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[S. 3261 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3261

To require the Federal Government to produce a national adaptation and 
              resilience strategy, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 8, 2023

   Mr. Coons (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
Graham, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Collins, Mr. Kaine, and Mr. Bennet) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
             on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Federal Government to produce a national adaptation and 
              resilience strategy, 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 ``National Coordination on Adaptation 
and Resilience for Security Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCE STRATEGY.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Adaptation.--The term ``adaptation'' means an 
        adjustment in a natural or human system in response to a new or 
        changing environmental condition, including such an adjustment 
        associated with climate change, that exploits beneficial 
        opportunities or moderates negative effects.
            (2) Climate change.--The term ``climate change'' means 
        changes in average atmospheric and oceanic conditions that 
        persist over multiple decades or longer and are natural or 
        anthropogenic in origin, including--
                    (A) increases and decreases in temperature;
                    (B) shifts in precipitation;
                    (C) shifts in ecoregion or biome geography and 
                phenology, as applicable;
                    (D) changing risk from certain types of rapid-onset 
                climate hazards and slow-onset climate hazards; and
                    (E) changes to other features of the climate 
                system.
            (3) Council.--The term ``Council'' means the Partners 
        Council on Adaptation and Resilience established under 
        subsection (c)(1).
            (4) Federal agency.--The term ``Federal agency'' has the 
        meaning given the term ``Executive agency'' in section 105 of 
        title 5, United States Code.
            (5) Freely associated state.--The term ``Freely Associated 
        State'' means--
                    (A) the Federated States of Micronesia;
                    (B) the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and
                    (C) the Republic of Palau.
            (6) Implementation plan.--The term ``Implementation Plan'' 
        means the Implementation Plan jointly developed by the Chief 
        Resilience Officer and the working groups under subsection 
        (d)(2).
            (7) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian Tribe'' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-
        Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).
            (8) National climate assessment.--The term ``National 
        Climate Assessment'' means the assessment delivered to Congress 
        and the President pursuant to section 106 of the Global Change 
        Research Act of 1990 (15 U.S.C. 2936).
            (9) Represented agency.--The term ``represented agency'' 
        means each Federal agency from which the Chief Resilience 
        Officer appoints a member to a working group.
            (10) Resilience.--The term ``resilience'' has the meaning 
        given the term ``climate resilience'' in section 101 of title 
        10, United States Code.
            (11) Slow-onset climate hazard.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``slow-onset climate 
                hazard'' means an environmental hazard driven or 
                exacerbated by climate change that evolves gradually 
                through time due to incremental change or because of an 
                increasing frequency or intensity of recurring climate 
                impacts.
                    (B) Inclusions.--The term ``slow-onset climate 
                hazard'' includes--
                            (i) sea level rise;
                            (ii) desertification;
                            (iii) biodiversity loss or the alteration 
                        of or shift in habitat range of individual 
                        species or entire biomes;
                            (iv) increasing temperatures;
                            (v) ocean acidification;
                            (vi) saltwater intrusion;
                            (vii) soil salinization;
                            (viii) drought and water scarcity;
                            (ix) reduced snow pack;
                            (x) sea ice retreat;
                            (xi) glacial ice retreat;
                            (xii) permafrost thaw; and
                            (xiii) coastal and river bank erosion.
            (12) Strategy.--The term ``Strategy'' means the National 
        Adaptation and Resilience Strategy required to be developed 
        jointly by the Chief Resilience Officer and the working groups 
        under subsection (d)(1).
            (13) Territorial government.--The term ``territorial 
        government'' means the government of a territory (as defined in 
        section 602(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 802(g))).
            (14) Working group.--The term ``working group'' means a 
        working group established under subsection (b)(2)(B).
    (b) Chief Resilience Officer and National Adaptation and Resilience 
Working Groups.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the President shall appoint a Chief 
        Resilience Officer of the United States to serve in the 
        Executive Office of the President.
