Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 19 (Monday, February 1, 2021)]

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Executive Order 14008 of January 27, 2021

Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad

The United States and the world face a profound climate

crisis. We have a narrow moment to pursue action at

home and abroad in order to avoid the most catastrophic

impacts of that crisis and to seize the opportunity

that tackling climate change presents. Domestic action

must go hand in hand with United States international

leadership, aimed at significantly enhancing global

action. Together, we must listen to science and meet

the moment.

By the authority vested in me as President by the

Constitution and the laws of the United States of

America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

PART I--PUTTING THE CLIMATE CRISIS AT THE CENTER OF

UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY AND NATIONAL SECURITY

Section 101. Policy. United States international

engagement to address climate change--which has become

a climate crisis--is more necessary and urgent than

ever. The scientific community has made clear that the

scale and speed of necessary action is greater than

previously believed. There is little time left to avoid

setting the world on a dangerous, potentially

catastrophic, climate trajectory

come

a climate crisis--is more necessary and urgent than

ever. The scientific community has made clear that the

scale and speed of necessary action is greater than

previously believed. There is little time left to avoid

setting the world on a dangerous, potentially

catastrophic, climate trajectory. Responding to the

climate crisis will require both significant short-term

global reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and net-

zero global emissions by mid-century or before.

It is the policy of my Administration that climate

considerations shall be an essential element of United

States foreign policy and national security. The United

States will work with other countries and partners,

both bilaterally and multilaterally, to put the world

on a sustainable climate pathway. The United States

will also move quickly to build resilience, both at

home and abroad, against the impacts of climate change

that are already manifest and will continue to

intensify according to current trajectories.

Sec. 102. Purpose. This order builds on and reaffirms

actions my Administration has already taken to place

the climate crisis at the forefront of this Nation's

foreign policy and national security planning,

including submitting the United States instrument of

acceptance to rejoin the Paris Agreement

Sec. 102. Purpose. This order builds on and reaffirms

actions my Administration has already taken to place

the climate crisis at the forefront of this Nation's

foreign policy and national security planning,

including submitting the United States instrument of

acceptance to rejoin the Paris Agreement. In

implementing--and building upon--the Paris Agreement's

three overarching objectives (a safe global

temperature, increased climate resilience, and

financial flows aligned with a pathway toward low

greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient

development), the United States will exercise its

leadership to promote a significant increase in global

climate ambition to meet the climate challenge. In this

regard:

(a) I will host an early Leaders' Climate Summit

aimed at raising climate ambition and making a positive

contribution to the 26th United Nations Climate Change

Conference of the Parties (COP26) and beyond.

(b) The United States will reconvene the Major

Economies Forum on Energy and Climate, beginning with

the Leaders' Climate Summit. In cooperation with the

members of that Forum, as well as with other partners

as appropriate, the United States will pursue green

recovery efforts, initiatives to advance the clean

energy transition, sectoral decarbonization, and

alignment of financial flows with the objectives of the

Paris Agreement, including with respect to coal

financing, nature-based solutions, and solutions to

other climate-related challenges.

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recovery efforts, initiatives to advance the clean

energy transition, sectoral decarbonization, and

alignment of financial flows with the objectives of the

Paris Agreement, including with respect to coal

financing, nature-based solutions, and solutions to

other climate-related challenges.

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(c) I have created a new Presidentially appointed

position, the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate,

to elevate the issue of climate change and underscore

the commitment my Administration will make toward

addressing it.

(d) Recognizing that climate change affects a wide

range of subjects, it will be a United States priority

to press for enhanced climate ambition and integration

of climate considerations across a wide range of

international fora, including the Group of Seven (G7),

the Group of Twenty (G20), and fora that address clean

energy, aviation, shipping, the Arctic, the ocean,

sustainable development, migration, and other relevant

topics. The Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and

others, as appropriate, are encouraged to promote

innovative approaches, including international multi-

stakeholder initiatives. In addition, my Administration

will work in partnership with States, localities,

Tribes, territories, and other United States

stakeholders to advance United States climate

diplomacy.

ppropriate, are encouraged to promote

innovative approaches, including international multi-

stakeholder initiatives. In addition, my Administration

will work in partnership with States, localities,

Tribes, territories, and other United States

stakeholders to advance United States climate

diplomacy.

(e) The United States will immediately begin the

process of developing its nationally determined

contribution under the Paris Agreement. The process

will include analysis and input from relevant executive

departments and agencies (agencies), as well as

appropriate outreach to domestic stakeholders. The

United States will aim to submit its nationally

determined contribution in advance of the Leaders'

Climate Summit.

(f) The United States will also immediately begin

to develop a climate finance plan, making strategic use

of multilateral and bilateral channels and

institutions, to assist developing countries in

implementing ambitious emissions reduction measures,

protecting critical ecosystems, building resilience

against the impacts of climate change, and promoting

the flow of capital toward climate-aligned investments

and away from high-carbon investments

institutions, to assist developing countries in

implementing ambitious emissions reduction measures,

protecting critical ecosystems, building resilience

against the impacts of climate change, and promoting

the flow of capital toward climate-aligned investments

and away from high-carbon investments. The Secretary of

State and the Secretary of the Treasury, in

coordination with the Special Presidential Envoy for

Climate, shall lead a process to develop this plan,

with the participation of the Administrator of the

United States Agency for International Development

(USAID), the Chief Executive Officer of the United

States International Development Finance Corporation

(DFC), the Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium

Challenge Corporation, the Director of the United

States Trade and Development Agency, the Director of

the Office of Management and Budget, and the head of

any other agency providing foreign assistance and

development financing, as appropriate. The Secretary of

State and the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit

the plan to the President, through the Assistant to the

President for National Security Affairs and the

Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, within

90 days of the date of this order.

(g) The Secretary of the Treasury shall:

tary of

State and the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit

the plan to the President, through the Assistant to the

President for National Security Affairs and the

Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, within

90 days of the date of this order.

