National Landslide Preparedness Act

Bill: 115-hr-1675
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2017-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Department of the Interior
Disaster relief and insurance
Earth sciences
Emergency planning and evacuation
Executive agency funding and structure
Fires
Floods and storm protection
Forests, forestry, trees
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-22
text: 

National Landslide Preparedness Act

 
This bill: (1) directs the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to establish a National Landslide Hazards Reduction Program to identify and understand landslide hazards and risks, reduce losses from landslides, protect communities at risk of landslide hazards, and help improve communication and emergency preparedness; and (2) establishes the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Landslide Hazards to oversee the program. 
 
The USGS shall:
 
 
 develop and publish a national strategy for landslide hazards and risk reduction in the United States;
 
 develop and maintain a publicly accessible national landslide hazard and risk inventory database;
 
disseminate landslide planning and risk reduction materials; 
 
 expand the early warning system for flash floods and debris flow;
 
 establish emergency response procedures for the rapid deployment of federal scientists, equipment, and services to areas impacted by a significant landslide event;
 
support emergency response efforts and improve the safety of emergency responders
 
establish the Advisory Committee on Landslides; and
 
support the identification, mapping, research, and monitoring of subsidence and groundwater resource accounting.
 
 
The USGS may provide competitive grants to state, local, and tribal governments to research, map, assess, and collect data on landslide hazards. 
 
The National Science Foundation shall ensure that landslide research grants are provided on a competitive basis to advance the goals and priorities of the national strategy. 
 
The USGS shall establish the 3D Elevation Program and the 3D Elevation Federal Interagency Coordinating Committee. The program shall:
 
 
provide 3D elevation data coverage for the United States; 
 
 coordinate and facilitate the collection, dissemination, and use of 3D elevation data among federal agencies and non-federal entities; 
 
 produce standard, publicly accessible 3D elevation data products for the United States; and 
 
 promote the collection, dissemination, and use of 3D elevation data among federal, state, local, and tribal governments, communities, institutions of higher education, and the private sector. 
 
 
The USGS may make grants and enter into cooperative agreements to facilitate the improvement of nationwide coverage of 3D elevation data.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-28
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 859.
action_date: 2018-12-28
text: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology discharged.
action_date: 2018-12-28
text: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology discharged.
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 28, 2018.
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1035, Part I.
action_date: 2018-11-16
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-1035, Part I.
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
action_date: 2017-11-30
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2017-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2017-03-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2017-03-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2017-03-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2017-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-22
text: Introduced in House