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Calendar No. 568 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1768 

[Report No. 115–336] 

To reauthorize and amend the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction 

Program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017 

Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. GARDNER, Mrs. MURRAY, 

Mr. WYDEN, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. MERKLEY, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. SULLIVAN, and Mr. HEINRICH) introduced the following bill; which was read 

twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018 

Reported by Mr. THUNE, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To reauthorize and amend the National Earthquake Hazards 

Reduction Program, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Earthquake 

3 Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 

4 2017’’. 

5 SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 

6 (a) FINDINGS.—Section 2 of the Earthquake Haz7 ards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701) is amend8 ed— 

9 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

10 (A) by inserting ‘‘Oregon,’’ after ‘‘New 

11 York,’’; and 

12 (B) by inserting ‘‘Tennessee,’’ after 

13 ‘‘South Carolina’’; 

14 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘prediction 

15 techniques and’’; 

16 (3) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 

17 following: 

18 ‘‘(4) A well-funded seismological research pro19 gram could provide the scientific understanding 

20 needed to fully implement an effective earthquake 

21 early warning system.’’; 

22 (4) in paragraphs (6) and (7), by striking ‘‘life23 lines’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘lifeline 

24 infrastructure’’; and 

25 (5) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(12) The built environment has generally been 

2 constructed and maintained to meet the needs of the 

3 users under normal conditions. When earthquakes 

4 occur, the built environment is generally designed to 

5 prevent severe injuries or loss of human life and is 

6 not expected to remain operational or able to recover 

7 under any specified schedule. 

8 ‘‘(13) The National Research Council published 

9 a study on reducing hazards and risks associated 

10 with earthquakes based on the goals and objectives 

11 for achieving national earthquake resilience de12 scribed in the strategic plan entitled ‘Strategic Plan 

13 for the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction 

14 Program’. The study and an accompanying report 

15 called for work in 18 tasks focused on research, pre16 paredness, and mitigation and annual funding of ap17 proximately $300,000,000 per year for 20 years.’’. 

18 (b) PURPOSE.—Section 3 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

19 7702) is amended— 

20 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), in 

21 the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘and increase the re22 silience of communities’’ after ‘‘future earthquakes’’; 

23 (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘to individ24 uals and the communities’’ after ‘‘an earthquake’’; 


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1 (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘in time of 

2 disaster’’ and inserting ‘‘to facilitate community3 wide post-earthquake recovery and in times of dis4 aster’’; 

5 (4) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘for predicting 

6 damaging earthquakes and’’; 

7 (5) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘and plan8 ning’’ after ‘‘model building’’; and 

9 (6) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘reconstruc10 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘re-occupancy, recovery, recon11 struction,’’. 

12 (c) DEFINITIONS.— 

13 (1) LIFELINE INFRASTRUCTURE.— 

14 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 4(6) of such 

15 Act (42 U.S.C. 7703(6)) is amended by striking 

16 ‘‘lifelines’’ and inserting ‘‘lifeline infrastruc17 ture’’. 

18 (B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Such Act 

19 (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) is amended by striking 

20 ‘‘lifelines’’ each place it appears and inserting 

21 ‘‘lifeline infrastructure’’. 

22 (2) COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.—Section 4 of 

23 such Act (42 U.S.C. 7703) is amended by adding at 

24 the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(3) The term ‘community resilience’ means the 

2 ability of a community to prepare and plan for, ab3 sorb, recover from, and more successfully adapt to 

4 adverse seismic events.’’. 

5 SEC. 3. MODIFICATION OF NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE HAZ6 ARDS REDUCTION PROGRAM. 

7 (a) MODIFICATION OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.—Sub8 section (a)(2) of section 5 of the Earthquake Hazards Re9 duction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7704) is amended— 

10 (1) in subparagraph (B)— 

11 (A) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘, commu12 nity resilience,’’ after ‘‘seismic risk’’; and 

13 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(iv) publishing a systematic set of 

15 maps of active faults and folds, lique16 faction susceptibility, susceptibility for 

17 earthquake induced landslides, and other 

18 seismically induced hazards; and’’; and 

19 (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘develop, 

20 operate’’ and all that follows through ‘‘7708),’’ and 

21 inserting ‘‘continue the development of the Advanced 

22 National Seismic System, including earthquake early 

23 warning capabilities’’. 


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1 (b) AMENDMENTS RELATING TO INTERAGENCY CO2 ORDINATING COMMITTEE ON EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS RE3 DUCTION.— 

4 (1) CLARIFICATION REGARDING MEMBER5 SHIP.—Subparagraph (B) of subsection (a)(3) of 

6 such section is amended, in the matter preceding 

7 clause (i), by striking ‘‘The committee’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘In addition to the Director, the committee’’. 

9 (2) REDUCTION IN MINIMUM FREQUENCY OF

10 MEETINGS OF INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COM11 MITTEE ON EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS REDUCTION.— 

12 Subparagraph (C) of such subsection is amended by 

13 striking ‘‘not less than 3 times a year’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘not less frequently than once each year’’. 

15 (3) EXPANSION OF DUTIES.—Subparagraph 

16 (D) of such subsection is amended to read as fol17 lows: 

18 ‘‘(D) DUTIES.— 

19 ‘‘(i) GENERAL DUTY.—The Inter20 agency Coordinating Committee shall over21 see the planning, management, and coordi22 nation of the Program. 

23 ‘‘(ii) SPECIFIC DUTIES.—The duties 

24 of the Interagency Coordinating Committee 

25 include the following: 


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1 ‘‘(I) Developing, not later than 6 

2 months after the date of the enact3 ment of the National Earthquake 

4 Hazards Reduction Program Reau5 thorization Act of 2004 and updating 

6 periodically— 

7 ‘‘(aa) a strategic plan that 

8 establishes goals and priorities 

9 for the Program activities de10 scribed under subsection (a)(2); 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(bb) a detailed manage13 ment plan to implement such 

14 strategic plan. 