(g) The Secretary of the Treasury shall:

(i) ensure that the United States is present and engaged in relevant

international fora and institutions that are working on the management of

climate-related financial risks;

(ii) develop a strategy for how the voice and vote of the United States can

be used in international financial institutions, including the World Bank

Group and the International Monetary Fund, to promote financing programs,

economic stimulus packages, and debt relief initiatives that are aligned

with and support the goals of the Paris Agreement; and

(iii) develop, in collaboration with the Secretary of State, the

Administrator of USAID, and the Chief Executive Officer of the DFC, a plan

for promoting the protection of the Amazon rainforest and other critical

ecosystems that serve as global carbon sinks, including through market-

based mechanisms.

(h) The Secretary of State, the Secretary of the

Treasury, and the Secretary of Energy shall work

together and with the Export-Import Bank of the United

States, the Chief Executive Officer of the DFC, and the

heads of other agencies and partners, as appropriate,

to identify steps through which the United States can

promote ending international financing of carbon-

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intensive fossil fuel-based energy while simultaneously

advancing sustainable development and a green recovery,

in consultation with the Assistant to the President for

National Security Affairs.

to identify steps through which the United States can

promote ending international financing of carbon-

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intensive fossil fuel-based energy while simultaneously

advancing sustainable development and a green recovery,

in consultation with the Assistant to the President for

National Security Affairs.

(i) The Secretary of Energy, in cooperation with the Secretary of State and

the heads of other agencies, as appropriate, shall identify steps through

which the United States can intensify international collaborations to drive

innovation and deployment of clean energy technologies, which are critical

for climate protection.

(j) The Secretary of State shall prepare, within 60 days of the date of

this order, a transmittal package seeking the Senate's advice and consent

to ratification of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on

Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, regarding the phasedown of the

production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons.

Sec. 103. Prioritizing Climate in Foreign Policy and

National Security. To ensure that climate change

considerations are central to United States foreign

policy and national security:

(a) Agencies that engage in extensive international

work shall develop, in coordination with the Special

Presidential Envoy for Climate, and submit to the

President, through the Assistant to the President for

National Security Affairs, within 90 days of the date

of this order, strategies and implementation plans for

integrating climate considerations into their

international work, as appropriate and consistent with

applicable law. These strategies and plans should

include an assessment of:

resident for

National Security Affairs, within 90 days of the date

of this order, strategies and implementation plans for

integrating climate considerations into their

international work, as appropriate and consistent with

applicable law. These strategies and plans should

include an assessment of:

(i) climate impacts relevant to broad agency strategies in particular

countries or regions;

(ii) climate impacts on their agency-managed infrastructure abroad (e.g.,

embassies, military installations), without prejudice to existing

requirements regarding assessment of such infrastructure;

(iii) how the agency intends to manage such impacts or incorporate risk

mitigation into its installation master plans; and

(iv) how the agency's international work, including partner engagement, can

contribute to addressing the climate crisis.

(b) The Director of National Intelligence shall

prepare, within 120 days of the date of this order, a

National Intelligence Estimate on the national and

economic security impacts of climate change.

(c) The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with

the Secretary of Commerce, through the Administrator of

the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,

the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality, the

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency,

the Director of National Intelligence, the Director of

the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the

Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space

Administration, and the heads of other agencies as

appropriate, shall develop and submit to the President,

within 120 days of the date of this order, an analysis

of the security implications of climate

the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the

Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space

Administration, and the heads of other agencies as

appropriate, shall develop and submit to the President,

within 120 days of the date of this order, an analysis

of the security implications of climate change (Climate

Risk Analysis) that can be incorporated into modeling,

simulation, war-gaming, and other analyses.

(d) The Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of

the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall consider the security

implications of climate change, including any relevant

information from the Climate Risk Analysis described in

subsection (c) of this section, in developing the

National Defense Strategy, Defense Planning Guidance,

Chairman's Risk Assessment, and other relevant

strategy, planning, and programming documents and

processes. Starting in January 2022, the Secretary of

Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

shall provide an annual update, through the National

Security Council, on the progress made in incorporating

the security implications of climate change into these

documents and processes.

(e) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall

consider the implications of climate change in the

Arctic, along our Nation's borders, and to National

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Critical Functions, including any relevant information

from the Climate Risk Analysis described in subsection

documents and processes.

(e) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall

consider the implications of climate change in the

Arctic, along our Nation's borders, and to National

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Critical Functions, including any relevant information

from the Climate Risk Analysis described in subsection

(c) of this section, in developing relevant strategy,

planning, and programming documents and processes.

Starting in January 2022, the Secretary of Homeland

Security shall provide an annual update, through the

National Security Council, on the progress made in

incorporating the homeland security implications of

climate change into these documents and processes.

Sec. 104. Reinstatement. The Presidential Memorandum of

September 21, 2016 (Climate Change and National

Security), is hereby reinstated.

PART II--TAKING A GOVERNMENT-WIDE APPROACH TO THE

CLIMATE CRISIS

Sec. 201. Policy. Even as our Nation emerges from

profound public health and economic crises borne of a

pandemic, we face a climate crisis that threatens our

people and communities, public health and economy, and,

starkly, our ability to live on planet Earth. Despite

the peril that is already evident, there is promise in

the solutions--opportunities to create well-paying

union jobs to build a modern and sustainable

infrastructure, deliver an equitable, clean energy

future, and put the United States on a path to achieve

net-zero emissions, economy-wide, by no later than

2050.

is already evident, there is promise in

the solutions--opportunities to create well-paying

union jobs to build a modern and sustainable

infrastructure, deliver an equitable, clean energy

future, and put the United States on a path to achieve

net-zero emissions, economy-wide, by no later than

2050.

We must listen to science--and act. We must strengthen

our clean air and water protections. We must hold

polluters accountable for their actions. We must

deliver environmental justice in communities all across

America. The Federal Government must drive assessment,

disclosure, and mitigation of climate pollution and

climate-related risks in every sector of our economy,

marshaling the creativity, courage, and capital

necessary to make our Nation resilient in the face of

this threat. Together, we must combat the climate

crisis with bold, progressive action that combines the

full capacity of the Federal Government with efforts

from every corner of our Nation, every level of

government, and every sector of our economy.

