Requires the
Under Secretary of Commerce to: (1) establish a Climate Service
Program, a Climate Service Office, a Climate Service Advisory Committee, and a Summer Institutes
Program at the Regional Climate Centers for interaction with and training of students and educators on weather and climate sciences; (2) operate the Climate Service
Program; (3) maintain a network of six Regional Climate Centers to work cooperatively with the State Climate Offices on data collection and exchange, research support, and state and local adaptation and response planning on climate; (4) maintain a network of offices as part of the Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments
Program; (5) ensure that the core functions and missions of the National Weather Service, the National Integrated Drought Information System, and any other
programs within NOAA are not diminished or neglected by the establishment of the Climate Service
Program or the duties imposed on
such offices or
programs; (6) report to Congress on the need for climate services; (7) prepare a plan for creating a Climate Service
Program in NOAA and
delivering climate products and services to NOAA users and stakeholders; and (8) establish and maintain a clearinghouse of federal climate service products and links to agencies providing climate services.
-- In addition to any other payments made
under this title to a State, the Secretary shall make grants to eligible entities to enable the entities to
deliver services
under early childhood home visitation
programs that satisfy the requirements of subsection (d) to eligible families in order to promote improvements in maternal and prenatal health, infant health, child health and development, parenting related to child development outcomes, school readiness, and the socioeconomic status of
such families, and reductions in child abuse, neglect, and injuries.