15 ‘‘(II) Developing a coordinated 

16 interagency budget for the Program 

17 that will ensure appropriate balance 

18 among the Program activities de19 scribed under subsection (a)(2), and, 

20 in accordance with the plans devel21 oped under subclause (I), submitting 

22 such budget to the Director of the Of23 fice of Management and Budget at 

24 the time designated by the Director 


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1 for agencies to submit biennial budg2 ets. 

3 ‘‘(III) Developing interagency 

4 memorandums of understanding with 

5 any relevant Federal agencies on data 

6 sharing and resource commitment in 

7 the event of an earthquake disaster. 

8 ‘‘(IV) Coordinating with the Ad9 ministrator of the National Aero10 nautics and Space Administration and 

11 the Administrator of the National 

12 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra13 tion on data sharing and resource al14 location to ensure judicious use of 

15 Government resources and the free16 flowing exchange of information re17 lated to earthquakes. 

18 ‘‘(V) Coordinating with the Sec19 retary of Agriculture and the Sec20 retary of the Interior on the use of 

21 public lands for earthquake moni22 toring and research stations, and re23 lated data collection. 

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1 retary of Housing and Urban Devel2 opment on the effects of earthquakes 

3 on transportation and housing stocks. 

4 ‘‘(iii) ASSISTANCE FROM SECRETARY

5 OF AGRICULTURE AND SECRETARY OF THE

6 INTERIOR.—To the extent practicable, the 

7 Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary 

8 of the Interior shall expedite any request 

9 for a permit to use public land under 

10 clause (ii)(V).’’. 

11 (4) REDUCTION IN FREQUENCY OF REPORTING

12 BY INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COMMITTEE ON

13 EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS REDUCTION.— 

14 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a)(4) of 

15 such section is amended— 

16 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik17 ing ‘‘ANNUAL’’ and inserting ‘‘BIENNIAL’’; 

18 (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 

19 (A) through (F) as clauses (i) through (vi), 

20 respectively, and adjusting the indentation 

21 of the margin of such clauses, as so redes22 ignated, two ems to the right; 

23 (iii) in the matter preceding clause (i), 

24 as redesignated by clause (ii), by striking 

25 ‘‘The Interagency’’ and all that follows 


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1 through ‘‘Senate’’ and inserting the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently 

4 than once every two years, the Interagency Co5 ordinating Committee shall submit to the Com6 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor7 tation, the Committee on Energy and Natural 

8 Resources, and the Committee on Homeland 

9 Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen10 ate and the Committee on Energy and Com11 merce, the Committee on Natural Resources, 

12 and the Committee on Homeland Security of 

13 the House of Representatives a report on the 

14 Program’’; and 

15 (iv) by adding at the end the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(B) SUPPORT FOR PREPARATION OF RE18 PORT.—Each head of a Program agency shall 

19 submit to the Director of the National Institute 

20 of Standards and Technology such information 

21 as the Director may request for the preparation 

22 of a report under subparagraph (A) not later 

23 than 90 days after the date on which the Direc24 tor requests such information.’’. 


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1 (B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments 

2 made by subparagraph (A) shall take effect on 

3 the first day of the first fiscal year beginning 

4 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

5 (c) MODIFICATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES OF NA6 TIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY.— 

7 Subsection (b) of such section is amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

9 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and 

10 constructing,’’ and inserting ‘‘constructing, 

11 evaluating, and retrofitting’’; and 

12 (B) in subparagraph (D), by inserting 

13 ‘‘provide new and’’ after ‘‘research to’’; and 

14 (2) in paragraph (5), in the matter preceding 

15 subparagraph (A), in the first sentence, by inserting 

16 ‘‘community resilience through’’ after ‘‘improve’’. 

17 (d) MODIFICATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES OF FED18 ERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.—Paragraph 

19 (2) of subsection (b) of such section is amended to read 

20 as follows: 

21 ‘‘(2) DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; 

22 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.— 

23 ‘‘(A) PROGRAM RESPONSIBILITIES.—The 

24 Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man25 agement Agency— 


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1 ‘‘(i) shall operate a program of grants 

2 and assistance to enable States to develop 

3 mitigation, preparedness, and response 

4 plans, purchase necessary instrumentation, 

5 prepare inventories and conduct seismic 

6 safety inspections of critical structures and 

7 lifelines, update building, land use plan8 ning, and zoning codes and ordinances to 

9 enhance seismic safety, increase earth10 quake awareness and education, and pro11 vide assistance to multi-State groups for 

12 such purposes; 

13 ‘‘(ii) shall support the implementation 

14 of a comprehensive earthquake education, 

15 outreach, and public awareness program, 

16 including development of materials and 

17 their wide dissemination to all appropriate 

18 audiences and support public access to lo19 cality-specific information that may assist 

20 the public in preparing for, mitigating 

21 against, responding to and recovering from 

22 earthquakes and related disasters; 

23 ‘‘(iii) shall, in conjunction with the 

24 Director of the National Institute of 

25 Standards and Technology, other Federal 


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1 agencies, and private sector groups, use re2 search results to support the preparation, 

3 maintenance, and wide dissemination of 

4 seismic resistant design guidance and re5 lated information on building codes, stand6 ards, and practices for new and existing 

7 buildings, structures, and lifelines, aid in 

8 the development of performance-based de9 sign guidelines and methodologies, and 

10 support model codes that are cost effective 

11 and affordable in order to promote better 

12 practices within the design and construc13 tion industry and reduce losses from earth14 quakes; 

15 ‘‘(iv) shall enter into cooperative 

16 agreements or contracts with States and 

17 local jurisdictions and other Federal agen18 cies to establish demonstration projects on 

19 earthquake hazard mitigation, to link 

20 earthquake research and mitigation efforts 

21 with emergency management programs, or 

22 to prepare educational materials for na23 tional distribution; and 

24 ‘‘(v) shall support the Director of the 

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1 nology in the completion of programmatic 

2 goals. 

