106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1184

AN ACT

To authorize appropriations for carrying out the

poses.fiscal years 2000 and 2001, and for other purEarthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 for
106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1184

AN ACT

To authorize appropriations for carrying out the Earthquake

Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 for fiscal years 2000

and 2001, 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 ‘‘Earthquake Hazards

3 Reduction Authorization Act of 1999’’.

4 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

5 (a) FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGEN6 CY.—Section 12(a) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction

7 Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7706(a)) is amended—

8 (1) by striking ‘‘(1) GENERAL.—’’ and all that

9 follows through ‘‘(7) There’’ and inserting ‘‘GEN10 ERAL.—There’’;

11 (2) by striking ‘‘1998, and’’ and inserting

12 ‘‘1998,’’; and

13 (3) by inserting ‘‘, $19,800,000 for the fiscal

14 year ending September 30, 2000, and $20,400,000

15 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001’’ after

16 ‘‘September 30, 1999’’.

17 (b) UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.—(1) Sec18 tion 12(b) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of

19 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7706(b)) is amended—

20 (A) by inserting ‘‘There are authorized to be

21 appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior for

22 purposes of carrying out, through the Director of

23 the United States Geological Survey, the responsibil24 ities that may be assigned to the Director under this

25 Act $46,100,000 for fiscal year 2000, of which

26 $3,500,000 shall be used for the Global Seismic Net-
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1 work and $100,000 shall be used for the Scientific

2 Earthquake Studies Advisory Committee established

3 under section 6 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduc4 tion Authorization Act of 1999; and $47,500,000 for

5 fiscal year 2001, of which $3,600,000 shall be used

6 for the Global Seismic Network and $100,000 shall

7 be used for the Scientific Earthquake Studies Advi8 sory Committee established under section 6 of the

9 Earthquake Hazards Reduction Authorization Act of

10 1999.’’ after ‘‘operated by the Agency.’’;

11 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph

12 (1);

13 (C) by striking the comma at the end of para14 graph (2) and inserting a semicolon; and

15 (D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol16 lowing new paragraphs:

17 ‘‘(3) $9,000,000 of the amount authorized to be

18 appropriated for fiscal year 2000; and

19 ‘‘(4) $9,500,000 of the amount authorized to be

20 appropriated for fiscal year 2001,’’.

21 (2) Section 2(a)(7) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to

22 authorize appropriations for carrying out the Earthquake

23 Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 for fiscal years 1998 and

24 1999, and for other purposes’’ is amended by inserting
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1 ‘‘, $1,600,000 for fiscal year 2000, and $1,650,000 for

2 fiscal year 2001’’ after ‘‘1998 and 1999’’.

3 (c) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION.—Section

4 12(c) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977

5 (42 U.S.C. 7706(c)) is amended—

6 (1) by striking ‘‘1998, and’’ and inserting

7 ‘‘1998,’’; and

8 (2) by striking the period at the end and insert9 ing ‘‘, and (5) $19,000,000 for engineering research

10 and $10,900,000 for geosciences research for the fis11 cal year ending September 30, 2000. There are au12 thorized to be appropriated to the National Science

13 Foundation $19,600,000 for engineering research

14 and $11,200,000 for geosciences research for fiscal

15 year 2001.’’.

16 (d) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND

17 TECHNOLOGY.—Section 12(d) of the Earthquake Hazards

18 Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7706(d)) is amended—

19 (1) by striking ‘‘1998, and’’; and inserting

20 ‘‘1998,’’; and

21 (2) by inserting ‘‘, $2,200,000 for fiscal year

22 2000, and $2,265,000 for fiscal year 2001’’ after

23 ‘‘September 30, 1999’’.
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1 SEC. 3. REPEALS.

2 Section 10 and subsections (e) and (f) of section 12

3 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42

4 U.S.C. 7705d and 7706 (e) and (f)) are repealed.

5 SEC. 4. ADVANCED NATIONAL SEISMIC RESEARCH AND

6 MONITORING SYSTEM.

7 The Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42

8 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end

9 the following new section:

10 ‘‘SEC. 13. ADVANCED NATIONAL SEISMIC RESEARCH AND

11 MONITORING SYSTEM.

12 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of the United

13 States Geological Survey shall establish and operate an

14 Advanced National Seismic Research and Monitoring Sys15 tem. The purpose of such system shall be to organize,

16 modernize, standardize, and stabilize the national, re17 gional, and urban seismic monitoring systems in the

18 United States, including sensors, recorders, and data anal19 ysis centers, into a coordinated system that will measure

20 and record the full range of frequencies and amplitudes

21 exhibited by seismic waves, in order to enhance earthquake

22 research and warning capabilities.

