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warnings, notification, mitigation, resiliency, re-
sponse, outreach, and recovery;’’; 
(4) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), and 
(6) as paragraphs (5), (6), and (8), respectively; 
(5) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) to improve research efforts related to im-
proving tsunami detection, forecasting, warnings, no-
tification, mitigation, resiliency, response, outreach, 
and recovery;’’; 
(6) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and increase’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘, increase, and develop uniform standards 
and guidelines for’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, including the warning 
signs of locally generated tsunami’’ after ‘‘ap-
proaching’’; 
(7) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘, including the Indian Ocean; and’’ and in-
serting a semicolon; and 
(8) by inserting after paragraph (6), as so re-
designated, the following: 
‘‘(7) to foster resilient communities in the face 
of tsunami and other coastal hazards; and’’. 
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SEC. 4. MODIFICATION OF TSUNAMI FORECASTING AND 
WARNING PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 4 (33 
U.S.C. 3203) is amended by striking ‘‘Atlantic Ocean, 
Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico region’’ and inserting 
‘‘Atlantic Ocean region, including the Caribbean Sea and 
the Gulf of Mexico’’. 
(b) COMPONENTS.—Subsection (b) of such section 4 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘established’’ 
and inserting ‘‘supported or maintained’’; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘and safe-
guarding port and harbor operations’’ after ‘‘com-
munities’’; 
(3) in paragraph (7)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, including graphical 
warning products,’’ after ‘‘warnings’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, territories,’’ after 
‘‘States’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘and Wireless Emergency 
Alerts’’ after ‘‘Hazards Program’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (8), by inserting ‘‘and com-
mercial and Federal undersea communications ca-
bles’’ after ‘‘observing technologies’’. 
(c) TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM.—Subsection (c) of 
such section 4 is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘(c) TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM.—The program 
under this section shall operate a tsunami warning system 
that— 
‘‘(1) is capable of forecasting tsunami, includ-
ing forecasting tsunami arrival time and inundation 
estimates, anywhere in the Pacific and Arctic Ocean 
regions and providing adequate warnings; 
‘‘(2) is capable of forecasting and providing 
adequate warnings in areas of the Atlantic Ocean, 
including the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, 
that are determined— 
‘‘(A) to be geologically active, or to have 
significant potential for geological activity; and 
‘‘(B) to pose significant risks of tsunami 
for States along the coastal areas of the Atlan-
tic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, or Gulf of Mexico; 
and 
‘‘(3) supports other international tsunami fore-
casting and warning efforts.’’. 
(d) TSUNAMI WARNING CENTERS.—Subsection (d) 
of such section 4 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) TSUNAMI WARNING CENTERS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator shall 
support or maintain centers to support the tsunami 
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warning system required by subsection (c). The Cen-
ters shall include— 
‘‘(A) the National Tsunami Warning Cen-
ter, located in Alaska, which is primarily re-
sponsible for Alaska and the continental United 
States; 
‘‘(B) the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, 
located in Hawaii, which is primarily respon-
sible for Hawaii, the Caribbean, and other 
areas of the Pacific not covered by the National 
Center; and 
‘‘(C) any additional forecast and warning 
centers determined by the National Weather 
Service to be necessary. 
‘‘(2) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The responsibilities 
of the centers supported or maintained pursuant to 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
‘‘(A) Continuously monitoring data from 
seismological, deep ocean, coastal sea level, and 
tidal monitoring stations and other data sources 
as may be developed and deployed. 
‘‘(B) Evaluating earthquakes, landslides, 
and volcanic eruptions that have the potential 
to generate tsunami. 
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‘‘(C) Evaluating deep ocean buoy data and 
tidal monitoring stations for indications of tsu-
nami resulting from earthquakes and other 
sources. 
‘‘(D) To the extent practicable, utilizing a 
range of models to predict tsunami arrival 
times and flooding estimates. 
‘‘(E) Disseminating forecasts and tsunami 
warning bulletins to Federal, State, and local 
government officials and the public. 
‘‘(F) Coordinating with the tsunami haz-
ard mitigation program conducted under section 
5 to ensure ongoing sharing of information be-
tween forecasters and emergency management 
officials. 
‘‘(G) Making data gathered under this Act 
and post-warning analyses conducted by the 
National Weather Service or other relevant Ad-
ministration offices available to researchers. 
‘‘(3) FAIL-SAFE
WARNING
CAPABILITY.—The 
tsunami warning centers supported or maintained 
pursuant to paragraph (1) shall maintain a fail-safe 
warning capability and ability to perform back-up 
duties for each other. 
