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National Security Climate Intelligence Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50]
Introduced
Summary
A recurring Intelligence Community Assessment on climate-related national and economic security. This bill would require the Director of National Intelligence, acting through the National Intelligence Council, to produce the first assessment within 4 years and then update it at least every 6 years. The assessment is delivered to the congressional intelligence committees and may be classified, but classified submissions must include an unclassified executive summary.
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- Congress: The congressional intelligence committees would receive a formal, periodic intelligence product to inform oversight and policy on climate-driven security and economic risks.
- Intelligence Community: The Director of National Intelligence and the National Intelligence Council would add a standing analytic requirement to produce climate-security assessments on a fixed cadence, creating recurring work and deliverables for analysts.
- Policymakers and the public: When the full assessment is classified, an unclassified executive summary must be provided to give accessible findings to decision makers and outside researchers.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
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Regular climate security reports to Congress
This bill would require the intelligence community to assess how climate change affects national and economic security. The Director of National Intelligence would submit the assessment to the congressional intelligence committees. The first assessment would be due not later than four years after enactment. After that, assessments would be required at least once every six years. Reports could be classified, but must include an unclassified executive summary.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50]
CA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6]
CO • D
Sponsored 9/3/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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