Hurricane, Tornado, and Related Hazards Research Act

Bill: 108-hr-2020
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3]
Introduced: 2003-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Architecture
Arts, Culture, Religion
Building construction
Building materials
Climate
Commerce
Computer simulation
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction industries
Construction workers
Cost effectiveness
Disaster relief
Disasters
Earthquakes
Emergency communication systems
Employee training
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Housing and Community Development
Hurricanes
Industrialized building
Insurance agents
Insurance companies
Labor and Employment
Maps
Meteorological research
Prefabricated buildings
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Research and development
Science, Technology, Communications
Storms
Technology transfer
Tornadoes
Weather forecasting

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Hurricane, Tornado, and Related Hazards Research Act - Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish an Interagency Group to be responsible for the development and implementation of a coordinated Federal windstorm and related hazards reduction research, development, and technology transfer program (the Windstorm and Related Hazard Impact Reduction Program) based on identified public needs to achieve major measurable reductions in losses within ten years.
Requires that such program feature: (1) pertinent basic and applied research that takes into account locality-specific weather, susceptibility to natural hazards, design and construction practices, and performance of the built environment during windstorms and related hazards; (2) systematic collection of data for buildings and other structures for use in developing and deploying mitigation measures; (3) an ongoing program of information dissemination on cost-effective and affordable hazard reduction research results and hazard-resistant building construction techniques to industry, State and local governments, and the general public; and (4) improved technology for loss estimation, risk assessment, hazard identification, prediction, warnings, advanced planning, and disaster response.
Requires the Interagency Group to develop and submit to Congress a ten-year implementation plan.
Requires the Director to prepare, with other program agencies, an annual program budget.
Establishes a National Advisory Committee to review progress made under the Program, advise on any improvements, and report to Congress on actions that have been taken to advance the Nation's capability to reduce windstorm and related hazard impacts.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2003-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research.
action_date: 2003-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards.
action_date: 2003-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-07
text: Introduced in House