3 ‘‘(B) STATE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM CRI4 TERIA.—In order to qualify for assistance 

5 under subparagraph (A)(i), a State must— 

6 ‘‘(i) demonstrate that the assistance 

7 will result in enhanced seismic safety in 

8 the State; 

9 ‘‘(ii) provide 25 percent of the costs of 

10 the activities for which assistance is being 

11 given, except that the Administrator may 

12 lower or waive the cost-share requirement 

13 for these activities in exceptional cases of 

14 economic hardship; and 

15 ‘‘(iii) meet such other requirements as 

16 the Administrator shall prescribe.’’. 

17 (e) MODIFICATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES OF UNITED

18 STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.—Subsection (b)(3) of such 

19 section is amended— 

20 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

21 in the first sentence— 

22 (A) by inserting ‘‘report on significant do23 mestic and international earthquakes and’’ after 

24 ‘‘Survey shall’’; and 


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1 (B) by striking ‘‘predictions.’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘forecasts.’’; 

3 (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘pre4 dictions, including aftershock advisories’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘alerts and early warnings’’; 

6 (3) by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting 

7 the following: 

8 ‘‘(D) issue when necessary and feasible, 

9 and notify the Administrator of the Federal 

10 Emergency Management Agency, the Director 

11 of the National Institute of Standards and 

12 Technology, and State and local officials, an 

13 alert and an earthquake warning;’’; 

14 (4) in subparagraph (E), in the matter pre15 ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘using’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘including’’; 

17 (5) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

18 and inserting a semicolon; 

19 (6) in subparagraph (J)— 

20 (A) by inserting ‘‘and data’’ after ‘‘hazard 

21 maps’’; and 

22 (B) by striking the period at the end and 

23 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

24 (7) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(K) support the Director of the National 

2 Institute of Standards and Technology in the 

3 completion of programmatic goals.’’. 

4 (f) MODIFICATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES OF NA5 TIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION.—Subsection (b)(4) of 

6 such section is amended— 

7 (1) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, State 

8 agencies, State geological surveys,’’; 

9 (2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘to sup10 port applied science in the production of a system11 atic series of earthquake-related geologic hazard 

12 maps, and’’ after ‘‘Survey’’; 

13 (3) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘George 

14 E. Brown Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering 

15 and Simulation’’ and inserting ‘‘Natural Hazards 

16 Engineering Research Infrastructure’’; 

17 (4) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

18 and inserting a semicolon; 

19 (5) in subparagraph (H), by striking the period 

20 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

21 (6) by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(I) support the Director of the National 

23 Institute of Standards and Technology in the 

24 completion of programmatic goals.’’; 


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1 (7) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through 

2 (I) as clauses (i) through (ix), respectively, and in3 denting such clauses accordingly; 

4 (8) in the matter before clause (i), as redesig5 nated by paragraph (7), in the first sentence, by 

6 striking ‘‘The National Science Foundation’’ and in7 serting the following: 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The National Science 

9 Foundation’’; and 

10 (9) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(B) IDENTIFICATION OF FUNDING.—The 

12 National Science Foundation shall— 

13 ‘‘(i) note in any notice of Program 

14 funding or other funding possibilities 

15 under the Program that the funds are part 

16 of the Program; 

17 ‘‘(ii) track the awarding of Federal 

18 funds through the Program; and 

19 ‘‘(iii) not less frequently than once 

20 every 2 years, submit to the director of the 

21 Program a report specifying the amount of 

22 Federal funds awarded to conduct research 

23 that enhances the understanding of earth24 quake science.’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. REVIEW OF RISKS POSED BY EARTHQUAKES TO 

2 THE UNITED STATES. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable, but not 

4 later than such date as is necessary for the Comptroller 

5 General of the United States to submit the report required 

6 by subsection (c) in accordance with such subsection, the 

7 Comptroller General shall complete a review of risks posed 

8 by earthquakes to the United States. 

9 (b) ELEMENTS.—The review conducted under sub10 section (a) shall include the following: 

11 (1) A comprehensive assessment of— 

12 (A) the risks and hazards to the United 

13 States posed by earthquakes, including risks 

14 and hazards resulting from tsunamis and land15 slides that are generated by earthquakes; 

16 (B) the efforts of the Federal Emergency 

17 Management Agency and the National Institute 

18 of Standards and Technology to improve the re19 silience of the United States to earthquakes and 

20 to identify important gaps in the resilience of 

21 the United States to earthquakes; 

22 (C) the progress made by the National In23 stitute of Standards and Technology and the 

24 Interagency Coordinating Committee to coordi25 nate effectively the budget and activities of the 

26 Program agencies (as defined in section 4 of 


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1 the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 

2 (42 U.S.C. 7703)) in advancing the plans and 

3 goals of the National Earthquake Hazards Re4 duction Program and how coordination among 

5 the Program agencies can be improved; 

6 (D) the extent to which the Federal Gov7 ernment, States, local, and tribal governments, 

8 and the private sector are already implementing 

9 strategies to improve resilience of the United 

10 States to earthquakes; and 

11 (E) the extent to which the research done 

12 during the 40 years of the Program has been 

13 applied to both public and private earthquake 

14 risk and hazards reduction. 

15 (2) Identification of such legislative or adminis16 trative action as may be appropriate to improve the 

17 Program and the resilience of the United States to 

18 earthquakes. 

