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-
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 ef-
forts in effect on the day before the date of the en-
actment of this Act that support and facilitate rapid 
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emergency response following a domestic near-shore 
tsunami event to better understand domestic effects 
of earthquake derived tsunami on people, infrastruc-
ture, 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 infra-
structure or terrestrial formations. 
(B) A description of scientific or other 
measurements that would be necessary to col-
lect to quickly identify and quantify lost or de-
graded infrastructure or terrestrial formations. 
(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 infrastruc-
ture, including search and rescue aircraft, lo-
cated within near-shore and distant tsunami in-
undation areas on the day before the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
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(D) An evaluation of near-shore tsunami 
response plans in areas described in subpara-
graph (C) in effect on the day before the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and how those re-
sponse plans would be affected by the loss of 
search and rescue and first responder infra-
structure described 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, 
including 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
CON-
GRESS.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate 
committees of Congress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation and the Committee on 
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Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology and the Committee on Homeland 
Security 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) $31,700,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 
through 2021, of which— 
‘‘(A) not less than 27 percent of the 
amount appropriated for each fiscal year shall 
be for activities conducted at the State level 
under the tsunami hazard mitigation program 
under section 5; and 
‘‘(B) not less than 8 percent of the amount 
appropriated shall be for the tsunami research 
program under section 6.’’. 
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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 
supported or maintained under section 4(d) of the 
Tsunami 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 
(3) evaluating the effectiveness of warnings and 
of coordination with local Weather Forecast Offices 
after significant tsunami events. 
SEC. 12. 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). 
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(b) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to repeal, or affect in any way, Public Law 109– 
424. 
Æ 
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