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Official title: To reduce the health risks of heat by establishing the National Integrated Heat Health Information System within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Integrated Heat Health Information System Interagency Committee to improve extreme heat preparedness, planning, and response, requiring a study, and establishing financial assistance programs to address heat effects, and for other purposes.
Introduced September 3, 2025 by Suzanne Bonamici · Last progress September 3, 2025
The bill strengthens national heat-health coordination, data, and targeted funding—especially for disadvantaged communities—to reduce heat-related harm, but it requires sustained federal spending, adds administrative burdens, raises privacy and eligibility questions, and could increase local operating costs if not paired with adequate implementation resources.
Seniors, low-income people, people with disabilities, children, and other heat-vulnerable residents will get better heat warnings, forecasts, surveillance, and targeted mitigation that reduce heat-related illness and deaths.
Low-income, Tribal, and historically disadvantaged urban communities will receive prioritized funding and program attention (including a statutory target of at least 40% of assistance) for heat-mitigation projects like cool roofs, trees, and HVAC upgrades.
State, local, and federal agencies, plus researchers, will have standardized definitions, improved data sharing, and coordinated planning—making heat-risk communication, cross-jurisdictional response, and program alignment more consistent and actionable.
Taxpayers will face increased federal spending—recurring tens of millions annually plus grants and program costs—which could raise deficits or crowd out other priorities.
State, local, and Tribal governments and smaller agencies may face administrative, reporting, coordination, and implementation burdens (including matching or new requirements) that strain limited capacity and delay local action.
Promised services and infrastructure upgrades depend on future appropriations and interagency coordination, so benefits may not materialize or may be uneven without sustained funding and clear roles.
Based on analysis of 8 sections of legislative text.
Establishes a NOAA-led national heat-health system and interagency committee, funds community resilience grants, commissions a National Academies study, and authorizes NOAA funding through FY2030.
Creates a NOAA-led national system to coordinate federal heat-health information, planning, and response, establish an interagency committee, fund local resilience projects, and support research to reduce heat-related illness and death. It requires a National Academies study on extreme heat information and gaps, establishes a Community Heat Resilience grant program with equity priorities, and authorizes multi-year funding through FY2030. The bill sets definitions for heat-related terms, identifies vulnerable populations, mandates agency coordination and data sharing, requires open access to system data, and directs NOAA to run grants, designate centers of excellence, and improve warning and monitoring capacity. It includes specific appropriations for NOAA operations, the National Academies study, and community grants from FY2026–FY2030.