Sec. 102. Climate Resilience Task Force
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The Director of the Office of Climate Resilience shall convene a Task Force of external stakeholders who possess expertise related to climate resilience to inform a national climate resilience action plan. The Director of the Office of Climate Resilience shall establish a public nomination and appointment process for individuals with expertise in the activities described in section 7(c) of this Act. As the Center for the Climate Resilience Workforce updates the definition of climate resilience sectors under section 7 of this Act, the Director may appoint additional members to, expand the scope of, and alter the structure of the Task Force as needed to fulfill the purpose of the Task Force.
The task force shall be comprised of not less than 20 members. The Director shall appoint as many members as determined necessary to ensure that the Task Force possesses sufficient knowledge and expertise to make recommendations of sufficient depth and breadth to inform the development of a robust national climate action plan. The Task Force members shall appoint a Chair who will serve as the liaison between the Task Force and the Office. Members of the Task Force shall establish issue-specific committees to focus on mitigation, preparation and adaptation, and disaster preparedness, recovery, and rebuilding activities as described in section 7(c) of this Act.
Each member of the Task Force shall be qualified by education, training, or lived, volunteer, or paid work experience in the activities specified in section 7(c) of this Act to evaluate information and make recommendations on matters referred to the Task Force under this Act. Individuals appointed to the Task Force shall include— individuals with experience implementing strategies to achieve absolute reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation, electricity generation, industrial, commercial and residential building and agricultural sectors, including experience as a community organizer on climate mitigation issues or a frontline worker in such sectors; individuals with experience in preparation and adaptation, including— workers from care industries, including healthcare, childcare, elder care, home care and other related occupations; community organizers with expertise in disaster preparedness and recovery and building robust grassroots community support networks, mutual aid networks, and emergency hubs; public sector leaders and employees from Federal, State, local, and Tribal governments with experience in administering social safety net programs; individuals with scientific, technical, programmatic, and community expertise in implementing measures to address the risks to each of the environmental systems mentioned in section 7(c); individuals with scientific, technical, programmatic, and community expertise in implementing measures to address the risks to each of the economic systems mentioned in section 7(c); individuals with experience in organized labor and labor-management partnerships; individuals with expertise in climate-related disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and rebuilding from both the public and private sector; and emergency managers at local and State government emergency management offices.