PREPARE Act – Section by Section Summary

The PREPARE Act aims to codify the Council on Climate Preparedness and Resilience to set government-wide goals for extreme weather risk management. It mandates that federal agencies submit comprehensive plans every two years to integrate extreme weather considerations into their operations and requires the creation of a USGCRP website to provide actionable data to state, local, and tribal decision-makers. Additionally, the Act establishes a process for inventorying and coordinating regional federal offices to improve the delivery of resilience services at the state and local levels.

• The Act establishes an Interagency Council on Extreme Weather Resilience, Preparedness, and Risk Management, comprising entities such as the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). This Council is tasked with setting government-wide priorities, tracking federal actions—specifically focusing on GAO high risk designated areas—and supporting state, local, and tribal efforts to increase resilience.
• Federal agencies must submit a comprehensive plan to the OMB and the Interagency Council within one year of the Act's enactment, and every two years thereafter. These plans must assess extreme weather risks to agency missions, identify federal program barriers to state and local resilience efforts, and describe existing and future actions to manage these risks.
• The Act mandates the creation of a USGCRP website to serve as a hub for timely and accessible information, data, and tools regarding extreme weather risks for private sector, tribal, local, and state decision-makers. The Interagency Council is responsible for designating agencies to maintain the site and conduct public outreach.
• To improve regional coordination, the Interagency Council must conduct an inventory of all agency regional offices and programs assisting with extreme weather efforts every two years. Following these inventories, the Council will convene meetings to develop coordinated strategies and assign responsibilities among collaborating regional offices.

APA

Cartwright, M. (n.d.). PREPARE Act – Section by Section Summary. Environmental and Energy Study Institute. https://www.eesi.org/files/PREPARE_Act_section_by_section_7.15.pdf

Chicago

Cartwright, Matt. PREPARE Act – Section by Section Summary. Environmental and Energy Study Institute, n.d. https://www.eesi.org/files/PREPARE_Act_section_by_section_7.15.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{cartwrightndprepare, author = {Cartwright, Matt}, title = {{PREPARE Act – Section by Section Summary}}, institution = {Environmental and Energy Study Institute}, url = {https://www.eesi.org/files/PREPARE_Act_section_by_section_7.15.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }