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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1768 

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, and Ms. CANTWELL) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 

6 2017’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 

2 (a) FINDINGS.—Section 2 of the Earthquake Haz3 ards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701) is amend4 ed— 

5 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

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

7 York,’’; and 

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

9 ‘‘South Carolina’’; 

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

11 techniques and’’; 

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

13 following: 

14 ‘‘(4) A well-funded seismological research pro15 gram could provide the scientific understanding 

16 needed to fully implement an effective earthquake 

17 early warning system.’’; 

18 (4) in paragraphs (6) and (7), by striking ‘‘life19 lines’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘lifeline 

20 infrastructure’’; and 

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

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

23 constructed and maintained to meet the needs of the 

24 users under normal conditions. When earthquakes 

25 occur, the built environment is generally designed to 

26 prevent severe injuries or loss of human life and is 


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1 not expected to remain operational or able to recover 

2 under any specified schedule. 

3 ‘‘(13) The National Research Council published 

4 a study on reducing hazards and risks associated 

5 with earthquakes based on the goals and objectives 

6 for achieving national earthquake resilience de7 scribed in the strategic plan entitled ‘Strategic Plan 

8 for the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction 

9 Program’. The study and an accompanying report 

10 called for work in 18 tasks focused on research, pre11 paredness, and mitigation and annual funding of ap12 proximately $300,000,000 per year for 20 years.’’. 

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

14 7702) is amended— 

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

16 the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘and increase the re17 silience of communities’’ after ‘‘future earthquakes’’; 

18 (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘to individ19 uals and the communities’’ after ‘‘an earthquake’’; 

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

21 disaster’’ and inserting ‘‘to facilitate community22 wide post-earthquake recovery and in times of dis23 aster’’; 

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

25 damaging earthquakes and’’; 


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1 (5) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘and plan2 ning’’ after ‘‘model building’’; and 

3 (6) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘reconstruc4 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘re-occupancy, recovery, recon5 struction,’’. 

6 (c) DEFINITIONS.— 

7 (1) LIFELINE INFRASTRUCTURE.— 

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

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

10 ‘‘lifelines’’ and inserting ‘‘lifeline infrastruc11 ture’’. 

12 (B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Such Act 

13 (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) is amended by striking 

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

15 ‘‘lifeline infrastructure’’. 

16 (2) COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.—Section 4 of 

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

18 the end the following: 

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

20 ability of a community to prepare and plan for, ab21 sorb, recover from, and more successfully adapt to 

22 adverse 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, lique12 faction susceptibility, susceptibility for 

13 earthquake induced landslides, and other 

14 seismically 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 MEMBER24 SHIP.—Subparagraph (B) of subsection (a)(3) of 

25 such section is amended, in the matter preceding 


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1 clause (i), by striking ‘‘The committee’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘In addition 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 

10 (D) of such subsection is amended to read as fol11 lows: 

12 ‘‘(D) DUTIES.— 

13 ‘‘(i) GENERAL DUTY.—The Inter14 agency Coordinating Committee shall over15 see the planning, management, and coordi16 nation of the Program. 

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

18 of the Interagency Coordinating Committee 

19 include the following: 

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

21 months after the date of the enact22 ment of the National Earthquake 

23 Hazards Reduction Program Reau24 thorization Act of 2004 and updating 

25 periodically— 


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1 ‘‘(aa) a strategic plan that 

2 establishes goals and priorities 

3 for the Program activities de4 scribed under subsection (a)(2); 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(bb) a detailed manage7 ment plan to implement such 

8 strategic plan. 

9 ‘‘(II) Developing a coordinated 

10 interagency budget for the Program 

11 that will ensure appropriate balance 

12 among the Program activities de13 scribed under subsection (a)(2), and, 

14 in accordance with the plans devel15 oped under subclause (I), submitting 

16 such budget to the Director of the Of17 fice of Management and Budget at 

18 the time designated by the Director 

19 for agencies to submit biennial budg20 ets. 

21 ‘‘(III) Developing interagency 

22 memorandums of understanding with 

23 any relevant Federal agencies on data 

24 sharing and resource commitment in 

25 the event of an earthquake disaster. 


