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Calendar No. 645 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3533 

To amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to improve the National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 20, 2022 

Mr. SCHATZ (for himself and Ms. MURKOWSKI) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 

Science, and Transportation 

DECEMBER 14, 2022 

Reported by Ms. CANTWELL, with an amendment 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to improve the National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System, 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 ‘‘Volcanic Ash and 

3 Fumes Act of 2022’’. 

4 SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO NATIONAL VOLCANO EARLY 

5 WARNING AND MONITORING SYSTEM. 

6 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Subsection (a) of section 5001 of 

7 the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and 

8 Recreation Act (43 U.S.C. 31k) is amended— 

9 (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para10 graph (3); 

11 (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(2) SECRETARY OF COMMERCE.—The term 

14 ‘Secretary of Commerce’ means the Secretary of 

15 Commerce, acting through the Under Secretary of 

16 Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere.’’; and 

17 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(4) VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY CENTER.—The 

19 term ‘Volcanic Ash Advisory Center’ means an enti20 ty designated by the International Civil Aviation Or21 ganization that is responsible for informing aviation 

22 interests about the presence of volcanic ash in the 

23 airspace.’’. 

24 (b) PURPOSES.—Subsection (b)(1)(B) of such section 

25 is amended— 

26 (1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 


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1 (2) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the 

2 end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

3 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(iii) to strengthen the warning and 

5 monitoring systems of volcano observ6 atories in the United States by integrating 

7 relevant capacities of the National Oceanic 

8 and Atmospheric Administration, including 

9 with the Volcanic Ash Advisory Centers lo10 cated in Anchorage, Alaska, and Wash11 ington, DC, to observe and model emis12 sions of gases, aerosols, and ash, atmos13 pheric dynamics and chemistry, and ocean 

14 chemistry resulting from volcanic erup15 tions.’’. 

16 (c) SYSTEM COMPONENTS.—Subsection (b)(2) of 

17 such section is amended— 

18 (1) in subparagraph (B)— 

19 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ before ‘‘spectrom20 etry’’; and 

21 (B) by inserting ‘‘, and unoccupied aerial 

22 vehicles’’ after ‘‘emissions’’; and 

23 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(C) MEMORANDUM OF UNDER25 STANDING.—The Secretary and the Secretary 


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1 of Commerce shall develop and execute a memo2 randum of understanding to establish coopera3 tive support for the activities of the System 

4 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

5 Administration, including environmental obser6 vations, modeling, and temporary duty assign7 ments of personnel to support emergency activi8 ties, as necessary or appropriate.’’. 

9 (d) MANAGEMENT.—Subsection (b)(3) of such sec10 tion is amended— 

11 (1) in subparagraph (A), by adding at the end 

12 the following: 

13 ‘‘(iii) UPDATE.— 

14 ‘‘(I) NATIONAL OCEANIC AND AT15 MOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION COST

16 ESTIMATES.—The Secretary of Com17 merce shall submit to the Secretary 

18 annual cost estimates for moderniza19 tion activities and support of the Sys20 tem for the National Oceanic and At21 mospheric Administration. 

22 ‘‘(II) UPDATE OF MANAGEMENT

23 PLAN.—The Secretary shall update 

24 the management plan submitted 

25 under clause (i) to include the cost esVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:56 Dec 15, 2022 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3533.RS S3533

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1 timates submitted under subclause 

2 (I).’’; and 

3 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(E) COLLABORATION.—The Secretary of 

5 Commerce shall collaborate with the Secretary 

6 to implement activities carried out under this 

7 section related to the expertise of the National 

8 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in9 cluding observations and modeling of emissions 

10 of gases, aerosols, and ash, atmospheric dynam11 ics and chemistry, and ocean chemistry result12 ing from volcanic eruptions.’’. 

13 (e) FUNDING.—Subsection (c) of such section is 

14 amended— 

15 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

16 (A) in the paragraph heading, by inserting 

17 ‘‘, UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY’’ after 

18 ‘‘APPROPRIATIONS’’; and 

19 (B) by inserting ‘‘to the United States Ge20 ological Survey’’ after ‘‘appropriated’’;. 

21 (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para22 graph (3); 

23 (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol24 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, NA2 TIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRA3 TION.—There is authorized to be appropriated to the 

4 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

5 to carry out this section such sums as may be nec6 essary for the period of fiscal years 2022 through 

7 2023.’’; and 

8 (4) in paragraph (3), as redesignated by para9 graph (2)— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘United States Geological 

11 Survey’’; and 

12 (B) by inserting ‘‘of the United States Ge13 ological Survey and the National Oceanic and 

14 Atmospheric Administration’’ after ‘‘programs’’. 

15 (f) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.— 

16 (1) DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN.—Not later than 180 

17 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

18 Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Sec19 retary of the Interior, shall develop a plan to imple20 ment the amendments made by this Act during the 5- 

21 year period beginning on the date on which the plan 

22 is developed. 

23 (2) ELEMENTS.—The plan developed under 

24 paragraph (1) shall include an estimate of the cost 


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1 and schedule required for the implementation de2 scribed in such paragraph. 

3 (3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Upon completion of 

4 the plan developed under paragraph (1), the Sec5 retary of Commerce shall make the plan publicly 

6 available. 


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Calendar No. 645 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3533 

A BILL 

To amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, 

System, and for other purposes. National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring Management, and Recreation Act to improve the 

DECEMBER 14, 2022 

Reported with an amendment 


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