fault line that runs along the whole of the west coast 
of the United States. 
(3) Scientists predict that there is a 10 to 15 
percent chance of a major seismic event along this 
fault line, the Cascadia Subduction Zone, occurring 
in the next 50 years. 
(4) Such an event would probably include both 
a large-scale earthquake and a tsunami, causing in-
credible damage to both infrastructure and emer-
gency response services. 
(5) Numerous false alarms in the past year 
have demonstrated that many coastal communities 
are not prepared if such a geological event takes 
place. 
SEC. 3. PURPOSE AND GOALS. 
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Community Haz-
ard Assessment and Mitigation Program (CHAMP) is to 
award one-year grants directly to emergency management 
departments to build and maintain infrastructure to warn 
people of an approaching tsunami and to address post- 
tsunami needs. 
(b) GOALS.—The primary goal of this Act is to pro-
vide assistance to meet the needs of emergency manage-
ment departments regarding tsunami hazard prepared-
ness, mitigation, and response. In part, the program seeks 
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to support departments that lack the tools and resources 
necessary to protect the health and safety of the public 
and emergency response personnel with respect to a tsu-
nami and its aftermath. In addition, any improvement in 
warning systems for the coastal communities will improve 
all hazard capabilities. 
SEC. 4. GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) GRANT
AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security, acting through the Director of the 
Federal Emergency Management Administration, may 
provide grants in accordance with this Act to certain areas 
to prepare for a tsunami. 
(b) PRIORITY.—The Director shall give priority to 
areas in which the likelihood of a tsunami striking in the 
next 50 years is 10 percent or greater. 
(c) COMPETITIVE AWARDS.—In addition to the pri-
ority given pursuant to subsection (b), the Director shall 
award a grant under this Act to emergency management 
departments on a competitive basis considering financial 
need, benefit to the community and a demonstrated ability 
to cooperate with other providers of emergency services. 
SEC. 5. USE OF FUNDS. 
An emergency management department that receives 
a grant under this Act may use grant funds— 
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(1) to establish or improve warning systems, in-
cluding the purchase of— 
(A) sirens; 
(B) individual weather radios; 
(C) public safety agency communications 
gear; and 
(D) reverse 911 systems; 
(2) to purchase public safety agency rescue 
equipment; 
(3) to reinforce buildings and facilities in main-
taining continuity of critical services, including— 
(A) police stations; 
(B) fire stations; 
(C) emergency management facilities; 
(D) hospitals; 
(E) shelters; and 
(F) endangered sewer sanitation systems; 
(4) post-tsunami shelters and supplies; and 
(5) to develop outreach programs to educate 
both residents and tourists of different types of tsu-
nami (near shore and far field) and how to react to 
each type. 
SEC. 6. MATCHING FUNDS. 
(a) POPULATION OF MORE THAN 50,000.—To be eli-
gible to receive a grant under this Act, an emergency man-
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