Sec. 322. Development of climate vulnerability and risk assessment tool
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall develop a climate vulnerability and risk assessment tool to assist the military departments in measuring how the risks associated with climate change impact networks, systems, installations, facilities, and other assets, as well as the operational plans and capabilities of the Department of Defense. In developing the tool under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the Interior, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Commander of the Army Corps of Engineers, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, a federally funded research and development center, and the heads of such other relevant Federal agencies as the Secretary of Defense determines appropriate.
Before completing development of the tool under subsection (a), the Secretary shall obtain from a federally funded research and development center with which the Secretary has consulted under subsection
(b)a certification in writing that the tool contains a methodology that adequately incorporates the prevailing scientific consensus on climate change. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report describing the tool developed under subsection (a). The report under paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex if necessary. Upon submittal of the report under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall publish the unclassified portion of the report on an internet website of the Department that is available to the public. After submittal of the report under subsection (d), the Secretary of Defense shall update the climate vulnerability and risk assessment tool developed under subsection
(a)on an annual basis, in consultation with the individuals and entities described in subsection
(b)and consistent with the prevailing scientific consensus as required under subsection (c). Upon completing an update to the tool under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall— submit to the congressional defense committees a report describing such update; and publish the unclassified version of such report on an internet website of the Department that is available to the public.