119-hr5104

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 5104 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5104

 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 September 3, 2025

Ms. Bonamici (for herself, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Scott 
of Virginia, Ms. Dexter, Mr. Mullin, Ms. Norton, Ms. McClellan, and Mr. 
 Khanna) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
 Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently 
 determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 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.

 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 ``Preventing Health Emergencies And 
Temperature-related Illness and Deaths Act of 2025'' or the 
``Preventing HEAT Illness and Deaths Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

 In this Act:

    (1) Community with environmental justice concerns.--The 
 term ``community with environmental justice concerns'' means a 
 community with significant representation of communities of 
 color, low-income communities, or Tribal and indigenous 
 communities, that experiences, or is at risk of experiencing, 
 higher or more adverse human health or environmental effects as 
 compared to other communities.

    (2) Extreme heat.--The term ``extreme heat'' means heat 
 that substantially exceeds local climatological norms in terms 
 of any combination of the following:
        (A) Duration.
        (B) Intensity.
            (C) Season length.
            (D) Frequency.

    (3) Heat.--The term ``heat'' means any combination of the 
 atmospheric parameters associated with modulating human 
 thermoregulation, such as air temperature, humidity, solar 
 exposure, and wind speed.

    (4) Heat event.--The term ``heat event'' means an 
 occurrence of extreme heat of 2 days or more that may have 
 heat-health implications.

    (5) Heat-health.--The term ``heat-health'' means health 
 effects to humans from heat, during or outside of heat events, 
 including from vulnerability and exposure, or the risk of such 
 effects.

    (6) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian Tribe'' has the 
 meaning given that term in 

section 4 of the Indian Self-
 Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).

    (7) Native hawaiian organization.--The term ``Native 
 Hawaiian organization'' has the meaning given that term in 
 

section 6207 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7517).

    (8) Planning.--The term ``planning'' means activities 
 performed across timescales (including days, weeks, months, 
 years, and decades) with scenario-based, probabilistic or 
 deterministic information to identify and take actions to 
 proactively mitigate heat-health risks from increased 
 frequency, duration, and intensity of heat waves and increased 
 ambient temperature.

    (9) Preparedness.--The term ``preparedness'' means 
 activities performed across timescales (including days, weeks, 
 months, years, and decades) with decision support tools to 
 manage risk in advance of a heat event and increased ambient 
 temperature.

    (10) Response.--The term ``response'' means activities 
 performed during and after a heat event to address heat-health 
 and other impacts and assess improvements to planning and 
 preparedness activities.

    (11) Urban heat island.--The term ``urban heat island'' 
 means the phenomenon observed in urbanized areas in which heat 
 is more extreme than in the surrounding exurban areas and heat 
 is heterogeneously distributed within urbanized areas, due to 
 factors including--
        (A) low albedo and impervious surfaces;
        (B) low vegetation coverage; and
            (C) waste heat produced in urban areas.

SEC. 3. FINDINGS.

 Congress makes the following findings:

    (1) Extreme heat events have been the leading cause of 
 weather-related death in the United States over the last 30 
 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and 
 Prevention and the National Weather Service.

    (2) The fourth National Climate Assessment, mandated by the 
 Global Change Research Act of 1990 (15 U.S.C. 2921 et seq.), 
 finds that during the next few decades, annual average 
 temperature over the contiguous United States is projected to 
 increase by a further 2.2F relative to current temperatures, 
 regardless of future scenarios. The National Climate Assessment 
 projects that the frequency and intensity of extreme heat 
 events will increase in the future as global temperature 
 increases.

    (3) Exposure to extreme heat can cause acute heat-related 
 illnesses, such as heat stroke, which already result in more 
 than 65,000 emergency room visits each year and exacerbate 
 respiratory and cardiovascular illnesses.

