Sec. 5. National Integrated Heat Health Information System Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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There is established within the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration a program, to be known as the National Integrated Heat Health Information System Program . The purpose of the program established by subsection
(a)is to improve the capacity of the United States to plan, prepare for, adapt to, and mitigate health risks of extreme heat across multiple timescales. The Program shall be headed by a Director. In carrying out the purpose described in subsection (b), the Director shall carry out the following responsibilities: The Director shall implement the strategic plan required by section 4(e)(1) by developing and implementing a multi-year implementation plan. In developing and implementing the implementation plan under subparagraph (A), the Director shall focus on the following: Developing and sustaining robust relationships with climate, public health, and other Federal and non-Federal partners and decisionmakers— to respond to the demand for actionable information that reduces health risks on multiple timescales; and to develop and deliver timely and accessible decision support services, tools, and information to inform planning, preparedness, and risk-reducing actions across timescales. Coordinating and collaborating with the international community and global partners to conduct research and learn from, leverage, and contribute to global knowledge. Enhancing observations, surveillance, and monitoring necessary for the activities described in clauses
(i)and (ii). Communicating, educating, and building awareness and capacity to address heat risk across communities, sectors, and timescales. Implementing and executing the grant program under paragraph
(2)and the financial assistance program under section (7). Conducting the study required by section 6(a)(1). The Director 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— to improve understanding of— the climate epidemiology and social drivers of heat-health vulnerability and risk; the drivers of climate variability, predictability, and changes in extreme heat; and the impacts of extreme heat and compound hazards across timescales; to investigate and evaluate the effectiveness of risk management actions, interventions, policies, standards, codes, and guidelines; and to address other topics as appropriate, including topics outlined in the strategic plan required by section 4(e)(1) and relevant to the study required by section 6(a)(1) and the financial assistance program under section 7. The Director shall carry out such other activities as the Committee considers appropriate.