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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. CON. RES. 213

Expressing the sense of the Congress that telephone directories within the

eastern and midwestern United States should include information relating

to natural disaster survival techniques.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 28, 1994

Mr. CLINGER (for himself and Mr. RAHALL) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred jointly to the Committees on Energy

and Commerce and Public Works and Transportation

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of the Congress that telephone directories within the eastern and midwestern United States

should include information relating to natural disaster

survival techniques.

Whereas geoscientists believe that there is a high probability

of a major earthquake occurring in the eastern or midwestern United States by the year 2015;

Whereas information relating to natural disaster survival

techniques, particularly information concerning earthquake survival, should be provided to people living in the

eastern and midwestern United States in a form that is

easy to understand and readily accessible;
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Whereas the telephone directory is one of the most widely distributed and accessible public reference sources;

Whereas natural disaster survival information published in

telephone directories has been a feature of earthquake

preparedness plans in the earthquake prone areas of the

western United States since the early 1980’s; and

Whereas existence of natural disaster survival information in

a telephone directory would serve as the basis for informing a community how to prepare and respond to a natural disaster: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that—

3 (1) local telephone directories for areas within

4 the eastern and midwestern United States should in5 clude a survival guide relating to natural disasters,

6 such as earthquakes, which provides information

7 concerning both recommended precautionary meas8 ures and survival techniques in a manner similar to

9 telephone directories published in the western United

10 States;

11 (2) such a survival guide should also include in12 formation relating to those natural disasters that are

13 common to the primary area served by the directory,

14 such as hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods;

15 (3) such survival guides should include the

16 names, addresses, and telephone numbers of Fed17 eral, State, and local organizations through which
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1 the public can obtain additional, authoritative infor2 mation concerning both recommended precautionary

3 measures and survival techniques; and

4 (4) disaster management agencies at the Fed5 eral, State, and local levels should—

6 (A) assist in preparing and updating the

7 survival guide information, and in identifying

8 additional, authoritative sources of information

9 within their organizations or other agencies,

10 (B) establish effective mechanisms, such as

11 hotlines, to respond quickly to citizens’ inquiries

12 for additional information when a natural disas13 ter is imminent or has occurred, and

14 (C) make periodic distribution to the pub15 lic of the information referred to in subpara16 graph (A).

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