            (2) Duties.--The Chief Resilience Officer shall--
                    (A) serve the President by directing a whole-of-
                government effort to build resilience to environmental 
                vulnerabilities in the United States (as described in 
                the National Climate Assessment or other relevant 
                analyses identified by the Chief Resilience Officer) in 
                collaboration with existing Federal initiatives and 
                interagency adaptation efforts;
                    (B) establish any necessary interagency working 
                groups to facilitate coordination with respect to 
                resilience and adaptation and the development of the 
                Strategy; and
                    (C) at the end of a presidential administration, 
                delegate the duties of the Chief Resilience Officer to 
                the Executive Secretary of the Working Groups 
                designated under paragraph (5)(A) until a new Chief 
                Resilience Officer is appointed.
            (3) Compensation.--The Chief Resilience Officer shall be 
        paid at the rate of basic pay for level III of the Executive 
        Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United States Code.
            (4) Necessary assistance.--To carry out the development of 
        the Strategy and efforts of working groups, each represented 
        agency shall furnish necessary assistance to that working 
        group, such as--
                    (A) a detail of employees to the working group to 
                perform such functions as the Chief Resilience Officer 
                may assign, including support staff for the Executive 
                Secretary designated under paragraph (5)(A); and
                    (B) on request of the Chief Resilience Officer, 
                undertaking special studies for the working group as 
                may be appropriate to carry out the functions of the 
                working group.
            (5) Executive secretary.--
                    (A) In general.--The Chief Resilience Officer shall 
                designate a permanent employee of a represented agency 
                to serve as Executive Secretary of the Working Groups.
                    (B) Employment.--The employee designated as 
                Executive Secretary under subparagraph (A) shall remain 
                an employee of the agency, department, or program from 
                which the employee was appointed.
    (c) Partners Council on Adaptation and Resilience.--
            (1) Establishment.--There is established a council, to be 
        known as the ``Partners Council on Adaptation and Resilience''.
            (2) Mission and function.--The Council shall work to 
        improve the adaptation and resilience operations of the Federal 
        Government by providing recommendations through the Chief 
        Resilience Officer, including those recommendations contained 
        in the report required under paragraph (3), that identify how 
        the Federal Government can better support non-Federal partners 
        with equitable resources, technical assistance, improved 
        policies, and other assistance to help communities build 
        resilience to changing environmental conditions.
            (3) Report.--Not later than 16 months after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, and every 3 years thereafter, the 
        Council, acting through the Chief Resilience Officer, shall 
        submit to the President a report that includes--
                    (A) an analysis of the deficiencies or gaps in the 
                resilience operations of the Federal Government that 
                reduce or fail to increase the capacity of non-Federal 
                partners to adapt to changing environmental conditions;
                    (B) an identification of the resources, including 
                Federal funding, necessary for non-Federal partners to 
                adequately adapt to changing environmental conditions; 
                and
                    (C) recommendations with respect to how the Federal 
                Government could better support efforts by non-Federal 
                partners to expeditiously address vulnerabilities 
                associated with climate change and build resilience.
            (4) Chair and vice-chair.--The Chief Resilience Officer 
        shall--
                    (A) serve as chairperson of the Council; and
                    (B) appoint a vice-chairperson from among the 
                members of the Council appointed pursuant to paragraph 
                (5).
            (5) Membership.--
                    (A) In general.--In addition to the Chief 
                Resilience Officer, the Council shall consist of not 
                more than 23 members appointed by the Chief Resilience 
                Officer.
                    (B) Appointment.--
                            (i) In general.--The Chief Resilience 
                        Officer shall appoint members of the Council 
                        with relevant experiences to inform how the 
                        Federal Government can better support State 
                        governments, local governments, territorial 
                        governments, the governments of Indian Tribes, 
                        the governments of Freely Associated States, 
                        nonprofit organizations, or private sector 
                        entities to build resilience to changing 
                        environmental conditions.
                            (ii) Non-federal partner members.--The 
                        Chief Resilience Officer shall appoint 20 non-
                        Federal partner members of the Council as 
                        follows:
                                    (I) 12 members who are employees of 
                                State governments, local governments, 
                                territorial governments, the 
                                governments of Indian Tribes, or the 
                                governments of Freely Associated 
                                States, of which--
                                            (aa) not fewer than 2 shall 
                                        be employees of a State 
                                        government;
                                            (bb) not fewer than 2 shall 
                                        be employees of a unit of local 
                                        government;
                                            (cc) not fewer than 2 shall 
                                        be employees of the government 
                                        of an Indian Tribe; and
                                            (dd) not fewer than 2 shall 
                                        be employees of a territorial 
                                        government or the government of 
                                        a Freely Associated State; and
                                    (II) 8 members who represent 
                                nongovernmental organizations and the 
                                private sector, of which--
                                            (aa) 3 shall represent 
                                        nongovernmental organizations;
                                            (bb) 3 shall represent the 
                                        private sector; and
                                            (cc) 2 shall represent 
                                        academic institutions.
