National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-1768
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2017-09-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Caribbean area
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency planning and evacuation
Environmental technology
Geography and mapping
Government studies and investigations
Natural disasters
Oregon
Puerto Rico
Tennessee
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-06
text: 

National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 to expand activities under the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program to include: (1) gathering information on community resilience (i.e., the ability of a community to prepare for, recover from, and adapt to earthquakes); (2) publishing a systematic set of maps of active faults and folds, liquefaction susceptibility, susceptibility for earthquake-induced landslides, and other seismically induced hazards; and (3) continuing the development of the Advanced National Seismic System, including earthquake early warning capabilities.
 
With respect to earthquake hazard reduction activities, the bill revises or expands the duties of: (1) the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction, (2) the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), (3) the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), (4) the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and (5) the National Science Foundation. 
 
The Government Accountability Office shall complete a review of risks posed by earthquakes to the United States.
 
NIST and FEMA must jointly convene a committee of experts to assess and recommend options for improving seismic safety standards for federal buildings. The USGS must submit to Congress a five-year management plan for the continued operation of the Advanced National Seismic System.

action_date: 2018-12-11
text: 

National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 to reauthorize through FY2023, and expand activities under, the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program to include: (1) gathering information on community resilience (i.e., the ability of a community to prepare for, recover from, and adapt to earthquakes); (2) publishing a systematic set of maps of active faults and folds, liquefaction susceptibility, susceptibility for earthquake-induced landslides, and other seismically induced hazards; and (3) continuing the development of the Advanced National Seismic System, including earthquake early warning capabilities.
 
(Sec. 2) The bill modifies the Act's findings to include Puerto Rico as vulnerable to the hazards of earthquakes, and adds Oregon and Tennessee to the list of states cited as having major or moderate seismic risk.
 
(Sec. 3) With respect to earthquake hazard reduction activities, the bill revises or expands the duties of: (1) the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction, (2) the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), (3) the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), (4) the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and (5) the National Science Foundation. 
 
(Sec. 4) The Government Accountability Office shall complete a review of federal earthquake hazard risk reduction efforts.
 
(Sec. 5) NIST and FEMA must jointly convene a committee of experts to assess and recommend options for improving seismic safety standards.
 
(Sec. 6) The USGS must submit to Congress a five-year management plan for the continued operation of the Advanced National Seismic System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Became Public Law No: 115-307.
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Became Public Law No: 115-307.
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9581-9584)
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H9581-9584)
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 1768.
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9581-9586)
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Mr. Rohrabacher moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2018-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and 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: 2018-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and 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: 2018-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and 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: 2018-09-28
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2018-09-28
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent. (CR S6364)
action_date: 2018-09-27
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6364)
action_date: 2018-09-06
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 568.
action_date: 2018-09-06
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-336.
action_date: 2018-09-06
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-336.
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2017-09-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2017-09-06
text: Introduced in Senate

Enacted as: number: 115-307