[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8090 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8090

   To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a council 
 within the Department of Homeland Security to coordinate departmental 
efforts to identify, address, and mitigate cross-functional impacts of 
  global climate change with respect to the Department's programs and 
                  operations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 19, 2024

Mr. Goldman of New York (for himself, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, and 
   Mr. Carter of Louisiana) introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a council 
 within the Department of Homeland Security to coordinate departmental 
efforts to identify, address, and mitigate cross-functional impacts of 
  global climate change with respect to the Department's programs and 
                  operations, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

     This Act may be cited as the ``Homeland Security Climate Change 
Coordination Act''.

SEC. 2. DHS CLIMATE COORDINATING COUNCIL.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle H of Title VIII of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section:
``Sec. 890E. Climate coordinating council.
    ``(a) Establishment.--There is established in the Department a 
council to coordinate departmental efforts to identify, address, and 
mitigate cross-functional impacts of global climate change with respect 
to the Department's programs, operations, missions, assets, and 
personnel.
    ``(b) Size; Composition.--The council established pursuant to 
subsection (a) shall be comprised of not fewer than 20 members. Such 
members shall include senior officials from the following:
            ``(1) The Office for Strategy, Policy, and Plans.
            ``(2) The Office of Regulatory Affairs.
            ``(3) U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
            ``(4) The Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.
            ``(5) The Federal Emergency Management Agency.
            ``(6) The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers.
            ``(7) The Office of Intelligence and Analysis.
            ``(8) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
            ``(9) The Management Directorate.
            ``(10) The Office of Partnership and Engagement.
            ``(11) The Office of Public Affairs.
            ``(12) The Office of Operations Coordination.
            ``(13) The Office of Privacy.
            ``(14) The Science and Technology Directorate.
            ``(15) The Transportation Security Administration.
            ``(16) The United States Coast Guard.
            ``(17) United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.
            ``(18) The United States Secret Service.
            ``(19) Any other office or component of the Department the 
        Secretary determines appropriate.
    ``(c) Leadership.--The Secretary shall designate a senior official 
from among the entities specified in subsection (b) to lead the council 
established pursuant to subsection (a).
    ``(d) Duties.--The Council shall--
            ``(1) identify cross-functional impacts of global climate 
        change with respect to the Department's programs, operations, 
        missions, assets, and personnel;
            ``(2) address and mitigate cross-functional impacts of 
        global climate change to the Department by, among other things, 
        developing risk-based climate change strategies and frameworks;
            ``(3) make recommendations, as appropriate, for 
        organizational and resource realignments, as necessary, to 
        support the Department's risk-based climate change strategies 
        and frameworks; and
            ``(4) oversee the implementation of departmental actions as 
        required under Executive Order 14008, Tackling the Climate 
        Crisis at Home and Abroad, and other related or successor 
        orders.
    ``(e) Reports.--Not later than January 1, 2025, and annually 
thereafter for ten years, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee 
on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, a report 
regarding the actions taken pursuant to this section.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after item 
relating to section 890D the following new item:

``Sec. 890E. Climate coordinating council.''.
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