                            (iii) Represented agency members.--The 
                        Chief Resilience Officer may, with the consent 
                        of those representatives, appoint not more than 
                        3 representatives of represented agencies to 
                        the Council that the Chief Resilience Officer 
                        determines would promote dialogue useful for 
                        implementation of the duties of the Council 
                        while keeping the size of the Council 
                        manageable.
                            (iv) Selection.--To the maximum extent 
                        practicable, the Chief Resilience Officer shall 
                        seek to select members of the Council who--
                                    (I) possess first-hand, lived 
                                experience of environmental 
                                vulnerability in the United States, 
                                including direct experience working 
                                with, or as members of, communities 
                                that are highly vulnerable to changing 
                                environmental conditions; and
                                    (II) represent a diversity of--
                                            (aa) perspectives;
                                            (bb) demographics;
                                            (cc) geographies;
                                            (dd) political 
                                        affiliations; and
                                            (ee) institution sizes, 
                                        including representatives of 
                                        both small and large units of 
                                        government and businesses.
                            (v) Term.--Members appointed to the Council 
                        shall serve a single term of not more than 3 
                        years, except that--
                                    (I) of the initial members 
                                appointed to the Council, the Chief 
                                Resilience Officer shall appoint--
                                            (aa) \1/2\ of the members 
                                        to serve for a term of 18 
                                        months; and
                                            (bb) \1/2\ of the members 
                                        to serve a term of 3 years; and
                                    (II) the Chief Resilience Officer 
                                may extend the term of any member of 
                                the Council by a period of not more 
                                than 1 year on a one-time basis, if the 
                                Chief Resilience Officer determines it 
                                necessary to support the work of the 
                                Council.
                            (vi) Vacancies.--
                                    (I) In general.--A vacancy in the 
                                Council shall be filled in the same 
                                manner in which the original selection 
                                was made.
                                    (II) Appointment of new members.--
                                After the expiration of the term for 
                                which a member of the Council is 
                                appointed, the member may continue to 
                                serve until a successor is appointed.
            (6) Applicability of faca.--Section 1013 of title 5, United 
        States Code, shall not apply to the Council.
    (d) National Adaptation and Resilience Strategy.--
            (1) Strategy.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than 2 years after the 
                date of enactment of this Act, the Chief Resilience 
                Officer shall submit to the President and Congress a 
                National Adaptation and Resilience Strategy.
                    (B) Updates.--Not later than the date that is 3 
                years after the date on which the Chief Resilience 
                Officer submits the Strategy to the President and 
                Congress under subparagraph (A), and every 3 years 
                thereafter, the Chief Resilience Officer shall submit 
                an updated version of the Strategy to the President and 
                Congress to account for--
                            (i) evolving science related to climate 
                        change, resilience, and adaptation;
                            (ii) relevant changes in Federal Government 
                        structure, congressional authorities, or 
                        appropriations; and
                            (iii) any other necessary improvements or 
                        changes identified by the Chief Resilience 
                        Officer.
