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2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2250 |
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5 | 5 | | To reauthorize the National Landslide Preparedness Act, and for other |
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6 | 6 | | purposes. |
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7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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8 | 8 | | MARCH21, 2025 |
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9 | 9 | | Ms. D |
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10 | 10 | | ELBENE(for herself, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Ms. SCHRIER, Ms. PEREZ, Ms. |
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11 | 11 | | R |
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12 | 12 | | ANDALL, Mr. SMITHof Washington, Mr. LARSENof Washington, and |
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13 | 13 | | Ms. S |
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14 | 14 | | TRICKLAND) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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15 | 15 | | Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the |
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16 | 16 | | Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently deter- |
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17 | 17 | | mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions |
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18 | 18 | | as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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19 | 19 | | A BILL |
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20 | 20 | | To reauthorize the National Landslide Preparedness Act, |
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21 | 21 | | and for other purposes. |
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22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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23 | 23 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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25 | 25 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Landslide 4 |
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26 | 26 | | Preparedness Act Reauthorization Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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30 | 30 | | SEC. 2. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS UNDER FLOOD LEVEL OB-1 |
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31 | 31 | | SERVATION, OPERATIONS, AND DECISION 2 |
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32 | 32 | | SUPPORT ACT. 3 |
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33 | 33 | | (a) D |
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34 | 34 | | EFINITIONS.—Section 12(a) of the Flood Level 4 |
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35 | 35 | | Observation, Operations, and Decision Support Act (15 5 |
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36 | 36 | | U.S.C. 9707(a)) is amended— 6 |
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37 | 37 | | (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 7 |
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38 | 38 | | paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and 8 |
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39 | 39 | | (2) by inserting before paragraph (4) (as so re-9 |
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40 | 40 | | designated) the following: 10 |
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41 | 41 | | ‘‘(1) A |
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42 | 42 | | TMOSPHERIC RIVER.—The term ‘atmos-11 |
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43 | 43 | | pheric river’ means a transient corridor of strong 12 |
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44 | 44 | | water vapor in the atmosphere that— 13 |
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45 | 45 | | ‘‘(A) produces significant quantities of rain 14 |
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46 | 46 | | or snow; and 15 |
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47 | 47 | | ‘‘(B) may be primarily beneficial to the 16 |
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48 | 48 | | water supply or hazardous due to flooding. 17 |
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49 | 49 | | ‘‘(2) A |
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50 | 50 | | TMOSPHERIC RIVER FLOODING EVENT .— 18 |
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51 | 51 | | The term ‘atmospheric river flooding event’ means 19 |
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52 | 52 | | an atmospheric river that— 20 |
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53 | 53 | | ‘‘(A) results in flooding of rivers and 21 |
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54 | 54 | | streams or other hazards to human life, prop-22 |
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55 | 55 | | erty, or the economy; and 23 |
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56 | 56 | | ‘‘(B) is of particular concern to human 24 |
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57 | 57 | | health, property, and the economy, as deter-25 |
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58 | 58 | | mined by the Secretary of Commerce. 26 |
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62 | 62 | | ‘‘(3) EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENT .—The 1 |
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63 | 63 | | term ‘extreme precipitation event’ means precipita-2 |
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64 | 64 | | tion quantities exceeding the 5-year annual recur-3 |
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65 | 65 | | rence interval for a specific location.’’. 4 |
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66 | 66 | | (b) R |
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67 | 67 | | EQUIREMENTS.—Section 12(d)(1) of the Flood 5 |
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68 | 68 | | Level Observation, Operations, and Decision Support Act 6 |
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69 | 69 | | (15 U.S.C. 9707(d)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, such 7 |
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70 | 70 | | as precipitation resulting from hurricanes, atmospheric 8 |