19 (c) REPORT.—As soon as practicable, but not later 

20 than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

21 the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee 

22 on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the Com23 mittee on Energy and Natural Resources, and the Com24 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

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1 merce, the Committee on Natural Resources, and the 

2 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep3 resentatives a report on the findings of the Comptroller 

4 General with respect to the review completed under sub5 section (a). 

6 SEC. 5. SEISMIC STANDARDS. 

7 Section 8 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act 

8 of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7705b) is amended to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 8. SEISMIC STANDARDS. 

10 ‘‘(a) ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not 

11 later than December 1, 2019, the Director of the National 

12 Institute of Standards and Technology and the Adminis13 trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 

14 shall jointly convene a committee of experts from Federal 

15 agencies, nongovernmental organizations, private sector 

16 entities, disaster management professional associations, 

17 engineering professional associations, and professional 

18 construction and homebuilding industry associations, to 

19 assess and recommend options for improving the built en20 vironment and critical infrastructure to reflect perform21 ance goals stated in terms of post-earthquake reoccupancy 

22 and functional recovery time. 

23 ‘‘(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than June 

24 30, 2020, the committee convened under paragraph (1) 

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1 for improving the built environment and critical infra2 structure to reflect performance goals stated in terms of 

3 post-earthquake reoccupancy and functional recovery 

4 time.’’. 

5 SEC. 6. MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR ADVANCED NATIONAL 

6 SEISMIC SYSTEM. 

7 (a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year after 

8 the date of the enactment of this Act, the United States 

9 Geological Survey shall submit to Congress a 5-year man10 agement plan for the continued operation of the Advanced 

11 National Seismic System. 

12 (b) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by subsection (a) 

13 shall include the following: 

14 (1) Strategies to continue the development of 

15 an earthquake early warning system. 

16 (2) A mechanism for securing the participation 

17 of State and regional level earthquake monitoring 

18 entities, including those defunded by the Advanced 

19 National Seismic System in the last five years. 

20 (3) A plan to encourage and support the inte21 gration of geospatial data products into earthquake 

22 monitoring in regions experiencing large earth23 quakes. 

24 (4) A plan to ensure that there is an active, 

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1 structure for the Advanced National Seismic Sys2 tem. 

3 SEC. 7. REPEAL OF EXPIRED AUTHORIZATIONS. 

4 Section 12 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act 

5 of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7706) is hereby repealed. 

6 SEC. 8. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 

7 (a) CORRECTION OF TITLE OF ADMINISTRATOR OF

8 THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.— 

9 The Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 

10 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) is amended— 

11 (1) in section 5 of the Earthquake Hazards Re12 duction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7704)— 

13 (A) in subsection (a)(3)(B), as amended by 

14 section 3(b)(1)— 

15 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 

16 by striking ‘‘the directors of’’; 

17 (ii) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘the Ad18 ministrator of’’ before ‘‘the’’; and 

19 (iii) in clauses (ii) through (v), by in20 serting ‘‘the Director of’’ before ‘‘the’’ each 

21 place it appears; and 

22 (B) in subsection (b)(3)(C), as amended by 

23 section 3(e), by striking ‘‘Director of the Fed24 eral’’ and inserting ‘‘Administrator of the Fed25 eral’’; and 


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1 (2) in section 9 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 7705c), 

2 by striking ‘‘Director of the Agency’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘Administrator of the Federal Emergency Manage4 ment Agency’’ each place it appears. 

5 (b) REFERENCES TO THE ADVANCED NATIONAL

6 SEISMIC SYSTEM.—Such Act is amended— 

7 (1) in section 13, in the section heading, by 

8 striking ‘‘ADVANCED NATIONAL SEISMIC RE9 SEARCH AND MONITORING SYSTEM’’ and insert10 ing ‘‘ADVANCED NATIONAL SEISMIC SYSTEM’’; 

11 and 

12 (2) by striking ‘‘Advanced National Seismic Re13 search and Monitoring System’’ each place it ap14 pears and inserting ‘‘Advanced National Seismic 

15 System’’. 

16 (c) INCORRECT CROSS-REFERENCES.—Paragraph 

17 (4) of section 5(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 7704(a)), as 

18 amended by section 3(b)(4)(A), is amended— 

19 (1) in clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A), 

20 as redesignated by section 3(b)(4)(A), by striking 

21 ‘‘subparagraph (3)(A)’’ both places it appears and 

22 inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)(D)(i)(I)’’; and 

23 (2) in clause (iii), as redesignated, by striking 

24 ‘‘under (3)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘under paragraph 

25 (3)(D)(i)(I)’’. 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Earthquake 

3 Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2017’’. 

4 SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 

5 (a) FINDINGS.—Section 2 of the Earthquake Hazards 

6 Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701) is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

8 (A) by inserting ‘‘Oregon,’’ after ‘‘New 

9 York,’’; and 

10 (B) by inserting ‘‘Tennessee,’’ after ‘‘South 

11 Carolina’’; 

12 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘prediction 

13 techniques and’’; 

14 (3) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 

15 following: 

16 ‘‘(4) A well-funded seismological research pro17 gram could provide the scientific understanding need18 ed to fully implement an effective earthquake early 

19 warning system.’’; 

20 (4) in paragraphs (6) and (7), by striking ‘‘life21 lines’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘lifeline 

22 infrastructure’’; and 

23 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(12) The built environment has generally been 

25 constructed and maintained to meet the needs of the 

26 users under normal conditions. When earthquakes 


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1 occur, the built environment is generally designed to 

2 prevent severe injuries or loss of human life and is 

3 not expected to remain operational or able to recover 

4 under any specified schedule. 