    (4) Heat poses the greatest health risks for adults older 
 than 65 years of age, pregnant people, young children, low-
 income communities, urban communities, communities with low air 
 conditioning prevalence, socially isolated individuals, people 
 with mental or physical disabilities, people with underlying 
 medical conditions, agricultural or other outdoor workers, 
 workers without sufficient access to cooling, athletes, 
 incarcerated individuals, people experiencing homelessness, and 
 military personnel.

    (5) Extreme heat is significantly associated with serious 
 adverse pregnancy outcomes across the United States. Those 
 adverse pregnancy outcomes disproportionately impact Black 
 mothers.

    (6) Heat exposure is an issue of environmental justice, as 
 people living in low-income communities, communities of color, 
 and Tribal nations face a number of interacting factors that 
 render them more vulnerable to extreme heat.

    (7) The impacts of heat on human health are more severe in 
 urban areas where land surface properties create an urban heat 
 island, particularly in neighborhoods with limited availability 
 of or access to green spaces, shade, and tree cover, due to 
 higher density of building structures and more vehicular 
 traffic.

    (8) Limited availability of tree cover and higher 
 temperatures are correlated with low-income neighborhoods in 
 urban areas. In Richmond, Virginia, Baltimore, Maryland, and 
 Washington, DC, researchers found that risk of exposure to 
 extreme heat is disproportionately distributed to communities 
 of color in patterns associated with segregation and redlining.

    (9) Researchers have found that few communities in the 
 United States have sufficient climate and health information, 
 guidance, and resources for heat planning, preparedness, and 
 response.

    (10) The risks associated with extreme heat have complex 
 interactions and impacts, and the management of those risks 
 requires a transdisciplinary approach.

    (11) Regions, communities, and populations that face the 
 greatest health consequences of extreme heat often may 
 experience the lowest heat risk perceptions, have limited 
 incentives, or have access to the fewest resources for 
 responding to extreme heat, and as such, may be less likely to 
 take precautions.

    (12) Research on the impacts of extreme heat on human 
 health and the effectiveness of solutions under varying 
 climate, social, and other contexts is stymied by a lack of 
 access to reliable, timely health observations and surveillance 
 due to proprietary data rights, expense, privacy and security 
 concerns, inconsistent reporting of health outcomes and 
 contributory factors, poor data integration and 
 interoperability, few incentives and little systematic 
 coordination to address those problems, and a lack of adequate 
 climate observation, modeling, and assessment in rural, urban, 
 indoor, and occupational settings.

    (13) Integrated climate and health research and 
 information, when developed in a collaborative, 
 transdisciplinary manner, can inform long- and medium-range 
 scenario-based planning and decision making to protect 
 communities with environmental justice concerns and other 
 populations from extreme heat, reduce exposure to extreme heat, 
 and address factors that increase vulnerability.

    (14) The Federal Government has developed, and should 
 maintain, preserve, or reinstate, various science-informed 
 heat-health tools for communities with environmental justice 
 concerns, workers, employers, and the public to understand heat 
 risk and resources, including the Centers for Disease Control 
 and Prevention Heat and Health Tracker, the Office of Climate 
 Change and Health Equity Climate and Health Outlook, the 
 National Weather Service HeatRisk portal, the National 
 Emergency Medical Services Information System Heat-related 
 Emergency Management Service Activation Surveillance Dashboard, 
 and the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program and Extreme 
 Heat website.

    (15) Increased heat can have cascading and compounding 
 impacts across and among sectors including energy, food supply 
 and quality, transportation, housing, infrastructure, hospital 
 and healthcare delivery, and education, all of which affect 
 health and well-being.

    (16) Heat action plans and early warning systems can reduce 
 heat-related morbidity and mortality by clearly identifying 
 roles and responsibilities as well as evidence-based actions 
 and thresholds to enhance preparedness, and by promoting 
 behavior changes and actions taken by local governments, 
 communities, and individuals through awareness and increased 
 risk perception among those most vulnerable to the health 
 impacts of heat.

SEC. 4. NATIONAL INTEGRATED HEAT HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM INTERAGENCY 
 COMMITTEE.