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71 | 71 | | river flooding events, and extreme precipitation events’’ 9 |
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72 | 72 | | before the period at the end. 10 |
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73 | 73 | | SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF NATIONAL LANDSLIDE PRE-11 |
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74 | 74 | | PAREDNESS ACT. 12 |
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75 | 75 | | (a) D |
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76 | 76 | | EFINITIONS.—Section 2 of the National Land-13 |
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77 | 77 | | slide Preparedness Act (43 U.S.C. 3101) is amended— 14 |
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78 | 78 | | (1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 15 |
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79 | 79 | | (12) as paragraphs (7), (8), (10), (11), (13), (14), 16 |
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80 | 80 | | (15), and (16), respectively; 17 |
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81 | 81 | | (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-18 |
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82 | 82 | | lowing: 19 |
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83 | 83 | | ‘‘(4) A |
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84 | 84 | | TMOSPHERIC RIVER.—The term ‘atmos-20 |
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85 | 85 | | pheric river’ has the meaning given the term in sec-21 |
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86 | 86 | | tion 12(a) of the Flood Level Observation, Oper-22 |
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87 | 87 | | ations, and Decision Support Act (15 U.S.C. 23 |
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88 | 88 | | 9707(a)). 24 |
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92 | 92 | | ‘‘(5) ATMOSPHERIC RIVER FLOODING EVENT .— 1 |
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93 | 93 | | The term ‘atmospheric river flooding event’ has the 2 |
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94 | 94 | | meaning given the term in section 12(a) of the 3 |
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95 | 95 | | Flood Level Observation, Operations, and Decision 4 |
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96 | 96 | | Support Act (15 U.S.C. 9707(a)). 5 |
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97 | 97 | | ‘‘(6) E |
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98 | 98 | | XTREME PRECIPITATION EVENT .—The 6 |
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99 | 99 | | term ‘extreme precipitation event’ has the meaning 7 |
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100 | 100 | | given the term in section 12(a) of the Flood Level 8 |
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101 | 101 | | Observation, Operations, and Decision Support Act 9 |
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102 | 102 | | (15 U.S.C. 9707(a)).’’; 10 |
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103 | 103 | | (3) by inserting after paragraph (8), as so re-11 |
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104 | 104 | | designated, the following: 12 |
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105 | 105 | | ‘‘(9) I |
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106 | 106 | | NSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION .— 13 |
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107 | 107 | | The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 14 |
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108 | 108 | | meaning given the term in section 101(a) of the 15 |
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109 | 109 | | Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 16 |
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110 | 110 | | 1001(a)).’’; 17 |
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111 | 111 | | (4) by inserting after paragraph (11), as so re-18 |
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112 | 112 | | designated, the following: 19 |
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113 | 113 | | ‘‘(12) N |
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114 | 114 | | ATIVE HAWAIIAN ORGANIZATION .—The 20 |
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115 | 115 | | term ‘Native Hawaiian organization’ has the mean-21 |
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116 | 116 | | ing given the term in section 6207 of the Elemen-22 |
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117 | 117 | | tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 23 |
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118 | 118 | | U.S.C. 7517), except that the term includes the De-24 |
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122 | 122 | | partment of Hawaiian Home Lands and the Office 1 |
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123 | 123 | | of Hawaiian Affairs.’’; and 2 |
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124 | 124 | | (5) by adding at the end the following: 3 |
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125 | 125 | | ‘‘(17) T |
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126 | 126 | | RIBAL ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘Trib-4 |
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127 | 127 | | al organization’ has the meaning given the term in 5 |
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128 | 128 | | section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-6 |
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129 | 129 | | cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).’’. 7 |
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130 | 130 | | (b) N |
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131 | 131 | | ATIONALLANDSLIDEHAZARDSREDUCTION 8 |
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133 | 133 | | ROGRAM.— 9 |
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134 | 134 | | (1) E |
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135 | 135 | | STABLISHMENT.—Section 3(a)(3) of the 10 |
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136 | 136 | | National Landslide Preparedness Act (43 U.S.C. 11 |
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137 | 137 | | 3102(a)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘protect’’ and 12 |
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138 | 138 | | inserting ‘‘contribute to protecting’’. 13 |