23 ‘‘(b) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—Not later than 120 days

24 after the date of the enactment of the Earthquake Haz25 ards Reduction Authorization Act of 1999, the Director

26 of the United States Geological Survey shall transmit to
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1 the Congress a 5-year management plan for establishing

2 and operating the Advanced National Seismic Research

3 and Monitoring System. The plan shall include annual

4 cost estimates for both modernization and operation, mile5 stones, standards, and performance goals, as well as plans

6 for securing the participation of all existing networks in

7 the Advanced National Seismic Research and Monitoring

8 System and for establishing new, or enhancing existing,

9 partnerships to leverage resources.

10 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

11 ‘‘(1) EXPANSION AND MODERNIZATION.—In ad12 dition to amounts appropriated under section 12(b),

13 there are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec14 retary of the Interior, to be used by the Director of

15 the United States Geological Survey to establish the

16 Advanced National Seismic Research and Moni17 toring System—

18 ‘‘(A) $33,500,000 for fiscal year 2000;

19 ‘‘(B) $33,700,000 for fiscal year 2001;

20 ‘‘(C) $35,100,000 for fiscal year 2002;

21 ‘‘(D) $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2003;

22 and

23 ‘‘(E) $33,500,000 for fiscal year 2004.

24 ‘‘(2) OPERATION.—In addition to amounts ap25 propriated under section 12(b), there are authorized
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1 to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior,

2 to be used by the Director of the United States Geo3 logical Survey to operate the Advanced National

4 Seismic Research and Monitoring System—

5 ‘‘(A) $4,500,000 for fiscal year 2000; and

6 ‘‘(B) $10,300,000 for fiscal year 2001.’’.

7 SEC. 5. NETWORK FOR EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING SIM8 ULATION.

9 The Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42

10 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end

11 the following new section:

12 ‘‘SEC. 14. NETWORK FOR EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING SIM13 ULATION.

14 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of the Na15 tional Science Foundation shall establish a Network for

16 Earthquake Engineering Simulation that will upgrade,

17 link, and integrate a system of geographically distributed

18 experimental facilities for earthquake engineering testing

19 of full-sized structures and their components and partial20 scale physical models. The system shall be integrated

21 through networking software so that integrated models

22 and databases can be used to create model-based simula23 tion, and the components of the system shall be inter24 connected with a computer network and allow for remote

25 access, information sharing, and collaborative research.
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1 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In ad2 dition to amounts appropriated under section 12(c), there

3 are authorized to be appropriated, out of funds otherwise

4 authorized to be appropriated to the National Science

5 Foundation, $7,700,000 for fiscal year 2000 for the Net6 work for Earthquake Engineering Simulation. In addition

7 to amounts appropriated under section 12(c), there are

8 authorized to be appropriated to the National Science

9 Foundation for the Network for Earthquake Engineering

10 Simulation—

11 ‘‘(1) $28,200,000 for fiscal year 2001;

12 ‘‘(2) $24,400,000 for fiscal year 2002;

13 ‘‘(3) $4,500,000 for fiscal year 2003; and

14 ‘‘(4) $17,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.’’.

15 SEC. 6. SCIENTIFIC EARTHQUAKE STUDIES ADVISORY COM16 MITTEE.

17 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of the United

18 States Geological Survey shall establish a Scientific Earth19 quake Studies Advisory Committee.

20 (b) ORGANIZATION.—The Director shall establish

21 procedures for selection of individuals not employed by the

22 Federal Government who are qualified in the seismic

23 sciences and other appropriate fields and may, pursuant

24 to such procedures, select up to ten individuals, one of

25 whom shall be designated Chairman, to serve on the Advi-
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1 sory Committee. Selection of individuals for the Advisory

2 Committee shall be based solely on established records of

3 distinguished service, and the Director shall ensure that

4 a reasonable cross-section of views and expertise is rep5 resented. In selecting individuals to serve on the Advisory