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1 ‘‘(IV) Coordinating with the Ad2 ministrator of the National Aero3 nautics and Space Administration and 

4 the Administrator of the National 

5 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra6 tion on data sharing and resource al7 location to ensure judicious use of 

8 Government resources and the free9 flowing exchange of information re10 lated to earthquakes. 

11 ‘‘(V) Coordinating with the Sec12 retary of Agriculture and the Sec13 retary of the Interior on the use of 

14 public lands for earthquake moni15 toring and research stations, and re16 lated data collection. 

17 ‘‘(VI) Coordinating with the Sec18 retary of Transportation and the Sec19 retary of Housing and Urban Devel20 opment on the effects of earthquakes 

21 on transportation and housing stocks. 

22 ‘‘(iii) ASSISTANCE FROM SECRETARY

23 OF AGRICULTURE AND SECRETARY OF THE

24 INTERIOR.—To the extent practicable, the 

25 Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary 


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1 of the Interior shall expedite any request 

2 for a permit to use public land under 

3 clause (ii)(V).’’. 

4 (4) REDUCTION IN FREQUENCY OF REPORTING

5 BY INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COMMITTEE ON

6 EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS REDUCTION.— 

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

8 such section is amended— 

9 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik10 ing ‘‘ANNUAL’’ and inserting ‘‘BIENNIAL’’; 

11 (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 

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

13 respectively, and adjusting the indentation 

14 of the margin of such clauses, as so redes15 ignated, two ems to the right; 

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

17 as redesignated by clause (ii), by striking 

18 ‘‘The Interagency’’ and all that follows 

19 through ‘‘Senate’’ and inserting the fol20 lowing: 

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

22 than once every two years, the Interagency Co23 ordinating Committee shall submit to the Com24 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor25 tation, the Committee on Energy and Natural 


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1 Resources, and the Committee on Homeland 

2 Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen3 ate and the Committee on Energy and Com4 merce, the Committee on Natural Resources, 

5 and the Committee on Homeland Security of 

6 the House of Representatives a report on the 

7 Program’’; and 

8 (iv) by adding at the end the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(B) SUPPORT FOR PREPARATION OF RE11 PORT.—Each head of a Program agency shall 

12 submit to the Director of the National Institute 

13 of Standards and Technology such information 

14 as the Director may request for the preparation 

15 of a report under subparagraph (A) not later 

16 than 90 days after the date on which the Direc17 tor requests such information.’’. 

18 (B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments 

19 made by subparagraph (A) shall take effect on 

20 the first day of the first fiscal year beginning 

21 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

22 (c) MODIFICATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES OF NA23 TIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY.— 

24 Subsection (b) of such section is amended— 

25 (1) in paragraph (1)— 


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

2 constructing,’’ and inserting ‘‘constructing, 

3 evaluating, and retrofitting’’; and 

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

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

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

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

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

9 (d) MODIFICATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES OF FED10 ERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.—Paragraph 

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

12 as follows: 

13 ‘‘(2) DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; 

14 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.— 

15 ‘‘(A) PROGRAM RESPONSIBILITIES.—The 

16 Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man17 agement Agency— 

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

19 and assistance to enable States to develop 

20 mitigation, preparedness, and response 

21 plans, purchase necessary instrumentation, 

22 prepare inventories and conduct seismic 

23 safety inspections of critical structures and 

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1 enhance seismic safety, increase earth2 quake awareness and education, and pro3 vide assistance to multi-State groups for 

4 such purposes; 

5 ‘‘(ii) shall support the implementation 

6 of a comprehensive earthquake education, 

7 outreach, and public awareness program, 

8 including development of materials and 

9 their wide dissemination to all appropriate 

10 audiences and support public access to lo11 cality-specific information that may assist 

12 the public in preparing for, mitigating 

13 against, responding to and recovering from 

14 earthquakes and related disasters; 

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

16 Director of the National Institute of 

17 Standards and Technology, other Federal 

18 agencies, and private sector groups, use re19 search results to support the preparation, 

20 maintenance, and wide dissemination of 

21 seismic resistant design guidance and re22 lated information on building codes, stand23 ards, and practices for new and existing 

24 buildings, structures, and lifelines, aid in 

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1 sign guidelines and methodologies, and 

2 support model codes that are cost effective 

3 and affordable in order to promote better 

4 practices within the design and construc5 tion industry and reduce losses from earth6 quakes; 

7 ‘‘(iv) shall enter into cooperative 

8 agreements or contracts with States and 

9 local jurisdictions and other Federal agen10 cies to establish demonstration projects on 

11 earthquake hazard mitigation, to link 

12 earthquake research and mitigation efforts 

13 with emergency management programs, or 

14 to prepare educational materials for na15 tional distribution; and 

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

17 National Institute of Standards and Tech18 nology in the completion of programmatic 

19 goals. 

