; and (B) on request of the Chief Resilience Officer, undertaking special studies for the working group as may be appropriate to carry out the functions of the working group. (5) Executive secretary (A) In general The Chief Resilience Officer shall designate a permanent employee of a represented agency to serve as Executive Secretary of the Working Groups. (B) Employment The employee designated as Executive Secretary under subparagraph (A) shall remain an employee of the agency, department, or program from which the employee was appointed. (c) Partners council on adaptation and resilience (1) Establishment There is established a council, to be known as the Partners Council on Adaptation and Resilience . (2) Mission and function The Council shall work to improve the adaptation and resilience operations of the Federal Government by providing recommendations through the Chief Resilience Officer, including those recommendations contained in the report required under paragraph (3), that identify how the Federal Government can better support non-Federal partners with equitable resources, technical assistance, improved policies, and other assistance to help communities build resilience to changing environmental conditions. (3) Report Not later than 16 months after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 3 years thereafter, the Council, acting through the Chief Resilience Officer, shall submit to the President a report that includes— (A) an analysis of the deficiencies or gaps in the resilience operations of the Federal Government that reduce or fail to increase the capacity of non-Federal partners to adapt to changing environmental conditions; (B) an identification of the resources, including Federal funding, necessary for non-Federal partners to adequately adapt to changing environmental conditions