106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1639

AN ACT

To authorize appropriations for carrying out the Earthquake

Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, for the National Weather Service and Related Agencies, and for the United

States Fire Administration for fiscal years 2000, 2001,

and 2002.

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 2000’’.
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1 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

2 (a) FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGEN3 CY.—Section 12(a)(7) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduc4 tion Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7706(a)) is amended—

5 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘1998’’; and

6 (2) by striking ‘‘1999.’’ and inserting ‘‘1999;

7 $19,861,000 for the fiscal year ending September

8 30, 2001, of which $450,000 is for National Earth9 quake Hazard Reduction Program-eligible efforts of

10 an established multi-state consortium to reduce the

11 unacceptable threat of earthquake damages in the

12 New Madrid seismic region through efforts to en13 hance preparedness, response, recovery, and mitiga14 tion; $20,705,000 for the fiscal year ending Sep15 tember 30, 2002; and $21,585,000 for the fiscal

16 year ending September 30, 2003.’’.

17 (b) UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.—Section

18 12(b) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977

19 (42 U.S.C. 7706(b)) is amended—

20 (1) by inserting after ‘‘operated by the Agen21 cy.’’ the following: ‘‘There are authorized to be ap22 propriated to the Secretary of the Interior for pur23 poses of carrying out, through the Director of the

24 United States Geological Survey, the responsibilities

25 that may be assigned to the Director under this Act

26 $48,360,000 for fiscal year 2001, of which
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1 $3,500,000 is for the Global Seismic Network and

2 $100,000 is for the Scientific Earthquake Studies

3 Advisory Committee established under section 10 of

4 the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 2000;

5 $50,415,000 for fiscal year 2002, of which

6 $3,600,000 is for the Global Seismic Network and

7 $100,000 is for the Scientific Earthquake Studies

8 Advisory Committee; and $52,558,000 for fiscal year

9 2003, of which $3,700,000 is for the Global Seismic

10 Network and $100,000 is for the Scientific Earth11 quake Studies Advisory Committee;

12 (2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph

13 (1);

14 (3) by striking ‘‘1999,’’ at the end of paragraph

15 (2) and inserting ‘‘1999;’’; and

16 (4) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol17 lowing:

18 ‘‘(3) $9,000,000 of the amount authorized to be

19 appropriated for fiscal year 2001;

20 ‘‘(4) $9,250,000 of the amount authorized to be

21 appropriated for fiscal year 2002; and

22 ‘‘(5) $9,500,000 of the amount authorized to be

23 appropriated for fiscal year 2003,’’.

24 (c) REAL-TIME SEISMIC HAZARD WARNING SYS25 TEM.—Section 2(a)(7) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act To au-
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1 thorize appropirations for carrying out the Earthquake

2 Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 for fiscal years 1998 and

3 1999, and for other purposes (111 Stat. 1159; 42 U.S.C.

4 7704 nt) is amended by striking ‘‘1999.’’ and inserting

5 ‘‘1999, $2,600,000 for fiscal year 2001, $2,710,000 for

6 fiscal year 2002, and $2,825,000 for fiscal year 2003.’’.

7 (d) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION.—Section

8 12(c) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977

9 (42 U.S.C. 7706(c)) is amended—

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

11 ‘‘1998,’’; and

12 (2) by striking ‘‘1999.’’ and inserting ‘‘1999,

13 and (5) $19,000,000 for engineering research and

14 $11,900,000 for geosciences research for the fiscal

15 year ending September 30, 2001. There are author16 ized to be appropriated to the National Science

17 Foundation $19,808,000 for engineering research

18 and $12,406,000 for geosciences research for fiscal

19 year 2002 and $20,650,000 for engineering research

20 and $12,933,000 for geosciences research for fiscal

21 year 2003.’’.

22 (e) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND

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

24 Reduction 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 striking ‘‘1999.’’ and inserting ‘‘1999,

4 $2,332,000 for fiscal year 2001, $2,431,000 for fis5 cal year 2002, and $2,534,300 for fiscal year

6 2003.’’.

7 SEC. 3. REPEALS.

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

9 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42

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

11 SEC. 4. ADVANCED NATIONAL SEISMIC RESEARCH AND

12 MONITORING SYSTEM.

13 The Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42

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

15 the following new section:

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

17 MONITORING SYSTEM.

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

19 States Geological Survey shall establish and operate an

20 Advanced National Seismic Research and Monitoring Sys21 tem. The purpose of such system shall be to organize,

22 modernize, standardize, and stabilize the national, re23 gional, and urban seismic monitoring systems in the

24 United States, including sensors, recorders, and data anal25 ysis centers, into a coordinated system that will measure
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1 and record the full range of frequencies and amplitudes

2 exhibited by seismic waves, in order to enhance earthquake

3 research and warning capabilities.

4 ‘‘(b) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—Not later than 90 days

5 after the date of the enactment of the Earthquake Haz6 ards Reduction Authorization Act of 2000, the Director

7 of the United States Geological Survey shall transmit to

8 the Congress a 5-year management plan for establishing

9 and operating the Advanced National Seismic Research

10 and Monitoring System. The plan shall include annual

11 cost estimates for both modernization and operation, mile12 stones, standards, and performance goals, as well as plans

13 for securing the participation of all existing networks in

14 the Advanced National Seismic Research and Monitoring

15 System and for establishing new, or enhancing existing,

16 partnerships to leverage resources.

17 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

18 ‘‘(1) EXPANSION AND MODERNIZATION.—In ad19 dition to amounts appropriated under section 12(b),

20 there are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec21 retary of the Interior, to be used by the Director of

22 the United States Geological Survey to establish the

23 Advanced National Seismic Research and Moni24 toring System—

25 ‘‘(A) $33,500,000 for fiscal year 2002;
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1 ‘‘(B) $33,700,000 for fiscal year 2003;

2 ‘‘(C) $35,100,000 for fiscal year 2004;

3 ‘‘(D) $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;

4 and

5 ‘‘(E) $33,500,000 for fiscal year 2006.

