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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Examples of Bills with a Significant Climate Change Component Considered in the 110th Congress." National Research Council. 2009. Restructuring Federal Climate Research to Meet the Challenges of Climate Change. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12595.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Examples of Bills with a Significant Climate Change Component Considered in the 110th Congress." National Research Council. 2009. Restructuring Federal Climate Research to Meet the Challenges of Climate Change. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12595.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Examples of Bills with a Significant Climate Change Component Considered in the 110th Congress." National Research Council. 2009. Restructuring Federal Climate Research to Meet the Challenges of Climate Change. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12595.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Examples of Bills with a Significant Climate Change Component Considered in the 110th Congress." National Research Council. 2009. Restructuring Federal Climate Research to Meet the Challenges of Climate Change. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12595.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Examples of Bills with a Significant Climate Change Component Considered in the 110th Congress." National Research Council. 2009. Restructuring Federal Climate Research to Meet the Challenges of Climate Change. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12595.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Examples of Bills with a Significant Climate Change Component Considered in the 110th Congress." National Research Council. 2009. Restructuring Federal Climate Research to Meet the Challenges of Climate Change. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12595.
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Appendix A Examples of Bills with a Significant Climate Change Component Considered in the 110th Congress Bill Comments HR 6—Energy In- Omnibus energy act (enacted). Among dependence and other things, directs DOE to carry out re- Security Act of search and development relating to 2007 (P.L. 110-40) alternative energy sources, including biofu- els and geothermal. Directs DOE to carry out carbon capture and sequestration re- search and development and demonstration programs, authorizing $1.4B in appropria- tions for these actions. S 280—Climate Would establish program for market-driven Stewardship and reduction of greenhouse gases via emis- Innovation Act of sions trading program, would require EPA to 2007 establish greenhouse gas database. Also would authorize $60M in appropriations for NOAA abrupt climate change research. (HR 4266 was the House version.) 149

150 APPENDIX A Bill Comments HR 906—Global Would reauthorize the U.S. Global Change Change Research Research Program to focus on decision and Data Man- support needs, and would require prepara- agement Act of tion of national vulnerability assessments on 2007 a 5-year cycle. Would also require prepara- tion of a report to Congress on coordinating federal climate data management and ar- chiving. S 1018/HR 1961— Would require DOD, DOS, and ODNI to take Global Climate specified actions related to estimating ef- Change Security fects of climate change on national security, Oversight Act would authorize DOD research on climate change. S 1581/HR 4174— Would direct DOC to establish a NOAA Federal Ocean ocean acidification research program, au- Acidification Re- thorizing $70M in appropriations. Another search and Senate version is S 2211. Monitoring Act of 2007 S 1874— Would establish a carbon market efficiency Containing and board to analyze carbon market information Managing Climate and to intervene in such a market. Costs Efficiently Act S 2156—Science Would direct DOI to establish a USBR cli- and Engineering to mate change adaptation program, including Comprehensively authorizing the funding of water resources Understand and research, and would direct DOE to assess Responsibly En- risk of climate change to hydropower gen- hance Water Act eration.

APPENDIX A 151 Bill Comments S 2191—America’s Would require EPA to establish a green- Climate Security house gas registry and trading system, Act of 2007 (“Lie- would also establish a carbon market effi- berman bill”) ciency board. S 2204—Global Would require DOI and DOC to establish Warming Wildlife national strategies for maintaining wildlife Survival Act populations/marine ecosystems in view of climate change effects, and would require USGS to examine effects of climate change on listed species. HR 2338—Global Would require DOI to promulgate a national Warming Wildlife strategy for mitigating climate change im- Survival Act pacts on wildlife. Would require establishment of a science program within USGS to conduct research on impacts of warming on wildlife and habitat, and to pro- vide science support to federal resource management agencies on such topics. HR 2342—National Would direct the president to establish a Integrated Coastal coastal and ocean observation system to, and Ocean Obser- among other things, improve the ability to track vation Act of 2008 and predict climate variability and change. S 2355—Climate Among other things, would establish a na- Change Adaptation tional climate service within NOAA, would Act require DOC to prepare regional assess- ments on coastal and ocean vulnerability to climate change, and would require DOC to provide grants to coastal states for develop- ing coastal and ocean adaptation plans. S 2970/HR 6297— Would require EPA, in cooperation with Climate Change DOC, DOE, and DOI, to fund an applied re- Drinking Water search program on drinking water utility Adaptation Re- adaptation to climate change. Would au- search Act thorize $275M in appropriations.

152 APPENDIX A Bill Comments HR 5453—Coastal Would establish a DOC coastal climate State Climate change adaptation planning and response Change Planning program, and would authorize grants to Act of 2008 coastal states for implementation. S 2307—Global Would amend the Global Change Research Change Research Act to establish a National Climate Service Improvement Act within NOAA. of 2007 NOTES: DOC = Department of Commerce; DOD = Department of De- fense; DOE = Department of Energy; DOI = Department of Interior; DOS = Department of State; EPA = Environmental Protection Agency; NOAA = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; ODNI = Office of the Director of National Intelligence; USBR = U.S. Bureau of Reclamation; USGS = U.S. Geological Survey.

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Climate change is one of the most important global environmental problems facing the world today. Policy decisions are already being made to limit or adapt to climate change and its impacts, but there is a need for greater integration between science and decision making. This book proposes six priorities for restructuring the United States' climate change research program to develop a more robust knowledge base and support informed responses:

  • Reorganize the Program Around Integrated Scientific-Societal Issues
  • Establish a U.S. Climate Observing System
  • Support a New Generation of Coupled Earth System Models
  • Strengthen Research on Adaptation, Mitigation, and Vulnerability
  • Initiate a National Assessment of the Risks and Costs of Climate Change Impacts and Options to Respond
  • Coordinate Federal Efforts to Provide Climate Information, Tools, and Forecasts Routinely to Decision Makers
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