An act to amend the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 and the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to authorize the appropriation of funds to the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to carry out the earthquake hazards reduction programs and the fire prevention and control program, and for other purposes.
PL 97-80 (S.999), enacted 11/20/1981

PUBLIC LAW 97-80—NOV. 20, 1981 
95 STAT. 1081 
Public Law 97-80 
97th Congress 
An Act 
Nov. 20, 1981 
[S. 999] 
Earthquake 
Hazards 
Reduction Act of 
1977 and Federal 
Fire Prevention 
and Control Act 
of 1974, 
amendment. 
42 u s e 7706. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
To amend the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 and the Federal Fire 
Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to authorize the appropriation of funds to the 
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to carry out the earth-
quake hazards reduction programs and the fire prevention and control program, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
TITLE I—EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS REDUCTION PROGRAM 
SEC. 101. (a) Section 7(a) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act 
of 1977 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
paragraph: 
"(3) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Director for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, $2,000,000 to carry out the 
provisions of sections 5 and 6 of this Act.". 
0?) Section 1(h) of such Act is amended by striking out "and" after 
"1980;", and by inserting "; and $34,425,000 for the fiscal year ending 
September 30,1982" before the period at the end thereof. 
(c) Section 7(c) of such Act is amended by striking out "and" after 
"1980;", and by inserting "; and $27,150,000 for the fiscal year ending 
September 30,1982" before the period at the end thereof. 
(d) Section 7(d) of such Act is amended by inserting "; and $425,000 
for the fiscal year ending September 30,1982" before the period at the 
end thereof 
(e) Section 7 of such Act is further amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following new subsection: 
"(e) FUNDS FOR CERTAIN REQUIRED ADJUSTMENTS.—For the fiscal 
year ending September 30,1982, there are authorized to be appropri-
ated such further sums as may be necessary for adjustments required 
by law in salaries, pay, retirement, and employee benefits incurred in 
the conduct of activities for which funds are authorized by the 
preceding provisions of this section.". 
TITLE II—FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL 
SEC. 201. Section 17 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act 
of 1974 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: 15 USC 2216. 
"(d) Except as otherwise specifically provided with respect to the 
payment of claims under section 11 of this Act, to carry out the 1^ USC 2210. 
purposes of this Act, there are authorized to be appropriated— 
"(1) $20,815,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, 
and $23,312,800 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, 
which amount shall include— 
"(A) such sums as may be necessary for the support of 
research and development at the Fire Research Center of the 
National Bureau of Standards under section 18 of this Act, 15 use 278f. 
95 STAT. 1082 
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94 Stat. 2049. 
15 use 278f. 
Quit-claim deed. 
which sums shall be in addition to those funds authorized to 
be appropriated under the National Bureau of Standards 
Authorization Act for fiscal years 1981 and 1982; and 
"(B) $654,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30,1982, 
and $732,480 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, 
for executive direction by the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency of program activities for which appropriations 
are authorized by this subsection; and 
"(2) such further sums as may be necessary in each of the fiscal 
years ending September 30, 1982, and September 30, 1983, for 
adjustments required by law in salaries, pay, retirement, and 
employee benefits incurred in the conduct of activities for which 
funds are authorized by paragraph (1) of this subsection. 
The funds authorized under section 18 shall be in addition to funds 
authorized in any other law for research and development at the Fire 
Research Center of the National Bureau of Standards.". 
SEC. 202. (aXD The Administrator of the United States Fire Admin-
istration is authorized and directed to convey by quit-claim deed, 
without consideration, to Gallaudet College, a body corporate created 
by Act of Congress approved February 16,1857, as amended, all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to the following 
described tract of land, together with all buildings and other improve-
ments thereon, situated in the District of Columbia: Lots numbered 
75 to 79 inclusive in square numbered 2745-F in the subdivision made 
by the Rock Creek Park Estates, Incorporated, as per plat recorded in 
the Office of the Surveyor for the District of Columbia in liber 115 at 
folio 193. Lots numbered 66 and 67 in said square numbered 2745-F in 
the subdivision made by Alpheus H. Ryan, as per plat recorded in said 
Surveyor's Office in liber 104 at folio 3. Also parts of a tract of land 
called "Clouin Course". All of above described property being 
described in one parcel as follows: Beginning for the same at a point of 
intersection of the southerly line of Kalmia Road, with the west line 
of lot 80 in square 2745-F in the combination of lots made by Marjorie 
Webster Junior College, Incorporated, as per plat recorded in said 
Surveyor's Office in liber 146 at folio 188, and running thence along 
said west line of said lot 80, south 0 degree 05 minutes west 235.11 feet 
to the southerly or rear line thereof, and thence along the southerly 
line of said lot 80, south 69 degrees 18 minutes 10 seconds east 437.19 
feet more or less to the west line of a 16 foot wide public alley; thence 
running south 0 degree 05 minutes west along said west line of said 
alley 20.16 feet; thence south 59 degrees 53 minutes 13 seconds west 
610.64 feet to the northe£isterly line of 17th Street, thence along said 
line of said street, deflecting to the right with the arc of a circle whose 
radius is 869.11 feet, 90.07 feet to a point of tangent, and running 
thence north 30 degrees 11 minutes 40 seconds west and still along 
the said northeasterly line of 17th Street, 538.81 feet to a point of 
curve; thence deflecting to the right with the arc of a circle whose 
radius is 41.51 feet northeasterly 66.35 feet to a point of tangency in 
the south line of Kalmia Road (60 feet wide) thence with the south 
line of said Kalmia Road, north 61 degrees 24 minutes east 187.84 
feet; thence south 28 degrees 36 minutes east 15 feet to the most 
southerly line of Kalmia Road (90 feet wide); thence with the most 
southerly line of said road, and deflecting to the right with the arc of 
a circle whose radius is 385 feet, easterly 260 feet to the point of 
beginning. 