6 Committee, the Director shall seek and give due consider7 ation to recommendations from the National Academy of

8 Sciences, professional societies, and other appropriate or9 ganizations.

10 (c) MEETINGS.—The Advisory Committee shall meet

11 at such times and places as may be designated by the

12 Chairman in consultation with the Director.

13 (d) DUTIES.—The Advisory Committee shall advise

14 the Director on matters relating to the United States Geo15 logical Survey’s participation in the National Earthquake

16 Hazards Reduction Program, including the United States

17 Geological Survey’s roles, goals, and objectives within that

18 Program, its capabilities and research needs, guidance on

19 achieving major objectives, and establishing and meas20 uring performance goals. The Advisory Committee shall

21 issue an annual report to the Director for submission to

22 Congress on or before September 30 of each year. The

23 report shall describe the Advisory Committee’s activities

24 and address policy issues or matters that affect the United
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1 States Geological Survey’s participation in the National

2 Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program.

3 SEC. 7. BUDGET COORDINATION.

4 Section 5 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act

5 of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7704) is amended—

6 (1) in subsection (b)(1)—

7 (A) by striking subparagraph (A) and re8 designating subparagraphs (B) through (F) as

9 subparagraphs (A) through (E), respectively;

10 and

11 (B) by moving subparagraph (E), as so re12 designated by subparagraph (A) of this para13 graph, so as to appear immediately after sub14 paragraph (D), as so redesignated; and

15 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub16 section:

17 ‘‘(c) BUDGET COORDINATION.—

18 ‘‘(1) GUIDANCE.—The Agency shall each year

19 provide guidance to the other Program agencies con20 cerning the preparation of requests for appropria21 tions for activities related to the Program, and shall

22 prepare, in conjunction with the other Program

23 agencies, an annual Program budget to be submitted

24 to the Office of Management and Budget.
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1 ‘‘(2) REPORTS.—Each Program agency shall

2 include with its annual request for appropriations

3 submitted to the Office of Management and Budget

4 a report that—

5 ‘‘(A) identifies each element of the pro6 posed Program activities of the agency;

7 ‘‘(B) specifies how each of these activities

8 contributes to the Program; and

9 ‘‘(C) states the portion of its request for

10 appropriations allocated to each element of the

11 Program.’’.

12 SEC. 8. REPORT ON AT-RISK POPULATIONS.

13 Not later than one year after the date of the enact14 ment of this Act, and after a period for public comment,

15 the Director of the Federal Emergency Management

16 Agency shall transmit to the Congress a report describing

17 the elements of the Program that specifically address the

18 needs of at-risk populations, including the elderly, persons

19 with disabilities, non-English-speaking families, single20 parent households, and the poor. Such report shall also

21 identify additional actions that could be taken to address

22 those needs, and make recommendations for any addi23 tional legislative authority required to take such actions.
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1 SEC. 9. PUBLIC ACCESS TO EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION.

2 Section 5(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Earthquake Hazards

3 Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7704(b)(2)(A)(ii)) is

4 amended by inserting ‘‘, and development of means of in5 creasing public access to available locality-specific infor6 mation that may assist the public in preparing for or re7 sponding to earthquakes’’ after ‘‘and the general public’’.

8 SEC. 10. LIFELINES.

9 Section 4(6) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction

10 Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7703(6)) is amended by inserting

11 ‘‘and infrastructure’’ after ‘‘communication facilities’’.

12 SEC. 11. COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN ACT.

13 No funds authorized pursuant to this Act may be ex14 pended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in ex15 pending the assistance the entity will comply with sections

16 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–

17 10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).

18 SEC. 12. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT RE19 GARDING NOTICE.

20 (a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT

21 AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or prod22 ucts that may be authorized to be purchased with financial

23 assistance provided under this Act, it is the sense of the

24 Congress that entities receiving such assistance should, in

25 expending the assistance, purchase only American-made

26 equipment and products.
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1 (b) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—In

2 providing financial assistance under this Act, the Sec3 retary of Transportation shall provide to each recipient of

4 the assistance a notice describing the statement made in

5 subsection (a) by the Congress.

6 SEC. 13. PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS.

7 If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal

8 agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear9 ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription

10 with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped

11 to the United States that is not made in the United

12 States, such person shall be ineligible to receive any con13 tract or subcontract made with funds provided pursuant

14 to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and

15 ineligibility procedures described in section 9.400 through

16 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.

Passed the House of Representatives April 21, 1999.

Attest:

Clerk.