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‘‘(4) COORDINATION WITH NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE.—The National Weather Service shall co-
ordinate with the centers supported or maintained 
pursuant to paragraph (1) to ensure that regional 
and local forecast offices— 
‘‘(A) have the technical knowledge and ca-
pability to disseminate tsunami warnings for 
the communities they serve; and 
‘‘(B) leverage connections with local emer-
gency management officials for optimally dis-
seminating tsunami warnings and forecasts. 
‘‘(5) UNIFORM OPERATING PROCEDURES.—The 
Administrator shall— 
‘‘(A) develop uniform operational proce-
dures for the centers supported or maintained 
pursuant to paragraph (1), including the use of 
software applications, checklists, decision sup-
port tools, and tsunami warning products that 
have been standardized across the program sup-
ported under this section; 
‘‘(B) ensure that processes and products of 
the warning system operated pursuant to sub-
section (c)— 
‘‘(i) reflect industry best practices; 
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‘‘(ii) conform to the maximum extent 
practicable with internationally recognized 
standards for information technology; and 
‘‘(iii) conform to the maximum extent 
practicable with other warning products 
and practices of the National Weather 
Service; 
‘‘(C) ensure that future adjustments to 
operational protocols, processes, and warning 
products— 
‘‘(i) are made consistently across the 
warning system operated pursuant to sub-
section (c); and 
‘‘(ii) are applied in a uniform manner 
across such warning system; and 
‘‘(D) disseminate guidelines and metrics 
for evaluating and improving tsunami forecast 
models. 
‘‘(6) AVAILABLE
RESOURCES.—The Adminis-
trator, through the National Weather Service, shall 
ensure that resources are available to fulfill the obli-
gations of this Act. This includes ensuring super-
computing resources are available to run such com-
puter models as are needed for purposes of the tsu-
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nami warning system operated pursuant to sub-
section (c).’’. 
(e) TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY; MAINTENANCE AND 
UPGRADES.—Subsection (e) of such section 4 is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(e) TRANSFER
OF TECHNOLOGY; MAINTENANCE 
AND UPGRADES.—In carrying out this section, the Admin-
istrator shall— 
‘‘(1) develop requirements for the equipment 
used to forecast tsunami, including— 
‘‘(A) provisions for multipurpose detection 
platforms; 
‘‘(B) reliability and performance metrics; 
and 
‘‘(C) to the maximum extent practicable, 
requirements for the integration of equipment 
with other United States and global ocean and 
coastal observation systems, the global Earth 
observing system of systems, the global seismic 
networks, and the Advanced National Seismic 
System; 
‘‘(2) develop and execute a plan for the transfer 
of technology from ongoing research conducted as 
part of the program supported or maintained under 
section 6 into the program under this section; and 
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‘‘(3) ensure that the Administration’s oper-
ational tsunami detection equipment is properly 
maintained.’’. 
(f) FEDERAL COOPERATION.—Subsection (f) of such 
section 4 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) FEDERAL COOPERATION.—When deploying and 
maintaining tsunami detection technologies under the pro-
gram under this section, the Administrator shall— 
‘‘(1) identify which assets of other Federal 
agencies are necessary to support such program; and 
‘‘(2) work with each agency identified under 
paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) to acquire the agency’s assistance; 
and 
‘‘(B) to prioritize the necessary assets.’’. 
(g) UNNECESSARY PROVISIONS.—Such section 4 is 
further amended by striking subsections (g) through (k). 
SEC. 5. MODIFICATION OF NATIONAL TSUNAMI HAZARD 
MITIGATION PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5 (33 U.S.C. 3204) is 
amended by striking subsections (a) through (d) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Administrator, in 
consultation with the Administrator of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency and the heads of such other 
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agencies as the Administrator considers relevant, shall 
conduct a community-based tsunami hazard mitigation 
program to improve tsunami preparedness and resiliency 
of at-risk areas in the United States and the territories 
of the United States. 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM COMPONENTS.—The Program con-
ducted pursuant to subsection (a) shall include the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) Technical and financial assistance to 
coastal States, territories, tribes, and local govern-
ments to develop and implement activities under this 
section. 
‘‘(2) Integration of tsunami preparedness and 
mitigation programs into ongoing State-based haz-
ard warning, resilience planning, and risk manage-
ment activities, including predisaster planning, emer-
gency response, evacuation planning, disaster recov-
ery, hazard mitigation, and community development 
and redevelopment programs in affected areas. 
‘‘(3) Activities to promote the adoption of tsu-
nami resilience, preparedness, warning, and mitiga-
tion measures by Federal, State, territorial, tribal, 
and local governments and nongovernmental entities, 
including educational and risk communication pro-
grams to discourage development in high-risk areas. 
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‘‘(4) Activities to support the development of 
regional tsunami hazard and risk assessments, using 
inundation models that meet programmatic stand-
ards for accuracy. Such regional risk assessments 
may include the following: 
‘‘(A) The sources, sizes, and histories of 
tsunami in that region. 