20 ‘‘(B) STATE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM CRI21 TERIA.—In order to qualify for assistance 

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

23 ‘‘(i) demonstrate that the assistance 

24 will result in enhanced seismic safety in 

25 the State; 


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

2 the activities for which assistance is being 

3 given, except that the Administrator may 

4 lower or waive the cost-share requirement 

5 for these activities in exceptional cases of 

6 economic hardship; and 

7 ‘‘(iii) meet such other requirements as 

8 the Administrator shall prescribe.’’. 

9 (e) MODIFICATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES OF UNITED

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

11 section is amended— 

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

13 in the first sentence— 

14 (A) by inserting ‘‘report on significant do15 mestic and international earthquakes and’’ after 

16 ‘‘Survey shall’’; and 

17 (B) by striking ‘‘predictions.’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘forecasts.’’; 

19 (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘pre20 dictions, including aftershock advisories’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘alerts and early warnings’’; 

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

23 the following: 

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

25 and notify the Administrator of the Federal 


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1 Emergency Management Agency, the Director 

2 of the National Institute of Standards and 

3 Technology, and State and local officials, an 

4 alert and an earthquake warning;’’; 

5 (4) in subparagraph (E), in the matter pre6 ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘using’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘including’’; 

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

9 and inserting a semicolon; 

10 (6) in subparagraph (J)— 

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

12 maps’’; and 

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

14 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

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

17 Institute of Standards and Technology in the 

18 completion of programmatic goals.’’. 

19 (f) MODIFICATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES OF NA20 TIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION.—Subsection (b)(4) of 

21 such section is amended— 

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

23 agencies, State geological surveys,’’; 

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1 atic series of earthquake-related geologic hazard 

2 maps, and’’ after ‘‘Survey’’; 

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

4 E. Brown Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering 

5 and Simulation’’ and inserting ‘‘Natural Hazards 

6 Engineering Research Infrastructure’’; 

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

8 and inserting a semicolon; 

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

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

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

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

13 Institute of Standards and Technology in the 

14 completion of programmatic goals.’’; 

15 (7) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through 

16 (I) as clauses (i) through (ix), respectively, and in17 denting such clauses accordingly; 

18 (8) in the matter before clause (i), as redesig19 nated by paragraph (7), in the first sentence, by 

20 striking ‘‘The National Science Foundation’’ and in21 serting the following: 

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

23 Foundation’’; and 

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


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

2 National Science Foundation shall— 

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

4 funding or other funding possibilities 

5 under the Program that the funds are part 

6 of the Program; 

7 ‘‘(ii) track the awarding of Federal 

8 funds through the Program; and 

9 ‘‘(iii) not less frequently than once 

10 every 2 years, submit to the director of the 

11 Program a report specifying the amount of 

12 Federal funds awarded to conduct research 

13 that enhances the understanding of earth14 quake science.’’. 

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

16 THE UNITED STATES. 

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

18 later than such date as is necessary for the Comptroller 

19 General of the United States to submit the report required 

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

21 Comptroller General shall complete a review of risks posed 

22 by earthquakes to the United States. 

23 (b) ELEMENTS.—The review conducted under sub24 section (a) shall include the following: 

25 (1) A comprehensive assessment of— 


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1 (A) the risks and hazards to the United 

2 States posed by earthquakes, including risks 

3 and hazards resulting from tsunamis and land4 slides that are generated by earthquakes; 

5 (B) the efforts of the Federal Emergency 

6 Management Agency and the National Institute 

7 of Standards and Technology to improve the re8 silience of the United States to earthquakes and 

9 to identify important gaps in the resilience of 

10 the United States to earthquakes; 

11 (C) the progress made by the National In12 stitute of Standards and Technology and the 

13 Interagency Coordinating Committee to coordi14 nate effectively the budget and activities of the 

15 Program agencies (as defined in section 4 of 

16 the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 

17 (42 U.S.C. 7703)) in advancing the plans and 

18 goals of the National Earthquake Hazards Re19 duction Program and how coordination among 

20 the Program agencies can be improved; 

21 (D) the extent to which the Federal Gov22 ernment, States, local, and tribal governments, 

23 and the private sector are already implementing 

24 strategies to improve resilience of the United 

25 States to earthquakes; and 


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1 (E) the extent to which the research done 

2 during the 40 years of the Program has been 

3 applied to both public and private earthquake 

4 risk and hazards reduction. 