    (a) Establishment of Committee.--There is established within the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration an interagency 
committee, to be known as the ``National Integrated Heat Health 
Information System Interagency Committee'' (in this section referred to 
as the ``Committee'').

    (b) 

=== Purpose ===
-The Committee shall coordinate, plan, and direct 
agencies represented on the Committee to execute, as appropriate, 
activities across such agencies to ensure a united Federal approach to 
reducing health risks from heat across timescales (including days, 
weeks, months, years, and decades).
            (c) Membership.--

    (1) In general.--In order to carry out and achieve the 
 purpose described in subsection

    (b) , the Committee shall 
 include the following:
        (A) The Director of the National Integrated Heat 
 Health Information System.
        (B) Not fewer than 1 representative from each of 
 the following:
            (i) From the Department of Commerce, the 
 following:
            (I) From the National Oceanic and 
 Atmospheric Administration, the 
 following:

    (aa) The National Weather 
 Service.

    (bb) The Office of Oceanic 
 and Atmospheric Research.
            (cc) The National 
 Environmental Satellite, Data, 
 and Information Service.
            (II) The National Institute of 
 Standards and Technology.
            (III) The Bureau of the Census.
            (ii) From the Department of Health and 
 Human Services, the following:
            (I) The Centers for Disease Control 
 and Prevention, including the National 
 Institute for Occupational Safety and 
 Health.
            (II) The Office of the Assistant 
 Secretary of Health and Human Services 
 for Preparedness and Response.
            (III) The Substance Abuse and 
 Mental Health Services Administration.
            (IV) The National Institutes of 
 Health.
            (V) The Indian Health Service.
            (VI) The Administration for 
 Children and Families.
            (VII) The Administration for 
 Community Living.
            (iii) From the Department of the Interior, 
 the following:
            (I) The Bureau of Indian Affairs.
            (II) The Bureau of Land Management.
            (III) The National Park Service.
            (IV) The Office of Hawaiian 
 Relations.
            (iv) From the Environmental Protection 
 Agency, the following:
            (I) The Office of Environmental 
 Justice and External Civil Rights.
            (II) The Office of Air and 
 Radiation, if the Administrator of the 
 Environmental Protection Agency 
 determines appropriate.
            (III) The Office of Research and 
 Development, if the Administrator 
 determines appropriate.
            (IV) The Office of International 
 and Tribal Affairs.
            (v) The Department of Homeland Security, 
 including the Federal Emergency Management 
 Agency.
            (vi) The Department of Defense.
            (vii) The Department of Agriculture, 
 including the United States Forest Service.
            (viii) The Department of Housing and Urban 
 Development.
            (ix) The Department of Transportation.
            (x) The Department of Energy.
            (xi) The Department of Labor, including the 
 Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
            (xii) The Department of Veterans Affairs.
            (xiii) The Department of Education.
            (xiv) The Department of State.
            (xv) The Small Business Administration.
            (xvi) Such other Federal agencies as the 
 Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and 
 Atmosphere considers appropriate.

    (2) Selection of representatives.--The head of an agency 
 specified in paragraph

    (1)
        (B) shall, in appointing 
 representatives of the agency to the Committee, select 
 representatives who have expertise in areas relevant to the 
 responsibilities of the Committee, such as weather and climate 
 prediction, health impacts, environmental justice, urban 
 planning, behavioral science, public health hazard preparedness 
 and response, or mental health services.