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139 | 139 | | (2) P |
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140 | 140 | | ROGRAM ACTIVITIES .—Section 14 |
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141 | 141 | | 3(b)(1)(C)(ii) of the National Landslide Prepared-15 |
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142 | 142 | | ness Act (43 U.S.C. 3102(b)(1)(C)(ii)) is amended 16 |
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143 | 143 | | by striking ‘‘implement’’ and inserting ‘‘dissemi-17 |
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144 | 144 | | nate’’. 18 |
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145 | 145 | | (3) N |
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146 | 146 | | ATIONAL STRATEGY.—Section 3(b)(2) of 19 |
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147 | 147 | | the National Landslide Preparedness Act (43 U.S.C. 20 |
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148 | 148 | | 3102(b)(2)) is amended— 21 |
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149 | 149 | | (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 22 |
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150 | 150 | | through (C) as clauses (i) through (iii), respec-23 |
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151 | 151 | | tively, and indenting appropriately; 24 |
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155 | 155 | | (B) in the matter preceding clause (i) (as 1 |
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156 | 156 | | so redesignated), by striking ‘‘Not later than’’ 2 |
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157 | 157 | | and inserting the following: 3 |
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158 | 158 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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159 | 159 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than’’; and 4 |
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160 | 160 | | (C) by adding at the end the following: 5 |
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161 | 161 | | ‘‘(B) A |
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162 | 162 | | SSESSMENT.—For purposes of the 6 |
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163 | 163 | | first national strategy published after the date 7 |
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164 | 164 | | of enactment of the National Landslide Pre-8 |
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165 | 165 | | paredness Act Reauthorization Act of 2025 9 |
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166 | 166 | | under subparagraph (A), the Secretary, in con-10 |
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167 | 167 | | sultation with the Secretary of Commerce, shall 11 |
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168 | 168 | | include an assessment of the risks that atmos-12 |
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169 | 169 | | pheric river flooding events and extreme pre-13 |
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170 | 170 | | cipitation events pose to the safety of life and 14 |
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171 | 171 | | property in the United States with respect to 15 |
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172 | 172 | | landslide hazards.’’. 16 |
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173 | 173 | | (4) N |
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174 | 174 | | ATIONAL LANDSLIDE HAZARDS DATA -17 |
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175 | 175 | | BASE.—Section 3(b)(3) of the National Landslide 18 |
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176 | 176 | | Preparedness Act (43 U.S.C. 3102(b)(3)) is amend-19 |
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177 | 177 | | ed— 20 |
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178 | 178 | | (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) 21 |
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179 | 179 | | and (D) as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respec-22 |
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180 | 180 | | tively; and 23 |
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181 | 181 | | (B) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 24 |
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182 | 182 | | the following: 25 |
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186 | 186 | | ‘‘(C) the identification of areas in need of 1 |
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187 | 187 | | additional hazard risk assessment, including 2 |
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188 | 188 | | areas that may be at risk due to— 3 |
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189 | 189 | | ‘‘(i) hydrology or changes in hydrology 4 |
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190 | 190 | | that may include erosion, drought, or other 5 |
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191 | 191 | | characteristics that could impact landslide 6 |
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192 | 192 | | risk; 7 |
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193 | 193 | | ‘‘(ii) atmospheric river flooding events 8 |
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194 | 194 | | and extreme precipitation events, as identi-9 |
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195 | 195 | | fied by the Secretary of Commerce and the 10 |
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196 | 196 | | Secretary; 11 |
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197 | 197 | | ‘‘(iii) geologic activity, such as vol-12 |
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198 | 198 | | canic eruptions, earthquakes, or tsunamis; 13 |
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199 | 199 | | or 14 |
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200 | 200 | | ‘‘(iv) data-poor areas or hazards with 15 |
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201 | 201 | | poor monitoring that could contribute to 16 |
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202 | 202 | | increased landslide risk;’’. 17 |
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203 | 203 | | (5) L |
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204 | 204 | | ANDSLIDE HAZARD AND RISK PREPARED -18 |
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205 | 205 | | NESS FOR COMMUNITIES .—Section 3(b)(4) of the 19 |
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206 | 206 | | National Landslide Preparedness Act (43 U.S.C. 20 |