6 ‘‘(2) OPERATION.—In addition to amounts ap7 propriated under section 12(b), there are authorized

8 to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior,

9 to be used by the Director of the United States Geo10 logical Survey to operate the Advanced National

11 Seismic Research and Monitoring System—

12 ‘‘(A) $4,500,000 for fiscal year 2002; and

13 ‘‘(B) $10,300,000 for fiscal year 2003.’’.

14 SEC. 5. NETWORK FOR EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING SIM15 ULATION.

16 The Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42

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

18 the following new section:

19 ‘‘SEC. 14. NETWORK FOR EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING SIM20 ULATION.

21 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of the Na22 tional Science Foundation shall establish the George E.

23 Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simula24 tion that will upgrade, link, and integrate a system of geo25 graphically distributed experimental facilities for earth-
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1 quake engineering testing of full-sized structures and their

2 components and partial-scale physical models. The system

3 shall be integrated through networking software so that

4 integrated models and databases can be used to create

5 model-based simulation, and the components of the system

6 shall be interconnected with a computer network and allow

7 for remote access, information sharing, and collaborative

8 research.

9 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In ad10 dition to amounts appropriated under section 12(c), there

11 are authorized to be appropriated $28,200,000 for fiscal

12 year 2001 for the Network for Earthquake Engineering

13 Simulation. In addition to amounts appropriated under

14 section 12(c), there are authorized to be appropriated to

15 the National Science Foundation for the Network for

16 Earthquake Engineering Simulation—

17 ‘‘(1) $24,400,000 for fiscal year 2002;

18 ‘‘(2) $4,500,000 for fiscal year 2003; and

19 ‘‘(3) $17,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.’’.

20 SEC. 6. BUDGET COORDINATION.

21 Section 5 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act

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

23 (1) by striking subparagraph (A) of subsection

24 (b)(1) and redesignating subparagraphs (B) through
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1 (F) of subsection (b)(1) as subparagraphs (A)

2 through (E), respectively;

3 (2) by striking ‘‘in this paragraph’’ in the last

4 sentence of paragraph (1) of subsection (b) and in5 serting ‘‘in subparagraph (E)’’; and

6 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub7 section:

8 ‘‘(c) BUDGET COORDINATION.—

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

10 provide guidance to the other Program agencies con11 cerning the preparation of requests for appropria12 tions for activities related to the Program, and shall

13 prepare, in conjunction with the other Program

14 agencies, an annual Program budget to be submitted

15 to the Office of Management and Budget.

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

17 include with its annual request for appropriations

18 submitted to the Office of Management and Budget

19 a report that—

20 ‘‘(A) identifies each element of the pro21 posed Program activities of the agency;

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

23 contributes to the Program; and
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1 ‘‘(C) states the portion of its request for

2 appropriations allocated to each element of the

3 Program.’’.

4 SEC. 7. REPORT ON AT-RISK POPULATIONS.

5 Not later than one year after the date of the enact6 ment of this Act, and after a period for public comment,

7 the Director of the Federal Emergency Management

8 Agency shall transmit to the Congress a report describing

9 the elements of the Program that specifically address the

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

11 with disabilities, non-English-speaking families, single12 parent households, and the poor. Such report shall also

13 identify additional actions that could be taken to address

14 those needs and make recommendations for any additional

15 legislative authority required to take such actions.

16 SEC. 8. PUBLIC ACCESS TO EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION.

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

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

19 amended by inserting ‘‘, and development of means of in20 creasing public access to available locality-specific infor21 mation that may assist the public in preparing for or re22 sponding to earthquakes’’ after ‘‘and the general public’’.
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1 SEC. 9. LIFELINES.

2 Section 4(6) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction

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

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

5 SEC. 10. SCIENTIFIC EARTHQUAKE STUDIES ADVISORY

6 COMMITTEE.

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

8 States Geological Survey shall establish a Scientific Earth9 quake Studies Advisory Committee.

10 (b) ORGANIZATION.—The Director shall establish

11 procedures for selection of individuals not employed by the

12 Federal Government who are qualified in the seismic

13 sciences and other appropriate fields and may, pursuant

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

15 whom shall be designated Chairman, to serve on the Advi16 sory Committee. Selection of individuals for the Advisory

17 Committee shall be based solely on established records of

18 distinguished service, and the Director shall ensure that

19 a reasonable cross-section of views and expertise is rep20 resented. In selecting individuals to serve on the Advisory

21 Committee, the Director shall seek and give due consider22 ation to recommendations from the National Academy of

23 Sciences, professional societies, and other appropriate or24 ganizations.
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1 (c) MEETINGS.—The Advisory Committee shall meet

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

3 Chairman in consultation with the Director.

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

5 the Director on matters relating to the United States Geo6 logical Survey’s participation in the National Earthquake

7 Hazards Reduction Program, including the United States

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

9 Program, its capabilities and research needs, guidance on

10 achieving major objectives, and establishing and meas11 uring performance goals. The Advisory Committee shall

12 issue an annual report to the Director for submission to

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

14 report shall describe the Advisory Committee’s activities

15 and address policy issues or matters that affect the United

16 States Geological Survey’s participation in the National

17 Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program.

Passed the Senate October 18 (legislative day, September 22), 2000.

Attest:

Secretary.
106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1639

AN ACT

To authorize appropriations for carrying out the

Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, forthe National Weather Service and Related Agencies, and for the United States Fire Administration for fiscal years 2000, 2001, and 2002.