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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3168 
To reauthorize the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2025 
Mr. VALADAO (for himself and Mr. COSTA) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and 
in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Transportation 
and Infrastructure, 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 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 
1977, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Earthquake 
Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 
2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS TO NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE HAZ-
ARDS REDUCTION PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.—Subsection (a)(2)(B) of 
section 5 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 
1977 (42 U.S.C. 7704) is amended— 
(1) in the matter before clause (i)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and local’’ and inserting 
‘‘local, and Tribal’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and constructing’’ and in-
serting ‘‘, designing, constructing, evaluating, 
and retrofitting’’; 
(2) in clause (ii), to read as follows: 
‘‘(ii) development of standards, guide-
lines, and voluntary standards, guidelines, 
and consensus codes for earthquake haz-
ards reduction for buildings, structures, 
and lifeline infrastructure, including post- 
earthquake recovery-based performance ob-
jectives that address reoccupancy and 
downtime of community-prioritized build-
ings, structures, and services provided by 
lifeline infrastructure;’’; 
(3) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and hazards re-
duction; and’’ and inserting ‘‘functional recovery, 
and other hazards reduction topics;’’; and 
(4) in clause (iv)— 
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(A) by inserting ‘‘and maintaining’’ after 
‘‘publishing’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘in coordination with the 
National Tsunami Hazards Mitigation Pro-
gram, tsunami susceptibility,’’ after ‘‘lique-
faction susceptibility,’’. 
(b) DUTIES OF INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COM-
MITTEE ON EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS REDUCTION.—Sub-
section (a)(3)(D)(ii) of such section is amended— 
(1) in subclause (V), by inserting ‘‘and associ-
ated secondary hazards’’ before the period at the 
end; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(VIII) Coordinating with the 
Chair of the Federal Communications 
Commission on the timely broad-
casting of emergency alerts generated 
by the earthquake early warning sys-
tem.’’. 
(c) BIENNIAL REPORT.—Subsection (a)(4)(A) of 
such section is amended by striking ‘‘under paragraph 
(3)(D)(i)(I)’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘under 
paragraph (3)(D)(ii)(I)’’. 
(d) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—Subsection (a)(5)(A) of 
such section is amended— 
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(1) by inserting ‘‘the Chair of the Scientific 
Earthquake Studies Advisory Committee and’’ after 
‘‘including’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘and local government’’ and in-
serting ‘‘, local, and Tribal governments’’. 
(e) RESPONSIBILITIES OF UNITED STATES GEOLOGI-
CAL
SURVEY.—Subsection (b)(3) of such section is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and 
local’’ and inserting ‘‘, local, and Tribal’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘, the 
Chair of the Federal Communications Commission,’’ 
after ‘‘Agency’’; 
(3) 
by 
redesignating 
subparagraphs 
(D) 
through (K) as subparagraphs (I) through (P), re-
spectively; 
(4) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(D) coordinate with the Administrator of 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin-
istration and the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency on data shar-
ing and resource allocation to support a timely 
response to oceanic earthquakes and tsunamis; 
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‘‘(M) $83,403,000 for fiscal year 2028, of 
which not less than $30,000,000 shall be made 
available for completion of the Advanced Na-
tional Seismic System established under section 
13; 
‘‘(N) $83,403,000 for fiscal year 2029, of 
which not less than $30,000,000 shall be made 
available for completion of the Advanced Na-
tional Seismic System established under section 
13; and 
‘‘(O) $83,403,000 for fiscal year 2030, of 
which not less than $30,000,000 shall be made 
available for completion of the Advanced Na-
tional Seismic System established under section 
13.’’. 
Æ 
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