Preventing HEAT Illness and Deaths Act of 2025

This bill would create a National Integrated Heat Health Information System within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), led by a Director, to improve heat forecasts, warnings, data, and research on how heat affects health. It would also create an interagency committee of federal agencies to coordinate heat-health work and write a 5-year strategic plan within 2 years. NOAA would seek an agreement with the National Academies to study gaps in extreme heat information and response. The bill would allow a grant program for states, tribes, local governments, nonprofits, and others to fund heat-reduction projects, with at least 40 percent going to low-income communities or communities with environmental justice concerns. It would authorize $20 million per year for the system and committee and up to $30 million per year for the grants through fiscal year 2030.

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Sponsors

• Suzanne Bonamici Democrat sponsor
• 13 cosponsors