National Landslide Preparedness Act

Bill: 116-hr-1261
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2019-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Advisory bodies
American Samoa
Caribbean area
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
Guam
Marshall Islands
Northern Mariana Islands
Palau
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: 

National Landslide Preparedness Act

 
This bill 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.
 
The USGS shall, among other things
 
 
 develop and publish a national strategy for landslide hazards, risk reduction, and response in the United States (including territories);
 
 develop and maintain a publicly accessible national landslide hazard and risk inventory database;
 
 expand the early warning system for debris flow; and
 
 establish emergency response procedures for the rapid deployment of federal scientists, equipment, and services to areas impacted by a significant landslide event.
 
 
The USGS may provide grants to research, map, assess, and collect data on landslide hazards. 
 
The National Science Foundation may provide grants to eligible entities for landslide research. 
 
The USGS (1) shall establish the 3D Elevation Program and the 3D Elevation Federal Interagency Coordinating Committee, and (2) may make grants and enter into cooperative agreements to facilitate the improvement of nationwide coverage of 3D elevation data.

action_date: 2019-06-03
text: 

National Landslide Preparedness Act

 
This bill 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.
 
The USGS shall, among other things
 
 
 develop and publish a national strategy for landslide hazards, risk reduction, and response in the United States (including territories);
 
 develop and maintain a publicly accessible national landslide hazard and risk inventory database;
 
 expand the early warning system for debris flow; and
 
 establish emergency response procedures for the rapid deployment of federal scientists, equipment, and services to areas impacted by a significant landslide event.
 
 
The USGS may provide grants to research, map, assess, and collect data on landslide hazards. 
 
The National Science Foundation may provide grants to eligible entities for landslide research. 
 
The USGS (1) shall advance the identification, mapping, research, monitoring, restoration, and mitigation of subsidence and groundwater resource accounting, losses from subsidence, including saltwater intrusion, particularly in areas affected by drought and sea level rise; (2) shall establish the 3D Elevation Program and the 3D Elevation Federal Interagency Coordinating Committee; and (3) may make grants and enter into cooperative agreements to facilitate the improvement of nationwide coverage of 3D elevation data.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2019-06-03
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2019-06-03
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4198-4200)
action_date: 2019-06-03
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4198-4200)
action_date: 2019-06-03
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1261.
action_date: 2019-06-03
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4198-4201)
action_date: 2019-06-03
text: Mr. Case moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2019-06-03
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 74.
action_date: 2019-06-03
text: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology discharged.
action_date: 2019-06-03
text: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology discharged.
action_date: 2019-06-03
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-99, Part I.
action_date: 2019-06-03
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-99, Part I.
action_date: 2019-05-01
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2019-05-01
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-05-01
text: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
action_date: 2019-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2019-02-14
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: 2019-02-14
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: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-02-14
text: Introduced in House