(2) At the date hereof, the above described part of Clouin Course 
formerly taxed as parcel 77/63 is designated on the records of the 
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95 STAT. 1083 
Assessor for the District of Columbia for assessment and taxation 
purposes as lot 815 in square 2745-F. 
(3) Lot numbered 80 in square numbered 2745-F in the combination 
of lots made by Marjorie Webster Junior College, Incorporated, is as 
per plat recorded in said Surveyor's Office in liber 146 at folio 188. 
(b) Section 25 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 
1974 is repealed. 
TITLE III—MULTIHAZARD RESEARCH, PLANNING, AND 
MITIGATION 
SEC. 301. (a) Pursuant to the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 
1977, the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, and title 
III of Public Law 96-472 (which recognized that "natural and man-
made hazards may not be independent of one another in any given 
disaster"), and further recognizing that emergency personnel are 
often called upon to meet emergencies outside of their primary field 
of service, section 301 of Public Law 96-472 is amended— 
(1) by inserting before the period at the end of the first sentence 
the following: ", and it is also recognized that emergency person-
nel are often called upon to meet emergencies outside of their 
primary field of service"; and 
(2) by striking out "and" after the semicolon at the end of 
paragraph (5), by striking out the period at the end of paragraph 
(6) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon, and by adding after 
paragraph (6) the following new paragraphs: 
"(7) conduct emergency first response programs so as to better 
train and prepare emergency personnel to meet emergencies 
outside of their primary field of service; and 
"(8) conduct a program of planning, preparedness, and mitiga-
tion related to the multiple direct and indirect hazards resulting 
from the occurrence of large earthquakes.". 
(b) Section 302 of Public Law 96-472 is amended— 
(1) by inserting "(a)" after "SEC. 302."; and 
(2) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(h) For the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, there are 
authorized to be appropriated to the Director— 
"(1) $4,939,000 to carry out section 301, which amount shall 
include— 
"(A) not less than $700,000 to carry out the purposes of 
paragraphs (1) through (6) of such section; 
"(B) such sums as may be necessary, but in any case not 
less than $939,000, for use by the United States Fire Admin-
istration in carrying out paragraph (7) of such section; and 
"(C) not less than $3,300,000 to carry out paragraph (8) of 
such section with respect to those large California earth-
quakes which were identified by the National Security 
Council's Ad Hoc Committee on Assessment of Consequences 
and Preparations for a Major California Earthquake; and 
"(2) such further sums as may be necessary for adjustments 
required by law in salaries, pay, retirement, and employee 
benefits incurred in the conduct of activities for which funds are 
authorized by paragraph (1) of this subsection.". 
TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. Funds authorized to be appropriated by title I, title II, or 
title III may be transferred among the program categories listed in 
Repeal. 
15 u s e 2221. 
42 u s e 7701 
note. 
15 u s e 2201 
note. 
94 Stat. 2260. 
50 u s e app. 2251 
note. 
50 u s e app. 2251 
note. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
Transfer of 
funds. 
95 STAT. 1084 
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that title, except that neither the total funds transferred from any 
such program category nor the total funds transferred to any such 
pn^ram cat^ory may exceed 10 per centum of the amount author-
izedfor that pn^am category unless— 
Import to 
(1) thirty calendar days have passed after the Director or his 
congressional 
designee has transmitted to the Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives, to the President of the Senate, to the chairman of the 
Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Repre-
sentatives, and to the chairman of the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a written report 
containing a full and complete explanation of the transfer 
involved and the reason for it, or 
(2) before the expiration of such thirty days both chairmen 
have written to the Director stating that they have no objection 
to the proposed transfer. 
For purposes of this section, the program activity or activities for 
which funds are authorized by each of the following provisions of law 
as amended by this Act snail each be deemed to constitute a 
"prcwram cat^ory": Subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) of section 7 of 
Ante, p. 1081. 
the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977; paragraphs (1)(A), 
dXB), and (2) of section 17(d) of the Federal Fire Prevention and 
Ante, p. 1081. 
Coutrol Act of 1974; and paragraphs (1)(A), (1)(B), (1)(C), and (2) of 
Ante, p. 1083. 
section 302(b) of Public Law 96-472; and section 302(c) of such Public 
Law. 
Approved November 20, 1981. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY-S. 999 (H.R. 3356): 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 97-59, Pt. I (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs) and Pt. II 
(Comm. on Science and Technology) both accompanying H.R. 3356. 
SENATE REPORT No. 97-39 (Comm. on Commerce, Science, and Transportation). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 127 (1981): 
Apr. 29, considered and passed Senate. 
Oct. 13, 14, H.R. 3356 considered and passed House; proceedings vacated and 
S. 999, amended, passed in lieu. 
Oct. 16, Senate concurred in House amendments with an amendment. 
Nov. 5, House concurred in Senate amendment with amendments; Senate 
concurred in House amendments.