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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1184

To authorize appropriations for carrying out the Earthquake Hazards

Reduction Act of 1977 for fiscal years 2000 and 2001, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 18, 1999

Mr. SMITH of Michigan (for himself and Mrs. MORELLA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

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,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

5 Reduction Authorization Act of 1999’’.
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1 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

2 (a) FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGEN3 CY.—Section 12(a) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction

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

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

6 follows through ‘‘(7) There’’ and inserting ‘‘GEN7 ERAL.—There’’;

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

9 ‘‘1998,’’; and

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

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

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

13 ‘‘September 30, 1999’’.

14 (b) UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.—(1) Sec15 tion 12(b) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of

16 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7706(b)) is amended—

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

18 appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior for

19 purposes of carrying out, through the Director of

20 the United States Geological Survey, the responsibil21 ities that may be assigned to the Director under this

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

23 $3,500,000 shall be used for the Global Seismic Net24 work and $100,000 shall be used for the Scientific

25 Earthquake Studies Advisory Committee established

26 under section 6 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduc-
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1 tion Authorization Act of 1999; and $47,500,000 for

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

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

4 be used for the Scientific Earthquake Studies Advi5 sory Committee established under section 6 of the

6 Earthquake Hazards Reduction Authorization Act of

7 1999.’’ after ‘‘operated by the Agency.’’;

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

9 (1);

10 (C) by striking the comma at the end of para11 graph (2) and inserting a semicolon; and

12 (D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol13 lowing new paragraphs:

14 ‘‘(3) $9,000,000 of the amount authorized to be

15 appropriated for fiscal year 2000; and

16 ‘‘(4) $9,500,000 of the amount authorized to be

17 appropriated for fiscal year 2001,’’.

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

19 authorize appropriations for carrying out the Earthquake

20 Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 for fiscal years 1998 and

21 1999, and for other purposes’’ is amended by inserting

22 ‘‘, $1,600,000 for fiscal year 2000, and $1,650,000 for

23 fiscal year 2001’’ after ‘‘1998 and 1999’’.
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1 (c) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION.—Section

2 12(c) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977

3 (42 U.S.C. 7706(c)) is amended—

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

5 ‘‘1998,’’; and

6 (2) by striking the period at the end and insert7 ing ‘‘, and (5) $19,000,000 for engineering research

8 and $10,900,000 for geosciences research for the fis9 cal year ending September 30, 2000. There are au10 thorized to be appropriated to the National Science

11 Foundation $19,600,000 for engineering research

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

13 year 2001.’’.

14 (d) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND

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

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

17 (1) by striking ‘‘1998, and’’; and

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

19 2000, and $2,265,000 for fiscal year 2001’’ after

20 ‘‘September 30, 1999’’.

21 SEC. 3. REPEALS.

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

23 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42

24 U.S.C. 7705d and 7706 (e) and (f)) are repealed.
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1 SEC. 4. ADVANCED NATIONAL SEISMIC RESEARCH AND

2 MONITORING SYSTEM.

3 The Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42

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

5 the following new section:

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

7 MONITORING SYSTEM.

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

9 States Geological Survey shall establish and operate an

10 Advanced National Seismic Research and Monitoring Sys11 tem. The purpose of such system shall be to organize,

12 modernize, standardize, and stabilize the national, re13 gional, and urban seismic monitoring systems in the

14 United States, including sensors, recorders, and data anal15 ysis centers, into a coordinated system that will measure

16 and record the full range of frequencies and amplitudes

17 exhibited by seismic waves, in order to enhance earthquake

18 research and warning capabilities.

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

20 after the date of the enactment of the Earthquake Haz21 ards Reduction Authorization Act of 1999, the Director

22 of the United States Geological Survey shall transmit to

23 the Congress a 5-year management plan for establishing

24 and operating the Advanced National Seismic Research

25 and Monitoring System. The plan shall include annual

26 cost estimates for both modernization and operation, mile-
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1 stones, standards, and performance goals, as well as plans

2 for securing the participation of all existing networks in

3 the Advanced National Seismic Research and Monitoring

4 System and for establishing new, or enhancing existing,

5 partnerships to leverage resources.

