,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #bih #aafth  
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #dgcg
 ,report ,no4 #aaf-cge ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,october
 #ah1 #bjai,ms4 ,clarke of ,new ,york   
7for herself and ,mr4 ,thompson of      
,mississippi7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,homeland ,security       
,january #aj1 #bjbj;,additional sponsor3
 ,ms4 ,underwood  ,january #aj1         
#bjbj,reported with an amendment1       
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed,strike
 out all after the enacting clause and  
insert the part printed in italic,for   
text of introduced bill1 see copy of    
bill as introduced on ,october #ah1     
#bjai  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the         
,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb to    
require the ,under ,secretary for       
,science and ,technology of the         
,department of ,homeland ,security to   
research and evaluate existing ,federal 

research regarding approaches to        
mitigate climate change on homeland     
security to identify areas for further  
research within the ,department1        
research and develop approaches to      
mitigate the consequences of climate    
change on homeland security1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,department of 
,homeland ,security ,climate ,change    
,research ,act4  #b4 ,climate change    
planning1 research and development1 and 
protection and preparedness  7a7 ,in    
general ,title ,,iii of the ,homeland   
,security ,act of #bjjb is amended by   
adding at the end the following new     
section3  #cba4 ,climate change research
 and development  7a7 ,in general ,the  
,under ,secretary for ,science and      
,technology-- 7#a7 shall evaluate       
existing ,federal research regarding    
approaches to mitigate the consequence  
of climate change on homeland security  
to identify areas for additional        
research and development pursuant to    

paragraph 7#b7 with respect to--  7,a7  
any connection between climate change   
and homeland security1 including how the
 resulting competition for resources1   
economic distress1 and social discontent
 has contributed to1 among other        
outcomes1 acts of terrorism2  7,b7 the  
degree to which climate change is       
reflected in terrorism preparedness and 
emergency planning and policies1        
including with respect to preparedness1 
response to1 and recovery from natural  
disasters2 and  7,c7 the degree to which
 the ,federal funding structure to      
respond to major disaster declarations  
and emergency declarations is adequately
 structured to meet the demands of      
responding to and recovering from acts  
of terrorism and natural disasters that 
are aggravated by climate change2 and   
7#b7 shall1 to the extent practicable1  
conduct research and development on     
approaches to mitigate the consequences 
of climate change on homeland security  
in response to finding pursuant to      

paragraph 7#a74  7b7 ,scope ,the scope  
of the research and development under   
subsection 7a77#b7 shall include the    
following3 7#a7 ,any connection between 
climate change and homeland security1   
including how the resulting competition 
for resources1 economic distress1 and   
social discontent can contribute to1    
among other outcomes1 acts of terrorism4
  7#b7 ,the degree to which climate     
change is reflected in terrorism        
preparedness and emergency planning and 
policies1 including with respect to     
preparedness1 response to1 and recovery 
from natural disasters4  7#c7 ,the      
degree to which the ,federal funding    
structure to respond to major disaster  
declarations and emergency declarations 
is adequately structured to meet the    
demands of responding to and recovering 
from acts of terrorism and natural      
disasters that are aggravated by climate
 change4  7c7 ,consultation ,in carrying
 out this section1 the ,under ,secretary
 for ,science and ,technology shall     

consult with the heads of other relevant
 agencies and departments of the        
,federal ,government1 first responders1 
and relevant owners and operators of    
critical infrastructure4  7d7 ,climate  
change defined ,the term climate change 
refers to detectable changes in one or  
more climate system components that is  
directly or indirectly attributed to--  
7#a7 human activity2 and  7#b7 altering 
the composition of the global           
atmosphere4  4  7b7 ,clerical amendment 
,the table of contents in section #a7;b7
 of the ,homeland ,security ,act of     
#bjjb is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section #cbj the       
following new item3  ,sec4 #cba4        
,climate change research and            
development4  4  #c4 ,report to         
,congress ,not later than one year after
 the date of the enactment of this ,act 
and annually thereafter for three years1
 the ,under ,secretary for ,science and 
,technology of the ,department of       
,homeland ,security 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 on any research and development  
activities carried out pursuant to      
section #cba of the ,homeland ,security 
,act of #bjjb1 as added by this ,act4   
,january #aj1 #bjbj,reported with an    
amendment1 committed to the ,committee  
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union1 and ordered to be printed