    (3) Co-chairs.--
        (A) In general.--The members of the Committee shall 
 select 3 individuals from among such members to serve 
 as co-chairs of the Committee, subject to the approval 
 of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and 
 Atmosphere.
        (B) Selection.--
            (i) Initial selection.--Of the co-chairs 
 first selected, one co-chair shall be from each 
 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
 Administration, the Department of Health and 
 Human Services, and the Federal Emergency 
 Management Agency.
            (ii) Subsequent selection.--Subsequent co-
 chairs shall be selected from among the members 
 of the Committee, except the National Oceanic 
 and Atmospheric Administration shall have the 
 opportunity to maintain a co-chair position.
            (C) Terms.--Each co-chair shall serve for a term of 
 not more than 5 years, except the National Oceanic and 
 Atmospheric Administration shall have the opportunity 
 to maintain a co-chair position.
            (D) Representation of national oceanic and 
 atmospheric administration.--If determined appropriate 
 by the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and 
 Atmosphere, 1 co-chair of the Committee shall be a 
 representative from the National Oceanic and 
 Atmospheric Administration.
        (E) Responsibilities of co-chairs.--The co-chairs 
 of the Committee shall work with the Director of the 
 National Integrated Heat Health Information System--
            (i) to determine the agenda of the 
 Committee, in consultation with other members 
 of the Committee;
            (ii) to direct the work of the Committee; 
 and
            (iii) to convene meetings of the Committee 
 not less frequently than once each fiscal 
 quarter.
            (d) Responsibilities of Committee.--The Committee shall promote an 
integrated, Federal Government-wide approach to reducing health risks 
and impacts of heat, including by--

    (1) developing the strategic plan and implementation plans 
 required by subsection

    (e) ;

    (2) coordinating across Federal agencies on heat-health 
 communication, engagement, research, service delivery, 
 financial assistance, contracting, and workforce development; 
 and

    (3) building capacity and partnerships with Federal and 
 non-Federal entities.

    (e) Strategic Plan.--

    (1) In general.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
 the enactment of this Act, the Committee shall submit to 
 Congress and make available on a public website a 5-year 
 strategic plan that outlines the goals and projects of the 
 Committee, including how the Committee will improve 
 coordination and integration of interagency Federal capacity 
 and capabilities to address health risks of heat, including--
        (A) a strategy for improving and coordinating 
 existing Federal data collection and data management to 
 include sharing of data and statistics on heat-related 
 illnesses and mortalities and other impacts, such as 
 agricultural losses, energy and transportation system 
 disruptions, and labor productivity, to inform heat-
 related activities;
        (B) a strategy for improving and coordinating 
 Federal activities to understand user gaps and needs, 
 conduct research, foster innovative solutions, and 
 provide actionable information and services for extreme 
 heat prevention and response; and
            (C) mechanisms for financing heat planning, and 
 preparedness, and response within such agencies as the 
 Committee considers appropriate.

    (2) Implementation.--The head of an agency represented on 
 the Committee may implement the portions of the strategic plan 
 required by paragraph

    (1) that are relevant to that agency.

    (3) Updates.--Not later than 5 years after the submission 
 of the strategic plan required by paragraph

    (1) , and every 5 
 years thereafter, the Committee shall brief Congress on an 
 update of the plan, which shall include progress made toward 
 goals outlined in the plan and new priorities that emerge.

    (f) Administrative Support.--The Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Oceans and Atmosphere shall provide technical and administrative 
support to the Committee, using amounts authorized to be appropriated 
to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

    (g) Consultation.--In carrying out the responsibilities of the 
Committee, the Committee shall consult with relevant--

    (1) regional, State, and local governments, and Indian 
 Tribes;

    (2) international organizations and partners;

    (3) research institutions;

    (4) nongovernmental organizations and associations;

    (5) medical experts with expertise in emergency response; 
 and

    (6) environmental health, economic or business development, 
 or community engagement organizations.

SEC. 5. NATIONAL INTEGRATED HEAT HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM.

    (a) Establishment.--The Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and 
Atmosphere shall establish within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration a system, to be known as the ``National Integrated Heat 
Health Information System''

    (NIHHIS) (in this section referred to as 
the ``System'').

