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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2674
5	5	To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Under Secretary
6	6	for Science and Technology of the Department of Homeland Security
7	7	to research and develop approaches to mitigate identified or potential
8	8	negative effects of climate change on homeland security, and for other
9	9	purposes.
10	10	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
11	11	APRIL7, 2025
12	12	Ms. C
13	13	LARKEof New York (for herself, Mr. THOMPSONof Mississippi, Mr.
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15	15	ENNEDYof New York, and Mr. CARTERof Louisiana) introduced the
16	16	following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security
17	17	A BILL
18	18	To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require
19	19	the Under Secretary for Science and Technology of the
20	20	Department of Homeland Security to research and de-
21	21	velop approaches to mitigate identified or potential nega-
22	22	tive effects of climate change on homeland security, and
23	23	for other purposes.
24	24	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
25	25	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
26	26	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
27	27	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Home-4
28	28	land Security Climate Change Research Act’’. 5
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31	31	•HR 2674 IH
32	32	SEC. 2. CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 1
33	33	(a) I
34	34	NGENERAL.—Title III of the Homeland Secu-2
35	35	rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by 3
36	36	adding at the end the following new section: 4
37	37	‘‘SEC. 324. CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-5
38	38	MENT. 6
39	39	‘‘(a) I
40	40	NGENERAL.—The Under Secretary for Science 7
41	41	and Technology— 8
42	42	‘‘(1) shall evaluate existing Federal research re-9
43	43	garding approaches to mitigate identified or poten-10
44	44	tial negative effects of climate change on homeland 11
45	45	security that includes consideration of— 12
46	46	‘‘(A) the degree to which such identified or 13
47	47	potential negative effects affect preparedness 14
48	48	and emergency planning and policies, including 15
49	49	with respect to preparedness, response to, and 16
50	50	recovery from natural disasters; 17
51	51	‘‘(B) the degree to which the Federal fund-18
52	52	ing structure to respond to major disaster dec-19
53	53	larations and emergency declarations is appro-20
54	54	priately structured to address such identified or 21
55	55	potential negative effects; and 22
56	56	‘‘(C) such other matters as the Under Sec-23
57	57	retary determines appropriate; and 24
58	58	‘‘(2) may, subject to the availability of appro-25
59	59	priations, conduct research and development on ap-26
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62	62	•HR 2674 IH
63	63	proaches to mitigate such identified or potential neg-1
64	64	ative effects of climate change on homeland security 2
65	65	in response to the evaluation under paragraph (1). 3
66	66	‘‘(b) S
67	67	COPE.—The scope of the research and develop-4
68	68	ment under paragraph (2) of subsection (a)— 5
69	69	‘‘(1) shall prioritize mitigating identified or po-6
70	70	tential negative effects that impact the ability of the 7
71	71	Department to carry out operations; and 8
72	72	‘‘(2) may address the matters described in 9
73	73	paragraph (1) of such subsection (a). 10
74	74	‘‘(c) C
75	75	ONSULTATION AND COORDINATION.—In car-11
76	76	rying out this section, the Under Secretary for Science and 12
77	77	Technology shall consult, and may, as appropriate, coordi-13
78	78	nate, with— 14
79	79	‘‘(1) the heads of— 15
80	80	‘‘(A) other relevant Federal agencies and 16
81	81	departments; and 17
82	82	‘‘(B) State, local, Tribal, and territorial 18
83	83	governments; and 19
84	84	‘‘(2) relevant owners and operators of critical 20
85	85	infrastructure. 21
86	86	‘‘(d) C
87	87	LIMATECHANGEDEFINED.—The term ‘cli-22
88	88	mate change’ refers to detectable changes in one or more 23
89	89	climate system components that is directly or indirectly 24
90	90	attributed to— 25
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93	93	•HR 2674 IH
94	94	‘‘(1) human activity; and 1
95	95	‘‘(2) altering the composition of the global at-2
96	96	mosphere.’’. 3
97	97	(b) R
98	98	EPORT TOCONGRESS.— Not later than one year 4
99	99	after the date of the enactment of this section and annu-5
100	100	ally thereafter for three years, the Under Secretary for 6
101	101	Science and Technology of the Department of Homeland 7
102	102	Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Se-8
103	103	curity and the Committee on Science, Space, and Tech-9
104	104	nology of the House of Representatives and the Committee 10
105	105	on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 11
106	106	Senate a report on any research and development activi-12
107	107	ties carried out pursuant to section 324 of the Homeland 13
108	108	Security Act of 2002, as added by subsection (a). 14
109	109	(c) C
110	110	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 15
111	111	in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 16
112	112	amended by inserting after the item relating to section 17
113	113	323 the following new item: 18
114	114	‘‘Sec. 324. Climate change research and development.’’.
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