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207 | 207 | | 3102(b)(4)) is amended— 21 |
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208 | 208 | | (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 22 |
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209 | 209 | | (A), by inserting ‘‘Native Hawaiian organiza-23 |
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210 | 210 | | tions and other stakeholders, as appropriate,’’ 24 |
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211 | 211 | | before ‘‘and Indian tribes’’; 25 |
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215 | 215 | | (B) in subparagraph (A)— 1 |
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216 | 216 | | (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 2 |
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217 | 217 | | by striking ‘‘local, and Tribal governments 3 |
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218 | 218 | | and decisionmakers’’ and inserting ‘‘and 4 |
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219 | 219 | | local governments, Indian tribes, Tribal or-5 |
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220 | 220 | | ganizations, Native Hawaiian organiza-6 |
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221 | 221 | | tions, and other decisionmakers’’; 7 |
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222 | 222 | | (ii) by striking clause (iii) and insert-8 |
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223 | 223 | | ing the following: 9 |
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224 | 224 | | ‘‘(iii) health and safety with respect to 10 |
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225 | 225 | | landslides;’’; 11 |
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226 | 226 | | (iii) by redesignating clause (iv) as 12 |
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227 | 227 | | clause (v); and 13 |
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228 | 228 | | (iv) by inserting after clause (iii) the 14 |
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229 | 229 | | following: 15 |
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230 | 230 | | ‘‘(iv) reducing losses from landslides, 16 |
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231 | 231 | | including the threats caused by atmos-17 |
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232 | 232 | | pheric rivers and other extreme precipita-18 |
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233 | 233 | | tion events; and’’; and 19 |
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234 | 234 | | (C) in subparagraph (B)— 20 |
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235 | 235 | | (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘local, 21 |
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236 | 236 | | and Tribal officials’’ and inserting ‘‘and 22 |
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237 | 237 | | local officials, Indian tribes, Tribal organi-23 |
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238 | 238 | | zations, and Native Hawaiian organiza-24 |
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239 | 239 | | tions’’; and 25 |
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243 | 243 | | (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘local, 1 |
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244 | 244 | | and Tribal emergency managers’’ and in-2 |
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245 | 245 | | serting ‘‘and local emergency managers 3 |
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246 | 246 | | and emergency managers of Indian tribes, 4 |
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247 | 247 | | Tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian 5 |
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248 | 248 | | organizations’’. 6 |
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249 | 249 | | (6) D |
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250 | 250 | | EBRIS FLOW EARLY WARNING SYSTEM .— 7 |
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251 | 251 | | Section 3(b)(5) of the National Landslide Prepared-8 |
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252 | 252 | | ness Act (43 U.S.C. 3102(b)(5)) is amended— 9 |
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253 | 253 | | (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 10 |
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254 | 254 | | ‘‘State, territorial, local, and Tribal govern-11 |
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255 | 255 | | ments’’ and inserting ‘‘State, territorial, and 12 |
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256 | 256 | | local governments, Indian tribes, Tribal organi-13 |
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257 | 257 | | zations, and Native Hawaiian organizations’’; 14 |
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258 | 258 | | (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 15 |
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259 | 259 | | through (C) as clauses (i) through (iii), respec-16 |
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260 | 260 | | tively, and indenting appropriately; 17 |
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261 | 261 | | (C) in the matter preceding clause (i) (as 18 |
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262 | 262 | | so redesignated), by striking ‘‘In carrying out’’ 19 |
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263 | 263 | | and inserting the following: 20 |
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264 | 264 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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265 | 265 | | N GENERAL.—In carrying out’’; and 21 |
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266 | 266 | | (D) by adding at the end the following: 22 |
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267 | 267 | | ‘‘(B) C |
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268 | 268 | | ONSULTATION.—In carrying out 23 |
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269 | 269 | | subparagraph (A), the Secretary may consult 24 |
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274 | 274 | | scribed in subsection (d)(2)(B)(iv) and other 1 |
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275 | 275 | | stakeholders to establish and support emer-2 |
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276 | 276 | | gency response procedures, as appropriate.’’. 3 |
