H.R. 6461 · 117th Congress
National Climate Adaptation and Resilience Strategy Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Scott Peters
- Introduced
- 2022-01-20
- Latest action
- 2022-01-21 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Summary
National Climate Adaptation and Resilience Strategy Act
This bill requires the President to identify or appoint a Chief Resilience Officer that must (1) direct a government-wide effort to build resilience to climate change vulnerabilities in the United States in collaboration with existing federal initiatives and interagency adaptation efforts, and (2) create working groups. The officer and the working groups must jointly submit to the President and Congress a strategy for the government to address such vulnerabilities in partnership with nonfederal partners, a plan to implement the strategy, and updates by specified deadlines.