5 (2) Identification of such legislative or adminis6 trative action as may be appropriate to improve the 

7 Program and the resilience of the United States to 

8 earthquakes. 

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

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

11 the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee 

12 on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the Com13 mittee on Energy and Natural Resources, and the Com14 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

15 of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Com16 merce, the Committee on Natural Resources, and the 

17 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep18 resentatives a report on the findings of the Comptroller 

19 General with respect to the review completed under sub20 section (a). 

21 SEC. 5. SEISMIC STANDARDS. 

22 Section 8 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 8. SEISMIC STANDARDS. 

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

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

4 Institute of Standards and Technology and the Adminis5 trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 

6 shall jointly convene a committee of experts from Federal 

7 agencies, nongovernmental organizations, private sector 

8 entities, disaster management professional associations, 

9 engineering professional associations, and professional 

10 construction and homebuilding industry associations, to 

11 assess and recommend options for improving the built en12 vironment and critical infrastructure to reflect perform13 ance goals stated in terms of post-earthquake reoccupancy 

14 and functional recovery time. 

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

16 30, 2020, the committee convened under paragraph (1) 

17 shall submit to Congress a report on recommended options 

18 for improving the built environment and critical infra19 structure to reflect performance goals stated in terms of 

20 post-earthquake reoccupancy and functional recovery 

21 time.’’. 

22 SEC. 6. MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR ADVANCED NATIONAL 

23 SEISMIC SYSTEM. 

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

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1 agement plan for the continued operation of the Advanced 

2 National Seismic System. 

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

4 shall include the following: 

5 (1) Strategies to continue the development of 

6 an earthquake early warning system. 

7 (2) A mechanism for securing the participation 

8 of State and regional level earthquake monitoring 

9 entities, including those defunded by the Advanced 

10 National Seismic System in the last five years. 

11 (3) A plan to encourage and support the inte12 gration of geospatial data products into earthquake 

13 monitoring in regions experiencing large earth14 quakes. 

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

16 geographically diverse, management and advisory 

17 structure for the Advanced National Seismic Sys18 tem. 

19 SEC. 7. REPEAL OF EXPIRED AUTHORIZATIONS. 

20 Section 12 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act 

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

22 SEC. 8. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 

23 (a) CORRECTION OF TITLE OF ADMINISTRATOR OF

24 THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.— 


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1 The Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 

2 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) is amended— 

3 (1) in section 5 of the Earthquake Hazards Re4 duction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7704)— 

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

6 section 3(b)(1)— 

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

8 by striking ‘‘the directors of’’; 

9 (ii) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘the Ad10 ministrator of’’ before ‘‘the’’; and 

11 (iii) in clauses (ii) through (v), by in12 serting ‘‘the Director of’’ before ‘‘the’’ each 

13 place it appears; and 

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

15 section 3(e), by striking ‘‘Director of the Fed16 eral’’ and inserting ‘‘Administrator of the Fed17 eral’’; and 

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

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

20 ‘‘Administrator of the Federal Emergency Manage21 ment Agency’’ each place it appears. 

22 (b) REFERENCES TO THE ADVANCED NATIONAL

23 SEISMIC SYSTEM.—Such Act is amended— 

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

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1 SEARCH AND MONITORING SYSTEM’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘ADVANCED NATIONAL SEISMIC SYSTEM’’; 

3 and 

4 (2) by striking ‘‘Advanced National Seismic Re5 search and Monitoring System’’ each place it ap6 pears and inserting ‘‘Advanced National Seismic 

7 System’’. 

8 (c) INCORRECT CROSS-REFERENCES.—Paragraph 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

17 (3)(D)(i)(I)’’. 

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