6 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

7 ‘‘(1) EXPANSION AND MODERNIZATION.—In ad8 dition to amounts appropriated under section 12(b),

9 there are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec10 retary of the Interior, to be used by the Director of

11 the United States Geological Survey to establish the

12 Advanced National Seismic Research and Moni13 toring System—

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

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

16 ‘‘(C) $33,700,000 for fiscal year 2002;

17 ‘‘(D) $33,600,000 for fiscal year 2003;

18 and

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

20 ‘‘(2) OPERATION.—In addition to amounts ap21 propriated under section 12(b), there are authorized

22 to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior,

23 to be used by the Director of the United States Geo24 logical Survey to operate the Advanced National

25 Seismic Research and Monitoring System—
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1 ‘‘(A) $4,500,000 for fiscal year 2000; and

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

3 SEC. 5. NETWORK FOR EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING SIM4 ULATION.

5 The Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42

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

7 the following new section:

8 ‘‘SEC. 14. NETWORK FOR EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING SIM9 ULATION.

10 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of the Na11 tional Science Foundation shall establish a Network for

12 Earthquake Engineering Simulation that will upgrade,

13 link, and integrate a system of geographically distributed

14 experimental facilities for earthquake engineering testing

15 of full-sized structures and their components and partial16 scale physical models. The system shall be integrated

17 through networking software so that integrated models

18 and databases can be used to create model-based simula19 tion, and the components of the system shall be inter20 connected with a computer network and allow for remote

21 access, information sharing, and collaborative research.

22 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In ad23 dition to amounts appropriated under section 12(c), there

24 are authorized to be appropriated, out of funds otherwise

25 authorized to be appropriated to the National Science
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1 Foundation, $7,700,000 for fiscal year 2000 for the Net2 work for Earthquake Engineering Simulation. In addition

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

4 authorized to be appropriated to the National Science

5 Foundation for the Network for Earthquake Engineering

6 Simulation—

7 ‘‘(1) $28,200,000 for fiscal year 2001;

8 ‘‘(2) $24,400,000 for fiscal year 2002;

9 ‘‘(3) $4,500,000 for fiscal year 2003; and

10 ‘‘(4) $17,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.’’.

11 SEC. 6. SCIENTIFIC EARTHQUAKE STUDIES ADVISORY COM12 MITTEE.

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

14 States Geological Survey shall establish a Scientific Earth15 quake Studies Advisory Committee.

16 (b) ORGANIZATION.—The Director shall establish

17 procedures for selection of individuals not employed by the

18 Federal Government who are qualified in the seismic

19 sciences and other appropriate fields and may, pursuant

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

21 whom shall be designated Chairman, to serve on the Advi22 sory Committee. Selection of individuals for the Advisory

23 Committee shall be based solely on established records of

24 distinguished service, and the Director shall ensure that

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

2 Committee, the Director shall seek and give due consider3 ation to recommendations from the National Academy of

4 Sciences, professional societies, and other appropriate or5 ganizations.

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

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

8 Chairman in consultation with the Director.

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

10 the Director on matters relating to the United States Geo11 logical Survey’s participation in the National Earthquake

12 Hazards Reduction Program, including the United States

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

14 Program, its capabilities and research needs, guidance on

15 achieving major objectives, and establishing and meas16 uring performance goals. The Advisory Committee shall

17 issue an annual report to the Director for submission to

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

19 report shall describe the Advisory Committee’s activities

20 and address policy issues or matters that affect the United

21 States Geological Survey’s participation in the National

22 Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program.

23 SEC. 7. BUDGET COORDINATION.

24 Section 5 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act

25 of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7704) is amended—
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1 (1) in subsection (b)(1)—

2 (A) by striking subparagraph (A) and re3 designating subparagraphs (B) through (F) as

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

5 and

6 (B) by moving subparagraph (E), as so re7 designated by subparagraph (A) of this para8 graph, so as to appear immediately after sub9 paragraph (D), as so redesignated; and

10 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub11 section:

12 ‘‘(c) BUDGET COORDINATION.—

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

14 provide guidance to the other Program agencies con15 cerning the preparation of requests for appropria16 tions for activities related to the Program, and shall

17 prepare, in conjunction with the other Program

18 agencies, an annual Program budget to be submitted

19 to the Office of Management and Budget.

20 ‘‘(2) REPORTS.—Each Program agency shall

21 include with its annual request for appropriations

22 submitted to the Office of Management and Budget

23 a report that—

24 ‘‘(A) identifies each element of the pro25 posed Program activities of the agency;
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1 ‘‘(B) specifies how each of these activities

2 contributes to the Program; and

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

4 appropriations allocated to each element of the

5 Program.’’.

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