I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6650 
To reauthorize and amend the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction 
Program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 3, 2018 
Mr. ROHRABACHER (for himself, Mr. KNIGHT, Mr. SMITH of Texas, and Ms. 
JAYAPAL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Com-
mittees 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To reauthorize and amend the National Earthquake Hazards 
Reduction Program, 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 
2018’’. 
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SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Section 2 of the Earthquake Haz-
ards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, and the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico’’ after ‘‘States’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘Oregon,’’ after ‘‘New 
York,’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘Tennessee,’’ after ‘‘South 
Carolina’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘prediction 
techniques and’’; 
(3) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(4) A well-funded seismological research pro-
gram could provide the scientific understanding 
needed to fully implement an effective earthquake 
early warning system.’’; 
(4) in paragraphs (6) and (7), by striking ‘‘life-
lines’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘lifeline 
infrastructure’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(12) The built environment has generally been 
constructed and maintained to meet the needs of the 
users under normal conditions. When earthquakes 
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occur, the built environment is generally designed to 
prevent severe injuries or loss of human life and is 
not expected to remain operational or able to recover 
under any specified schedule. 
‘‘(13) The National Research Council published 
a study on reducing hazards and risks associated 
with earthquakes based on the goals and objectives 
for achieving national earthquake resilience de-
scribed in the strategic plan entitled ‘Strategic Plan 
for the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction 
Program’. The study and an accompanying report 
called for work in 18 tasks focused on research, pre-
paredness, and mitigation and annual funding of ap-
proximately $300,000,000 per year for 20 years.’’. 
(b) PURPOSE.—Section 3 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
7702) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), in 
the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘and increase the re-
silience of communities’’ after ‘‘future earthquakes’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘to individ-
uals and the communities’’ after ‘‘an earthquake’’; 
(3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘in time of 
disaster’’ and inserting ‘‘to facilitate community- 
wide post-earthquake recovery and in times of dis-
aster’’; 
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(4) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘for predicting 
damaging earthquakes and’’; 
(5) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘and plan-
ning’’ after ‘‘model building’’; and 
(6) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘reconstruc-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘re-occupancy, recovery, recon-
struction,’’. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) LIFELINE INFRASTRUCTURE.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Section 4(6) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7703(6)) is amended by striking 
‘‘lifelines’’ and inserting ‘‘lifeline infrastruc-
ture’’. 
(B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) is amended by striking 
‘‘lifelines’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘lifeline infrastructure’’. 
(2) COMMUNITY
RESILIENCE.—Section 4 of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 7703) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(10) The term ‘community resilience’ means 
the ability of a community to prepare and plan for, 
absorb, recover from, and more successfully adapt to 
adverse seismic events.’’. 
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SEC. 3. MODIFICATION OF NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE HAZ-
ARDS REDUCTION PROGRAM. 
(a) MODIFICATION OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.—Sub-
section (a)(2) of section 5 of the Earthquake Hazards Re-
duction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7704) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘, commu-
nity resilience,’’ after ‘‘seismic risk’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iv) publishing a systematic set of 
maps of active faults and folds, lique-
faction susceptibility, susceptibility for 
earthquake induced landslides, and other 
seismically induced hazards; and’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘develop, 
operate’’ and all that follows through ‘‘7708),’’ and 
inserting ‘‘continue the development of the Advanced 
National Seismic System, including earthquake early 
warning capabilities’’. 
(b) AMENDMENTS RELATING TO INTERAGENCY CO-
ORDINATING COMMITTEE ON EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS RE-
DUCTION.— 
(1) 
CLARIFICATION
REGARDING
MEMBER-
SHIP.—Subparagraph (B) of subsection (a)(3) of 
such section is amended, in the matter preceding 
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clause (i), by striking ‘‘The committee’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘In addition to the Director, the committee’’. 
(2) REDUCTION IN MINIMUM FREQUENCY OF 
MEETINGS
OF
INTERAGENCY
COORDINATING
COM-
MITTEE ON EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS REDUCTION.— 
Subparagraph (C) of such subsection is amended by 
striking ‘‘not less than 3 times a year’’ and inserting 
‘‘not less frequently than once each year’’. 
(3) EXPANSION
OF
DUTIES.—Subparagraph 
(D) of such subsection is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(D) DUTIES.— 
‘‘(i) GENERAL
DUTY.—The Inter-
agency Coordinating Committee shall over-
see the planning, management, and coordi-
nation of the Program. 
