Extreme Heat Economic Study Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]
Introduced
Summary
Requires NOAA to quantify the dollar value of losses from extreme heat. This bill would direct the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere to lead a mandatory, cross-agency study that measures health, property, energy, labor, agriculture, and infrastructure costs tied to extreme heat events.
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- Families and households: The study would tally health care costs, increased cooling bills, and property loss values tied to extreme heat, helping show out-of-pocket and community impacts.
- Workers and employers: It would evaluate labor productivity losses and heat-related workers' compensation and business interruption claims to measure workplace and economic impacts.
- Farmers and ranchers: The bill calls for analysis of crop and livestock insurance claims to quantify agricultural losses from heat.
- Health systems and emergency responders: The study must assess emergency room visits, urgent care, hospitalizations, and related medical costs during heat events.
- Policymakers and researchers: NOAA must publish findings on HEAT.gov, share data and methods publicly, and recommend national tracking systems, improved heat-death metrics, and measures for productivity losses.
*Authorizes up to $3.5 million for NOAA to carry out the study, increasing federal spending by up to $3.5 million.*
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NOAA study on the cost of extreme heat
This bill would require NOAA to run a national study on the dollar costs of extreme heat. The study would estimate deaths, medical bills, property damage, lost work, insurance and workers' comp claims, power outages, higher cooling bills, and farm losses. NOAA could hire an outside group like the National Academies to do the work. The study must use existing data, get agency and state feedback, and give recommendations on tracking heat costs and improving heat-death counts. NOAA would have to publish results on HEAT.gov within four years and allow public use of the data. The bill would authorize $3,500,000 to carry out the study.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]
AZ • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ]
AZ • D
Sponsored 5/13/2025
Roll Call Votes
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