It is the policy of my Administration to organize and

deploy the full capacity of its agencies to combat the

climate crisis to implement a Government-wide approach

that reduces climate pollution in every sector of the

economy; increases resilience to the impacts of climate

change; protects public health; conserves our lands,

waters, and biodiversity; delivers environmental

justice; and spurs well-paying union jobs and economic

growth, especially through innovation,

commercialization, and deployment of clean en

economy; increases resilience to the impacts of climate

change; protects public health; conserves our lands,

waters, and biodiversity; delivers environmental

justice; and spurs well-paying union jobs and economic

growth, especially through innovation,

commercialization, and deployment of clean energy

technologies and infrastructure. Successfully meeting

these challenges will require the Federal Government to

pursue such a coordinated approach from planning to

implementation, coupled with substantive engagement by

stakeholders, including State, local, and Tribal

governments.

Sec. 202. White House Office of Domestic Climate

Policy. There is hereby established the White House

Office of Domestic Climate Policy (Climate Policy

Office) within the Executive Office of the President,

which shall coordinate the policy-making process with

respect to domestic climate-policy issues; coordinate

domestic climate-policy advice to the President; ensure

that domestic climate-policy decisions and programs are

consistent with the President's stated goals and that

those goals are being effectively pursued; and monitor

implementation of the President's domestic climate-

policy agenda. The Climate Policy Office shall have a

staff headed by the Assistant to the President and

National Climate Advisor (National Climate Advisor) and

shall include the Deputy Assistant to the President and

Deputy National Climate Advisor

implementation of the President's domestic climate-

policy agenda. The Climate Policy Office shall have a

staff headed by the Assistant to the President and

National Climate Advisor (National Climate Advisor) and

shall include the Deputy Assistant to the President and

Deputy National Climate Advisor. The Climate Policy

Office shall have such staff and other assistance as

may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this

order, subject to the availability of appropriations,

and may work with established or ad hoc committees or

interagency groups. All agencies shall cooperate with

the Climate Policy Office and provide such information,

support, and assistance to the Climate Policy Office as

it may request, as appropriate and consistent with

applicable law.

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Sec. 203. National Climate Task Force. There is hereby

established a National Climate Task Force (Task Force).

The Task Force shall be chaired by the National Climate

Advisor.

(a) Membership. The Task Force shall consist of the

following additional members:

(i) the Secretary of the Treasury;

(ii) the Secretary of Defense;

(iii) the Attorney General;

(iv) the Secretary of the Interior;

(v) the Secretary of Agriculture;

(vi) the Secretary of Commerce;

(vii) the Secretary of Labor;

(viii) the Secretary of Health and Human Services;

(ix) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development;

consist of the

following additional members:

(i) the Secretary of the Treasury;

(ii) the Secretary of Defense;

(iii) the Attorney General;

(iv) the Secretary of the Interior;

(v) the Secretary of Agriculture;

(vi) the Secretary of Commerce;

(vii) the Secretary of Labor;

(viii) the Secretary of Health and Human Services;

(ix) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development;

(x) the Secretary of Transportation;

(xi) the Secretary of Energy;

(xii) the Secretary of Homeland Security;

(xiii) the Administrator of General Services;

(xiv) the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality;

(xv) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;

(xvi) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget;

(xvii) the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy;

(xviii) the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy;

(xix) the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs;

(xx) the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and

Counterterrorism; and

(xxi) the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy.

(b) Mission and Work. The Task Force shall

facilitate the organization and deployment of a

Government-wide approach to combat the climate crisis.

This Task Force shall facilitate planning and

implementation of key Federal actions to reduce climate

pollution; increase resilience to the impacts of

climate change; protect public health; conserve our

lands, waters, oceans, and biodiversity; deliver

environmental justice; and spur well-paying union jobs

and economic growth. As necessary and appropriate,

members of the Task Force will engage on these matters

with State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments;

workers and communities; and leaders across the various

sectors of our economy.

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environmental justice; and spur well-paying union jobs

and economic growth. As necessary and appropriate,

members of the Task Force will engage on these matters

with State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments;

workers and communities; and leaders across the various

sectors of our economy.

(c) Prioritizing Actions. To the extent permitted

by law, Task Force members shall prioritize action on

climate change in their policy-making and budget

processes, in their contracting and procurement, and in

their engagement with State, local, Tribal, and

territorial governments; workers and communities; and

leaders across all the sectors of our economy.

USE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S BUYING POWER AND REAL

PROPERTY AND ASSET MANAGEMENT

Sec. 204. Policy. It is the policy of my Administration

to lead the Nation's effort to combat the climate

crisis by example--specifically, by aligning the

management of Federal procurement and real property,

public lands and waters, and financial programs to

support robust climate action. By providing an

immediate, clear, and stable source of product demand,

increased transparency and data, and robust standards

for the market, my Administration will help to catalyze

private sector investment into, and

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accelerate the advancement of America's industrial

capacity to supply, domestic clean energy, buildings,

vehicles, and other necessary products and materials.

eased transparency and data, and robust standards

for the market, my Administration will help to catalyze

private sector investment into, and

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accelerate the advancement of America's industrial

capacity to supply, domestic clean energy, buildings,

vehicles, and other necessary products and materials.

Sec. 205. Federal Clean Electricity and Vehicle

Procurement Strategy. (a) The Chair of the Council on

Environmental Quality, the Administrator of General

Services, and the Director of the Office and Management

and Budget, in coordination with the Secretary of

Commerce, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of

Energy, and the heads of other relevant agencies, shall

assist the National Climate Advisor, through the Task

Force established in section 203 of this order, in

developing a comprehensive plan to create good jobs and

stimulate clean energy industries by revitalizing the

Federal Government's sustainability efforts.

(b) The plan shall aim to use, as appropriate and

consistent with applicable law, all available

procurement authorities to achieve or facilitate:

(i) a carbon pollution-free electricity sector no later than 2035; and

(ii) clean and zero-emission vehicles for Federal, State, local, and Tribal

government fleets, including vehicles of the United States Postal Service.

(c) If necessary, the plan shall recommend any

additional legislation needed to accomplish these

objectives.

facilitate:

(i) a carbon pollution-free electricity sector no later than 2035; and

(ii) clean and zero-emission vehicles for Federal, State, local, and Tribal

government fleets, including vehicles of the United States Postal Service.

(c) If necessary, the plan shall recommend any

additional legislation needed to accomplish these

objectives.

(d) The plan shall also aim to ensure that the

United States retains the union jobs integral to and

involved in running and maintaining clean and zero-

emission fleets, while spurring the creation of union

jobs in the manufacture of those new vehicles. The plan

shall be submitted to the Task Force within 90 days of

the date of this order.