‘‘(ii) SPECIFIC
DUTIES.—The duties 
of the Interagency Coordinating Committee 
include the following: 
‘‘(I) Developing, not later than 6 
months after the date of the enact-
ment of the National Earthquake 
Hazards Reduction Program Reau-
thorization Act of 2004 and updating 
periodically— 
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‘‘(aa) a strategic plan that 
establishes goals and priorities 
for the Program activities de-
scribed under subsection (a)(2); 
and 
‘‘(bb) a detailed manage-
ment plan to implement such 
strategic plan. 
‘‘(II) Developing a coordinated 
interagency budget for the Program 
that will ensure appropriate balance 
among the Program activities de-
scribed under subsection (a)(2), and, 
in accordance with the plans devel-
oped under subclause (I), submitting 
such budget to the Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget at 
the time designated by the Director 
for agencies to submit biennial budg-
ets. 
‘‘(III) 
Developing 
interagency 
memorandums of understanding with 
any relevant Federal agencies on data 
sharing and resource commitment in 
the event of an earthquake disaster. 
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‘‘(IV) 
Coordinating 
with 
the 
Interagency Coordinating Committee 
on Windstorm Impact Reduction and 
other natural hazards coordination 
committees as the Director determines 
appropriate to share data and best 
practices. 
‘‘(V) Coordinating with the Ad-
ministrator of the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration and 
the Administrator of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion on data sharing and resource al-
location to ensure judicious use of 
Government resources and the free- 
flowing exchange of information re-
lated to earthquakes. 
‘‘(VI) Coordinating with the Sec-
retary of Agriculture and the Sec-
retary of the Interior on the use of 
public lands for earthquake moni-
toring and research stations, and re-
lated data collection. 
‘‘(VII) Coordinating with the 
Secretary of Transportation and the 
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Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment on the effects of earth-
quakes on transportation and housing 
stocks. 
‘‘(iii) ASSISTANCE FROM SECRETARY 
OF AGRICULTURE AND SECRETARY OF THE 
INTERIOR.—To the extent practicable, the 
Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary 
of the Interior shall expedite any request 
for a permit to use public land under 
clause (ii)(VI).’’. 
(4) REDUCTION IN FREQUENCY OF REPORTING 
BY
INTERAGENCY
COORDINATING
COMMITTEE
ON 
EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS REDUCTION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subsection (a)(4) of 
such section is amended— 
(i) in the paragraph heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘ANNUAL’’ and inserting ‘‘BIENNIAL’’; 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(A) through (F) as clauses (i) through (vi), 
respectively, and adjusting the indentation 
of the margin of such clauses, as so redes-
ignated, two ems to the right; 
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(iii) in clause (v), as so redesignated, 
by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a semi-
colon; 
(iv) in clause (vi), as so redesignated, 
by striking the period at the end and in-
serting ‘‘; and’’; 
(v) by inserting after clause (vi), as so 
redesignated, the following: 
‘‘(vii) a statement regarding whether 
the Administrator of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency has lowered or 
waived the cost share requirement for as-
sistance 
provided 
under 
subsection 
(b)(2)(A)(i).’’; 
(vi) in the matter preceding clause (i), 
as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘The Inter-
agency’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Sen-
ate’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not less frequently 
than once every two years, the Interagency Co-
ordinating Committee shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation, the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources, and the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
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ate and the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology, the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, the Committee on Natural Re-
sources, and the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity of the House of Representatives a report on 
the Program’’; and 
(vii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) SUPPORT FOR PREPARATION OF RE-
PORT.—Each head of a Program agency shall 
submit to the Director of the National Institute 
of Standards and Technology such information 
as the Director may request for the preparation 
of a report under subparagraph (A) not later 
than 90 days after the date on which the Direc-
tor requests such information.’’. 
(B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments 
made by subparagraph (A) shall take effect on 
the first day of the first fiscal year beginning 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) MODIFICATION
OF RESPONSIBILITIES
OF NA-
TIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY.— 
Subsection (b) of such section is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
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(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and 
constructing,’’ and inserting ‘‘constructing, 
evaluating, and retrofitting’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (D), by inserting 
‘‘provide new and’’ after ‘‘research to’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (5), in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), in the first sentence, by inserting 
‘‘community resilience through’’ after ‘‘improve’’. 
