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(1) consult with stakeholders through not less 
than 2 public meetings each year, the total of which 
not less than 3 shall be during the time in which the 
Subcommittee is conducting the assessment de-
scribed in subsection (c)(1); and 
(2) seek input from all stakeholder interests in-
cluding State and local representatives, environ-
mental and climate justice organizations, private in-
dustry representatives, advocacy groups, planning 
and resilience organizations, labor representatives, 
and representatives from frontline communities. 
(e) COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES.—Any non-feder-
ally employed member of the Subcommittee, when attend-
ing meetings of the Subcommittee or when otherwise en-
gaged in the business of the Subcommittee, shall receive— 
(1) compensation at a rate fixed by the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, not exceeding the daily 
equivalent of the current rate of basic pay in effect 
for GS–15 of the General Schedule under section 
5332 of title 5, United States Code, including travel 
time; and 
(2) travel or transportation expenses under sec-
tion 5703 of title 5, United States Code. 
(f) CHAIR.—The Administrator shall serve as the 
Chair of the Subcommittee. 
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(g) STAFF.— 
(1) 
FEMA.—Upon 
request 
of 
the 
Sub-
committee, the Administrator may detail, on a non- 
reimbursable basis, personnel of FEMA to assist the 
Subcommittee in carrying out its duties. 
(2) OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Upon request 
of the Subcommittee, any other Federal agency that 
is a member of the Subcommittee may detail, on a 
nonreimbursable basis, personnel to assist the Sub-
committee in carrying out its duties. 
(h) POWERS.—In carrying out this section, the Sub-
committee may hold hearings, receive evidence and assist-
ance, provide information, conduct research, and author 
reports, as the Subcommittee considers appropriate. 
(i) TERMINATION.—The Subcommittee shall termi-
nate not later than 3 years after the submission of the 
report required under subsection (c)(1). 
(j) UPDATES AND IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 90 
days after the submission of the assessment under 
subsection (c)(1), the Administrator shall— 
(A) coordinate the implementation of the 
recommendations, and actions to address the 
findings, as described in such assessment, 
where appropriate; and 
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(B) provide updates annually thereafter, 
until the date that is 1 year after the date on 
which the Subcommittee terminates, to the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate containing— 
(i) the implementation status of the 
findings and recommendations of the as-
sessment; and 
(ii) any other findings and rec-
ommendations that the Subcommittee may 
provide in the course of its duties. 
(2) FINDINGS.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter until the termination of the Sub-
committee, the Administrator shall submit to the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives, submit to the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate, and make available to the public a report on the 
actions taken by the Administrator to incorporate 
and implement the findings and recommendations 
from the assessment described in subsection (c)(1), 
and any other findings and recommendations that 
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