‘‘(B) Inundation models and maps of crit-
ical infrastructure and socioeconomic vulner-
ability in areas subject to tsunami inundation. 
‘‘(C) Maps of evacuation areas and evacu-
ation routes. 
‘‘(D) Evaluations of the size of populations 
that will require evacuation, including popu-
lations with special evacuation needs. 
‘‘(5) Activities to support the development of 
community-based outreach and education programs 
to ensure community readiness and resilience, in-
cluding the following: 
‘‘(A) The development, implementation, 
and assessment of technical training and public 
education programs, including education pro-
grams that address unique characteristics of 
distant and near-field tsunami. 
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‘‘(B) The development of decision support 
tools. 
‘‘(C) The incorporation of social science re-
search into community readiness and resilience 
efforts. 
‘‘(D) The development of evidence-based 
education guidelines. 
‘‘(6) Dissemination of guidelines and standards 
for community planning, education, and training 
products, programs, and tools, including standards 
for— 
‘‘(A) mapping products; 
‘‘(B) inundation models; and 
‘‘(C) effective emergency exercises. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—In addition to activi-
ties conducted under subsection (b), the program con-
ducted pursuant to subsection (a) may include the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) Multidisciplinary vulnerability assessment 
research, education, and training to help integrate 
risk management and resilience objectives with com-
munity development planning and policies. 
‘‘(2) Risk management training for local offi-
cials and community organizations to enhance un-
derstanding and preparedness. 
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‘‘(3) Development of practical applications for 
existing or emerging technologies, such as modeling, 
remote sensing, geospatial technology, engineering, 
and observing systems. 
‘‘(4) Risk management, risk assessment, and 
resilience data and information services, including— 
‘‘(A) access to data and products derived 
from observing and detection systems; and 
‘‘(B) development and maintenance of new 
integrated data products to support risk man-
agement, risk assessment, and resilience pro-
grams. 
‘‘(5) Risk notification systems that coordinate 
with and build upon existing systems and actively 
engage decisionmakers, local and State government 
agencies, business communities, nongovernmental or-
ganizations, and the media. 
‘‘(d) NO PREEMPTION.— 
‘‘(1) DESIGNATION
OF
AT-RISK
AREAS.—The 
establishment of national standards for inundation 
models under this section shall not prevent States, 
territories, tribes, and local governments from desig-
nating additional areas as being at risk based on 
knowledge of local conditions. 
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funds, such sums as may be necessary to continue any
program, project, or activity for which funds were provided
in fiscal year 1997.
(b) Appropriations and funds made available, and au-
thority granted, for a program, project, or activity for fis-
cal year 1998 pursuant to this Act shall be at 100 per
cent of the rate of operations that was provided for the
program, project, or activity in fiscal year 1997 in the cor-
responding regular appropriation Act for fiscal year 1997.
(c) Appropriations and funds made available, and au-
thority granted, for fiscal year 1998 pursuant to this Act
for a program, project, or activity shall be available for
the period beginning with the first day of a lapse in appro-
priations and ending with the earlier of—
(1) the date on which the applicable regular ap-
propriation bill for fiscal year 1998 becomes law
(whether or not that law provides for that program,
project, or activity) or a continuing resolution mak-
ing appropriations becomes law, as the case may be;
or
(2) the last day of fiscal year 1998.
SEC. 3. TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
(a) An appropriation of funds made available, or au-
thority granted, for a program, project, or activity for fis-
cal year 1998 pursuant to this Act shall be made available
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tremely limited, and international human rights
groups continue to be denied access to Punjab and
Kashmir.
(15) In 1994, the decision by the Government
of India to allow the International Committee of the
Red Cross to provide limited humanitarian assist-
ance in the portion of the disputed territory of
Jammu and Kashmir under the control of the Gov-
ernment of India was an important first step in pro-
viding international organizations access to the trou-
bled areas of India.
(16) However, the Government of India contin-
ues to prohibit several international human rights
organizations from conducting independent inves-
tigations in the portion of the territory of Jammu
and Kashmir under the control of India and to pro-
vide only limited access to such organizations to
other states such as Punjab, Assam, Manipur, and
Nagaland where human rights problems exist.
(17) In India, armed opposition groups have
committed human rights abuses.
(18) Several human rights organizations have
called on such armed opposition groups to respect
basic standards of humanitarian law which require
(7) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘, including the Indian Ocean; and’’ and in-
serting a semicolon; and 
(8) by inserting after paragraph (6), as so redes-
ignated, the following: 
‘‘(7) to foster resilient communities in the face of 
tsunami and other similar coastal hazards; and’’. 
