FEMA Climate Change Preparedness Act
Summary
FEMA Climate Change Preparedness Act This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to (1) revise its 2018-2022 Strategic Plan to ensure that the plan explicitly mentions climate change and addresses the implications of climate change on homeland security and near- and long-term national disaster risk, and (2) ensure that future strategic plans do likewise. The Department of Homeland Security must establish, as a subcommittee of the National Advisory Council, the Climate Change Subcommittee, which shall advise FEMA on how to best incorporate climate change, including risk assessments and strategies for adaptation and mitigation, into and throughout FEMA's policies, plans, programs, and operations. FEMA must publish as a report, submit to specified congressional committees, and make available to Congress and the public, a comprehensive assessment of climate change risks and preparedness.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Feb 3, 2021
Last action Feb 4, 2021
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2
Feb 4, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
lower
Feb 3, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
lower
Feb 3, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 49 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Yvette D. Clarke
DDemocratic
Co
Abigail Davis Spanberger
DDemocratic
Co
Adriano Espaillat
DDemocratic
Co
Alan S. Lowenthal
DDemocratic
Co
Albio Sires
DDemocratic
Co
Alcee L. Hastings
DDemocratic
Co
André Carson
DDemocratic
Co
Betty McCollum
DDemocratic
Co
Bill Foster
DDemocratic
Co
Bonnie Watson Coleman
DDemocratic
Co
Chellie Pingree
DDemocratic
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