H.R. 744: FEMA Climate Change Preparedness Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-02-03 · Emergency Management · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

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Where it came from: introduced 2021-02-03 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

FEMA Climate Change Preparedness Act

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FEMA Climate Change Preparedness Act This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to (1) revise its 2018-2022 Strategic Plan to ensure that the plan explicitly mentions climate change and addresses the implications of climate change on homeland security and near- and long-term national disaster risk, and (2) ensure that future strategic plans do likewise. The Department of Homeland Security must establish, as a subcommittee of the National Advisory Council, the Climate Change Subcommittee, which shall advise FEMA on how to best incorporate climate change, including risk assessments and strategies for adaptation and mitigation, into and throughout FEMA's policies, plans, programs, and operations. FEMA must publish as a report, submit to specified congressional committees, and make available to Congress and the public, a comprehensive assessment of climate change risks and preparedness.

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FEMA Climate Change Preparedness Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] · 49 cosponsors

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Steve Cohen (D-TN), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Peter Welch (D-VT), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Mike Levin (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] reported raising $1.3 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr744.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>

Record fed-us-cong117-hr744 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117