S.Amdt. 2456

SA 2456. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2301 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill S. 4049, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle B of title III, add the following:

SEC. 320. DESIGNATION OF SENIOR CLIMATE ADVISOR FOR
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

(a) In General.--Chapter 4 of title 10, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``Sec. 146. Senior Climate Advisor

``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall designate
an official on the staff of the Office of the Secretary to
serve as the Senior Climate Advisor for the Department of
Defense.
``(b) Responsibilities.--The Senior Climate Advisor
designated under subsection (a) shall be responsible for the
following:
``(1) Coordinating guidance of the Secretary of Defense
related to climate security across the Department of Defense.
``(2) Monitoring the integration of climate security into
budget processes of the Department.
``(3) Coordinating the integration of climate security into
the National Defense Strategy, the National Military
Strategy, the Defense Planning Guidance, and other strategic
documents of the Department.
``(4) Facilitating the integration of key scientific inputs
related to climate security across the Department.
``(5) Tracking progress of the Department toward climate
security goals and monitoring compliance of the Department
with climate security guidance.
``(6) Serving as a key point of contact on climate security
for other Federal agencies.
``(c) Seniority.--The Senior Climate Advisor designated
under subsection (a) shall be a member of the Senior
Executive Service.
``(d) Briefing.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, the
Senior Climate Advisor designated under subsection (a) shall
provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing
summarizing the activities carried out under this section.
``(e) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) The term `climate security' means the effects of
climate change on--
``(A) infrastructure;
``(B) training;
``(C) operations;
``(D) planning;
``(E) posture;
``(F) strategy;
``(G) support to civil authorities;
``(H) humanitarian assistance and disaster response;
``(I) ally and partner readiness and resiliency;
``(J) national, subnational, and regional political
stability; and
``(K) intrastate and interstate conflict.
``(2) The term `the effects of climate change' means--
``(A) the intensification and frequency of droughts,
floods, wildfires, tropical storms, and other extreme weather
events;
``(B) changes in historical severe weather, drought, and
wildfire patterns;
``(C) the expansion of geographical ranges of droughts,
floods, and wildfires into regions that had not regularly
experienced such phenomena;
``(D) global sea level rise patterns and the expansion of
geographical ranges affected by drought; and
``(E) changes in marine environments that affect critical
geostrategic waterways, such as the Arctic Ocean, the South
China Sea, the South Pacific Ocean, the Barents Sea, and the
Beaufort Sea.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of chapter 4 of such title is amended by adding at
the end the following new item:

``146. Senior Climate Advisor.''.
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