# Plain Language Summary: Tribal Climate Health Assurance Act of 2025

This bill creates a new federal program called the Climate Ready Tribes Initiative, run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in partnership with tribal health organizations. The program is designed to help Native American tribes prepare for and respond to health problems caused by climate change. Right now, tribal communities often lack the resources and information they need to plan for climate-related health threats like extreme heat, flooding, disease outbreaks, and water contamination. This bill aims to fill that gap by giving tribes the tools and knowledge they need to protect their people.

The initiative will do five main things: translate complicated climate science into information that tribal governments and health departments can actually use; create planning tools to help tribes get ready for climate impacts; position the CDC as a trusted leader in helping tribes prepare; identify and take action against climate-related health threats; and share funding opportunities and resources with tribes. Essentially, it's about making sure tribes aren't left on their own to figure out how climate change will affect their communities' health.

The bill authorizes $110 million per year starting in 2026 to fund this work. That money is specifically protected—it can't be taken away and used for other government programs. This matters because it means the funding is dedicated solely to helping tribes build their capacity to handle climate-related health challenges. For tribal communities, this could mean better early warning systems for heat waves, improved water safety planning, disease prevention programs tailored to their specific climate risks, and access to federal resources that were previously difficult to navigate.

Tribal Climate Health Assurance Act of 2025

Underwood, Lauren

Tribal Climate Health Assurance Act of 2025This bill provides statutory authority for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to implement the Climate Ready Tribes Initiative in coordination with the National Indian Health Board. The purposes of the initiative include translating science, creating decision-support tools, and mitigating threats relating to the health impacts of climate change on Indian tribes.&nbsp;