5 ‘‘(13) The National Research Council published a 

6 study on reducing hazards and risks associated with 

7 earthquakes based on the goals and objectives for 

8 achieving national earthquake resilience described in 

9 the strategic plan entitled ‘Strategic Plan for the Na10 tional Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program’. The 

11 study and an accompanying report called for work in 

12 18 tasks focused on research, preparedness, and miti13 gation and annual funding of approximately 

14 $300,000,000 per year for 20 years.’’. 

15 (b) PURPOSE.—Section 3 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 7702) 

16 is amended— 

17 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), in 

18 the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘and increase the resil19 ience of communities’’ after ‘‘future earthquakes’’; 

20 (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘to individ21 uals and the communities’’ after ‘‘an earthquake’’; 

22 (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘in time of 

23 disaster’’ and inserting ‘‘to facilitate community-wide 

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1 (4) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘for predicting 

2 damaging earthquakes and’’; 

3 (5) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘and plan4 ning’’ after ‘‘model building’’; and 

5 (6) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘reconstruc6 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘re-occupancy, recovery, recon7 struction,’’. 

8 (c) DEFINITIONS.— 

9 (1) LIFELINE INFRASTRUCTURE.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 4(6) of such Act 

11 (42 U.S.C. 7703(6)) is amended by striking 

12 ‘‘lifelines’’ and inserting ‘‘lifeline infrastruc13 ture’’. 

14 (B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Such Act 

15 (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) is amended by striking 

16 ‘‘lifelines’’ each place it appears and inserting 

17 ‘‘lifeline infrastructure’’. 

18 (2) COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.—Section 4 of such 

19 Act (42 U.S.C. 7703) is amended by adding at the 

20 end the following: 

21 ‘‘(10) The term ‘community resilience’ means the 

22 ability of a community to prepare and plan for, ab23 sorb, recover from, and more successfully adapt to ad24 verse seismic events.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. MODIFICATION OF NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE HAZ2 ARDS REDUCTION PROGRAM. 

3 (a) MODIFICATION OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.—Sub4 section (a)(2) of section 5 of the Earthquake Hazards Re5 duction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7704) is amended— 

6 (1) in subparagraph (B)— 

7 (A) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘, commu8 nity resilience,’’ after ‘‘seismic risk’’; and 

9 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(iv) publishing a systematic set of 

11 maps of active faults and folds, liquefaction 

12 susceptibility, susceptibility for earthquake 

13 induced landslides, and other seismically 

14 induced hazards; and’’; and 

15 (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘develop, 

16 operate’’ and all that follows through ‘‘7708),’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘continue the development of the Advanced 

18 National Seismic System, including earthquake early 

19 warning capabilities’’. 

20 (b) AMENDMENTS RELATING TO INTERAGENCY CO21 ORDINATING COMMITTEE ON EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS RE22 DUCTION.— 

23 (1) CLARIFICATION REGARDING MEMBERSHIP.— 

24 Subparagraph (B) of subsection (a)(3) of such section 

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1 striking ‘‘The committee’’ and inserting ‘‘In addition 

2 to the Director, the committee’’. 

3 (2) REDUCTION IN MINIMUM FREQUENCY OF

4 MEETINGS OF INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COM5 MITTEE ON EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS REDUCTION.— 

6 Subparagraph (C) of such subsection is amended by 

7 striking ‘‘not less than 3 times a year’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘not less frequently than once each year’’. 

9 (3) EXPANSION OF DUTIES.—Subparagraph (D) 

10 of such subsection is amended to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘(D) DUTIES.— 

12 ‘‘(i) GENERAL DUTY.—The Interagency 

13 Coordinating Committee shall oversee the 

14 planning, management, and coordination of 

15 the Program. 

16 ‘‘(ii) SPECIFIC DUTIES.—The duties of 

17 the Interagency Coordinating Committee in18 clude the following: 

19 ‘‘(I) Developing, not later than 6 

20 months after the date of the enactment 

21 of the National Earthquake Hazards 

22 Reduction Program Reauthorization 

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1 ‘‘(aa) a strategic plan that 

2 establishes goals and priorities for 

3 the Program activities described 

4 under subsection (a)(2); and 

5 ‘‘(bb) a detailed management 

6 plan to implement such strategic 

7 plan. 

8 ‘‘(II) Developing a coordinated 

9 interagency budget for the Program 

10 that will ensure appropriate balance 

11 among the Program activities described 

12 under subsection (a)(2), and, in ac13 cordance with the plans developed 

14 under subclause (I), submitting such 

15 budget to the Director of the Office of 

16 Management and Budget at the time 

17 designated by the Director for agencies 

18 to submit biennial budgets. 

19 ‘‘(III) Developing interagency 

20 memorandums of understanding with 

21 any relevant Federal agencies on data 

22 sharing and resource commitment in 

23 the event of an earthquake disaster. 

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1 nautics and Space Administration and 

2 the Administrator of the National Oce3 anic and Atmospheric Administration 

4 on data sharing and resource alloca5 tion to ensure judicious use of Govern6 ment resources and the free-flowing ex7 change of information related to earth8 quakes. 

9 ‘‘(V) Coordinating with the Sec10 retary of Agriculture and the Secretary 

11 of the Interior on the use of public 

12 lands for earthquake monitoring and 

13 research stations, and related data col14 lection. 

15 ‘‘(VI) Coordinating with the Sec16 retary of Transportation and the Sec17 retary of Housing and Urban Develop18 ment on the effects of earthquakes on 

19 transportation and housing stocks. 

20 ‘‘(iii) ASSISTANCE FROM SECRETARY

21 OF AGRICULTURE AND SECRETARY OF THE

22 INTERIOR.—To the extent practicable, the 

23 Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary 

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1 a permit to use public land under clause 

2 (ii)(V).’’. 

