CASC Act

Bill: 117-hr-6654
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2022-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Atmospheric science and weather
Department of the Interior
Emergency planning and evacuation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental education
Intergovernmental relations
Natural disasters
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: 

Climate Adaptation Science Centers Act or the CASC Act

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the Department of the Interior's National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers. The centers must provide scientific expertise to managers of natural resources, cultural resources, and ecosystem services to inform decisions that aid adaptation to a changing climate and extreme weather events. The program shall include a National Climate Adaptation Science Center and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers.
 
Among its activities, the National Center shall 
 
 
serve as the national office for the regional centers,
 
develop and facilitate coordination among the regional centers, and 
 
conduct research on cross-regional and national science priorities.
 
 
Regional centers shall develop research, education, training, and advisory service priorities regarding the impacts of climate trends and variability on natural and cultural resource management. 
 
Interior shall establish an Advisory Committee on Climate and Natural Resource Sciences to identify and recommend priorities for ongoing research needs on such impacts in informing the research priorities of the National Center.

action_date: 2022-12-07
text: 

Climate Adaptation Science Centers Act or the CASC Act

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the Department of the Interior's National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers. The centers must provide scientific expertise to managers of natural resources, cultural resources, and ecosystem services to inform decisions that aid adaptation to a changing climate and extreme weather events. The program shall include a National Climate Adaptation Science Center and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers.
 
Among its activities, the National Center shall 
 
 
serve as the national office for the regional centers,
 
develop and facilitate coordination among the regional centers, and 
 
conduct research on cross-regional and national science priorities.
 
 
Regional centers shall develop research, education, training, and advisory service priorities regarding the impacts of climate trends and variability on natural and cultural resource management. 
 
Interior shall establish an Advisory Committee on Climate and Natural Resource Sciences to advise the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers on specified matters, including (1) the contents of a national strategy identifying key climate adaptation science priorities to advance the management of natural and cultural resources in the face of climate change; and (2) the integration of equity, particularly for historically underserved communities, in the operation of the National Center and regional centers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 435.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-602.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-602.
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 18.
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Discharged.
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2022-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2022-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House