Union Calendar No. 56

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1184

[Report No. 106–99, Part I]

A BILL

To authorize appropriations for carrying out the

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

APRIL 19, 1999

Reported from the Committee on Science with an

amendment

APRIL 19, 1999

Referral to the Committee on Resources extended for a

period ending not later than April 19, 1999

APRIL 19, 1999

The Committee on Resources discharged; committed to

Union and ordered to be printedthe Committee of the Whole House on the State of the
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Union Calendar No. 56

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1184

[Report No. 106–99, Part I]

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

APRIL 19, 1999

Reported from the Committee on Science with an amendment

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

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 18, 1999]

APRIL 19, 1999

Referral to the Committee on Resources extended for a period ending not later

than April 19, 1999

APRIL 19, 1999

The Committee on Resources discharged; committed to the Committee of the

Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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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’’.

6 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

7 (a) FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.—

8 Section 12(a) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of

9 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7706(a)) is amended—

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

11 follows through ‘‘(7) There’’ and inserting ‘‘GEN12 ERAL.—There’’;

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

14 ‘‘1998,’’; and

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

16 ending September 30, 2000, and $20,400,000 for the

17 fiscal year ending September 30, 2001’’ after ‘‘Sep18 tember 30, 1999’’.

19 (b) UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.—(1) Sec20 tion 12(b) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of

21 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7706(b)) is amended—
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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘There are authorized to be ap2 propriated to the Secretary of the Interior for pur3 poses of carrying out, through the Director of the

4 United States Geological Survey, the responsibilities

5 that may be assigned to the Director under this Act

6 $46,100,000 for fiscal year 2000, of which $3,500,000

7 shall be used for the Global Seismic Network and

8 $100,000 shall be used for the Scientific Earthquake

9 Studies Advisory Committee established under section

10 6 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Authoriza11 tion Act of 1999; and $47,500,000 for fiscal year

12 2001, of which $3,600,000 shall be used for the Global

13 Seismic Network and $100,000 shall be used for the

14 Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory Committee es15 tablished under section 6 of the Earthquake Hazards

16 Reduction Authorization Act of 1999.’’ after ‘‘oper17 ated by the Agency.’’;

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

19 (1);

20 (C) by striking the comma at the end of para21 graph (2) and inserting a semicolon; and

22 (D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol23 lowing new paragraphs:

24 ‘‘(3) $9,000,000 of the amount authorized to be

25 appropriated for fiscal year 2000; and
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1 ‘‘(4) $9,500,000 of the amount authorized to be

2 appropriated for fiscal year 2001,’’.

3 (2) Section 2(a)(7) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to au4 thorize appropriations for carrying out the Earthquake

5 Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 for fiscal years 1998 and

6 1999, and for other purposes’’ is amended by inserting ‘‘,

7 $1,600,000 for fiscal year 2000, and $1,650,000 for fiscal

8 year 2001’’ after ‘‘1998 and 1999’’.

9 (c) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION.—Section 12(c)

10 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42

11 U.S.C. 7706(c)) is amended—

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

13 ‘‘1998,’’; and

14 (2) by striking the period at the end and insert15 ing ‘‘, and (5) $19,000,000 for engineering research

16 and $10,900,000 for geosciences research for the fiscal

17 year ending September 30, 2000. There are authorized

18 to be appropriated to the National Science Founda19 tion $19,600,000 for engineering research and

20 $11,200,000 for geosciences research for fiscal year

21 2001.’’.

22 (d) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECH23 NOLOGY.—Section 12(d) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduc24 tion Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7706(d)) is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘1998, and’’; and inserting

2 ‘‘1998,’’; and

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

4 2000, and $2,265,000 for fiscal year 2001’’ after

5 ‘‘September 30, 1999’’.

6 SEC. 3. REPEALS.

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

8 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42

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

10 SEC. 4. ADVANCED NATIONAL SEISMIC RESEARCH AND

11 MONITORING SYSTEM.

12 The Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42

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

14 following new section:

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

16 MONITORING SYSTEM.

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

18 States Geological Survey shall establish and operate an Ad19 vanced National Seismic Research and Monitoring System.

20 The purpose of such system shall be to organize, modernize,

21 standardize, and stabilize the national, regional, and urban

22 seismic monitoring systems in the United States, including

23 sensors, recorders, and data analysis centers, into a coordi24 nated system that will measure and record the full range

25 of frequencies and amplitudes exhibited by seismic waves,
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1 in order to enhance earthquake research and warning capa2 bilities.

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

4 after the date of the enactment of the Earthquake Hazards

5 Reduction Authorization Act of 1999, the Director of the

6 United States Geological Survey shall transmit to the Con7 gress a 5-year management plan for establishing and oper8 ating the Advanced National Seismic Research and Moni9 toring System. The plan shall include annual cost estimates

10 for both modernization and operation, milestones, stand11 ards, and performance goals, as well as plans for securing

12 the participation of all existing networks in the Advanced

13 National Seismic Research and Monitoring System and for

14 establishing new, or enhancing existing, partnerships to le15 verage resources.

