103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3485

AMENDMENTS
In the Senate of the United States,

September 30 (legislative day, September 12), 1994.

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 3485) entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize appropriations for carrying out the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act

of 1977 for fiscal years 1994, 1995, and 1996’’, do pass with

the following

AMENDMENTS:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

1 SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

2 Section 12 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act

3 of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7706) is amended—

4 (1) in subsection (a)(7)—

5 (A) by inserting ‘‘of the Agency’’ after ‘‘to

6 the Director’’;

7 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘September 30,

8 1992,’’; and

9 (C) by inserting ‘‘, $25,000,000 for the fis10 cal year ending September 30, 1995, and
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1 $25,750,000 for the fiscal year ending September

2 30, 1996’’ after ‘‘September 30, 1993’’;

3 (2) in subsection (b)—

4 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘September 30,

5 1992;’’; and

6 (B) by inserting ‘‘; $49,200,000 for the fis7 cal year ending September 30, 1995; and

8 $50,676,000 for the fiscal year ending September

9 30, 1996’’ after ‘‘September 30, 1993’’;

10 (3) by adding at the end of subsection (c) the fol11 lowing new sentence: ‘‘There are authorized to be ap12 propriated, out of funds otherwise authorized to be

13 appropriated to the National Science Foundation: (1)

14 $16,200,000 for engineering research and $10,900,000

15 for geosciences research for the fiscal year ending Sep16 tember 30, 1995, and (2) $16,686,000 for engineering

17 research and $11,227,000 for geosciences research for

18 the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996.’’; and

19 (4) by adding at the end of subsection (d) the fol20 lowing new sentence: ‘‘There are authorized to be ap21 propriated, out of funds otherwise authorized to be

22 appropriated to the National Institute of Standards

23 and Technology, $1,900,000 for the fiscal year ending

24 September 30, 1995, and $1,957,000 for the fiscal

25 year ending September 30, 1996.’’.
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1 SEC. 2. EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING ASSESSMENT.

2 (a) ASSESSMENT.—The President shall conduct an as3 sessment of earthquake engineering research and testing ca4 pabilities in the United States. This assessment shall in5 clude—

6 (1) the need for shake tables and other earth7 quake engineering research and testing facilities in

8 the United States;

9 (2) options to cooperate with other countries that

10 have developed complementary earthquake engineering

11 research and testing programs and facilities;

12 (3) projected costs for construction, maintenance,

13 and operation of new earthquake engineering research

14 and testing facilities in the United States; and

15 (4) options and recommendations to provide

16 funding for the construction and operation of new

17 earthquake engineering and testing facilities, includ18 ing the feasibility and advisability of developing a

19 comprehensive earthquake engineering research and

20 testing program within the scope of the Earthquake

21 Hazards Reduction Act of 1977.

22 (b) DEADLINE.—The assessment required by subsection

23 (a) shall be transmitted to Congress within nine months

24 after the date of enactment of this Act.
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Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to authorize

appropriations for carrying out the Earthquake Hazards

Reduction Act of 1977 for fiscal years 1995 and 1996.’’.

Attest:

Secretary.