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To reauthorize and amend the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-6650| House 
| Updated: 8/16/2018
Dana Rohrabacher

Dana Rohrabacher

Republican Representative

California

Cosponsors (3)
Lamar Smith (Republican)Pramila Jayapal (Democratic)Stephen Knight (Republican)

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee, Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee, Science, Space, and Technology Committee, Natural Resources Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2018 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 federal earthquake hazard risk reduction efforts. 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.
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Aug 3, 2018
Introduced in House
Aug 3, 2018
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.
Aug 4, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Aug 16, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
  • August 3, 2018
    Introduced in House


  • August 3, 2018
    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.


  • August 4, 2018
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.


  • August 16, 2018
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

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  • S 115-1768: National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2018
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To reauthorize and amend the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-6650| House 
| Updated: 8/16/2018
National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2018 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 federal earthquake hazard risk reduction efforts. 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.
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Timeline
Aug 3, 2018
Introduced in House
Aug 3, 2018
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.
Aug 4, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Aug 16, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
  • August 3, 2018
    Introduced in House


  • August 3, 2018
    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.


  • August 4, 2018
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.


  • August 16, 2018
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Dana Rohrabacher

Dana Rohrabacher

Republican Representative

California

Cosponsors (3)
Lamar Smith (Republican)Pramila Jayapal (Democratic)Stephen Knight (Republican)

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee, Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee, Science, Space, and Technology Committee, Natural Resources Committee

Emergency Management

Related Bills

  • S 115-1768: National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2018
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Advisory bodiesCaribbean areaCommunity life and organizationCongressional oversightDisaster relief and insuranceEmergency planning and evacuationEnvironmental technologyGeography and mappingGovernment studies and investigationsNatural disastersOregonPuerto RicoTennesseeU.S. territories and protectorates