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HR 1647119th CongressIn Committee

Tribal Climate Health Assurance Act of 2025

Introduced: Feb 27, 2025
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The Tribal Climate Health Assurance Act of 2025 would create a new Climate Ready Tribes Initiative within the Public Health Service Act. The initiative would be implemented by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the CDC Director, in coordination with the National Indian Health Board. Its aims are to translate climate change science for tribal governments and communities, develop decision-support tools to help tribes prepare for climate impacts, lead planning for public health responses, identify and mitigate climate-related health threats, and share relevant materials and funding information. The bill authorizes $110 million annually beginning in FY2026 to carry out this program, with a prohibition on transferring these funds to other HHS programs.

Key Points

  • 1Establishes the Climate Ready Tribes Initiative as a new program under the Public Health Service Act (inserted as Sec. 317W).
  • 2Responsibilities include translating climate science for tribes, creating decision-support tools, leading public health planning for climate impacts, mitigating health threats, and sharing funding and resource information.
  • 3Requires coordination between the CDC and the National Indian Health Board.
  • 4Provides an appropriation of $110 million for FY2026 and each subsequent fiscal year.
  • 5Prohibits the funds from being transferred or reprogrammed to other programs within the Secretary’s agency.

Impact Areas

Primary group/area affected: American Indian and Alaska Native tribal communities and tribal health departments, who would receive targeted climate-health information, tools, and capacity-building support.Secondary group/area affected: Tribal governments and health systems, which would engage in planning, decision-support, and implementation activities related to climate-related health preparedness.Additional impacts: Enhanced leadership role for the CDC in tribal climate-health planning, potential increased coordination with tribal health organizations (notably the National Indian Health Board), and a dedicated funding stream to support climate-health activities in tribal communities starting in 2026.
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