Congress orders first comprehensive study of extreme heat's true cost
H.R. 3702 — Extreme Heat Economic Study Act of 2025 · Filed by Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ) · 28 cosponsors · Introduced Jun 4, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to conduct a comprehensive economic study quantifying the financial costs of extreme heat in the United States—including deaths, injuries, property damage, medical expenses, lost productivity, and infrastructure failures—and to publish findings on a public website within four years. The study will coordinate with federal agencies, state health departments, and external research organizations, and will recommend a national system for tracking heat-related health and economic costs.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole operative mechanism is a directive to conduct and publish an economic study on extreme heat impacts. It creates no new regulations, subsidies, or private carve-outs—only a requirement for government-funded research and public disclosure.
What the text implies
- Study findings may inform future climate adaptation policy, infrastructure investment, and public health preparedness—potentially shifting budget priorities toward heat resilience.
- Public availability of heat-cost data may increase pressure on insurers, employers, and utilities to disclose or mitigate heat-related financial exposure.
- Recommendation for a national heat-tracking system could lay groundwork for future federal heat-response coordination or mandatory reporting requirements.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
Citizens gain access to transparent, authoritative data on extreme heat's economic and health impacts, enabling informed public discourse and evidence-based policy decisions. The study imposes no restrictions on citizens' rights or remedies; it is purely informational and creates no new liabilities or costs to the public.
Named in the bill
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, Climate Program Office, National Integrated Heat Health Information System, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Health and Human Services, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, HEAT.gov
Where it stands
28 cosponsors: 28 Democrats.
- Jun 4, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jun 4, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 lobbying clients named this bill on 1 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $50,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 19 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 0% of bills with at least one filing.
Yassamin Ansari, the sponsor, reported $234,033 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- University of Arizona — $50,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 16, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (5,024 characters) on Aug 24, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 16, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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