                    (C) Purpose and scope.--The Strategy shall describe 
                strategies for the Federal Government, in partnership 
                with non-Federal partners, to address the 
                vulnerabilities of the United States described in the 
                National Climate Assessment or other relevant analyses 
                identified by the Chief Resilience Officer to ensure 
                that--
                            (i) the United States has an overarching 
                        strategic vision to respond to climate change 
                        that--
                                    (I) identifies national resilience 
                                goals and guides national adaptation 
                                efforts;
                                    (II) facilitates the incorporation 
                                of the resilience goals identified 
                                under subclause (I) into relevant 
                                national programs, operations, and 
                                strategies;
                                    (III) develops proactive, long-
                                term, scenario-based strategies to plan 
                                for and respond to current and future 
                                disasters or environmental condition 
                                changes to human communities, natural 
                                resources and public land, and 
                                infrastructure and other physical 
                                assets;
                                    (IV) emphasizes forward-thinking 
                                adaptation strategies, including 
                                predisaster mitigation, that seek to 
                                overcome repeated impacts to vulnerable 
                                systems and communities;
                                    (V) prioritizes resilience efforts 
                                to support the most vulnerable human 
                                communities and the most urgent 
                                national resilience challenges, as 
                                determined by the Chief Resilience 
                                Officer in consultation with the 
                                working groups;
                                    (VI) avoids unnecessary 
                                redundancies and inefficiencies in 
                                national adaptation and resilience 
                                planning and response; and
                                    (VII) recognizes the vulnerability 
                                of natural systems to changing 
                                environmental conditions and 
                                underscores the importance of promoting 
                                ecosystem resilience to preserve the 
                                intrinsic value of nature and support 
                                ecosystem services relied on by human 
                                beings;
                            (ii) Federal investments in Federal and 
                        non-Federal infrastructure and assets promote 
                        resilience to the maximum extent practicable; 
                        and
                            (iii) the adaptive capacity and resilience 
                        of State governments, local governments, 
                        territorial governments, the governments of 
                        Indian Tribes, and governments of Freely 
                        Associated States are maximized to the maximum 
                        extent practicable.
                    (D) Council recommendations.--In developing the 
                Strategy, the Chief Resilience Officer and working 
                groups shall consider the recommendations of the 
                Council.
                    (E) Inclusions.--The Strategy shall include the 
                following:
                            (i) Information with respect to direct 
                        Federal Government adaptation and resilience 
                        response, including--
                                    (I) information on better preparing 
                                the United States for the adverse 
                                impacts experienced or anticipated to 
                                be experienced as a result of near-term 
                                and long-term climate hazards, 
                                including slow-onset hazards;
                                    (II) information on educating, 
                                engaging, or developing the skills of 
                                the workforce of the represented 
                                agencies with respect to topics related 
                                to environmental vulnerability and 
                                resilience to promote effective Federal 
                                resilience operations; and
                                    (III) an identification of 
                                opportunities and appropriate 
                                circumstances for represented agencies 
                                to better use natural infrastructure as 
                                an adaptation strategy.
                            (ii) Information relating to the support of 
                        the adaptation of non-Federal partners and 
                        resilience groups, including--
                                    (I) methods for represented 
                                agencies to better collaborate and work 
                                directly with non-Federal partners to 
                                increase the resilience and adaptive 
                                capacity of State governments, local 
                                governments, territorial governments, 
                                the governments of Indian Tribes, the 
                                governments of Freely Associated 
                                States, and other non-Federal partners;
                                    (II) clarifying, simplifying, and 
                                harmonizing the planning requirements 
                                and application processes for State 
                                governments, local governments, 
                                territorial governments, the 
                                governments of Indian Tribes, and the 
                                governments of Freely Associated States 
                                to access Federal funds for adaptation 
                                and resilience efforts across 
                                represented agencies;
                                    (III) identifying under-resourced 
                                communities and communities with low 
                                adaptive capacity and resilience and to 
                                directly support those communities in 
                                applying for Federal funds for 
                                adaptation and resilience efforts; and
                                    (IV) supporting the retreat or 
                                relocation of human communities in 
                                areas that are at increasing risk from 
                                climate change, in particular from 
                                slow-onset climate hazards, including 
                                strategies to better manage equitable 
                                property buyouts, managed retreat, or 
                                relocation options for communities in 
                                those areas.
                            (iii) At the discretion of the Chief 
                        Resilience Officer, information relating to 
                        developing or improving resilience metrics and 
                        indicators to assist the Federal Government and 
                        non-Federal partners--
                                    (I) to the maximum extent 
                                practicable, to consistently measure 
                                the resilience of human communities, 
                                natural systems, and physical assets to 
                                climate change;
                                    (II) to set baselines and targets 
                                to measurably increase resilience over 
                                time and measure progress towards goals 
                                outlined in the Strategy; and
                                    (III) to better monitor and assess 
                                the effectiveness of various 
                                resilience-building activities after 
                                implementation.