(d) MODIFICATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES OF FED-
ERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.—Paragraph 
(2) of subsection (b) of such section is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(2) DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; 
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.— 
‘‘(A) PROGRAM
RESPONSIBILITIES.—The 
Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency— 
‘‘(i) shall operate a program of grants 
and assistance to enable States to develop 
mitigation, preparedness, and response 
plans, purchase necessary instrumentation, 
prepare inventories and conduct seismic 
safety inspections of critical structures and 
lifeline infrastructure, update building, 
land use planning, and zoning codes and 
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ordinances to enhance seismic safety, in-
crease earthquake awareness and edu-
cation, and provide assistance to multi- 
State groups for such purposes; 
‘‘(ii) shall support the implementation 
of a comprehensive earthquake education, 
outreach, and public awareness program, 
including development of materials and 
their wide dissemination to all appropriate 
audiences and support public access to lo-
cality-specific information that may assist 
the public in preparing for, mitigating 
against, responding to and recovering from 
earthquakes and related disasters; 
‘‘(iii) shall, in conjunction with the 
Director of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, other Federal 
agencies, and private sector groups, use re-
search results to support the preparation, 
maintenance, and wide dissemination of 
seismic resistant design guidance and re-
lated information on building codes, stand-
ards, and practices for new and existing 
buildings, structures, and lifeline infra-
structure, aid in the development of per-
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formance-based 
design 
guidelines 
and 
methodologies, and support model codes 
that are cost effective and affordable in 
order to promote better practices within 
the design and construction industry and 
reduce losses from earthquakes; 
‘‘(iv) shall enter into cooperative 
agreements or contracts with States and 
local jurisdictions and other Federal agen-
cies to establish demonstration projects on 
earthquake hazard mitigation, to link 
earthquake research and mitigation efforts 
with emergency management programs, or 
to prepare educational materials for na-
tional distribution; and 
‘‘(v) shall support the Director of the 
National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology in the completion of programmatic 
goals. 
‘‘(B) STATE
ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM
CRI-
TERIA.—In order to qualify for assistance 
under subparagraph (A)(i), a State must— 
‘‘(i) demonstrate that the assistance 
will result in enhanced seismic safety in 
the State; 
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‘‘(ii) provide 25 percent of the costs of 
the activities for which assistance is being 
given, except that the Administrator may 
lower or waive the cost-share requirement 
for these activities for a small impover-
ished community, as defined in section 203 
of the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5133(a)); and 
‘‘(iii) meet such other requirements as 
the Administrator shall prescribe.’’. 
(e) MODIFICATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES OF UNITED 
STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.—Subsection (b)(3) of such 
section is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
in the first sentence— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘report on significant do-
mestic and international earthquakes and’’ after 
‘‘Survey shall’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘predictions.’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘forecasts.’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘pre-
dictions, including aftershock advisories’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘alerts and early warnings’’; 
(3) by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting 
the following: 
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‘‘(D) issue when necessary and feasible, 
and notify the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, the Director 
of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, and State and local officials, an 
alert and an earthquake warning;’’; 
(4) in subparagraph (E), in the matter pre-
ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘using’’ and inserting 
‘‘including’’; 
(5) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(6) in subparagraph (J)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘and data’’ after ‘‘hazard 
maps’’; and 
(B) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(7) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(K) support the Director of the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology in the 
completion of programmatic goals.’’. 
(f) MODIFICATION
OF RESPONSIBILITIES
OF NA-
TIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION.—Subsection (b)(4) of 
such section is amended— 
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(1) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, State 
agencies, State geological surveys,’’ after ‘‘con-
sortia’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘to sup-
port applied science in the production of a system-
atic series of earthquake-related geologic hazard 
maps, and’’ after ‘‘Survey’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘large- 
scale experimental and computational facilities of the 
George E. Brown Jr. Network for Earthquake Engi-
neering Simulation and other institutions engaged in 
research and the implementation of the National 
Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program’’ and in-
serting ‘‘experimental and computational facilities’’; 
(4) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(5) in subparagraph (H), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(6) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(I) support the Director of the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology in the 
completion of programmatic goals.’’; 
(7) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through 
(I) as clauses (i) through (ix), respectively, and in-
denting such clauses accordingly; 
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(8) in the matter before clause (i), as redesig-
nated by paragraph (7), in the first sentence, by 
striking ‘‘The National Science Foundation’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The National Science 
Foundation’’; and 
(9) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) IDENTIFICATION OF FUNDING.—The 
National Science Foundation shall— 
‘‘(i) to the extent practicable, note in 
any notice of Program funding or other 
funding possibilities under the Program 
that the funds are part of the Program; 
‘‘(ii) to the extent practicable, track 
the awarding of Federal funds through the 
Program; and 
‘‘(iii) not less frequently than once 
every 2 years, submit to the director of the 
Program a report specifying the amount of 
Federal funds awarded to conduct research 
that enhances the understanding of earth-
quake science.’’. 