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277 | 277 | | (7) E |
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278 | 278 | | MERGENCY RESPONSE ACTIVITIES .—Sec-4 |
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279 | 279 | | tion 3(b)(6) of the National Landslide Preparedness 5 |
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280 | 280 | | Act (43 U.S.C. 3102(b)(6)) is amended— 6 |
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281 | 281 | | (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 7 |
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282 | 282 | | through (C) as clauses (i) through (iii), respec-8 |
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283 | 283 | | tively, and indenting appropriately; 9 |
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284 | 284 | | (B) in the matter preceding clause (i) (as 10 |
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285 | 285 | | so redesignated), by striking ‘‘In carrying’’ and 11 |
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286 | 286 | | inserting the following: 12 |
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287 | 287 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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288 | 288 | | N GENERAL.—In carrying’’; 13 |
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289 | 289 | | (C) in subparagraph (A) (as so des-14 |
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290 | 290 | | ignated)— 15 |
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291 | 291 | | (i) in the matter preceding clause (i) 16 |
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292 | 292 | | (as so redesignated), by inserting ‘‘Native 17 |
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293 | 293 | | Hawaiian organizations,’’ before ‘‘and In-18 |
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294 | 294 | | dian tribes’’; 19 |
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295 | 295 | | (ii) in clause (ii) (as so redesignated), 20 |
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296 | 296 | | by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 21 |
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297 | 297 | | (iii) in clause (iii) (as so redesig-22 |
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298 | 298 | | nated), by striking the period at the end 23 |
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303 | 303 | | (iv) by adding at the end the fol-1 |
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304 | 304 | | lowing: 2 |
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305 | 305 | | ‘‘(iv) to improve real-time risk man-3 |
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306 | 306 | | agement during landslide events, including 4 |
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307 | 307 | | with respect to landslide events caused 5 |
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308 | 308 | | by— 6 |
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309 | 309 | | ‘‘(I) hydrology or changes in hy-7 |
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310 | 310 | | drology that may include erosion, 8 |
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311 | 311 | | drought, or other characteristics that 9 |
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312 | 312 | | could impact landslide risk; 10 |
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313 | 313 | | ‘‘(II) atmospheric river flooding 11 |
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314 | 314 | | events and extreme precipitation 12 |
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315 | 315 | | events, as identified by the Secretary 13 |
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316 | 316 | | of Commerce and the Secretary; 14 |
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317 | 317 | | ‘‘(III) geologic activity, such as 15 |
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318 | 318 | | volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, or 16 |
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319 | 319 | | tsunamis; 17 |
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320 | 320 | | ‘‘(IV) data-poor areas or hazards 18 |
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321 | 321 | | with poor monitoring that could con-19 |
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322 | 322 | | tribute to increased landslide risk; or 20 |
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323 | 323 | | ‘‘(V) thawing permafrost and gla-21 |
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324 | 324 | | cial retreat causing destabilization of 22 |
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325 | 325 | | slopes.’’; and 23 |
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326 | 326 | | (D) by adding at the end the following: 24 |
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330 | 330 | | ‘‘(B) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out 1 |
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331 | 331 | | subparagraph (A), the Secretary may consult 2 |
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332 | 332 | | with an institution of higher education de-3 |
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333 | 333 | | scribed in subsection (d)(2)(B)(iv) and the pri-4 |
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334 | 334 | | vate sector.’’. 5 |
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335 | 335 | | (8) I |
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336 | 336 | | NTERAGENCY COORDINATING COMMITTEE 6 |
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337 | 337 | | ON LANDSLIDE HAZARDS .—Section 3(c)(2) of the 7 |
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338 | 338 | | National Landslide Preparedness Act (43 U.S.C. 8 |
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339 | 339 | | 3102(c)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-9 |
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340 | 340 | | lowing: 10 |
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341 | 341 | | ‘‘(J) The Administrator of the National 11 |
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342 | 342 | | Aeronautics and Space Administration.’’. 12 |
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343 | 343 | | (9) A |
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344 | 344 | | DVISORY COMMITTEE.—Section 3(d)(2)(B) 13 |
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345 | 345 | | of the National Landslide Preparedness Act (43 14 |
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346 | 346 | | U.S.C. 3102(d)(2)(B)) is amended— 15 |
