Sec. 7. Incorporation of climate resilience into existing strategies of the Department of Defense

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Directive 4715.21 of the Department of Defense, dated January 14, 2016, and entitled Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience , shall remain in effect. Each posture statement submitted to Congress by the Secretary of a military department, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, or the commander of a combatant command shall include a description of the implementation and discharge by such official of the Directive referred to in paragraph (1), including the personnel assigned to implement and discharge the Directive and the progress achieved in such implementation and discharge.

The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the heads of other elements of the intelligence community, 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, and the heads of such other relevant Federal agencies as the Secretary of Defense determines appropriate, shall incorporate climate change into the National Defense Strategy, the National Military Strategy, and operational plans of the Department of Defense.

In this subsection, the term intelligence community has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3003 ). Among the cross-functional teams established by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to subsection

(c)of section 911 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–328 ; 130 Stat. 2345; 10 U.S.C. 111 note) in support of the organizational strategy for the Department of Defense required by subsection

(a)of that section, the Secretary shall establish a cross-functional team on the implementation and discharge of the requirements under this section. The cross-functional team required by paragraph

(1)shall be established in accordance with subsection

(c)of section 911 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, and shall be governed in its activities in accordance with the provisions of such subsection (c). The cross-functional team required by paragraph

(1)shall coordinate with the Chief Sustainability Officer of the Department of Defense while implementing and discharging the requirements under this section. The cross-functional team required by paragraph

(1)shall be established by not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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