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SEC. 4. REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE HAZARD 
REDUCTION PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable, but not 
later than such date as is necessary for the Comptroller 
General of the United States to submit the report required 
by subsection (c) in accordance with such subsection, the 
Comptroller General shall complete a review of Federal 
earthquake hazard risk reduction efforts. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The review conducted under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) A comprehensive assessment of— 
(A) the extent to which the United States 
Geological Survey has identified the risks and 
hazards to the United States posed by earth-
quakes, including risks and hazards resulting 
from tsunamis and landslides that are gen-
erated by earthquakes; 
(B) the efforts of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency and the National Institute 
of Standards and Technology to improve the re-
silience of the United States to earthquakes and 
to identify important gaps in the resilience of 
the United States to earthquakes; 
(C) the progress made by the National In-
stitute of Standards and Technology and the 
Interagency Coordinating Committee (as de-
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fined in section 4 the Earthquake Hazards Re-
duction Act of 1977 of the Earthquake Hazards 
Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7703)) to co-
ordinate effectively the budget and activities of 
the Program agencies (as defined in such sec-
tion 4) in advancing the plans and goals of the 
Program (as defined in such section 4) and how 
coordination among the Program agencies may 
be improved; and 
(D) the extent to which the results of re-
search in earthquake risk and hazards reduc-
tion supported by the National Science Founda-
tion during the 40 years of the Program have 
been effectively disseminated to Federal, State, 
local, and private sector stakeholders. 
(2) Recommendations to improve the Program 
and the resiliency of the United States to earth-
quake risks. 
(c) REPORT.—As soon as practicable, but not later 
than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources, and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and 
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Technology, the Committee on Natural Resources, and the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report on the findings of the Comptroller 
General with respect to the review completed under sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 5. SEISMIC STANDARDS. 
Section 8 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act 
of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7705b) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 8. SEISMIC STANDARDS. 
‘‘(a) ASSESSMENT
AND RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not 
later than December 1, 2019, the Director of the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology and the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
shall jointly convene a committee of experts from Federal 
agencies, nongovernmental organizations, private sector 
entities, disaster management professional associations, 
engineering professional associations, and professional 
construction and homebuilding industry associations, to 
assess and recommend options for improving the built en-
vironment and critical infrastructure to reflect perform-
ance goals stated in terms of post-earthquake reoccupancy 
and functional recovery time. 
‘‘(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than June 
30, 2020, the committee convened under paragraph (1) 
shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
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Transportation, the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources, and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee 
on Science, Space, and Technology, the Committee on 
Natural Resources, and the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity of the House of Representatives a report on rec-
ommended options for improving the built environment 
and critical infrastructure to reflect performance goals 
stated in terms of post-earthquake reoccupancy and func-
tional recovery time.’’. 
SEC. 6. MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR ADVANCED NATIONAL 
SEISMIC SYSTEM. 
(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the United States 
Geological Survey shall submit to Congress a 5-year man-
agement plan for the continued operation of the Advanced 
National Seismic System. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) Strategies to continue the development of 
an earthquake early warning system. 
(2) A mechanism for securing the participation 
of State and regional level earthquake monitoring 
entities, including those defunded by the Advanced 
National Seismic System in the last five years. 
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(3) A plan to encourage and support the inte-
gration of geospatial data products into earthquake 
monitoring in regions experiencing large earth-
quakes. 
(4) A plan to identify and evaluate existing 
data sets available across commercial, civil, and de-
fense entities to determine if there are additional 
data sources to inform the development and deploy-
ment of the Advanced National Seismic System and 
an earthquake early warning system. 