    (b) 

=== Purpose ===
-The purpose of the System is to reduce heat-related 
impacts by--

    (1) improving the delivery of data, information, forecasts, 
 warnings, predictions, and projections related to temperature, 
 extreme heat, and related impacts, especially for 
 disproportionately affected communities;

    (2) through the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, 
 developing, maintaining, and preserving science-based solutions 
 and tools to build capacity and improve impact-based decision 
 support services for heat resilience, particularly human life; 
 and

    (3) entering into grant agreements with centers of 
 excellence that provide technical and other assistance to 
 support heat resilience.
            (c) Director.--The System shall be headed by a Director.
            (d) Responsibilities.--In carrying out the purpose described in 
subsection

    (b) , the Director of the System shall--

    (1) develop and sustain robust relationships with Federal 
 and non-Federal partners and decisionmakers, representing 
 different geographic (including urban and rural) regions and 
 including--
        (A) members of the emergency management field and 
 emergency response providers, including fire service, 
 law enforcement, hazardous materials response, 
 emergency medical services, and emergency management 
 personnel, or organizations representing such 
 individuals;
        (B) health scientists, emergency and inpatient 
 medical providers, public health professionals, and 
 healthcare providers at Federally Qualified Health 
 Centers;
            (C) experts from Federal, State, and local 
 governments and Indian Tribes, and the private sector, 
 representing standards-setting and accrediting 
 organizations, including representatives from the 
 voluntary consensus codes and standards development 
 community, particularly those with expertise in the 
 emergency preparedness and response field;
            (D) state and local government and Indian Tribes 
 officials with expertise in preparedness, protection, 
 response, recovery, and mitigation, including Adjutants 
 General;
        (E) elected State and local government and Indian 
 Tribe executives;
        (F) representatives of individuals from communities 
 who have a high proportion of extreme heat survivors 
 and communities with environmental justice concerns;
        (G) representatives of individuals with 
 disabilities and other populations with special needs;
        (H) representatives of individuals from the 
 private, nonprofit, and public energy sector that help 
 to protect consumers from energy shutoffs and assist 
 with energy rebate funding; and
            (I) such other individuals as the Under Secretary 
 of Commerce considers appropriate--
            (i) to identify and respond to the demand 
 for actionable weather- and climate-related 
 information that reduces health risks on 
 multiple timescales;
            (ii) to conduct research and scientific 
 innovation; and
            (iii) to develop and deliver timely and 
 accessible decision support services, 
 solutions, tools, and information to inform 
 planning, preparedness, and risk-reducing 
 actions across timescales;

    (2) coordinate and collaborate with the international 
 community and global partners to conduct research and learn 
 from, leverage, and contribute to global knowledge as it 
 pertains to predicting and preventing the impacts of increased 
 heat;

    (3) enhance observations, surveillance, monitoring, and 
 analysis necessary for the activities described in paragraphs

    (1) and

    (2) ; and

    (4) communicate, educate, and build awareness regarding the 
 risks and impacts of increased heat and extreme heat events to 
 communities, educational and economic sectors, Indian Tribes, 
 and other relevant stakeholders.

    (e) Data Management.--

    (1) Availability of data.--The Director of the System shall 
 coordinate with interagency partners to ensure that data and 
 metadata associated with the System is fully and openly 
 available, within the legal right to redistribute, in 
 accordance with chapter 31 of title 44, United States Code 
 (commonly known as the ``Federal Records Act of 1950''), and 
 the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 
 (Public Law 115-435; 132 Stat. 5529) and the amendments made by 
 that Act, to maximize use of such data to support the goals of 
 the System.

    (2) Data management strategies.--In coordination with the 
 activities described in paragraph

    (1) , the Director of the 
 System and interagency partners shall--
        (A) develop data management strategies to ensure 
 that data and metadata are adequately stewarded, 
 maintained, and archived in accordance with--
            (i) findable, accessible, interoperable, 
 and reusable

    (FAIR) principles;
            (ii) the Foundations for Evidence-Based 
 Policymaking Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-435; 
 132 Stat. 5529) and the amendments made by that 
 Act; and
            (iii) collective benefit, authority to 
 control, responsibility, and ethics

    (CARE) principles; and
        (B) preserve and curate such data and metadata, in 
 accordance with chapter 31 of title 44, United States 
 Code.

