Sec. 6. Annual report on effects of climate change on Department of Defense
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on vulnerabilities to military installations and combatant commander requirements resulting from climate change that builds upon the report submitted under section 335(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 ( Public Law 115–91 ; 131 Stat. 1358). The report required by subsection
(a)shall include the following: An explanation of the underlying methodology behind the climate vulnerability analysis conducted in preparing the report under section 335(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018. An assessment of how climate change affects low-lying military installations, military installations of the Navy and the Marine Corps, and military installations outside the United States. An assessment of how climate change affects access of members of the Armed Forces to training ranges. With respect to a military installation in a country outside the United States, an assessment of the collaboration between the Department of Defense and the military or civilian agencies of the government of that country or nongovernmental organizations operating in that country to adapt to risks from climate change. An assessment of how climate change affects housing safety and food security on military installations. An assessment of the strategic benefits derived from isolating infrastructure of the Department of Defense in the United States from the national electric grid and the use of energy-efficient, distributed, and smart power grids by the Armed Forces in the United States and overseas to ensure affordable access to electricity. A list of the ten military installations within each military department that are most vulnerable to climate change based on the effects of the following: Geographic location. Extreme weather. Rising sea tides and sea levels. Increased flooding. Drought. Desertification. Wildfires. Thawing permafrost. Such other categories as the Secretary determines necessary. A climate vulnerability score, determined by the Secretary, for each military installation of the Department. An overview of mitigations, in addition to current efforts undertaken by the Department, that may be necessary to ensure the continued operational viability and to increase the resilience of the vulnerable military installations identified under paragraph (7), and the estimated costs of those mitigations. An assessment of how adapting to climate change impacts the readiness of the Armed Forces to address the threats posed by Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and violent extremism. In developing each report under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall consult with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Energy, 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. The report required by subsection
(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex if necessary. Upon submittal of the report required by subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall publish the unclassified portion of the report on an internet website of the Department of Defense that is available to the public.
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Annual report on effects of climate change on Department of Defense
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