1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act of 2017 . 2. Sense of congress on public health and climate change (a) Findings The United States Global Change Research Program Climate and Health Assessment states that— (1) the impacts of human-induced climate change are increasing nationwide; (2) rising greenhouse gas concentrations result in increases in temperature, changes in precipitation, increases in the frequency and intensity of some extreme weather events, and rising sea levels; (3) these climate change impacts endanger our health by affecting our food and water sources, the air we breathe, the weather we experience, and our interactions with the built and natural environments; and (4) as the climate continues to change, the risks to human health continue to grow. (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) climate change is real; (2) human activity significantly contributes to climate change; (3) climate change negatively impacts health; and (4) the Federal Government, in cooperation with international, State, Tribal, and local governments, concerned public, private and Native American organizations, and citizens, should use all practicable means and measures— (A) to assist the efforts of public health and health care professionals, first responders, States, Tribes, municipalities, and Native American and local communities to incorporate measures to prepare public health and health care systems to respond to the impacts of climate change; (B) to ensure— (i) that the Nation’s public health and health care professionals have sufficient information to prepare for and respond to the adverse health impacts of climate change; (ii) the utility and value of scientific research in advancing understanding of— (I) the health impacts of climate change; and (II) strategies to prepare for and respond to the health impacts of climate change