(5) A plan to ensure that there is an active, 
geographically diverse, management and advisory 
structure for the Advanced National Seismic Sys-
tem. 
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 12 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act 
of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7706) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(8)— 
(A) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(B) by inserting before the language fol-
lowing subparagraph (E) the following: 
‘‘(F) $8,758,000 for fiscal year 2019, 
‘‘(G) $8,758,000 for fiscal year 2020, 
‘‘(H) $8,758,000 for fiscal year 2021, 
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‘‘(I) $8,758,000 for fiscal year 2022, and 
‘‘(J) $8,758,000 for fiscal year 2023,’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 
and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) $83,403,000 for fiscal year 2019, of 
which not less than $30,000,000 shall be made 
available for completion of the Advanced Na-
tional Seismic System established under section 
7707 of this title; 
‘‘(G) $83,403,000 for fiscal year 2020, of 
which not less than $30,000,000 shall be made 
available for completion of the Advanced Na-
tional Seismic System established under section 
7707 of this title; 
‘‘(H) $83,403,000 for fiscal year 2021, of 
which not less than $30,000,000 shall be made 
available for completion of the Advanced Na-
tional Seismic System established under section 
7707 of this title; 
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‘‘(I) $83,403,000 for fiscal year 2022, of 
which not less than $30,000,000 shall be made 
available for completion of the Advanced Na-
tional Seismic System established under section 
7707 of this title; and 
‘‘(J) $83,403,000 for fiscal year 2023, of 
which not less than $30,000,000 shall be made 
available for completion of the Advanced Na-
tional Seismic System established under section 
7707 of this title.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 
and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) $54,000,000 for fiscal year 2019, 
‘‘(G) $54,000,000 for fiscal year 2020, 
‘‘(H) $54,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, 
‘‘(I) $54,000,000 for fiscal year 2022, and 
‘‘(J) $54,000,000 for fiscal year 2023.’’; 
and 
(4) in subsection (d)(2)— 
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(A) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(B) by inserting before the language fol-
lowing subparagraph (E) the following: 
‘‘(F) $5,900,000 for fiscal year 2019, 
‘‘(G) $5,900,000 for fiscal year 2020, 
‘‘(H) $5,900,000 for fiscal year 2021, 
‘‘(I) $5,900,000 for fiscal year 2022, and 
‘‘(J) $5,900,000 for fiscal year 2023.’’. 
SEC. 8. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
(a) CORRECTION OF TITLE OF ADMINISTRATOR OF 
THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.— 
The Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 
U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 5 (42 U.S.C. 7704)— 
(A) in subsection (a)(3)(B), as amended by 
section 3(b)(1) of this Act— 
(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 
by striking ‘‘the directors of’’; 
(ii) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘the Ad-
ministrator of’’ before ‘‘the’’; and 
(iii) in clauses (ii) through (v), by in-
serting ‘‘the Director of’’ before ‘‘the’’ each 
place it appears; and 
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(B) in subsection (b)(3)(C), as amended by 
section 3(e), by striking ‘‘Director of the Fed-
eral’’ and inserting ‘‘Administrator of the Fed-
eral’’; and 
(2) in section 9 (42 U.S.C. 7705c), by striking 
‘‘Director of the Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Adminis-
trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agen-
cy’’ each place it appears. 
(b) REFERENCES
TO
THE ADVANCED NATIONAL 
SEISMIC SYSTEM.—Such Act is amended— 
(1) in section 13 (42 U.S.C. 7707), in the sec-
tion heading, by striking ‘‘ADVANCED NATIONAL 
SEISMIC
RESEARCH
AND
MONITORING
SYS-
TEM’’ and inserting ‘‘ADVANCED NATIONAL SEIS-
MIC SYSTEM’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Advanced National Seismic Re-
search and Monitoring System’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Advanced National Seismic 
System’’. 
(c) INCORRECT
CROSS-REFERENCES.—Paragraph 
(4) of section 5(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 7704(a)), as 
amended by section 3(b)(4)(A) of this Act, is amended— 
(1) in clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A), 
as redesignated by such section 3(b)(4)(A), by strik-
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ing ‘‘subparagraph (3)(A)’’ both places it appears 
and inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)(D)(i)(I)’’; and 
(2) in clause (iii), as so redesignated, by strik-
ing ‘‘under (3)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘under paragraph 
(3)(D)(i)(I)’’. 
Æ 
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