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INFORMATION .
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-602
CLIMATE ADAPTATION SCIENCE CENTERS ACT
DECEMBER 7, 2022.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 6654]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 6654) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish
a National Climate Adaptation Science Center and Regional Cli-
mate Adaptation Science Centers to respond to the effects of ex-
treme weather events and climate trends, and for other purposes,
having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an
amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Climate Adaptation Science Centers Act or the
CASC Act.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) ADAPTATION.-The term adaptation means-
(A) the process of adjustment to actual or expected climate and the effects
of extreme weather, climate trends, and climate variability; and
(B) protection, management, and conservation efforts designed to main-
tain or enhance the ability of people, fish, wildlife, plants, land, ecosystems,
and water of the United States to withstand, adjust to, or recover from the
effects of extreme weather, climate trends, and climate variability.
(2) ADVISORY SERVICE ACTIVITIES.-The term advisory service activities
means activities including-
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