Sec. 206. Procurement Standards. Consistent with the

Executive Order of January 25, 2021, entitled,

``Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All

of America's Workers,'' agencies shall adhere to the

requirements of the Made in America Laws in making

clean energy, energy efficiency, and clean energy

procurement decisions. Agencies shall, consistent with

applicable law, apply and enforce the Davis-Bacon Act

and prevailing wage and benefit requirements. The

Secretary of Labor shall take steps to update

prevailing wage requirements. The Chair of the Council

on Environmental Quality shall consider additional

administrative steps and guidance to assist the Federal

Acquisition Regulatory Council in developing regulatory

amendments to promote increased contractor attention on

reduced carbon emission and Federal sustainability.

wage requirements. The Chair of the Council

on Environmental Quality shall consider additional

administrative steps and guidance to assist the Federal

Acquisition Regulatory Council in developing regulatory

amendments to promote increased contractor attention on

reduced carbon emission and Federal sustainability.

Sec. 207. Renewable Energy on Public Lands and in

Offshore Waters. The Secretary of the Interior shall

review siting and permitting processes on public lands

and in offshore waters to identify to the Task Force

steps that can be taken, consistent with applicable

law, to increase renewable energy production on those

lands and in those waters, with the goal of doubling

offshore wind by 2030 while ensuring robust protection

for our lands, waters, and biodiversity and creating

good jobs. In conducting this review, the Secretary of

the Interior shall consult, as appropriate, with the

heads of relevant agencies, including the Secretary of

Defense, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of

Commerce, through the Administrator of the National

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Secretary

of Energy, the Chair of the Council on Environmental

Quality, State and Tribal authorities, project

developers, and other interested parties. The Secretary

of the Interior shall engage with Tribal authorities

regarding the development and management of renewable

and conventional energy resources on Tribal lands.

of Energy, the Chair of the Council on Environmental

Quality, State and Tribal authorities, project

developers, and other interested parties. The Secretary

of the Interior shall engage with Tribal authorities

regarding the development and management of renewable

and conventional energy resources on Tribal lands.

Sec. 208. Oil and Natural Gas Development on Public

Lands and in Offshore Waters. To the extent consistent

with applicable law, the Secretary of the Interior

shall pause new oil and natural gas leases on public

lands or in offshore waters pending completion of a

comprehensive review and reconsideration of Federal oil

and gas permitting and leasing practices in light of

the Secretary of the Interior's broad stewardship

responsibilities over the public lands and in offshore

waters, including potential climate and

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other impacts associated with oil and gas activities on

public lands or in offshore waters. The Secretary of

the Interior shall complete that review in consultation

with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of

Commerce, through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration, and the Secretary of Energy. In

conducting this analysis, and to the extent consistent

with applicable law, the Secretary of the Interior

shall consider whether to adjust royalties associated

with coal, oil, and gas resources extracted from public

lands and offshore waters, or take other appropriate

action, to account for corresponding climate costs.

cting this analysis, and to the extent consistent

with applicable law, the Secretary of the Interior

shall consider whether to adjust royalties associated

with coal, oil, and gas resources extracted from public

lands and offshore waters, or take other appropriate

action, to account for corresponding climate costs.

Sec. 209. Fossil Fuel Subsidies. The heads of agencies

shall identify for the Director of the Office of

Management and Budget and the National Climate Advisor

any fossil fuel subsidies provided by their respective

agencies, and then take steps to ensure that, to the

extent consistent with applicable law, Federal funding

is not directly subsidizing fossil fuels. The Director

of the Office of Management and Budget shall seek, in

coordination with the heads of agencies and the

National Climate Advisor, to eliminate fossil fuel

subsidies from the budget request for Fiscal Year 2022

and thereafter.

Sec. 210. Clean Energy in Financial Management. The

heads of agencies shall identify opportunities for

Federal funding to spur innovation, commercialization,

and deployment of clean energy technologies and

infrastructure for the Director of the Office of

Management and Budget and the National Climate Advisor,

and then take steps to ensure that, to the extent

consistent with applicable law, Federal funding is used

to spur innovation, commercialization, and deployment

of clean energy technologies and infrastructure

infrastructure for the Director of the Office of

Management and Budget and the National Climate Advisor,

and then take steps to ensure that, to the extent

consistent with applicable law, Federal funding is used

to spur innovation, commercialization, and deployment

of clean energy technologies and infrastructure. The

Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in

coordination with agency heads and the National Climate

Advisor, shall seek to prioritize such investments in

the President's budget request for Fiscal Year 2022 and

thereafter.

Sec. 211. Climate Action Plans and Data and Information

Products to Improve Adaptation and Increase Resilience.

(a) The head of each agency shall submit a draft action

plan to the Task Force and the Federal Chief

Sustainability Officer within 120 days of the date of

this order that describes steps the agency can take

with regard to its facilities and operations to bolster

adaptation and increase resilience to the impacts of

climate change. Action plans should, among other

things, describe the agency's climate vulnerabilities

and describe the agency's plan to use the power of

procurement to increase the energy and water efficiency

of United States Government installations, buildings,

and facilities and ensure they are climate-ready.

Agencies shall consider the feasibility of using the

purchasing power of the Federal Government to drive

innovation, and shall seek to increase the Federal

Government's resilience against supply chain

disruptions

overnment installations, buildings,

and facilities and ensure they are climate-ready.

Agencies shall consider the feasibility of using the

purchasing power of the Federal Government to drive

innovation, and shall seek to increase the Federal

Government's resilience against supply chain

disruptions. Such disruptions put the Nation's

manufacturing sector at risk, as well as consumer

access to critical goods and services. Agencies shall

make their action plans public, and post them on the

agency website, to the extent consistent with

applicable law.

(b) Within 30 days of an agency's submission of an

action plan, the Federal Chief Sustainability Officer,

in coordination with the Director of the Office of

Management and Budget, shall review the plan to assess

its consistency with the policy set forth in section

204 of this order and the priorities issued by the

Office of Management and Budget.

(c) After submitting an initial action plan, the

head of each agency shall submit to the Task Force and

Federal Chief Sustainability Officer progress reports

annually on the status of implementation efforts.

