119-hr2996

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2996 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2996

 To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
 establish a grant program to facilitate the development of climate 
 adaptation plans by certain entities, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 April 24, 2025

 Ms. Escobar introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce

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 A BILL

 To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
 establish a grant program to facilitate the development of climate 
 adaptation plans by certain entities, 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 ``Climate Adaptation Plan Act of 
2025'' or the ``CAP Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. CLIMATE ADAPTATION PLAN GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this section, the Administrator shall establish a grant 
program to award amounts, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities 
to facilitate the development of a climate adaptation plan by such 
eligible entities.

    (b) Guidance.--The Administrator shall issue guidance regarding the 
implementation of the grant program established under subsection

    (a) in 
consultation with stakeholders, including representatives of youth, 
farmers, nongovernmental organizations, the scientific and 
technological community, trade unions, the business and industrial 
community, Indigenous communities, and local governments.
            (c) Applications.--To be eligible for a grant under this section, 
an eligible entity shall submit to the Administrator an application in 
such form, at such time, and containing such information as the 
Administrator determines appropriate, including the following:

    (1) Information demonstrating that a low-income community 
 is included within the population represented by the eligible 
 entity.

    (2) Information demonstrating that the eligible entity 
 either has experience with, or plans to contract the services 
 of an individual or entity who has experience with--
        (A) conducting risk assessments with regard to 
 climate change;
        (B) hazard mitigation;
            (C) program and project finance; and
            (D) Federal grant applications.

    (3) Demographic information of the population represented 
 by the eligible entity, including--
        (A) population size;
        (B) average household income;
            (C) race;
            (D) education level; and
        (E) primary sectors of employment.

    (4) A statement describing why the eligible entity wants to 
 develop a climate adaptation plan.

    (5) Information regarding the negative effects of climate 
 change the eligible entity is, or is at risk of, experiencing.

    (6) Information regarding the strategy the eligible entity 
 will use in the development of the climate adaptation plan to 
 engage stakeholders, which shall include, as applicable to the 
 eligible entity, representatives of youth, farmers, 
 nongovernmental organizations, the scientific and technological 
 community, trade unions, the business and industrial community, 
 Indigenous communities that will be affected by the climate 
 adaptation plan of the eligible entity, and neighboring 
 jurisdictions.

    (7) The identity of the person who will lead the 
 development of the climate adaptation plan.

    (8) A statement regarding whether the eligible entity will 
 hire a third party to facilitate the development of the climate 
 adaptation plan.

    (9) The expected timeline for development of the climate 
 adaptation plan.

    (10) Actions the eligible entity plans to take to ensure 
 that environmental justice communities within the population 
 represented by the eligible entity are informed of the process 
 for developing the climate adaptation plan.
            (d) Integration.--In developing a climate adaptation plan using 
amounts awarded under this section, an eligible entity shall, to the 
extent practicable, integrate such plan with other relevant existing 
plans, including any applicable--

    (1) hazard mitigation plan developed pursuant to 

section 322

    (a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5165

    (a) );

    (2) land use plan;

    (3) economic development plan;

    (4) capital improvement plan;

    (5) community comprehensive plan; and

    (6) emergency management plan.

    (e) Climate Adaptation Plan Requirements.--An eligible entity that 
develops a climate adaptation plan using amounts awarded under this 
section shall include in such climate adaptation plan the following:

    (1) An assessment of the risks posed by climate change to 
 the population represented by the eligible entity, which shall 
 take into consideration demographic and social factors of such 
 population, including--
        (A) geographic distribution;
        (B) race;
            (C) ethnicity;
            (D) socioeconomic status;
        (E) health; and
        (F) historic and ongoing systemic racism.

    (2) An assessment of the risks posed by climate change to 
 the natural ecosystems within the jurisdiction of the eligible 
 entity, which shall take into consideration factors including--
        (A) geography; and
        (B) species present in such ecosystems.

    (3) An assessment of the risks posed by climate change to 
 housing, infrastructure, and public buildings within the 
 jurisdiction of the eligible entity.

    (4) A description of the actions the eligible entity plans 
 to take to address risks identified under paragraphs

    (1) ,

    (2) , 
 and

    (3) , including--
        (A) changes in land use, zoning, or building codes 
 and standards; and
        (B) restoration and protection of areas within the 
 jurisdiction of the eligible entity and the development 
 of strategies to achieve such restoration and 
 protection.

    (f) Priority.--In awarding amounts under this section, the 
Administrator shall give priority to applications from eligible 
entities that include an environmental justice community within the 
population represented by the eligible entity.

    (g) Matching Requirement.--There shall be no matching requirement 
for amounts awarded under this section.

    (h) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this section:

    (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
 Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

    (2) Climate adaptation plan.--The term ``climate adaptation 
 plan'' means a framework for--
        (A) measuring, tracking, and reducing greenhouse 
 gas emissions; and
        (B) adopting climate change adaptation measures.

    (3) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means--
        (A) a local government;
        (B) an agency or instrumentality of a local 
 government;
            (C) the governing body of a federally recognized 
 Indian Tribe; or
            (D) a federally recognized Indian Tribe or 
 authorized Tribal organization or Alaska Native village 
 or organization that is not a Tribal government or the 
 governing body of a federally recognized Indian Tribe.

    (4) Environmental justice community.--The term 
 ``environmental justice community'' means a community that, as 
 determined by the Administrator--
        (A) has significant representation of--
            (i) communities of color;
            (ii) low-income communities; or
            (iii) Tribal or Indigenous communities; and
        (B) experiences or is at risk of experiencing 
 greater or more frequent adverse environmental or 
 health effects as a result of climate change.

    (5) Local government.--The term ``local government'' means 
 a county, municipality, city, town, township, local public 
 authority, school district, special district, intrastate 
 district, council of governments (regardless of whether the 
 council of governments is incorporated as a nonprofit 
 corporation under State law), or regional or interstate 
 governmental entity.

    (6) Low-income community.--The term ``low-income 
 community'' means a census block group within which 30 percent 
 or more of the population are individuals with an annual 
 household income equal to, or less than, the greater of--
        (A) an amount equal to 80 percent of the median 
 income of the area in which the household is located, 
 as reported by the Department of Housing and Urban 
 Development; and
        (B) 200 percent of the Federal poverty line.
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