                            (iv) Information relating to funding 
                        adaptation, including--
                                    (I) strategies for--
                                            (aa) helping to prioritize 
                                        Federal funding expenditures 
                                        for adaptation and resilience 
                                        in consideration of the 
                                        greatest vulnerabilities; and
                                            (bb) creating financial 
                                        incentives for adaptation and 
                                        resilience efforts;
                                    (II) a review of the cost-benefit 
                                analysis methodologies and discount 
                                rates used by represented agencies for 
                                all Federal investments, including a 
                                review of the implications of those 
                                methodologies and discount rates for 
                                adaptation and resilience; and
                                    (III) recommendations to improve 
                                the methodologies described in 
                                subclause (II) to reflect--
                                            (aa) the added value of 
                                        pre-disaster mitigation, 
                                        resilience planning, and 
                                        construction methodologies over 
                                        the lifetime of a project or 
                                        unit of infrastructure;
                                            (bb) the benefits of 
                                        natural infrastructure 
                                        investments and nature-based 
                                        solutions;
                                            (cc) the potential value of 
                                        retreat and relocation as 
                                        adaptation solutions; and
                                            (dd) to what extent 
                                        existing cost-benefit analysis 
                                        methodologies lead to 
                                        inequitable outcomes or 
                                        outcomes that increase climate 
                                        vulnerability.
                            (v) Information relating to community 
                        considerations, including strategies for--
                                    (I) ensuring that the costs, 
                                benefits, and risks resulting from 
                                resilience efforts, including funding 
                                allocations, the methodologies for 
                                determining funding allocations, and 
                                existing and future policies, are 
                                equitably distributed among sectors of 
                                society, types of communities, and 
                                geographies;
                                    (II) ensuring that federally 
                                supported resilience efforts are--
                                            (aa) designed in 
                                        consultation with the 
                                        communities that will be 
                                        affected by those efforts; and
                                            (bb) centered on the needs 
                                        of those communities; and
                                    (III) to the greatest extent 
                                practicable, integrating equity 
                                considerations across all aspects of 
                                the Strategy.
            (2) Implementation plan.--Concurrently with the Strategy 
        and each update of the Strategy, the Chief Resilience Officer 
        shall submit to the President and Congress an Implementation 
        Plan that describes how represented agencies intend to carry 
        out the Strategy, which shall include--
                    (A) a description of the roles and responsibilities 
                of each represented agency in carrying out each element 
                of the Strategy described in paragraph (1);
                    (B) a plan to enter into such interagency 
                agreements between and among represented agencies, 
                partnerships with non-Federal entities, and other 
                agreements for coordination between and among the 
                Federal Government and non-Federal partners as may be 
                necessary to facilitate a unified national plan to 
                build resilience;
                    (C) the use of any relevant metrics and indicators 
                described in paragraph (1)(E)(iii); and
                    (D) recommendations on leveraging or developing a 
                national web-based approached to share resilience, 
                adaptation, pre-disaster mitigation best practices, 
                experiences, projects, technologies, and approaches.
            (3) National adaptation and resilience operations.--The 
        Chief Resilience Officer shall include in the Strategy--
                    (A) a summary of the existing resilience operations 
                of each represented agency that includes--
                            (i) the roles and responsibilities of each 
                        represented agency in building national 
                        resilience to the vulnerabilities described in 
                        the National Climate Assessment or other 
                        analyses relevant to each represented agency;
                            (ii) the major findings and conclusions 
                        from adaptation plans or risk or vulnerability 
                        assessments prepared by each represented 
                        agency;
                            (iii) the mechanisms by which each 
                        represented agency supports the resilience 
                        efforts of non-Federal partners, such as by 
                        providing funding, resources, and technical 
                        assistance; and
                            (iv) an assessment of how each represented 
                        agency is working to ensure equitable 
                        adaptation outcomes; and
                    (B) a cross-agency analysis of the resilience 
                operations identified under subparagraph (A) that--
                            (i) identifies--
                                    (I) the challenges, barriers, or 
                                disincentives for the Federal 
                                Government to build resilience in the 
                                United States;
                                    (II) the inconsistencies in goals, 
                                priorities, or strategies underlying 
                                resilience operations and policy across 
                                represented agencies that may inhibit 
                                effective interagency coordination to 
                                support national resilience, 
                                including--
                                            (aa) the areas of necessary 
                                        differences in those goals, 
                                        priorities, or strategies; and
                                            (bb) the justifications for 
                                        those inconsistencies;
                                    (III) areas of overlap or redundant 
                                use of resources between or among 
                                represented agencies, including 
                                recommendations to eliminate any 
                                unnecessary or unintentional 
                                redundancy;
                                    (IV) gaps or deficiencies in 
                                resilience operations and policy that 
                                need to be addressed in the context of 
                                the Strategy;
                                    (V) opportunities for greater 
                                collaboration between or among 
                                represented agencies to improve Federal 
                                Government resilience operations and 
                                policy; and
                                    (VI) opportunities for greater 
                                collaboration between the Federal 
                                Government and non-Federal partners to 
                                build local-level adaptive capacity and 
                                resilience; and
                            (ii) a review and summary of all available 
                        Federal funding from represented agencies that 
                        is specifically allocated for adaptation 
                        activities to be undertaken by non-Federal 
                        partners, including--
                                    (I) a summary of Federal funding 
                                available in appropriations accounts 
                                and subaccounts;
                                    (II) disparities between the supply 
                                and demand for adaptation funding 
                                available to non-Federal partners; and
                                    (III) existing mechanisms to ensure 
                                Federal funding allocations are being 
                                directed to communities with the 
                                greatest level of vulnerability.
