Homeland Security Climate Change Coordination Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Homeland Security Climate Change Coordination Act adds a new section 890E to the Homeland Security Act. It establishes a Department of Homeland Security council to coordinate departmental work on cross-functional impacts of global climate change. The council must have at least 20 senior officials from DHS offices and components including Strategy, Policy, and Plans; Regulatory Affairs; CBP; Civil Rights and Civil Liberties; FEMA; FLETC; Intelligence and Analysis; ICE; Management; Partnership and Engagement; Public Affairs; Operations Coordination; Privacy; Science and Technology; TSA; Coast Guard; USCIS; Secret Service; and any other component the Secretary chooses. The Secretary designates a senior official to lead it. The council must identify climate impacts on DHS programs, operations, missions, assets, and personnel; develop risk-based strategies and frameworks; recommend organizational and resource realignments; oversee actions required by Executive Order 14008 and successor orders; and report annually to House and Senate homeland security committees for ten years.
Who Benefits and How
DHS component leaders benefit from a formal council for coordinating climate risk across missions and assets. FEMA benefits because climate risk and resilience work becomes integrated with broader DHS planning. Coast Guard planners benefit from departmental strategies that can account for climate impacts on maritime missions and assets. Congressional homeland security committees benefit from ten years of annual reporting on DHS climate actions.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The DHS Secretary must establish the council and designate a senior official to lead it. Senior officials from at least 18 named DHS offices and components must participate in council work. DHS management offices must evaluate organizational and resource realignments tied to climate strategies. DHS reporting staff must produce annual reports to Congress for ten years.
Key Provisions
- Creates a DHS Climate Coordinating Council with at least 20 senior component officials.
- Directs the council to identify, address, and mitigate climate impacts on DHS missions, assets, operations, personnel, and programs.
- Requires risk-based climate strategies, frameworks, and recommendations for organizational or resource realignment.
- Requires annual reports to House and Senate homeland security committees for ten years.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Creates a DHS Climate Coordinating Council of at least 20 senior component officials to identify, mitigate, and report annually for ten years on climate impacts to DHS programs, operations, missions, assets, and personnel.
Key Policy Areas
Homeland Security, Climate, Agency Coordination
Primary Purpose
Creates a DHS Climate Coordinating Council of at least 20 senior component officials to identify, mitigate, and report annually for ten years on climate impacts to DHS programs, operations, missions, assets, and personnel.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
- DHS component leaders
- FEMA
- Coast Guard planners
- Congressional homeland security committees
Identified Costs
- DHS Secretary
- Senior DHS component officials
- DHS management offices
- DHS reporting staff
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Goldman of New York (for himself, Mr. Thompson of …
Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
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DHS Secretary, DHS reporting staff, FEMA
Positive-direction: FEMA
Negative-direction: DHS Secretary, DHS reporting staff, Senior DHS component officials
Coast Guard planners, DHS component leaders
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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