3 (4) REDUCTION IN FREQUENCY OF REPORTING

4 BY INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COMMITTEE ON

5 EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS REDUCTION.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a)(4) of such 

7 section is amended— 

8 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik9 ing ‘‘ANNUAL’’ and inserting ‘‘BIENNIAL’’; 

10 (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 

11 (A) through (F) as clauses (i) through (vi), 

12 respectively, and adjusting the indentation 

13 of the margin of such clauses, as so redesig14 nated, two ems to the right; 

15 (iii) in clause (v), as redesignated, by 

16 striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

17 (iv) in clause (vi), as redesignated, by 

18 striking the period at the end and inserting 

19 ‘‘; and’’; 

20 (v) by inserting after clause (vi), as re21 designated, the following: 

22 ‘‘(vii) a statement regarding whether 

23 the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 

24 Management Agency has lowered or waived 


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1 the cost share requirement for assistance 

2 provided under subsection (b)(2)(A)(i).’’; 

3 (vi) in the matter preceding clause (i), 

4 as redesignated, by striking ‘‘The Inter5 agency’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Sen6 ate’’ and inserting the following: 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than 

8 once every two years, the Interagency Coordi9 nating Committee shall submit to the Committee 

10 on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the 

11 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 

12 and the Committee on Homeland Security and 

13 Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 

14 Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Com15 mittee on Natural Resources, and the Committee 

16 on Homeland Security of the House of Rep17 resentatives a report on the Program’’; and 

18 (vii) by adding at the end the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(B) SUPPORT FOR PREPARATION OF RE21 PORT.—Each head of a Program agency shall 

22 submit to the Director of the National Institute 

23 of Standards and Technology such information 

24 as the Director may request for the preparation 

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1 than 90 days after the date on which the Direc2 tor requests such information.’’. 

3 (B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments 

4 made by subparagraph (A) shall take effect on 

5 the first day of the first fiscal year beginning 

6 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

7 (c) MODIFICATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES OF NATIONAL

8 INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY.—Subsection 

9 (b) of such section is amended— 

10 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

11 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and 

12 constructing,’’ and inserting ‘‘constructing, eval13 uating, and retrofitting’’; and 

14 (B) in subparagraph (D), by inserting 

15 ‘‘provide new and’’ after ‘‘research to’’; and 

16 (2) in paragraph (5), in the matter preceding 

17 subparagraph (A), in the first sentence, by inserting 

18 ‘‘community resilience through’’ after ‘‘improve’’. 

19 (d) MODIFICATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES OF FEDERAL

20 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.—Paragraph (2) of 

21 subsection (b) of such section is amended to read as follows: 

22 ‘‘(2) DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; 

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1 ‘‘(A) PROGRAM RESPONSIBILITIES.—The 

2 Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man3 agement Agency— 

4 ‘‘(i) shall operate a program of grants 

5 and assistance to enable States to develop 

6 mitigation, preparedness, and response 

7 plans, purchase necessary instrumentation, 

8 prepare inventories and conduct seismic 

9 safety inspections of critical structures and 

10 lifelines, update building, land use plan11 ning, and zoning codes and ordinances to 

12 enhance seismic safety, increase earthquake 

13 awareness and education, and provide as14 sistance to multi-State groups for such pur15 poses; 

16 ‘‘(ii) shall support the implementation 

17 of a comprehensive earthquake education, 

18 outreach, and public awareness program, 

19 including development of materials and 

20 their wide dissemination to all appropriate 

21 audiences and support public access to lo22 cality-specific information that may assist 

23 the public in preparing for, mitigating 

24 against, responding to and recovering from 

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1 ‘‘(iii) shall, in conjunction with the 

2 Director of the National Institute of Stand3 ards and Technology, other Federal agen4 cies, and private sector groups, use research 

5 results to support the preparation, mainte6 nance, and wide dissemination of seismic 

7 resistant design guidance and related infor8 mation on building codes, standards, and 

9 practices for new and existing buildings, 

10 structures, and lifelines, aid in the develop11 ment of performance-based design guidelines 

12 and methodologies, and support model codes 

13 that are cost effective and affordable in 

14 order to promote better practices within the 

15 design and construction industry and re16 duce losses from earthquakes; 

17 ‘‘(iv) shall enter into cooperative agree18 ments or contracts with States and local ju19 risdictions and other Federal agencies to es20 tablish demonstration projects on earth21 quake hazard mitigation, to link earthquake 

22 research and mitigation efforts with emer23 gency management programs, or to prepare 

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1 ‘‘(v) shall support the Director of the 

2 National Institute of Standards and Tech3 nology in the completion of programmatic 

4 goals. 

5 ‘‘(B) STATE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM CRI6 TERIA.—In order to qualify for assistance under 

7 subparagraph (A)(i), a State must— 

8 ‘‘(i) demonstrate that the assistance 

9 will result in enhanced seismic safety in the 

10 State; 

11 ‘‘(ii) provide 25 percent of the costs of 

12 the activities for which assistance is being 

13 given, except that the Administrator may 

14 lower or waive the cost-share requirement 

15 for these activities for a small impoverished 

16 community, as defined in section 203 of the 

17 Disaster Relief Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 

18 5133(a)); and 

19 ‘‘(iii) meet such other requirements as 

20 the Administrator shall prescribe.’’. 

21 (e) MODIFICATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES OF UNITED

22 STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.—Subsection (b)(3) of such 

23 section is amended— 

24 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), in 

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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘report on significant do2 mestic and international earthquakes and’’ after 

3 ‘‘Survey shall’’; and 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘predictions.’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘forecasts.’’; 

6 (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘pre7 dictions, including aftershock advisories’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘alerts and early warnings’’; 

9 (3) by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting 

10 the following: 

11 ‘‘(D) issue when necessary and feasible, and 

12 notify the Administrator of the Federal Emer13 gency Management Agency, the Director of the 

14 National Institute of Standards and Technology, 

15 and State and local officials, an alert and an 

16 earthquake warning;’’; 

17 (4) in subparagraph (E), in the matter pre18 ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘using’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘including’’; 

20 (5) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

21 inserting a semicolon; 

22 (6) in subparagraph (J)— 

23 (A) by inserting ‘‘and data’’ after ‘‘hazard 

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1 (B) by striking the period at the end and 

2 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

3 (7) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(K) support the Director of the National 

5 Institute of Standards and Technology in the 

6 completion of programmatic goals.’’. 

