To reduce the health risks of heat by establishing the National Integrated Heat Health Information System within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Integrated Heat Health Information System Interagency Committee to improve extreme heat preparedness, planning, and response, requiring a study, and establishing financial assistance programs to address heat effects, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The Preventing HEAT Illness and Deaths Act of 2025 creates a comprehensive federal system within NOAA to address the growing health crisis from extreme heat. It establishes an interagency committee spanning 15+ federal agencies, a National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS) for data and decision support, a National Academies study on policy gaps, and a community grant program for heat resilience projects.
Who Benefits and How
Communities disproportionately affected by extreme heat--low-income neighborhoods, communities of color, Tribal nations, outdoor workers, elderly residents, and people experiencing homelessness--benefit from targeted resilience funding and improved warning systems. Nonprofit organizations, academic institutions, and local governments receive grants for cool roofs, urban forestry, cooling centers, and workforce training. Climate and health researchers gain new federal funding and coordination infrastructure.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The federal government commits .5 million over five years (FY2026-2030) across NOAA programs, National Academies studies, and community grants. Federal agencies from 15+ departments must participate in the interagency committee and align activities with the strategic plan. State and local governments and grantees must comply with reporting requirements.
Key Provisions
- Establishes a 15+ agency interagency committee within NOAA to coordinate federal heat-health response across timescales
- Creates the NIHHIS system providing heat data, forecasts, decision support tools, and grants to centers of excellence
- Authorizes million for community heat resilience grants funding cool roofs, urban forestry, cooling centers, and related projects
- Commissions a 3-year National Academies study on extreme heat policy, research, and data gaps
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Establishes a National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS) within NOAA to coordinate federal efforts to reduce heat-related health impacts, including an interagency committee, grant programs for community resilience, and a National Academies study on extreme heat response gaps.
Key Policy Areas
Public Health, Climate, Environmental Justice, Emergency Management
Primary Purpose
Establishes a National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS) within NOAA to coordinate federal efforts to reduce heat-related health impacts, including an interagency committee, grant programs for community resilience, and a National Academies study on extreme heat response gaps.
Policy Domains
Preventing HEAT Illness and Deaths Act of 2025
Identified Gains
- Low-income communities and communities of color affected by extreme heat
- Outdoor workers and agricultural laborers
- Climate and health researchers
- Nonprofits and local governments (grant recipients)
- Urban forestry and green infrastructure companies
Identified Costs
- Federal budget (.5M over 5 years)
- Federal agencies (15+ departments on interagency committee)
- NOAA (administration and coordination)
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Bonamici (for herself, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Nadler, …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Communities with environmental justice concerns, Environmental justice communities, Federal budget
Positive-direction: Communities with environmental justice concerns, Environmental justice communities
Negative-direction: Federal budget, NOAA
Climate and health research institutions and centers of excellence, Climate and heat-health researchers, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
HVAC and air conditioning equipment manufacturers
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_director"
- → Director of the National Integrated Heat Health Information System
- "the_committee"
- → National Integrated Heat Health Information System Interagency Committee
- "the_administrator"
- → Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
- "the_under_secretary"
- → Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
An occurrence of extreme heat of 2 days or more that may have heat-health implications
Heat that substantially exceeds local climatological norms in terms of duration, intensity, season length, or frequency
The phenomenon in urbanized areas where heat is more extreme than surrounding exurban areas due to low albedo surfaces, low vegetation coverage, and waste heat
A community with significant representation of communities of color, low-income communities, or Tribal and indigenous communities, that experiences or is at risk of higher adverse health or environmental effects
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