119-hr3002

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3002 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3002

 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a council 
 within the Department of Homeland Security to coordinate departmental 
efforts to identify, address, and mitigate cross-functional impacts of 
 global climate change with respect to the Department's programs and 
 operations, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 April 24, 2025

Mr. Goldman of New York (for himself, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. 
 Carter of Louisiana, and Mr. Kennedy of New York) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland 
 Security

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 A BILL

 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a council 
 within the Department of Homeland Security to coordinate departmental 
efforts to identify, address, and mitigate cross-functional impacts of 
 global climate change with respect to the Department's programs and 
 operations, 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 ``Homeland Security Climate Change 
Coordination Act''.

SEC. 2. DHS CLIMATE COORDINATING COUNCIL.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle H of Title VIII of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section:
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Sec. 890E. Climate coordinating council.
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    (a) Establishment.--There is established in the Department a 
council to coordinate departmental efforts to identify, address, and 
mitigate cross-functional impacts of global climate change with respect 
to the Department's programs, operations, missions, assets, and 
personnel (in this section referred to as the `council').
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    (b) Size; Composition.--The council shall be comprised of not 
fewer than 20 members. Such members shall include senior officials from 
the following:
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    (1) The Office for Strategy, Policy, and Plans.
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    (2) The Office of Regulatory Affairs.
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    (3) U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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    (4) The Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.
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    (5) The Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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    (6) The Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers.
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    (7) The Office of Intelligence and Analysis.
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    (8) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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    (9) The Management Directorate.
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    (10) The Office of Partnership and Engagement.
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    (11) The Office of Public Affairs.
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    (12) The Office of Operations Coordination.
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    (13) The Office of Privacy.
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    (14) The Science and Technology Directorate.
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    (15) The Transportation Security Administration.
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    (16) The United States Coast Guard.
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    (17) United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.
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    (18) The United States Secret Service.
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    (19) Any other office or component of the Department the 
 Secretary determines appropriate.
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            (c) Leadership.--The Secretary shall designate a senior official 
from among the entities specified in subsection

    (b) to lead the 
council.
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            (d) Duties.--The council shall carry out the following:
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    (1) Identify cross-functional impacts of global climate 
 change with respect to the Department's programs, operations, 
 missions, assets, and personnel.
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    (2) Address and mitigate cross-functional impacts of 
 global climate change to the Department by, among other things, 
 developing risk-based climate change strategies and frameworks.
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    (3) Make recommendations, as appropriate, for 
 organizational and resource realignments, as necessary, to 
 support the Department's risk-based climate change strategies 
 and frameworks.
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    (4) Oversee the implementation of departmental actions as 
 required under Executive Order 14008, Tackling the Climate 
 Crisis at Home and Abroad, and other related or successor 
 orders.
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    (e) Reports.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this section and annually thereafter for ten years, the 
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate, a report regarding the actions 
taken pursuant to this section.''.

    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in 

section 1

    (b) of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after item 
relating to 

section 890D the following new item:

``

Sec. 890E. Climate coordinating council.''.
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