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(5) maintain data quality and management sys-
tems to support the requirements of the program;
(6) include a cooperative effort among the Ad-
ministration, the United States Geological Survey,
and the National Science Foundation under which
the Geological Survey and the National Science Foun-
dation shall provide rapid and reliable seismic infor-
mation to the Administration from international and
domestic seismic networks;
(7) provide a capability for the dissemination of
warnings to at-risk States and tsunami communities
through rapid and reliable notification to government
officials and the public, including utilization of and
coordination with existing Federal warning systems,
including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration Weather Radio All Hazards Program;
(8) allow, as practicable, for integration of tsu-
nami detection technologies with other environmental
observing technologies; and
(9) include any technology the Administrator
considers appropriate to fulfill the objectives of the
program under this section.
(c) SYSTEM AREAS.—The program under this section
shall operate—
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(1) a Pacific tsunami warning system capable of
forecasting tsunami anywhere in the Pacific and Arc-
tic Ocean regions and providing adequate warnings;
and
(2) an Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf
of Mexico tsunami warning system capable of fore-
casting tsunami and providing adequate warnings in
areas of the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf
of Mexico that are determined—
(A) to be geologically active, or to have sig-
nificant potential for geological activity; and
(B) to pose significant risks of tsunami for
States along the coastal areas of the Atlantic
Ocean, Caribbean Sea, or Gulf of Mexico.
(d) TSUNAMI WARNING CENTERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, through
the National Weather Service, shall maintain or
establish—
(A) a Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in
Hawaii;
(B) a West Coast and Alaska Tsunami
Warning Center in Alaska; and
(C) any additional forecast and warning
centers determined by the National Weather
Service to be necessary.
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(2) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The responsibilities of
each tsunami warning center shall include—
(A) continuously monitoring data from seis-
mological, deep ocean, and tidal monitoring sta-
tions;
(B) evaluating earthquakes that have the
potential to generate tsunami;
(C) evaluating deep ocean buoy data and
tidal monitoring stations for indications of tsu-
nami resulting from earthquakes and other
sources;
(D) disseminating forecasts and tsunami
warning bulletins to Federal, State, and local
government officials and the public;
(E) coordinating with the tsunami hazard
mitigation program described in section 805 to
ensure ongoing sharing of information between
forecasters and emergency management officials;
and
(F) making data gathered under this title
and post-warning analyses conducted by the Na-
tional Weather Service or other relevant Admin-
istration offices available to researchers.
(e) TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY; MAINTENANCE AND
UPGRADES.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this section,
the National Weather Service, in consultation with
other relevant Administration offices, shall—
(A) develop requirements for the equipment
used to forecast tsunami, which shall include
provisions for multipurpose detection platforms,
reliability and performance metrics, and to the
maximum extent practicable how the equipment
will be integrated with other United States and
global ocean and coastal observation systems, the
global earth observing system of systems, global
seismic networks, and the Advanced National
Seismic System;
(B) develop and execute a plan for the
transfer of technology from ongoing research de-
scribed in section 806 into the program under
this section; and
(C) ensure that maintaining operational
tsunami detection equipment is the highest pri-
ority within the program carried out under this
title.
(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—
(A) Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the National Weather
Service, in consultation with other relevant Ad-
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ministration offices, shall transmit to Congress a
report on how the tsunami forecast system under
this section will be integrated with other United
States and global ocean and coastal observation
systems, the global earth observing system of sys-
tems, global seismic networks, and the Advanced
National Seismic System.
(B) Not later than 3 years after the date of
enactment to this Act, the National Weather
Service, in consultation with other relevant Ad-
ministration offices, shall transmit a report to
Congress on how technology developed under sec-
tion 806 is being transferred into the program
under this section.
(f) FEDERAL COOPERATION.—When deploying and
maintaining tsunami detection technologies, the Adminis-
trator shall seek the assistance and assets of other appro-
priate Federal agencies.
(g) ANNUAL
EQUIPMENT
CERTIFICATION.—At the
same time Congress receives the budget justification docu-
ments in support of the President’s annual budget request
for each fiscal year, the Administrator shall transmit to the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of
the Senate and the Committee on Science of the House of
Representatives a certification that—