1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Retirement Investments for a Sustainable Economy Act of 2018 or the RISE Act of 2018 . 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) continued inaction by the Federal Government with respect to addressing climate change poses a significant threat to the growth and stability of the economy and population of the United States; (2) pension and retirement funds are vulnerable to distinct risks relating to climate change, including— (A) climate impact risks, including sea level rise, heat waves, desertification, ocean acidification, flooding, drought, extreme weather, and wildfires; (B) carbon-constrained demand risks, including stranded carbon assets, which financial institutions have estimated as having a value of $100,000,000,000,000; and (C) climate liability risks, including from evolving interpretations of fiduciary and tortious duties of care; and (3) assessing the potential impact of climate-related risks on national and international financial systems, including retirement savings accounts and pensions, is an urgent concern. 3. Climate Choice Stock Index Fund Section 8438 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (10) as paragraphs (7) through (13), respectively; (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as paragraphs (2), (4), and (5), respectively; (C) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesignated, the following: (1) the term Climate Choice Stock Index Fund means the Climate Choice Stock Index Fund established under subsection (b)(1)(G);