Sec. 5. National climate adaptation and resilience operations report
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Not later than 16 months after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 3 years thereafter, the Chief Resilience Officer and the Working Groups shall jointly submit to the President and Congress a National Climate Adaptation and Resilience Operations Report that includes— a summary of the existing climate resilience operations of each represented agency that includes— the roles and responsibilities of each represented agency in building national resilience to the climate vulnerabilities described in the National Climate Assessment or other analyses relevant to each represented agency; the major findings and conclusions from climate adaptation plans or risk or vulnerability assessments prepared by each represented agency; the mechanisms by which each represented agency supports the resilience efforts of non-Federal partners, such as by providing funding, resources, and technical assistance; and an assessment of how each represented agency is working to ensure equitable adaptation outcomes; and a cross-agency analysis of the resilience operations identified under paragraph
(1)that— identifies— the challenges, barriers, or disincentives for the Federal Government to build resilience to climate change in the United States; the inconsistencies in goals, priorities, or strategies underlying climate resilience operations and policy across represented agencies that may inhibit effective interagency coordination to support national climate resilience, including— the areas of necessary differences in those goals, priorities, or strategies; and the justifications for those inconsistencies; areas of overlap or redundant use of resources between or among represented agencies, including recommendations to eliminate any unnecessary or unintentional redundancy; gaps or deficiencies in resilience operations and policy that need to be addressed in the context of the Strategy; opportunities for greater collaboration between or among represented agencies to improve Federal Government resilience operations and policy; and opportunities for greater collaboration between the Federal Government and non-Federal partners to build local-level adaptive capacity and resilience; and includes a review and summary of all available Federal funding from represented agencies that is specifically allocated for climate adaptation activities to be undertaken by non-Federal partners, including— a summary of Federal funding available in appropriations accounts and subaccounts; disparities between the supply and demand for adaptation funding available to non-Federal partners; and existing mechanisms to ensure Federal funding allocations are being directed to frontline communities with the greatest level of vulnerability.