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Official title: Amend the National Security Act of 1947 to require the Federal Government to produce a national resilience strategy, and for other purposes.
Introduced July 20, 2026 by Christopher A. Coons · Last progress July 20, 2026
The bill centralizes federal resilience planning and data—making it easier for governments, communities, and the military to prepare for hazards—but creates new cross-agency obligations without dedicated funding and includes governance ambiguities and oversight trade-offs that could slow or limit long-term effectiveness.
State, local, tribal, and territorial governments — and the communities they serve (urban, rural, and nonprofit partners) — gain clearer federal coordination, centralized resilience data, and technical assistance to plan for sea level rise, drought, and other hazards, making local resilience planning easier and more consistent.
Military installations and personnel benefit from directed resilience planning intended to reduce mission disruptions from natural hazards.
Federal investments and programs may be made more efficient and less duplicative, potentially saving taxpayer dollars and improving program outcomes.
State, local, tribal governments and federal agencies face new interagency obligations without explicit new funding, creating potential unfunded administrative burdens and costs for implementation.
Ambiguities in legal authorities and lack of concrete deadlines could slow implementation and produce uneven agency participation, reducing the effectiveness of the effort.
Agencies may shift staff and resources toward resilience activities, potentially delaying other programs or projects and imposing trade-offs on existing priorities.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Creates an NSC Chief Resilience Officer to lead interagency coordination and require development of a National Resilience Strategy.
Establishes a Chief Resilience Officer (CRO) within the National Security Council to coordinate federal efforts to build resilience to natural hazards, strengthen resilience of U.S. military installations, analyze how federal investments promote resilience, and improve efficiency of resilience-related spending. The CRO must create interagency working groups, may form a Federal Partners Council on Resilience, and can require agency participation and detailees to develop a National Resilience Strategy. Creates a new statutory coordination role and related interagency structure by amending the National Security Act of 1947; the text provided does not include new funding, explicit deadlines, or additional named implementing agencies beyond existing federal departments and agencies.