Agencies shall make progress reports public and post

them on the agency website, to the extent consistent

with applicable law. The heads of agencies shall assign

their respective agency Chief Sustainability Officer

the authority to perform duties relating to

implementation of this order within the agency, to the

extent consistent with applicable law.

them on the agency website, to the extent consistent

with applicable law. The heads of agencies shall assign

their respective agency Chief Sustainability Officer

the authority to perform duties relating to

implementation of this order within the agency, to the

extent consistent with applicable law.

(d) To assist agencies and State, local, Tribal,

and territorial governments, communities, and

businesses in preparing for and adapting to the impacts

of climate change, the Secretary of Commerce, through

the Administrator

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of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,

the Secretary of Homeland Security, through the

Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management

Agency, and the Director of the Office of Science and

Technology Policy, in coordination with the heads of

other agencies, as appropriate, shall provide to the

Task Force a report on ways to expand and improve

climate forecast capabilities and information products

for the public. In addition, the Secretary of the

Interior and the Deputy Director for Management of the

Office of Management and Budget, in their capacities as

the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Federal Geographic Data

Committee, shall assess and provide to the Task Force a

report on the potential development of a consolidated

Federal geographic mapping service that can facilitate

public access to climate-related information that will

assist Federal, State, local, and Tribal governments in

climate planning and resilience activities.

ittee, shall assess and provide to the Task Force a

report on the potential development of a consolidated

Federal geographic mapping service that can facilitate

public access to climate-related information that will

assist Federal, State, local, and Tribal governments in

climate planning and resilience activities.

EMPOWERING WORKERS THROUGH REBUILDING OUR

INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY

Sec. 212. Policy. This Nation needs millions of

construction, manufacturing, engineering, and skilled-

trades workers to build a new American infrastructure

and clean energy economy. These jobs will create

opportunities for young people and for older workers

shifting to new professions, and for people from all

backgrounds and communities. Such jobs will bring

opportunity to communities too often left behind--

places that have suffered as a result of economic

shifts and places that have suffered the most from

persistent pollution, including low-income rural and

urban communities, communities of color, and Native

communities.

Sec. 213. Sustainable Infrastructure. (a) The Chair of

the Council on Environmental Quality and the Director

of the Office of Management and Budget shall take

steps, consistent with applicable law, to ensure that

Federal infrastructure investment reduces climate

pollution, and to require that Federal permitting

decisions consider the effects of greenhouse gas

emissions and climate change

and the Director

of the Office of Management and Budget shall take

steps, consistent with applicable law, to ensure that

Federal infrastructure investment reduces climate

pollution, and to require that Federal permitting

decisions consider the effects of greenhouse gas

emissions and climate change. In addition, they shall

review, and report to the National Climate Advisor on,

siting and permitting processes, including those in

progress under the auspices of the Federal Permitting

Improvement Steering Council, and identify steps that

can be taken, consistent with applicable law, to

accelerate the deployment of clean energy and

transmission projects in an environmentally stable

manner.

(b) Agency heads conducting infrastructure reviews

shall, as appropriate, consult from an early stage with

State, local, and Tribal officials involved in

permitting or authorizing proposed infrastructure

projects to develop efficient timelines for decision-

making that are appropriate given the complexities of

proposed projects.

EMPOWERING WORKERS BY ADVANCING CONSERVATION,

AGRICULTURE, AND REFORESTATION

tate, local, and Tribal officials involved in

permitting or authorizing proposed infrastructure

projects to develop efficient timelines for decision-

making that are appropriate given the complexities of

proposed projects.

EMPOWERING WORKERS BY ADVANCING CONSERVATION,

AGRICULTURE, AND REFORESTATION

Sec. 214. Policy. It is the policy of my Administration

to put a new generation of Americans to work conserving

our public lands and waters. The Federal Government

must protect America's natural treasures, increase

reforestation, improve access to recreation, and

increase resilience to wildfires and storms, while

creating well-paying union jobs for more Americans,

including more opportunities for women and people of

color in occupations where they are underrepresented.

America's farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners have

an important role to play in combating the climate

crisis and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, by

sequestering carbon in soils, grasses, trees, and other

vegetation and sourcing sustainable bioproducts and

fuels. Coastal communities have an essential role to

play in mitigating climate change and strengthening

resilience by protecting and restoring coastal

ecosystems, such as wetlands, seagrasses, coral and

oyster reefs, and mangrove and kelp forests, to protect

vulnerable coastlines, sequester carbon, and support

biodiversity and fisheries.

al role to

play in mitigating climate change and strengthening

resilience by protecting and restoring coastal

ecosystems, such as wetlands, seagrasses, coral and

oyster reefs, and mangrove and kelp forests, to protect

vulnerable coastlines, sequester carbon, and support

biodiversity and fisheries.

Sec. 215. Civilian Climate Corps. In furtherance of the

policy set forth in section 214 of this order, the

Secretary of the Interior, in collaboration with the

Secretary of Agriculture and the heads of other

relevant agencies,

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shall submit a strategy to the Task Force within 90

days of the date of this order for creating a Civilian

Climate Corps Initiative, within existing

appropriations, to mobilize the next generation of

conservation and resilience workers and maximize the

creation of accessible training opportunities and good

jobs. The initiative shall aim to conserve and restore

public lands and waters, bolster community resilience,

increase reforestation, increase carbon sequestration

in the agricultural sector, protect biodiversity,

improve access to recreation, and address the changing

climate.

portunities and good

jobs. The initiative shall aim to conserve and restore

public lands and waters, bolster community resilience,

increase reforestation, increase carbon sequestration

in the agricultural sector, protect biodiversity,

improve access to recreation, and address the changing

climate.

Sec. 216. Conserving Our Nation's Lands and Waters. (a)

The Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the

Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce,

the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality, and

the heads of other relevant agencies, shall submit a

report to the Task Force within 90 days of the date of

this order recommending steps that the United States

should take, working with State, local, Tribal, and

territorial governments, agricultural and forest

landowners, fishermen, and other key stakeholders, to

achieve the goal of conserving at least 30 percent of

our lands and waters by 2030.

