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‘‘(3) Interagency, Federal, State, tribal, and ter-
ritorial intergovernmental tsunami response exercise 
planning and implementation in high risk areas. 
‘‘(4) Development of practical applications for 
existing or emerging technologies, such as modeling, 
remote sensing, geospatial technology, engineering, 
and observing systems, including the integration of 
tsunami sensors into Federal and commercial sub-
marine telecommunication cables if practicable. 
‘‘(5) Risk management, risk assessment, and re-
silience 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 manage-
ment, risk assessment, and resilience programs. 
‘‘(6) Risk notification systems that coordinate 
with and build upon existing systems and actively en-
gage decisionmakers, State, local, tribal, and terri-
torial governments and agencies, business commu-
nities, 
nongovernmental 
organizations, 
and 
the 
media. 
‘‘(d) COORDINATING COMMITTEE.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator shall 
maintain a coordinating committee to assist the Ad-
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ministrator in the conduct of the program required by 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.—The coordinating committee 
shall be composed of members as follows: 
‘‘(A) Representatives from each of the States 
and territories most at risk from tsunami, in-
cluding Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, 
Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, 
and the Northern Marianas Islands. 
‘‘(B) Such other members as the Adminis-
trator considers appropriate to represent Fed-
eral, State, tribal, territorial, and local govern-
ments. 
‘‘(3) SUBCOMMITTEES.—The Administrator may 
approve the formation of subcommittees to address 
specific program components or regional issues. 
‘‘(4) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The coordinating com-
mittee shall— 
‘‘(A) provide feedback on how funds should 
be prioritized to carry out the program required 
by subsection (a); 
‘‘(B) ensure that areas described in section 
4(c) in the United States and its territories have 
the opportunity to participate in the program;
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‘‘(C) provide recommendations to the Ad-
ministrator on how to improve and continuously 
advance the TsunamiReady program of the Na-
tional Weather Service, particularly on ways to 
make 
communities 
more 
tsunami 
resilient 
through the use of inundation maps and models 
and other hazard mitigation practices; 
‘‘(D) ensure that all components of the pro-
gram required by subsection (a) are integrated 
with ongoing State based hazard warning, risk 
management, and resilience activities, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(i) integrating activities with emer-
gency response plans, disaster recovery, haz-
ard mitigation, and community develop-
ment programs in affected areas; and 
‘‘(ii) integrating information to assist 
in tsunami evacuation route planning. 
‘‘(5) EXEMPTION FROM FACA.—The provisions of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) 
shall not apply to the committee established and 
maintained under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(e) NO PREEMPTION WITH RESPECT TO DESIGNA-
TION OF AT-RISK AREAS.—The establishment of national 
standards for inundation models under this section shall
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not prevent States, territories, tribes, and local governments 
from designating additional areas as being at risk based 
on knowledge of local conditions. 
‘‘(f) NO NEW REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—Nothing in 
this Act may be construed as establishing new regulatory 
authority for any Federal agency.’’. 
(b) REPORT ON ACCREDITATION OF TSUNAMIREADY 
PROGRAM.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Administrator of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Tech-
nology of the House of Representatives a report on which 
authorities and activities would be needed to have the 
TsunamiReady program of the National Weather Service 
accredited by the Emergency Management Accreditation 
Program. 
SEC. 6. MODIFICATION OF TSUNAMI RESEARCH PROGRAM. 
Section 6 (33 U.S.C. 3205) is amended— 
(1) in the matter before paragraph (1), by strik-
ing ‘‘The Administrator shall’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘establish or maintain’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall, in con-
sultation with such other Federal agencies, State, tribal,
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and territorial governments, and academic institutions as 
the Administrator considers appropriate, the coordinating 
committee under section 5(d), and the panel under section 
8(a), support or maintain’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), as designated by para-
graph (1), by striking ‘‘and assessment for tsunami 
tracking and numerical forecast modeling. Such re-
search program shall—’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘assessment for tsunami tracking and numerical fore-
cast modeling, and standards development. 
‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The research program sup-
ported or maintained under subsection (a) shall—’’; and 
(3) in subsection (b), as designated by paragraph 
(2)— 
(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(1) consider other appropriate and cost effective 
solutions to mitigate the impact of tsunami, includ-
ing the improvement of near-field and distant tsu-
nami detection and forecasting capabilities, which 
may include use of a new generation of the Deep- 
ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis array, 
integration of tsunami sensors into commercial and 
Federal telecommunications cables, and other real- 
time tsunami monitoring systems and supercomputer
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capacity of the Administration to develop a rapid 
tsunami forecast for all United States coastlines;’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘include’’ and inserting 
‘‘conduct’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 
paragraph (5); 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) develop the technical basis for validation of 
tsunami maps, numerical tsunami models, digital ele-
vation models, and forecasts; and’’; and 
(E) in paragraph (5), as redesignated by 
subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘to the scientific 
community’’ and inserting ‘‘to the public and 
the scientific community’’. 
SEC. 7. GLOBAL TSUNAMI WARNING AND MITIGATION NET-
WORK. 
Section 7 (33 U.S.C. 3206) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) SUPPORT
FOR DEVELOPMENT
OF
AN INTER-
NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM.—The Adminis-
trator shall, in coordination with the Secretary of State and
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(1) by redesignating section 8 (33 U.S.C. 3207) 
as section 9; and 
(2) by inserting after section 7 (33 U.S.C. 3206) 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 8. TSUNAMI SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY 
PANEL. 
‘‘(a) DESIGNATION.—The Administrator shall des-
ignate an existing working group within the Science Advi-
sory Board of the Administration to manage the Tsunami 
Science and Technology Advisory Panel to provide advice 
to the Administrator on matters regarding tsunami science, 
technology, and regional preparedness. 
‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
‘‘(1) COMPOSITION.—The Panel shall be com-
posed of no fewer than 7 members selected by the Ad-
ministrator from among individuals from academia 
or State agencies who have academic or practical ex-
pertise in physical sciences, social sciences, informa-
tion technology, coastal resilience, emergency manage-
ment, or such other disciplines as the Administrator 
considers appropriate. 
‘‘(2) FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT.—No member of the 
Panel may be a Federal employee. 
‘‘(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Not less frequently than 
once every 4 years, the Panel shall—
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‘‘(1) review the activities of the Administration, 
and other Federal activities as appropriate, relating 
to tsunami research, detection, forecasting, warning, 
mitigation, resiliency, and preparation; and 
‘‘(2) submit to the Administrator and such others 
as the Administrator considers appropriate— 
‘‘(A) the findings of the working group with 
respect to the most recent review conducted under 
paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(B) such recommendations for legislative 
or administrative action as the working group 
considers appropriate to improve Federal tsu-
nami research, detection, forecasting, warning, 
mitigation, resiliency, and preparation. 
‘‘(d) REPORTS
TO CONGRESS.—Not less frequently 
than once every 4 years, the Administrator shall submit to 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
of the Senate, and the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology of the House of Representatives a report on the 
findings and recommendations received by the Adminis-
trator under subsection (c)(2).’’. 
SEC. 9. REPORTS. 
(a) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF TSUNAMI WARN-
ING AND EDUCATION ACT.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration shall submit to Congress a report on the 
implementation of the Tsunami Warning and Edu-
cation Act (33 U.S.C. 3201 et seq.). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) A detailed description of the progress 
made in implementing sections 4(d)(6), 5(b)(6), 
and 6(b)(4) of the Tsunami Warning and Edu-
cation Act. 
(B) A description of the ways that tsunami 
warnings and warning products issued by the 
Tsunami Forecasting and Warning Program es-
tablished under section 4 of the Tsunami Warn-
ing and Education Act (33 U.S.C. 3203) can be 
standardized and streamlined with warnings 
and warning products for hurricanes, coastal 
storms, and other coastal flooding events. 
(b) REPORT ON NATIONAL EFFORTS THAT SUPPORT 
RAPID
RESPONSE
FOLLOWING
NEAR-SHORE
TSUNAMI 
EVENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
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trator and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
jointly, in coordination with the Director of the 
United States Geological Survey, Administrator of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Chief of 
the National Guard Bureau, and the heads of such 
other Federal agencies as the Administrator considers 
appropriate, submit to the appropriate committees of 
Congress a report on the national efforts in effect on 
the day before the date of the enactment of this Act 
that support and facilitate rapid emergency response 
following a domestic near-shore tsunami event to bet-
ter understand domestic effects of earthquake derived 
tsunami on people, infrastructure, and communities 
in the United States. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) A description of scientific or other 
measurements collected on the day before the date 
of the enactment of this Act to quickly identify 
and quantify lost or degraded infrastructure or 
terrestrial formations. 
