HR 3002119th CongressIn Committee

Homeland Security Climate Change Coordination Act

Introduced: Apr 24, 2025

Standard Summary

Comprehensive overview in 1-2 paragraphs

The Homeland Security Climate Change Coordination Act would amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to create a Climate Coordinating Council within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The council would coordinate DHS-wide efforts to identify, address, and mitigate cross-functional impacts of global climate change on DHS programs, operations, missions, assets, and personnel. The Secretary would lead the council, which must include at least 20 senior officials from a broad set of DHS offices and components (such as CBP, FEMA, ICE, TSA, Coast Guard, Secret Service, S&T, Privacy, Civil Rights and Liberties, and others). The council’s duties include identifying climate-related cross-functional impacts, developing risk-based climate change strategies, recommending organizational or resource realignments, and overseeing implementation of actions required under Executive Order 14008 and related orders. The act also requires the Secretary to submit annual reports on the council’s actions to Congress for ten years, and it adds a new Sec. 890E to the Homeland Security Act to codify the council. The bill was introduced in the 119th Congress (April 24, 2025) by a group of representatives led by Mr. Goldman of New York, with additional sponsors listed in the introduction.

Key Points

1Establishes a Climate Coordinating Council within the Department of Homeland Security to coordinate climate-change risk and mitigation across DHS programs, operations, missions, assets, and personnel.
2Council composition requires not fewer than 20 senior officials drawn from major DHS offices and components (e.g., Strategy/Policy, Regulatory Affairs, CBP, FEMA, ICE, Coast Guard, USCIS, Secret Service, S&T, TSA, Privacy, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, etc.), plus any other offices the Secretary designates.
3Leadership to be designated by the Secretary from among the listed entities.
4Council duties include: identifying cross-functional climate impacts; developing risk-based climate strategies and frameworks; recommending organizational or resource realignments; and overseeing DHS actions required under Executive Order 14008 (climate crisis actions) and related orders.
5Requires annual reports to Congress (House Homeland Security Committee and Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee) starting one year after enactment and continuing for ten years.
6Clerical amendment to add a new Sec. 890E, establishing the Climate Coordinating Council in the Homeland Security Act.

Impact Areas

Primary: Department of Homeland Security and its components (all DHS offices listed as potential council members) will see formalized climate-risk coordination, planning, and resource discussions across programs and operations.Secondary: Civil rights, civil liberties, and privacy considerations (Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties; Office of Privacy) will be integrated into climate-risk analysis and deployment of climate-related measures.Additional: Activities related to border security, immigration, emergency management, law enforcement training, public affairs, and interagency collaboration will be influenced by a unified climate-change risk framework and potential resource realignments. The reporting requirement creates ongoing congressional oversight, and the reliance on Executive Order 14008 suggests alignment with higher-level federal climate policy priorities. Budgetary and staffing implications may follow from recommended organizational or resource realignments, though the bill itself does not specify new funding.

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