SEC. 4. MODIFICATION OF TSUNAMI FORECASTING AND 
WARNING PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 4 (33 
U.S.C. 3203) is amended by striking ‘‘Atlantic Ocean, Car-
ibbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico region’’ and inserting ‘‘At-
lantic Ocean region, including the Caribbean Sea and the 
Gulf of Mexico’’. 
(b) COMPONENTS.—Subsection (b) of such section 4 is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘established’’ 
and inserting ‘‘supported or maintained’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (9) 
as paragraphs (9) through (11), respectively; 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (6) 
as paragraphs (3) through (7), respectively; 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(ii) conform to the maximum extent 
practicable with internationally recognized 
standards for information technology; and 
‘‘(iii) conform to the maximum extent 
practicable with other warning products 
and practices of the National Weather 
Service; 
‘‘(C) ensure that future adjustments to 
operational protocols, processes, and warning 
products— 
‘‘(i) are made consistently across the 
warning system operated pursuant to sub-
section (c); and 
‘‘(ii) are applied in a uniform manner 
across such warning system; and 
‘‘(D) disseminate guidelines and metrics 
for evaluating and improving tsunami forecast 
models. 
‘‘(6) AVAILABLE
RESOURCES.—The Adminis-
trator, through the National Weather Service, shall 
ensure that resources are available to fulfill the obli-
gations of this Act. This includes ensuring super-
computing resources are available to run such com-
puter models as are needed for purposes of the tsu-
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‘‘(4) COORDINATION WITH NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE.—The National Weather Service shall co-
ordinate with the centers supported or maintained 
pursuant to paragraph (1) to ensure that regional 
and local forecast offices— 
‘‘(A) have the technical knowledge and ca-
pability to disseminate tsunami warnings for 
the communities they serve; and 
‘‘(B) leverage connections with local emer-
gency management officials for optimally dis-
seminating tsunami warnings and forecasts. 
‘‘(5) UNIFORM OPERATING PROCEDURES.—The 
Administrator shall— 
‘‘(A) develop uniform operational proce-
dures for the centers supported or maintained 
pursuant to paragraph (1), including the use of 
software applications, checklists, decision sup-
port tools, and tsunami warning products that 
have been standardized across the program sup-
ported under this section; 
‘‘(B) ensure that processes and products of 
the warning system operated pursuant to sub-
section (c)— 
‘‘(i) reflect industry best practices; 
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(A) in subsection (a) by striking the first
sentence; and
(B) by striking ‘‘Bureau’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Department of State’’.
(2) IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMS.—Section
112(c) (22 U.S.C. 2460(c)) is amended by striking
‘‘President’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘Secretary of State’’.
SEC. 325. INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING ACTIVITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Except as otherwise provided
in paragraph (2), title III of the Foreign Relations Au-
thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law
103–236) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘Director of the United States
Information Agency’’ or ‘‘Director’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Under Secretary of State for
Public Diplomacy’’;
(B) by striking all references to ‘‘United States
Information Agency’’ that were not stricken in sub-
paragraph (A) and inserting ‘‘Department of State’’;
(C) in section 305(a)(1), by inserting ‘‘(includ-
ing activities of the Voice of America previously car-
ried out by the United States Information Agency)’’
after ‘‘this title’’;
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‘‘(5) For any fiscal year, any amount collected
pursuant to the authority of paragraph (1) that ex-
ceeds $140,000,000 is authorized to be made avail-
able only if a notification is submitted in compliance
with the procedures applicable to a reprogramming
of funds under section 34 of the State Department
Basic Authorities Act of 1956.’’.
SEC. 1209. RETENTION OF ADDITIONAL DEFENSE TRADE
CONTROLS REGISTRATION FEES.
Section 45(a) of the State Department Basic Au-
thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2717(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘$700,000 of the’’ and inserting
‘‘all’’;
(2) at the end of paragraph (1) by striking
‘‘and’’;
(3) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by striking ‘‘functions’’ and inserting
‘‘functions, including compliance and enforce-
ment activities,’’; and
(B) by striking the period at the end and
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph (3):
‘‘(3) the enhancement of defense trade export
compliance and enforcement activities to include
Indian tribe not later than the preceding fiscal 
year. 
‘‘(B) START UP FUNDS.—The adjustment 
in administrative funds described in subpara-
graph (A) shall consist of an amount for start 
up funds, negotiated with the Indian tribe, of 
not less than $10,000 nor more than $100,000 
for each fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 6. SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM. 
Section 15 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1784) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means— 
‘‘(A) any of the 50 States; 
‘‘(B) the District of Columbia; 
‘‘(C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 
‘‘(D) the Virgin Islands; 
‘‘(E) Guam; 
‘‘(F) American Samoa; 
‘‘(G) the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands; or 
‘‘(H) an Indian tribe (as defined in section 
4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b)).’’. 
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