16 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

17 ‘‘(1) EXPANSION AND MODERNIZATION.—In ad18 dition to amounts appropriated under section 12(b),

19 there are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec20 retary of the Interior, to be used by the Director of

21 the United States Geological Survey to establish the

22 Advanced National Seismic Research and Monitoring

23 System—

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

25 ‘‘(B) $33,700,000 for fiscal year 2001;
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1 ‘‘(C) $35,100,000 for fiscal year 2002;

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

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

4 ‘‘(2) OPERATION.—In addition to amounts ap5 propriated under section 12(b), there are authorized

6 to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior, to

7 be used by the Director of the United States Geologi8 cal Survey to operate the Advanced National Seismic

9 Research and Monitoring System—

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

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

12 SEC. 5. NETWORK FOR EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING SIM13 ULATION.

14 The Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42

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

16 following new section:

17 ‘‘SEC. 14. NETWORK FOR EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING SIM18 ULATION.

19 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of the National

20 Science Foundation shall establish a Network for Earth21 quake Engineering Simulation that will upgrade, link, and

22 integrate a system of geographically distributed experi23 mental facilities for earthquake engineering testing of full24 sized structures and their components and partial-scale

25 physical models. The system shall be integrated through net-
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1 working software so that integrated models and databases

2 can be used to create model-based simulation, and the com3 ponents of the system shall be interconnected with a com4 puter network and allow for remote access, information

5 sharing, and collaborative research.

6 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi7 tion to amounts appropriated under section 12(c), there are

8 authorized to be appropriated, out of funds otherwise au9 thorized to be appropriated to the National Science Foun10 dation, $7,700,000 for fiscal year 2000 for the Network for

11 Earthquake Engineering Simulation. In addition to

12 amounts appropriated under section 12(c), there are au13 thorized to be appropriated to the National Science Foun14 dation for the Network for Earthquake Engineering

15 Simulation—

16 ‘‘(1) $28,200,000 for fiscal year 2001;

17 ‘‘(2) $24,400,000 for fiscal year 2002;

18 ‘‘(3) $4,500,000 for fiscal year 2003; and

19 ‘‘(4) $17,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.’’.

20 SEC. 6. SCIENTIFIC EARTHQUAKE STUDIES ADVISORY COM21 MITTEE.

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

23 States Geological Survey shall establish a Scientific Earth24 quake Studies Advisory Committee.
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1 (b) ORGANIZATION.—The Director shall establish pro2 cedures for selection of individuals not employed by the Fed3 eral Government who are qualified in the seismic sciences

4 and other appropriate fields and may, pursuant to such

5 procedures, select up to ten individuals, one of whom shall

6 be designated Chairman, to serve on the Advisory Com7 mittee. Selection of individuals for the Advisory Committee

8 shall be based solely on established records of distinguished

9 service, and the Director shall ensure that a reasonable

10 cross-section of views and expertise is represented. In select11 ing individuals to serve on the Advisory Committee, the Di12 rector shall seek and give due consideration to recommenda13 tions from the National Academy of Sciences, professional

14 societies, and other appropriate organizations.

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

16 at such times and places as may be designated by the Chair17 man in consultation with the Director.

18 (d) DUTIES.—The Advisory Committee shall advise the

19 Director on matters relating to the United States Geological

20 Survey’s participation in the National Earthquake Haz21 ards Reduction Program, including the United States Geo22 logical Survey’s roles, goals, and objectives within that Pro23 gram, its capabilities and research needs, guidance on

24 achieving major objectives, and establishing and measuring

25 performance goals. The Advisory Committee shall issue an
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1 annual report to the Director for submission to Congress

2 on or before September 30 of each year. The report shall

3 describe the Advisory Committee’s activities and address

4 policy issues or matters that affect the United States Geo5 logical Survey’s participation in the National Earthquake

6 Hazards Reduction Program.

7 SEC. 7. BUDGET COORDINATION.

8 Section 5 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act

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

10 (1) in subsection (b)(1)—

11 (A) by striking subparagraph (A) and re12 designating subparagraphs (B) through (F) as

13 subparagraphs (A) through (E), respectively; and

14 (B) by moving subparagraph (E), as so re15 designated by subparagraph (A) of this para16 graph, so as to appear immediately after sub17 paragraph (D), as so redesignated; and

18 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub19 section:

20 ‘‘(c) BUDGET COORDINATION.—

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

22 provide guidance to the other Program agencies con23 cerning the preparation of requests for appropriations

24 for activities related to the Program, and shall pre25 pare, in conjunction with the other Program agencies,
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1 an annual Program budget to be submitted to the Of2 fice of Management and Budget.

3 ‘‘(2) REPORTS.—Each Program agency shall in4 clude with its annual request for appropriations sub5 mitted to the Office of Management and Budget a re6 port that—

7 ‘‘(A) identifies each element of the proposed

8 Program activities of the agency;

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

10 contributes to the Program; and

11 ‘‘(C) states the portion of its request for ap12 propriations allocated to each element of the Pro13 gram.’’.

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

15 Not later than one year after the date of the enactment

16 of this Act, and after a period for public comment, the Di17 rector of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall

18 transmit to the Congress a report describing the elements

19 of the Program that specifically address the needs of at-risk

20 populations, including the elderly, persons with disabilities,

21 non-English-speaking families, single-parent households,

22 and the poor. Such report shall also identify additional ac23 tions that could be taken to address those needs, and make

24 recommendations for any additional legislative authority

25 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 Re3 duction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7704(b)(2)(A)(ii)) is amend4 ed by inserting ‘‘, and development of means of increasing

5 public access to available locality-specific information that

6 may assist the public in preparing for or responding to

7 earthquakes’’ after ‘‘and the general public’’.

8 SEC. 10. LIFELINES.

9 Section 4(6) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act

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

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