(i) The Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the

Secretary of Commerce, through the Administrator of the National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration, and the Chair of the Council on

Environmental Quality shall, as appropriate, solicit input from State,

local, Tribal, and territorial officials, agricultural and forest

landowners, fishermen, and other key stakeholders in identifying strategies

that will encourage broad participation in the goal of conserving 30

percent of our lands and waters by 2030.

Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration, and the Chair of the Council on

Environmental Quality shall, as appropriate, solicit input from State,

local, Tribal, and territorial officials, agricultural and forest

landowners, fishermen, and other key stakeholders in identifying strategies

that will encourage broad participation in the goal of conserving 30

percent of our lands and waters by 2030.

(ii) The report shall propose guidelines for determining whether lands and

waters qualify for conservation, and it also shall establish mechanisms to

measure progress toward the 30-percent goal. The Secretary of the Interior

shall subsequently submit annual reports to the Task Force to monitor

progress.

(b) The Secretary of Agriculture shall:

(i) initiate efforts in the first 60 days from the date of this order to

collect input from Tribes, farmers, ranchers, forest owners, conservation

groups, firefighters, and other stakeholders on how to best use Department

of Agriculture programs, funding and financing capacities, and other

authorities, and how to encourage the voluntary adoption of climate-smart

agricultural and forestry practices that decrease wildfire risk fueled by

climate change and result in additional, measurable, and verifiable carbon

reductions and sequestration and that source sustainable bioproducts and

fuels; and

(ii) submit to the Task Force within 90 days of the date of this order a

report making recommendations for an agricultural and forestry climate

strategy.

-smart

agricultural and forestry practices that decrease wildfire risk fueled by

climate change and result in additional, measurable, and verifiable carbon

reductions and sequestration and that source sustainable bioproducts and

fuels; and

(ii) submit to the Task Force within 90 days of the date of this order a

report making recommendations for an agricultural and forestry climate

strategy.

(c) The Secretary of Commerce, through the

Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration, shall initiate efforts in the first 60

days from the date of this order to collect input from

fishermen, regional ocean councils, fishery management

councils, scientists, and other stakeholders on how to

make fisheries and protected resources more resilient

to climate change, including changes in management and

conservation measures, and improvements in science,

monitoring, and cooperative research.

EMPOWERING WORKERS THROUGH REVITALIZING ENERGY

COMMUNITIES

Sec. 217. Policy. It is the policy of my Administration

to improve air and water quality and to create well-

paying union jobs and more opportunities for women and

people of color in hard-hit communities, including

rural communities, while reducing methane emissions,

oil and brine leaks, and other environmental harms from

tens of thousands of former mining and well sites.

Mining and power plant workers drove the industrial

revolution and the economic growth that followed, and

have been essential to the growth of the United States.

As the Nation shifts to a clean energy economy,

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aks, and other environmental harms from

tens of thousands of former mining and well sites.

Mining and power plant workers drove the industrial

revolution and the economic growth that followed, and

have been essential to the growth of the United States.

As the Nation shifts to a clean energy economy,

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Federal leadership is essential to foster economic

revitalization of and investment in these communities,

ensure the creation of good jobs that provide a choice

to join a union, and secure the benefits that have been

earned by workers.

Such work should include projects that reduce emissions

of toxic substances and greenhouse gases from existing

and abandoned infrastructure and that prevent

environmental damage that harms communities and poses a

risk to public health and safety. Plugging leaks in oil

and gas wells and reclaiming abandoned mine land can

create well-paying union jobs in coal, oil, and gas

communities while restoring natural assets,

revitalizing recreation economies, and curbing methane

emissions. In addition, such work should include

efforts to turn properties idled in these communities,

such as brownfields, into new hubs for the growth of

our economy. Federal agencies should therefore

coordinate investments and other efforts to assist

coal, oil and gas, and power plant communities, and

achieve substantial reductions of methane emissions

from the oil and gas sector as quickly as possible.

such as brownfields, into new hubs for the growth of

our economy. Federal agencies should therefore

coordinate investments and other efforts to assist

coal, oil and gas, and power plant communities, and

achieve substantial reductions of methane emissions

from the oil and gas sector as quickly as possible.

Sec. 218. Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power

Plant Communities and Economic Revitalization. There is

hereby established an Interagency Working Group on Coal

and Power Plant Communities and Economic Revitalization

(Interagency Working Group). The National Climate

Advisor and the Assistant to the President for Economic

Policy shall serve as Co-Chairs of the Interagency

Working Group.

(a) Membership. The Interagency Working Group shall

consist of the following additional members:

(i) the Secretary of the Treasury;

(ii) the Secretary of the Interior;

(iii) the Secretary of Agriculture;

(iv) the Secretary of Commerce;

(v) the Secretary of Labor;

(vi) the Secretary of Health and Human Services;

(vii) the Secretary of Transportation;

(viii) the Secretary of Energy;

(ix) the Secretary of Education;

(x) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;

(xi) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget;

(xii) the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and Director of

the Domestic Policy Council; and

(xiii) the Federal Co-Chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission.

(b) Mission and Work.

the Secretary of Energy;

(ix) the Secretary of Education;

(x) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;

(xi) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget;

(xii) the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and Director of

the Domestic Policy Council; and

(xiii) the Federal Co-Chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission.

(b) Mission and Work.

(i) The Interagency Working Group shall coordinate the identification and

delivery of Federal resources to revitalize the economies of coal, oil and

gas, and power plant communities; develop strategies to implement the

policy set forth in section 217 of this order and for economic and social

recovery; assess opportunities to ensure benefits and protections for coal

and power plant workers; and submit reports to the National Climate Advisor

and the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy on a regular basis

on the progress of the revitalization effort.

(ii) As part of this effort, within 60 days of the date of this order, the

Interagency Working Group shall submit a report to the President describing

all mechanisms, consistent with applicable law, to prioritize grantmaking,

Federal loan programs, technical assistance, financing, procurement, or

other existing programs to support and revitalize the economies of coal and

power plant communities, and providing recommendations for action

consistent with the goals of the Interagency Working Group.

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(c) Consultation. Consistent with the objectives

set out in this order and in accordance with applicable

law, the Interagency Working Group shall seek the views

of State, local, and Tribal officials; unions;

environmental justice organizations; community groups;

and other persons it identifies who may have

perspectives on the mission of the Interagency Working

Group.

and in accordance with applicable

law, the Interagency Working Group shall seek the views

of State, local, and Tribal officials; unions;

environmental justice organizations; community groups;

and other persons it identifies who may have

perspectives on the mission of the Interagency Working

Group.