    (3) National centers for environmental information.--
        (A) In general.--The Under Secretary of Commerce 
 for Oceans and Atmosphere shall manage, maintain, and 
 steward archival data and metadata associated with the 
 System within the National Centers for Environmental 
 Information.
        (B) Warning coordination meteorologist.--The Under 
 Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere shall 
 designate at least one warning coordination 
 meteorologist with expertise in heat warnings, as 
 described in 

section 405 of the Weather Research and 
 Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 (15 U.S.C. 8545), at 
 the National Centers for Environmental Information.

    (f) Research Program.--The Director of the System shall develop and 
implement a climate and health research grant program, in coordination 
with the financial assistance program under 

section 7 and other Federal 
programs--

    (1) to improve understanding of--
        (A) the climate epidemiology and social, 
 behavioral, and economic drivers of heat-health 
 vulnerability and risk;
        (B) the drivers of climate variability, 
 predictability, and changes in extreme heat; and
            (C) the impacts of extreme heat, compound hazards, 
 and cascading impacts across timescales;

    (2) to investigate and evaluate the effectiveness of risk 
 management actions, interventions, policies, standards, codes, 
 and guidelines; and

    (3) to address other topics as appropriate, including 
 topics outlined in the strategic plan required by 

section 4

    (e)

    (1) and the financial assistance program under 

section 7.

    (g) Additional Activities.--The Director of the System shall carry 
out such other activities as the National Integrated Heat Health 
Information System Interagency Committee established under 

section 5 
considers appropriate.

SEC. 6. STUDY ON EXTREME HEAT INFORMATION AND RESPONSE.

    (a) Study.--

    (1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
 the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Commerce for 
 Oceans and Atmosphere, in consultation with the National 
 Integrated Heat Health Information System Interagency Committee 
 established under 

section 4 (in this section referred to as the 
 ``Committee'') and the individuals and entities described in 
 

section 4

    (g) , shall seek to enter into an agreement with the 
 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to 
 conduct a study on extreme heat information and response, to be 
 completed not later than 3 years after such date of enactment.

    (2) Elements.--The study described in paragraph

    (1) shall--
        (A) identify policy and research gaps, which may 
 include--
            (i) regions of the United States with the 
 largest gaps between awareness, preparedness, 
 and capacity to address extreme heat; and
            (ii) heat-related gaps in data, such as--
            (I) the number of schools, prisons, 
 and other public facilities that lack 
 air conditioning;
            (II) the demographic breakdown of 
 people affected by heat events, 
 including by race, age, gender, 
 occupation, and income;
            (III) capacity building, research, 
 and heat resilience resource shortages 
 in rural and urban communities;
            (IV) medical coding in health care 
 facilities (such as hospitals, 
 emergency rooms, and health centers) 
 that indicate heat-related illnesses 
 (such as kidney failure, dehydration, 
 and fainting spells);
            (V) with respect to public policy 
 at the State and community level that 
 enhances vulnerabilities to extreme 
 heat (such as outdoor working 
 conditions and thresholds to protect 
 workers, animals, and others 
 susceptible to heat-related illness); 
 and
            (VI) the extent to which Federal 
 heat-health tools that have been 
 discontinued, dismantled, or otherwise 
 limited in public accessibility and 
 availability, including the Centers for 
 Disease Control and Prevention Heat and 
 Health Tracker, the Office of Climate 
 Change and Health Equity Climate and 
 Health Outlook, the National Weather 
 Service HeatRisk portal, the National 
 Emergency Medical Services Information 
 System Heat-related Emergency 
 Management Service Activation 
 Surveillance Dashboard, and the Low-
 Income Home Energy Assistance Program 
 and Extreme Heat website, have 
 contributed to changes in extreme heat 
 risk, education, and data collection;
        (B) provide recommendations for addressing gaps 
 with respect to policy, research, operations, 
 communications, and data, including the gaps identified 
 under subparagraph
        (A) , affecting heat-health planning, 
 preparedness, response, resilience, adaptation, and 
 environmental justice and equity;
            (C) provide such other recommendations as the 
 Director of the National Integrated Heat Health 
 Information System established under 

