1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Department of Homeland Security Climate Change Research Act . 2. Climate change planning, research and development, and protection and preparedness (a) In general Title III of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 321. Climate change research and development (a) In general The Under Secretary for Science and Technology shall— (1) research and evaluate existing Federal research regarding approaches to mitigate the consequence of climate change on homeland security to identify areas for additional research and development pursuant to paragraph (2) with respect to— (A) any connection between climate change and homeland security, including how the resulting competition for resources, economic distress, and social discontent has contributed to, among other outcomes, acts of terrorism; (B) the degree to which climate change is reflected in terrorism preparedness and emergency planning and policies, including with respect to preparedness, response to, and recovery from natural disasters; and (C) the degree to which the Federal funding structure to respond to major disaster declarations and emergency declarations is adequately structured to meet the demands of responding to and recovering from acts of terrorism and natural disasters that are aggravated by climate change