(d) Administration. The Interagency Working Group

shall be housed within the Department of Energy. The

Chairs shall convene regular meetings of the

Interagency Working Group, determine its agenda, and

direct its work. The Secretary of Energy, in

consultation with the Chairs, shall designate an

Executive Director of the Interagency Working Group,

who shall coordinate the work of the Interagency

Working Group and head any staff assigned to the

Interagency Working Group.

(e) Officers. To facilitate the work of the

Interagency Working Group, the head of each agency

listed in subsection (a) of this section shall assign a

designated official within the agency the authority to

represent the agency on the Interagency Working Group

and perform such other duties relating to the

implementation of this order within the agency as the

head of the agency deems appropriate.

SECURING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND SPURRING ECONOMIC

OPPORTUNITY

ficial within the agency the authority to

represent the agency on the Interagency Working Group

and perform such other duties relating to the

implementation of this order within the agency as the

head of the agency deems appropriate.

SECURING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND SPURRING ECONOMIC

OPPORTUNITY

Sec. 219. Policy. To secure an equitable economic

future, the United States must ensure that

environmental and economic justice are key

considerations in how we govern. That means investing

and building a clean energy economy that creates well-

paying union jobs, turning disadvantaged communities--

historically marginalized and overburdened--into

healthy, thriving communities, and undertaking robust

actions to mitigate climate change while preparing for

the impacts of climate change across rural, urban, and

Tribal areas. Agencies shall make achieving

environmental justice part of their missions by

developing programs, policies, and activities to

address the disproportionately high and adverse human

health, environmental, climate-related and other

cumulative impacts on disadvantaged communities, as

well as the accompanying economic challenges of such

impacts. It is therefore the policy of my

Administration to secure environmental justice and spur

economic opportunity for disadvantaged communities that

have been historically marginalized and overburdened by

pollution and underinvestment in housing,

transportation, water and wastewater infrastructure,

and health care.

e the policy of my

Administration to secure environmental justice and spur

economic opportunity for disadvantaged communities that

have been historically marginalized and overburdened by

pollution and underinvestment in housing,

transportation, water and wastewater infrastructure,

and health care.

Sec. 220. White House Environmental Justice Interagency

Council. (a) Section 1-102 of Executive Order 12898 of

February 11, 1994 (Federal Actions To Address

Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-

Income Populations), is hereby amended to read as

follows:

``(a) There is hereby created within the Executive

Office of the President a White House Environmental

Justice Interagency Council (Interagency Council). The

Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality shall

serve as Chair of the Interagency Council.

``(b) Membership. The Interagency Council shall

consist of the following additional members:

(i) the Secretary of Defense;

(ii) the Attorney General;

(iii) the Secretary of the Interior;

(iv) the Secretary of Agriculture;

(v) the Secretary of Commerce;

(vi) the Secretary of Labor;

(vii) the Secretary of Health and Human Services;

(viii) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development;

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(ix) the Secretary of Transportation;

consist of the following additional members:

(i) the Secretary of Defense;

(ii) the Attorney General;

(iii) the Secretary of the Interior;

(iv) the Secretary of Agriculture;

(v) the Secretary of Commerce;

(vi) the Secretary of Labor;

(vii) the Secretary of Health and Human Services;

(viii) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development;

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(ix) the Secretary of Transportation;

(x) the Secretary of Energy;

(xi) the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers;

(xii) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;

(xiii) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget;

(xiv) the Executive Director of the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering

Council;

(xv) the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy;

(xvi) the National Climate Advisor;

(xvii) the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy; and

(xviii) the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy.

``(c) At the direction of the Chair, the

Interagency Council may establish subgroups consisting

exclusively of Interagency Council members or their

designees under this section, as appropriate.

``(d) Mission and Work. The Interagency Council

shall develop a strategy to address current and

historic environmental injustice by consulting with the

White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council and

with local environmental justice leaders. The

Interagency Council shall also develop clear

performance metrics to ensure accountability, and

publish an annual public performance scorecard on its

implementation.

``(e) Administration

White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council and

with local environmental justice leaders. The

Interagency Council shall also develop clear

performance metrics to ensure accountability, and

publish an annual public performance scorecard on its

implementation.

``(e) Administration. The Office of Administration

within the Executive Office of the President shall

provide funding and administrative support for the

Interagency Council, to the extent permitted by law and

within existing appropriations. To the extent permitted

by law, including the Economy Act (31 U.S.C. 1535), and

subject to the availability of appropriations, the

Department of Labor, the Department of Transportation,

and the Environmental Protection Agency shall provide

administrative support as necessary.

``(f) Meetings and Staff. The Chair shall convene

regular meetings of the Council, determine its agenda,

and direct its work. The Chair shall designate an

Executive Director of the Council, who shall coordinate

the work of the Interagency Council and head any staff

assigned to the Council.

``(g) Officers. To facilitate the work of the

Interagency Council, the head of each agency listed in

subsection (b) shall assign a designated official

within the agency to be an Environmental Justice

Officer, with the authority to represent the agency on

the Interagency Council and perform such other duties

relating to the implementation of this order within the

agency as the head of the agency deems appropriate.''

bsection (b) shall assign a designated official

within the agency to be an Environmental Justice

Officer, with the authority to represent the agency on

the Interagency Council and perform such other duties

relating to the implementation of this order within the

agency as the head of the agency deems appropriate.''

(b) The Interagency Council shall, within 120 days

of the date of this order, submit to the President,

through the National Climate Advisor, a set of

recommendations for further updating Executive Order

12898.

Sec. 221. White House Environmental Justice Advisory

Council. There is hereby established, within the

Environmental Protection Agency, the White House

Environmental Justice Advisory Council (Advisory

Council), which shall advise the Interagency Council

and the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality.

(a) Membership. Members shall be appointed by the

President, shall be drawn from across the political

spectrum, and may include those with knowledge about or

experience in environmental justice, climate change,

disaster preparedness, racial inequity, or any other

area determined by the President to be of value to the

Advisory Council.

nted by the

President, shall be drawn from across the political

spectrum, and may include those with knowledge about or

experience in environmental justice, climate change,

disaster preparedness, racial inequity, or any other

area determined by the President to be of value to the

Advisory Council.

