National Security Climate Intelligence Act

National Security Climate Intelligence Act

This bill requires the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to submit a National Intelligence Estimate to Congress every four years on the effects of climate change on national and economic security.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2903 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2903

 To amend the National Security Act of 1947, to direct the Director of 
  National Intelligence to produce national intelligence estimates on 
       certain effects of climate change, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 26, 2023

  Mr. Peters introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
               Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the National Security Act of 1947, to direct the Director of 
  National Intelligence to produce national intelligence estimates on 
       certain effects of climate change, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Security Climate 
Intelligence Act''.

SEC. 2. PERIODIC NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATES ON CERTAIN EFFECTS OF 
              CLIMATE CHANGE.

    Title XI of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3231 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section (and 
conforming the table of contents at the beginning of such Act 
accordingly):

``SEC. 1114. PERIODIC NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATES ON CERTAIN 
              EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

    ``(a) Requirement.--Not later than the date that is four years 
after the date of the enactment of this section, and on a basis that is 
not less frequent than once every four years thereafter, the Director 
of National Intelligence, acting through the National Intelligence 
Council, shall--
            ``(1) produce a National Intelligence Estimate on the 
        national security and economic security effects of climate 
        change; and
            ``(2) submit to the congressional intelligence committees 
        such National Intelligence Estimate.
    ``(b) Form.--Each National Intelligence Estimate under subsection 
(a)(2) may be submitted in classified form, but if so submitted, shall 
include an unclassified executive summary.''.
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