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347 | 347 | | (A) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘geological’’; 16 |
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348 | 348 | | and 17 |
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349 | 349 | | (B) in clause (vi), by striking ‘‘local, and 18 |
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350 | 350 | | Tribal emergency management agencies’’ and 19 |
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351 | 351 | | inserting ‘‘and local emergency management 20 |
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352 | 352 | | agencies and emergency management agencies 21 |
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353 | 353 | | of Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organiza-22 |
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354 | 354 | | tions’’. 23 |
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358 | 358 | | (10) REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS .—Section 3 of 1 |
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359 | 359 | | the National Landslide Preparedness Act (43 U.S.C. 2 |
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360 | 360 | | 3102) is amended— 3 |
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361 | 361 | | (A) by redesignating subsections (e) 4 |
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362 | 362 | | through (i) as subsections (f) through (j), re-5 |
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363 | 363 | | spectively; and 6 |
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364 | 364 | | (B) by inserting after subsection (d) the 7 |
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365 | 365 | | following: 8 |
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366 | 366 | | ‘‘(e) R |
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367 | 367 | | EGIONALPARTNERSHIPS.— 9 |
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368 | 368 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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369 | 369 | | N GENERAL.—As soon as practicable 10 |
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370 | 370 | | after the date of enactment of the National Land-11 |
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371 | 371 | | slide Preparedness Act Reauthorization Act of 2025, 12 |
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372 | 372 | | the Secretary shall establish in the State of Alaska 13 |
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373 | 373 | | and other regions, as the Secretary determines to be 14 |
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374 | 374 | | appropriate, a regional partnership with an eligible 15 |
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375 | 375 | | partner described in paragraph (2). 16 |
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376 | 376 | | ‘‘(2) E |
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377 | 377 | | LIGIBLE PARTNERS.—An organization or 17 |
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378 | 378 | | institution of higher education with expertise in 18 |
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379 | 379 | | landslide mapping, research, and monitoring shall be 19 |
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380 | 380 | | eligible for a regional partnership under paragraph 20 |
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381 | 381 | | (1). 21 |
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382 | 382 | | ‘‘(3) P |
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383 | 383 | | URPOSES AND DUTIES .—A regional part-22 |
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384 | 384 | | nership established under paragraph (1) shall— 23 |
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385 | 385 | | ‘‘(A) allow the Secretary to leverage appli-24 |
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386 | 386 | | cable expertise in regional organizations; 25 |
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390 | 390 | | ‘‘(B) coordinate long-term landslide re-1 |
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391 | 391 | | search specific to the applicable region; and 2 |
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392 | 392 | | ‘‘(C) align interagency landslide moni-3 |
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393 | 393 | | toring efforts.’’. 4 |
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394 | 394 | | (11) G |
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395 | 395 | | RANT PROGRAMS.—Section 3 of the Na-5 |
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396 | 396 | | tional Landslide Preparedness Act (43 U.S.C. 3102) 6 |
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397 | 397 | | is amended, in paragraph (1) of subsection (f) (as 7 |
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398 | 398 | | so redesignated)— 8 |
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399 | 399 | | (A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking 9 |
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400 | 400 | | ‘‘local, and Tribal governments to research, 10 |
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401 | 401 | | map, assess’’ and inserting ‘‘and local govern-11 |
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402 | 402 | | ments, Indian tribes, Tribal organizations, and 12 |
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403 | 403 | | Native Hawaiian organizations to research, 13 |
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404 | 404 | | map, assess, monitor’’; 14 |
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405 | 405 | | (B) in subparagraph (B)— 15 |
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406 | 406 | | (i) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘institu-16 |
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407 | 407 | | tions of higher education described in sub-17 |
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408 | 408 | | section (d)(2)(B)(iv),’’ before ‘‘and Indian 18 |
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409 | 409 | | tribes’’; and 19 |
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410 | 410 | | (ii) in clause (ii)— 20 |
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411 | 411 | | (I) by redesignating subclauses 21 |
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412 | 412 | | (II) through (IV) as subclauses (III) 22 |
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413 | 413 | | through (V), respectively; and 23 |