(b) Mission and Work. The Advisory Council shall be

solely advisory. It shall provide recommendations to

the White House Environmental Justice Interagency

Council established in section 220 of this order on how

to increase the Federal Government's efforts to address

current and historic environmental injustice, including

recommendations for updating Executive Order 12898.

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(c) Administration. The Environmental Protection

Agency shall provide funding and administrative support

for the Advisory Council to the extent permitted by law

and within existing appropriations. Members of the

Advisory Council shall serve without either

compensation or reimbursement of expenses.

(d) Federal Advisory Committee Act. Insofar as the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C.

App.), may apply to the Advisory Council, any functions

of the President under the Act, except for those in

section 6 of the Act, shall be performed by the

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in

accordance with the guidelines that have been issued by

the Administrator of General Services.

Sec. 222. Agency Responsibilities. In furtherance of

the policy set forth in section 219:

those in

section 6 of the Act, shall be performed by the

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in

accordance with the guidelines that have been issued by

the Administrator of General Services.

Sec. 222. Agency Responsibilities. In furtherance of

the policy set forth in section 219:

(a) The Chair of the Council on Environmental

Quality shall, within 6 months of the date of this

order, create a geospatial Climate and Economic Justice

Screening Tool and shall annually publish interactive

maps highlighting disadvantaged communities.

(b) The Administrator of the Environmental

Protection Agency shall, within existing appropriations

and consistent with applicable law:

(i) strengthen enforcement of environmental violations with

disproportionate impact on underserved communities through the Office of

Enforcement and Compliance Assurance; and

(ii) create a community notification program to monitor and provide real-

time data to the public on current environmental pollution, including

emissions, criteria pollutants, and toxins, in frontline and fenceline

communities--places with the most significant exposure to such pollution.

(c) The Attorney General shall, within existing

appropriations and consistent with applicable law:

ification program to monitor and provide real-

time data to the public on current environmental pollution, including

emissions, criteria pollutants, and toxins, in frontline and fenceline

communities--places with the most significant exposure to such pollution.

(c) The Attorney General shall, within existing

appropriations and consistent with applicable law:

(i) consider renaming the Environment and Natural Resources Division the

Environmental Justice and Natural Resources Division;

(ii) direct that division to coordinate with the Administrator of the

Environmental Protection Agency, through the Office of Enforcement and

Compliance Assurance, as well as with other client agencies as appropriate,

to develop a comprehensive environmental justice enforcement strategy,

which shall seek to provide timely remedies for systemic environmental

violations and contaminations, and injury to natural resources; and

(iii) ensure comprehensive attention to environmental justice throughout

the Department of Justice, including by considering creating an Office of

Environmental Justice within the Department to coordinate environmental

justice activities among Department of Justice components and United States

Attorneys' Offices nationwide.

(d) The Secretary of Health and Human Services

shall, consistent with applicable law and within

existing appropriations:

(i) establish an Office of Climate Change and Health Equity to address the

impact of climate change on the health of the American people; and

(ii) establish an Interagency Working Group to Decrease Risk of Climate

Change to Children, the Elderly, People with Disabilities, and the

Vulnerable as well as a biennial Health Care System Readiness Advisory

Council, both of which shall report their progress and findings regularly

to the Task Force.

th Equity to address the

impact of climate change on the health of the American people; and

(ii) establish an Interagency Working Group to Decrease Risk of Climate

Change to Children, the Elderly, People with Disabilities, and the

Vulnerable as well as a biennial Health Care System Readiness Advisory

Council, both of which shall report their progress and findings regularly

to the Task Force.

(e) The Director of the Office of Science and

Technology Policy shall, in consultation with the

National Climate Advisor, within existing

appropriations, and within 100 days of the date of this

order, publish a report identifying the climate

strategies and technologies that will result in the

most air and water quality improvements, which shall be

made public to the maximum extent possible and

published on the Office's website.

Sec. 223. Justice40 Initiative. (a) Within 120 days of

the date of this order, the Chair of the Council on

Environmental Quality, the Director of the

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Office of Management and Budget, and the National

Climate Advisor, in consultation with the Advisory

Council, shall jointly publish recommendations on how

certain Federal investments might be made toward a goal

that 40 percent of the overall benefits flow to

disadvantaged communities. The recommendations shall

focus on investments in the areas of clean energy and

energy efficiency; clean transit; affordable and

sustainable housing; training and workforce

development; the remediation and reduction of legacy

pollution; and the development of critical clean water

infrastructure

s. The recommendations shall

focus on investments in the areas of clean energy and

energy efficiency; clean transit; affordable and

sustainable housing; training and workforce

development; the remediation and reduction of legacy

pollution; and the development of critical clean water

infrastructure. The recommendations shall reflect

existing authorities the agencies may possess for

achieving the 40-percent goal as well as

recommendations on any legislation needed to achieve

the 40-percent goal.

(b) In developing the recommendations, the Chair of

the Council on Environmental Quality, the Director of

the Office of Management and Budget, and the National

Climate Advisor shall consult with affected

disadvantaged communities.

(c) Within 60 days of the recommendations described

in subsection (a) of this section, agency heads shall

identify applicable program investment funds based on

the recommendations and consider interim investment

guidance to relevant program staff, as appropriate and

consistent with applicable law.

(d) By February 2022, the Director of the Office of

Management and Budget, in coordination with the Chair

of the Council on Environmental Quality, the

Administrator of the United States Digital Service, and

other relevant agency heads, shall, to the extent

consistent with applicable law, publish on a public

website an annual Environmental Justice Scorecard

detailing agency environmental justice performance

measures.

PART III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Administrator of the United States Digital Service, and

other relevant agency heads, shall, to the extent

consistent with applicable law, publish on a public

website an annual Environmental Justice Scorecard

detailing agency environmental justice performance

measures.

PART III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 301. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order

shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency or

the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget,

relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with

applicable law and subject to the availability of

appropriations.

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(c) This order is not intended to, and does not,

create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,

enforceable at law or in equity by any party against

the United States, its departments, agencies, or

entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any

other person.

(Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

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