S. 1768 · 115th Congress
National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2018
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- Senate Introduced Sep 6, 2017
- Senate Passed Sep 27, 2018
- House Passed Nov 27, 2018
- President To the President Nov 29, 2018
- President Signed Dec 11, 2018
- Law Dec 11, 2018
National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2018
What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Dec 11, 2018
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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2018
Also known as: National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2017
Latest action (Dec 11, 2018): Became Public Law No: 115-307.
Policy area: Emergency Management · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Sep 6, 2017
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
- Senate Introduced Sep 6, 2017
- Senate Passed Sep 27, 2018
- House Passed Nov 27, 2018
- President To the President Nov 29, 2018
- President Signed Dec 11, 2018
- Law Dec 11, 2018
No recorded floor vote found.