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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 5119

Introduced

National Security Climate Intelligence Act of 2025

Sponsor
DScott H. Peters· California
Introduced
September 3, 2025
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).September 3, 2025
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5119 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5119

To amend the National Security Act of 1947, to direct the Director of 
National Intelligence to produce intelligence community assessments on 
certain effects of climate change, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 3, 2025

Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Crow) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

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A BILL

To amend the National Security Act of 1947, to direct the Director of 
National Intelligence to produce intelligence community assessments on 
certain effects of climate change, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``National Security Climate 
Intelligence Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. PERIODIC INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ASSESSMENTS ON CERTAIN EFFECTS 
OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

Title XI of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3231 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section (and 
conforming the table of contents at the beginning of such Act 
accordingly):

``SEC. 1115. PERIODIC INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ASSESSMENTS ON CERTAIN 
EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

``(a) Requirement.--Not later than the date that is four years 
after the date of the enactment of the National Security Climate 
Intelligence Act of 2025, and on a basis that is not less frequent than 
once every 6 years thereafter, the Director of National Intelligence 
shall, acting through the National Intelligence Council--
``(1) produce an Intelligence Community Assessment on the 
national security and economic security effects of climate 
change; and
``(2) submit to the congressional intelligence committees 
such Intelligence Community Assessment.
``(b) Form.--Each Intelligence Community Assessment under 
subsection (a)(2) may be submitted in classified form, but if so 
submitted, shall include an unclassified executive summary.''.
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