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33 U.S.C. § 3203 (2015) - Tsunami forecasting and warning program :: Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters (Sections 1 - 4009) - US Code :: Justia
Justia US Law US Codes and Statutes US Code 2015 US Code Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters (Sections 1 - 4009) Chapter 45 - Tsunami Warning and Education (Sections 3201 - 3207) Sec. 3203 - Tsunami forecasting and warning program
Sec. 3203 - Tsunami forecasting and warning program
Contains section 3203
Source Credit Pub. L. 109-424, §4, Dec. 20, 2006, 120 Stat. 2903; Pub. L. 109-479, title VIII, §804, Jan. 12, 2007, 120 Stat. 3654.
Statutes at Large Reference 120 Stat. 2903, 3654
33 U.S.C. § 3203 (2015)
The Administrator, through the National Weather Service and in consultation with other relevant Administration offices, shall operate a program to provide tsunami detection, forecasting, and warnings for the Pacific and Arctic Ocean regions and for the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico region.
(3) maintain detection equipment in operational condition to fulfill the detection, forecasting, and warning requirements of this chapter;
(c) System areas
The program under this section shall operate—
The Administrator, through the National Weather Service, shall maintain or establish—
The responsibilities of each tsunami warning center shall include—
(E) coordinating with the tsunami hazard mitigation program described in section 3204 of this title to ensure ongoing sharing of information between forecasters and emergency management officials; and
(F) making data gathered under this chapter and post-warning analyses conducted by the National Weather Service or other relevant Administration offices available to researchers.
In carrying out this section, the National Weather Service, in consultation with other relevant Administration offices, shall—
(B) develop and execute a plan for the transfer of technology from ongoing research described in section 3205 of this title into the program under this section; and
(C) ensure that maintaining operational tsunami detection equipment is the highest priority within the program carried out under this chapter.
(A) Not later than 1 year after January 12, 2007, the National Weather Service, in consultation with other relevant Administration offices, shall transmit to Congress a report on how the tsunami forecast system under this section will be integrated with other United States and global ocean and coastal observation systems, the global earth observing system of systems, global seismic networks, and the Advanced National Seismic System.
(B) Not later than 3 years after January 12, 2007, the National Weather Service, in consultation with other relevant Administration offices, shall transmit a report to Congress on how technology developed under section 3205 of this title is being transferred into the program under this section.
When deploying and maintaining tsunami detection technologies, the Administrator shall seek the assistance and assets of other appropriate Federal agencies.
(g) Annual equipment certification
At the same time Congress receives the budget justification documents in support of the President's annual budget request for each fiscal year, the Administrator shall transmit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives a certification that—
(1) identifies the tsunami detection equipment deployed pursuant to this chapter, as of December 31 of the preceding calendar year;
(4) identifies any equipment that is being developed or constructed to carry out this chapter but which has not yet been deployed, if the Administration has entered into a contract for that equipment prior to December 31 of the preceding calendar year, and provides a schedule for the deployment of that equipment; and
(h) Congressional notifications
Not later than January 31, 2010, the Comptroller General of the United States shall transmit a report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives that—
(1) evaluates the current status of the tsunami detection, forecasting, and warning system and the tsunami hazard mitigation program established under this chapter, including progress toward tsunami inundation mapping of all coastal areas vulnerable to tsunami and whether there has been any degradation of services as a result of the expansion of the program;
(j) External review
The Administrator shall enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to review the tsunami detection, forecast, and warning program established under this chapter to assess further modernization and coverage needs, as well as long-term operational reliability issues, taking into account measures implemented under this chapter. The review shall also include an assessment of how well the forecast equipment has been integrated into other United States and global ocean and coastal observation systems and the global earth observing system of systems. Not later than 2 years after January 12, 2007, the Administrator shall transmit a report containing the National Academy of Sciences' recommendations, the Administrator's responses to the recommendations, including those where the Administrator disagrees with the Academy, a timetable to implement the accepted recommendations, and the cost of implementing all the Academy's recommendations, to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives.
Not later than 3 months after January 12, 2007, the Administrator shall establish a process for monitoring and certifying contractor performance in carrying out the requirements of any contract to construct or deploy tsunami detection equipment, including procedures and penalties to be imposed in cases of significant contractor failure or negligence.
(Pub. L. 109–424, §4, Dec. 20, 2006, 120 Stat. 2903; Pub. L. 109–479, title VIII, §804, Jan. 12, 2007, 120 Stat. 3654.)
Pub. L. 109–424 and title VIII of Pub. L. 109–479 enacted substantially identical sections. This section is based on the text of section 804 of Pub. L. 109–479.