(B) A description of scientific or other 
measurements that would be necessary to collect 
to quickly identify and quantify lost or degraded 
infrastructure or terrestrial formations.
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(C) Identification and evaluation of Fed-
eral, State, local, tribal, territorial, and military 
first responder and search and rescue operation 
centers, bases, and other facilities as well as 
other critical response assets and infrastructure, 
including search and rescue aircraft, located 
within near-shore and distant tsunami inunda-
tion areas on the day before the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(D) An evaluation of near-shore tsunami re-
sponse plans in areas described in subparagraph 
(C) in effect on the day before the date of the en-
actment of this Act, and how those response 
plans would be affected by the loss of search and 
rescue and first responder infrastructure de-
scribed in such subparagraph. 
(E) A description of redevelopment plans 
and reports in effect on the day before the date 
of the enactment of this Act for communities in 
areas that are at high-risk for near-shore tsu-
nami, as well identification of States or commu-
nities that do not have redevelopment plans. 
(F) Recommendations to enhance near-shore 
tsunami preparedness and response plans, in-
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cluding 
recommended 
responder 
exercises, 
predisaster planning, and mitigation needs. 
(G) Such other data and analysis informa-
tion as the Administrator and the Secretary of 
Homeland Security consider appropriate. 
(3) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.— 
In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 
of Congress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of 
the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology and the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 9 of the Act, as redesignated by section 8(a)(1) 
of this Act, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in paragraph (5)(B), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) $27,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 
through 2021, of which—
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‘‘(A) not less than 27 percent of the amount 
appropriated for each fiscal year shall be for ac-
tivities conducted at the State level under the 
tsunami hazard mitigation program under sec-
tion 5; and 
‘‘(B) not less than 8 percent of the amount 
appropriated shall be for the tsunami research 
program under section 6.’’. 
SEC. 11. OUTREACH RESPONSIBILITIES. 
The Administrator of the National Oceanic and At-
mospheric Administration, in coordination with State and 
local emergency managers, shall develop and carry out for-
mal outreach activities to improve tsunami education and 
awareness and foster the development of resilient commu-
nities. Outreach activities may include— 
(1) the development of outreach plans to ensure 
the close integration of tsunami warning centers sup-
ported or maintained under section 4(d) of the Tsu-
nami Warning and Education Act (33 U.S.C. 
3203(d)) with local Weather Forecast Offices of the 
National Weather Service and emergency managers; 
(2) working with appropriate local Weather 
Forecast Offices to ensure they have the technical 
knowledge and capability to disseminate tsunami 
warnings to the communities they serve; and
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(3) evaluating the effectiveness of warnings and 
of coordination with local Weather Forecast Offices 
after significant tsunami events. 
SEC. 12. MODIFICATION OF COASTAL OCEAN PROGRAM. 
Section 201(c) of the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration Authorization Act of 1992 (Public 
Law 102–567; 106 Stat. 4280) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—’’ before ‘‘Of 
the sums’’ and indenting appropriately; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) REGIONAL
COASTAL
RISK
MANAGEMENT 
COALITIONS.—The Administrator of the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration may form re-
gional coastal risk management coalitions comprised 
of representatives of Federal, State, local, and tribal 
governments, community groups, academic institu-
tions, and nongovernmental groups to advance the 
goals of this section for communities facing common 
coastal hazards and risks. Such coalitions may enter 
into an agreement with an organization described in 
section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to establish a nonprofit foundation in order to 
accept gifts and donations to support the goals of this 
subsection.’’.
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SEC. 13. REPEAL OF DUPLICATE PROVISIONS OF LAW. 
(a) REPEAL.—The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Con-
servation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006 
(Public Law 109–479) is amended by striking title VIII 
(relating to tsunami warning and education). 
(b) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to repeal, or affect in any way, Public Law 109– 
424. 
Attest: 
Secretary.