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
Establishes the National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS) within NOAA to coordinate federal agencies in reducing health risks from extreme heat. Creates an interagency committee, funds research and forecasting improvements, commissions a National Academies study on heat response gaps, and provides grants for community heat resilience projects.
Who Benefits and How
Vulnerable populations including elderly, outdoor workers, low-income communities, communities of color, and Tribal nations benefit through improved heat warnings, planning tools, and community resilience programs. State, local, and Tribal governments and nonprofits benefit from grant funding for heat mitigation projects like cooling centers, urban forestry, and building retrofits.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal taxpayers bear the cost through authorized appropriations of up to $25 million per year for NIHHIS operations and $10-30 million per year for community resilience grants. Multiple federal agencies (NOAA, CDC, EPA, DOI, and others) must dedicate staff and resources to the interagency committee.
Key Provisions
- Creates NIHHIS interagency committee with representatives from 20+ federal offices
- Establishes NIHHIS within NOAA for heat forecasting, research, and decision support
- Commissions National Academies study on extreme heat information gaps
- Authorizes community heat resilience grants for cooling projects, training, and research
- Authorizes $100M for NIHHIS operations and $100M for resilience grants over 5 years (original version) or $25M over 5 years (amended version)
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 health risks from extreme heat through forecasting, research, interagency coordination, and community resilience grants.
Key Policy Areas
Public Health, Climate Adaptation, Environmental Justice
Primary Purpose
Establishes a National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS) within NOAA to coordinate federal efforts to reduce health risks from extreme heat through forecasting, research, interagency coordination, and community resilience grants.
Policy Domains
National Academies Extreme Heat Study
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- National Academies of Sciences
- Federal policymakers
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Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Federal taxpayers
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National Integrated Heat Health Information System
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Vulnerable populations (elderly, outdoor workers, low-income communities)
- NOAA and participating federal agencies
- State and local emergency management
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Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Federal taxpayers
- Federal agencies staffing the committee
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Community Heat Resilience Program
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Nonprofits and local governments in heat-vulnerable areas
- Low-income and environmental justice communities
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Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Federal taxpayers
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Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedReported by Ms. Cantwell, with an amendment
Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Wyden, …
Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Wyden, …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
General public, Heat-vulnerable communities, Heat-vulnerable populations
Positive-direction: Heat-vulnerable communities, Heat-vulnerable populations, Low-income and environmental justice communities
Negative-direction: Taxpayers
Federal agencies (NOAA, CDC, EPA, DOI, etc.), NOAA
Positive-direction: NOAA
Negative-direction: Federal agencies (NOAA, CDC, EPA, DOI, etc.)
State and local governments, State, local, and Tribal governments
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Weather and climate research community
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "NOAA"
- → lead agency
- "Interagency Committee"
- → coordination body
- "National Academies of Sciences"
- → study conductor
- "NIHHIS Director"
- → program administrator
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
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