section 5 
 considers appropriate, which may include strategies 
 for--
            (i) communicating warnings to and providing 
 impact-based decision support to promote 
 preparedness actions and resilience of 
 populations with limited opportunities to avoid 
 extreme heat, including to individuals who may 
 have barriers to such information;
            (ii) understanding compound and cascading 
 risks, and implementing alternative heat-health 
 risk reduction interventions to manage those 
 risks collectively, such as reducing risk of 
 the transmission of infectious diseases during 
 heat waves by creating outdoor cooling 
 locations or increasing ventilation and 
 filtration in indoor cooling centers;
            (iii) promoting community resilience to 
 heat events and incorporating principles of 
 environmental justice in community response to 
 heat waves;
            (iv) addressing the impacts of extreme heat 
 on energy cost, affordability, and reliability 
 for residential and commercial infrastructure 
 (such as weatherization, energy costs, electric 
 power systems, and water supply and treatment 
 systems); and
            (v) developing protections for workers for 
 the effects of indoor and outdoor heat; and
            (D) consider such other subjects as the Committee 
 considers appropriate, which may include--
            (i) the feasibility of enhancing and 
 standardizing existing nationwide data 
 collection on heat-related illnesses and 
 mortalities to improve and ensure consistent 
 collection of national-level heat illness data 
 across all 50 States, territories, and local 
 jurisdictions of the United States;
            (ii) mechanisms for financing heat 
 preparedness; and
            (iii) the effectiveness of county-or local-
 level heat awareness and communication 
 approaches, heat action, and tools, 
 preparedness plans, or mitigation.

    (3) Development of 

=== definitions. ===
-Following the study 
 described in paragraph

    (1) , the Committee shall work with heat 
 experts across disciplines to comprehensively identify impacts 
 of increased heat to inform consistent and agreed upon 
 definitions for heat events, heat waves, and other relevant 
 terms.

    (b) Report.--Not later than 90 days after completing the study 
described in subsection

    (a)

    (1) , the Committee shall--

    (1) make available to the public on a Federal internet 
 website of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
 a report on the findings and conclusions of the study; and

    (2) submit the report to--
        (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
 Transportation of the Senate;
        (B) the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
 Pensions of the Senate;
            (C) the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
 of the House of Representatives;
            (D) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
 House of Representatives; and
        (E) the Committee on Education and Workforce of the 
 House of Representatives.

SEC. 7. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR RESILIENCE IN ADDRESSING EXTREME HEAT 
 AND HEALTH RISKS.

    (a) Community Heat Resilience Program.--

    (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
 the enactment of this Act, the Director of the National 
 Integrated Heat Health Information System established under 
 

section 5 (in this section referred to as the ``Director'') 
 may, in coordination with the National Integrated Heat Health 
 Information System Interagency Committee established under 
 

section 4 (in this section referred to as the ``Committee''), 
 establish and administer a community heat resilience program to 
 provide financial assistance to eligible entities to carry out 
 projects described in subsection

    (e) to ameliorate human health 
 impacts of extreme heat events.

    (2) Revision.--Upon completion of the strategic plan 
 required by 

section 4

    (e)

    (1) , the Committee may revise the 
 community heat resilience program to ensure the program aligns 
 with the strategic plan and is administered in accordance with 
 the plan.

    (b) 

=== Purpose ===
-The purpose of the financial assistance provided 
under this section is to improve community resilience to heat and heat-
health impacts and further scientific research to address adaptation 
gaps and priorities.
            (c) Forms of Assistance.--Financial assistance provided under this 
section may be in the form of prizes, contracts, grants, or cooperative 
agreements.
            (d) Eligible Entities.--Entities eligible to receive financial 
assistance under this section to carry out projects described in 
subsection

    (e) include--

    (1) nonprofit entities;

    (2) States;

    (3) Indian Tribes;

    (4) local governments;

    (5) local workforce development boards;

    (6) academic institutions; and

    (7) centers of excellence designated by the National 
 Integrated Heat Health Information System.