            (4) Assessment.--Not later than 2 years after the 
        completion of each Strategy and each Implementation Plan, the 
        Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the 
        President and Congress a report that assesses--
                    (A) the extent to which the Strategy and 
                Implementation Plan have been carried out by the 
                Federal Government, which shall be judged, as 
                appropriate, based on any metrics and indicators 
                developed to track progress in increasing resilience 
                under paragraph (1)(E)(iii);
                    (B) the effectiveness of the actions taken under 
                the Strategy and Implementation Plan and the resulting 
                outcomes of those actions in building national 
                adaptation and resilience planning and response; and
                    (C) the progress made towards the development of an 
                effective whole-of-government effort to build 
                resilience to the vulnerabilities described in the 
                National Climate Assessment or other relevant analyses 
                identified by the Chief Resilience Officer, including 
                recommendations for additional steps necessary to reach 
                this goal.
            (5) Public comment.--The Chief Resilience Officer shall--
                    (A) publish draft and final versions of the 
                Strategy and Implementation Plan, and each update to 
                the Strategy and Implementation Plan; and
                    (B) through publication in the Federal Register, 
                solicit comments from the public on the draft versions 
                of the documents published under subparagraph (A) for a 
                period of 60 days, which the Chief Resilience Officer 
                shall consider before submitting final versions of the 
                Strategy and Implementation Plan, and updates to the 
                Strategy and Implementation Plan, to the President and 
                Congress.
    (e) Adaptation and Resilience Clearinghouse.--Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Chief Resilience Officer 
shall establish an adaptation and resilience clearinghouse that--
            (1) increases the accessibility and utility of adaptation 
        and resilience data and information produced, published, or 
        hosted by the Federal Government; and
            (2) increases technical assistance to non-Federal partners 
        on adaptation and resilience planning and response, including 
        strategies to better collaborate across the represented 
        agencies and work with non-Federal partners to--
                    (A) provide locally relevant resilience and 
                adaptation information and, where practicable and 
                useful, downscaled climate projections that are 
                necessary to support local-level adaptation efforts;
                    (B) establish improved methods of communicating 
                resilience and adaptation risk and other information;
                    (C) better educate non-Federal partners about the 
                available resources;
                    (D) streamline information about Federal adaptation 
                and resilience resources in a single centralized 
                location if determined necessary by the Chief 
                Resilience Officer;
                    (E) assist non-Federal partners in selecting and 
                using appropriate information or related tools;
                    (F) work with non-Federal partners to access 
                existing Federal grant programs related to resilience 
                and adaptation; and
                    (G) standardize procedures to synthesize, align, 
                and update adaptation and resilience information 
                produced, published, or hosted by the Federal 
                Government to create standardized national, regional, 
                and, where applicable, local climate information for 
                adaptation planning.
    (f) Sunset.--This section shall cease to be effective on the date 
that is the earlier of--
            (1) the date on which the Comptroller General of the United 
        States submits to the President and Congress the third 
        assessment report under subsection (d)(4); and
            (2) September 30, 2033.
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