7 (f) MODIFICATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES OF NATIONAL

8 SCIENCE FOUNDATION.—Subsection (b)(4) of such section 

9 is amended— 

10 (1) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, State 

11 agencies, State geological surveys,’’ after ‘‘consortia’’; 

12 (2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘to sup13 port applied science in the production of a systematic 

14 series of earthquake-related geologic hazard maps, 

15 and’’ after ‘‘Survey’’; 

16 (3) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘large-scale 

17 experimental and computational facilities of the 

18 George E. Brown Jr. Network for Earthquake Engi19 neering Simulation and other institutions engaged in 

20 research and the implementation of the National 

21 Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘experimental and computational facilities’’; 

23 (4) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

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1 (5) in subparagraph (H), by striking the period 

2 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

3 (6) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(I) support the Director of the National 

5 Institute of Standards and Technology in the 

6 completion of programmatic goals.’’; 

7 (7) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through 

8 (I) as clauses (i) through (ix), respectively, and in9 denting such clauses accordingly; 

10 (8) in the matter before clause (i), as redesig11 nated by paragraph (7), in the first sentence, by 

12 striking ‘‘The National Science Foundation’’ and in13 serting the following: 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The National Science 

15 Foundation’’; and 

16 (9) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(B) IDENTIFICATION OF FUNDING.—The 

18 National Science Foundation shall— 

19 ‘‘(i) to the extent practicable, note in 

20 any notice of Program funding or other 

21 funding possibilities under the Program 

22 that the funds are part of the Program; 

23 ‘‘(ii) to the extent practicable, track the 

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1 ‘‘(iii) not less frequently than once 

2 every 2 years, submit to the director of the 

3 Program a report specifying the amount of 

4 Federal funds awarded to conduct research 

5 that enhances the understanding of earth6 quake science.’’. 

7 SEC. 4. REVIEW OF RISKS POSED BY EARTHQUAKES TO THE 

8 UNITED STATES. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable, but not 

10 later than such date as is necessary for the Comptroller 

11 General of the United States to submit the report required 

12 by subsection (c) in accordance with such subsection, the 

13 Comptroller General shall complete a review of risks posed 

14 by earthquakes to the United States. 

15 (b) ELEMENTS.—The review conducted under sub16 section (a) shall include the following: 

17 (1) A comprehensive assessment of— 

18 (A) the risks and hazards to the United 

19 States posed by earthquakes, including risks and 

20 hazards resulting from tsunamis and landslides 

21 that are generated by earthquakes; 

22 (B) the efforts of the Federal Emergency 

23 Management Agency and the National Institute 

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1 to identify important gaps in the resilience of 

2 the United States to earthquakes; 

3 (C) the progress made by the National In4 stitute of Standards and Technology and the 

5 Interagency Coordinating Committee to coordi6 nate effectively the budget and activities of the 

7 Program agencies (as defined in section 4 of the 

8 Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 

9 U.S.C. 7703)) in advancing the plans and goals 

10 of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction 

11 Program and how coordination among the Pro12 gram agencies can be improved; 

13 (D) the extent to which the Federal Govern14 ment, States, local, and tribal governments, and 

15 the private sector are already implementing 

16 strategies to improve resilience of the United 

17 States to earthquakes; and 

18 (E) the extent to which the research done 

19 during the 40 years of the Program has been ap20 plied to both public and private earthquake risk 

21 and hazards reduction. 

22 (2) Identification of such legislative or adminis23 trative action as may be appropriate to improve the 

24 Program and the resilience of the United States to 

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1 (c) REPORT.—As soon as practicable, but not later 

2 than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

3 the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on 

4 Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the Committee on 

5 Energy and Natural Resources, and the Committee on 

6 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate 

7 and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, the 

8 Committee on Natural Resources, and the Committee on 

9 Homeland Security of the House of Representatives a report 

10 on the findings of the Comptroller General with respect to 

11 the review completed under subsection (a). 

12 SEC. 5. SEISMIC STANDARDS. 

13 Section 8 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act 

14 of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7705b) is amended to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 8. SEISMIC STANDARDS. 

16 ‘‘(a) ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not 

17 later than December 1, 2019, the Director of the National 

18 Institute of Standards and Technology and the Adminis19 trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall 

20 jointly convene a committee of experts from Federal agen21 cies, nongovernmental organizations, private sector entities, 

22 disaster management professional associations, engineering 

23 professional associations, and professional construction and 

24 homebuilding industry associations, to assess and rec25 ommend options for improving the built environment and 


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1 critical infrastructure to reflect performance goals stated in 

2 terms of post-earthquake reoccupancy and functional recov3 ery time. 

4 ‘‘(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than June 30, 

5 2020, the committee convened under paragraph (1) shall 

6 submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans7 portation, the Committee on Energy and Natural Re8 sources, and the Committee on Homeland Security and 

9 Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 

10 Science, Space, and Technology, the Committee on Natural 

11 Resources, and the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

12 House of Representatives a report on recommended options 

13 for improving the built environment and critical infrastruc14 ture to reflect performance goals stated in terms of post15 earthquake reoccupancy and functional recovery time.’’. 