    (e) Eligible Projects.--Projects described in this subsection 
include the following:

    (1) Projects to reduce heat-health risks, including 
 sustainable heat reduction and mitigation solutions such as for 
 cool roofs, cool pavements, urban forestry or tree plantings 
 and maintenance, the provision of shade, cooling and resilience 
 centers, retrofitting buildings for cooling, improving the 
 resilience of the power grid to ensure reliable air 
 conditioning, energy efficiency, acquisitions or upgrades of 
 filtration systems or high-efficiency air conditioning systems, 
 and strategies to improve community level response before and 
 during a heat event.

    (2) Training programs to support the development and 
 integration of education and training programs for identifying 
 and addressing risks associated with climate change for 
 vulnerable individuals.

    (3) Projects designed to improve heat risk mitigation 
 capacity, research, and resource access and deployment in rural 
 and urban communities.

    (4) Projects focusing on being responsive to heat-related 
 needs from communities heard from engagements at different 
 geographic scales (national to regional to local) including--
        (A) to expand public awareness of heat risks;
        (B) to conduct community-based climate and health 
 observational campaigns;
            (C) to conduct scientific research to assess and 
 address gaps and priorities regarding the risks of 
 extreme heat in communities;
            (D) to communicate risks and warnings to isolated 
 communities;
        (E) to support the establishment of workplace 
 policies and practices to reduce the risk of extreme 
 heat illness among workers;
        (F) to educate such communities about how to 
 respond to extreme heat events; and
        (G) to establish local, city, and county heat 
 planning and heat-related emergency action plans.

    (5) Other projects that the Director determines will 
 achieve a significant reduction in heat risk or increased 
 resilience to increased heat or extreme heat events.

    (f) Priorities.--In selecting eligible entities to receive 
financial assistance under this section, the Director shall prioritize 
entities that will carry out projects that provide benefits for 
historically disadvantaged communities and communities with significant 
heat disparities associated with race, ethnicity, or income.

    (g) Distribution of Assistance.--

    (1) Communities with environmental justice concerns and 
 low-income communities.--Not less than 40 percent of the amount 
 of financial assistance provided under this section in any 
 fiscal year shall be provided to eligible entities to implement 
 projects described in subsection

    (e) in communities with 
 environmental justice concerns or low-income communities.

    (2) Equitable distribution.--The Director shall seek to 
 equitably distribute financial assistance provided under this 
 section based on geographic location or such other factors as 
 the Director determines appropriate.

SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) National Integrated Heat Health Information System Interagency 
Committee; National Integrated Heat Health Information System.--There 
is authorized to be appropriated to the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration to carry out sections 4 and 5, including for 
any administrative costs for the National Integrated Heat Health 
Information System Interagency Committee and the National Integrated 
Heat Health Information System, the following:

    (1) For fiscal year 2026, $20,000,000.

    (2) For fiscal year 2027, $20,000,000.

    (3) For fiscal year 2028, $20,000,000.

    (4) For fiscal year 2029, $20,000,000.

    (5) For fiscal year 2030, $20,000,000.

    (b) Study on Extreme Heat Information and Response.--There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration to contract with the National Academies of Sciences, 
Engineering, and Medicine to carry out 

section 6 $500,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2026 through 2028.
            (c) Financial Assistance for Resilience in Addressing Extreme Heat 
and Health Risks.--There is authorized to be appropriated to the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out 

section 7 
the following:

    (1) For fiscal year 2026, $10,000,000.

    (2) For fiscal year 2027, $10,000,000.

    (3) For fiscal year 2028, $20,000,000.

    (4) For fiscal year 2029, $30,000,000.

    (5) For fiscal year 2030, $30,000,000.
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