16 SEC. 6. MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR ADVANCED NATIONAL 

17 SEISMIC SYSTEM. 

18 (a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year after the 

19 date of the enactment of this Act, the United States Geologi20 cal Survey shall submit to Congress a 5-year management 

21 plan for the continued operation of the Advanced National 

22 Seismic System. 

23 (b) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by subsection (a) 

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1 (1) Strategies to continue the development of an 

2 earthquake early warning system. 

3 (2) A mechanism for securing the participation 

4 of State and regional level earthquake monitoring en5 tities, including those defunded by the Advanced Na6 tional Seismic System in the last five years. 

7 (3) A plan to encourage and support the integra8 tion of geospatial data products into earthquake mon9 itoring in regions experiencing large earthquakes. 

10 (4) A plan to ensure that there is an active, geo11 graphically diverse, management and advisory struc12 ture for the Advanced National Seismic System. 

13 SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

14 Section 12 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act 

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

16 (1) in subsection (a)(8)— 

17 (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

18 at the end; and 

19 (B) by inserting before the language fol20 lowing subparagraph (E) the following: 

21 ‘‘(F) $8,670,000 for fiscal year 2018, 

22 ‘‘(G) $8,843,000 for fiscal year 2019, 

23 ‘‘(H) $9,020,000 for fiscal year 2020, 

24 ‘‘(I) $9,200,000 for fiscal year 2021, and 

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1 (2) in subsection (b)(2)— 

2 (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘; 

3 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

4 (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the 

5 period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

6 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(F) $72,420,000 for fiscal year 2018, of 

8 which not less than $30,000,000 shall be made 

9 available for completion of the Advanced Na10 tional Seismic System established under section 

11 7707 of this title; 

12 ‘‘(G) $73,868,000 for fiscal year 2019, of 

13 which not less than $30,000,000 shall be made 

14 available for completion of the Advanced Na15 tional Seismic System established under section 

16 7707 of this title; 

17 ‘‘(H) $75,345,000 for fiscal year 2020, of 

18 which not less than $30,000,000 shall be made 

19 available for completion of the Advanced Na20 tional Seismic System established under section 

21 7707 of this title; 

22 ‘‘(I) $75,853,000 for fiscal year 2021, of 

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1 tional Seismic System established under section 

2 7707 of this title; and 

3 ‘‘(J) $78,390,000 for fiscal year 2022, of 

4 which not less than $30,000,000 shall be made 

5 available for completion of the Advanced Na6 tional Seismic System established under section 

7 7707 of this title.’’; 

8 (3) in subsection (c)(2)— 

9 (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

10 at the end; 

11 (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the 

12 period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

13 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(F) $55,080,000 for fiscal year 2018, 

15 ‘‘(G) $56,181,000 for fiscal year 2019, 

16 ‘‘(H) $57,305,000 for fiscal year 2020, 

17 ‘‘(I) $58,451,000 for fiscal year 2021, and 

18 ‘‘(J) $59,620,000 for fiscal year 2022.’’; and 

19 (4) in subsection (d)(2)— 

20 (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

21 at the end; and 

22 (B) by inserting before the language fol23 lowing subparagraph (E) the following: 

24 ‘‘(F) $5,304,000 for fiscal year 2018, 

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1 ‘‘(H) $5,518,000 for fiscal year 2020, 

2 ‘‘(I) $5,628,000 for fiscal year 2021, and 

3 ‘‘(J) $5,741,000 for fiscal year 2022,’’. 

4 SEC. 8. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 

5 (a) CORRECTION OF TITLE OF ADMINISTRATOR OF

6 THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.—The 

7 Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 

8 7701 et seq.) is amended— 

9 (1) in section 5 of the Earthquake Hazards Re10 duction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7704)— 

11 (A) in subsection (a)(3)(B), as amended by 

12 section 3(b)(1)— 

13 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 

14 by striking ‘‘the directors of’’; 

15 (ii) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘the Ad16 ministrator of’’ before ‘‘the’’; and 

17 (iii) in clauses (ii) through (v), by in18 serting ‘‘the Director of’’ before ‘‘the’’ each 

19 place it appears; and 

20 (B) in subsection (b)(3)(C), as amended by 

21 section 3(e), by striking ‘‘Director of the Fed22 eral’’ and inserting ‘‘Administrator of the Fed23 eral’’; and 

24 (2) in section 9 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 7705c), 

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1 ‘‘Administrator of the Federal Emergency Manage2 ment Agency’’ each place it appears. 

3 (b) REFERENCES TO THE ADVANCED NATIONAL SEIS4 MIC SYSTEM.—Such Act is amended— 

5 (1) in section 13 (42 U.S.C. 7707), in the section 

6 heading, by striking ‘‘ADVANCED NATIONAL SEIS7 MIC RESEARCH AND MONITORING SYSTEM’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘ADVANCED NATIONAL SEISMIC SYS9 TEM’’; and 

10 (2) by striking ‘‘Advanced National Seismic Re11 search and Monitoring System’’ each place it appears 

12 and inserting ‘‘Advanced National Seismic System’’. 

13 (c) INCORRECT CROSS-REFERENCES.—Paragraph (4) 

14 of section 5(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 7704(a)), as amended 

15 by section 3(b)(4)(A), is amended— 

16 (1) in clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A), 

17 as redesignated by section 3(b)(4)(A), by striking 

18 ‘‘subparagraph (3)(A)’’ both places it appears and in19 serting ‘‘paragraph (3)(D)(i)(I)’’; and 

20 (2) in clause (iii), as redesignated, by striking 

21 ‘‘under (3)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘under paragraph 

22 (3)(D)(i)(I)’’. 


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Calendar No. 568 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1768 

[Report No. 115–336] 

A BILL 

To reauthorize and amend the National Earthother purposes. quake Hazards Reduction Program, and for 

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018 

Reported with an amendment 


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