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414 | 414 | | (II) by inserting after subclause 24 |
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415 | 415 | | (I) the following: 25 |
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419 | 419 | | ‘‘(II) in regions that have re-1 |
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420 | 420 | | cently experienced loss of life due to 2 |
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421 | 421 | | landslides;’’; and 3 |
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422 | 422 | | (C) in subparagraph (C)— 4 |
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423 | 423 | | (i) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘award-5 |
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424 | 424 | | ed’’ after ‘‘grants’’; and 6 |
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425 | 425 | | (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘made’’ 7 |
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426 | 426 | | and inserting ‘‘or other accomplishments 8 |
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427 | 427 | | resulting’’. 9 |
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428 | 428 | | (12) S |
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429 | 429 | | IGNIFICANT EVENTS.—Section 3 of the 10 |
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430 | 430 | | National Landslide Preparedness Act (43 U.S.C. 11 |
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431 | 431 | | 3102) is amended, in subsection (h)(3) (as so redes-12 |
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432 | 432 | | ignated), by striking ‘‘local, and Tribal partners’’ 13 |
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433 | 433 | | and inserting ‘‘and local partners, Indian tribes, 14 |
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434 | 434 | | Tribal organizations, and Native Hawaiian organiza-15 |
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435 | 435 | | tions’’. 16 |
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436 | 436 | | (13) F |
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437 | 437 | | UNDING.—Section 3 of the National 17 |
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438 | 438 | | Landslide Preparedness Act (43 U.S.C. 3102) is 18 |
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439 | 439 | | amended, in subsection (i) (as so redesignated)— 19 |
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440 | 440 | | (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 20 |
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441 | 441 | | by striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2030’’; and 21 |
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442 | 442 | | (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘there is 22 |
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443 | 443 | | authorized to be appropriated to the United 23 |
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444 | 444 | | States Geological Survey, $25,000,000 to carry 24 |
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445 | 445 | | out this section’’ and inserting ‘‘from amounts 25 |
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449 | 449 | | appropriated or otherwise made available to the 1 |
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450 | 450 | | United States Geological Survey, $35,000,000 2 |
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451 | 451 | | shall be used to carry out this section, of which 3 |
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452 | 452 | | not less than $10,000,000 shall be used for the 4 |
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453 | 453 | | purchase, deployment, and repair of landslide 5 |
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454 | 454 | | early warning systems in high risk areas’’. 6 |
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455 | 455 | | (c) 3D E |
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456 | 456 | | LEVATIONPROGRAM.— 7 |
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457 | 457 | | (1) E |
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458 | 458 | | STABLISHMENT.—Section 5(a) of the Na-8 |
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459 | 459 | | tional Landslide Preparedness Act (43 U.S.C. 9 |
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460 | 460 | | 3104(a)) is amended— 10 |
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461 | 461 | | (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ‘‘and 11 |
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462 | 462 | | derivative’’ after ‘‘3D elevation’’; and 12 |
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463 | 463 | | (B) in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by inserting ‘‘, 13 |
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464 | 464 | | process, and integrate’’ after ‘‘acquire’’. 14 |
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465 | 465 | | (2) 3D |
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466 | 466 | | ELEVATION FEDERAL INTERAGENCY CO -15 |
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467 | 467 | | ORDINATING COMMITTEE .—Section 5(b)(3) of the 16 |
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468 | 468 | | National Landslide Preparedness Act (43 U.S.C. 17 |
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469 | 469 | | 3104(b)(3)) is amended— 18 |
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470 | 470 | | (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) 19 |
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471 | 471 | | and (E) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respec-20 |
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472 | 472 | | tively; and 21 |
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473 | 473 | | (B) by inserting after subparagraph (C) 22 |
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474 | 474 | | the following: 23 |
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475 | 475 | | ‘‘(D) the 3D Hydrography Program Work-24 |
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476 | 476 | | ing Group;’’. 25 |
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480 | 480 | | (3) GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREE -1 |
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481 | 481 | | MENTS.—Section 5(d)(3) of the National Landslide 2 |
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482 | 482 | | Preparedness Act (43 U.S.C. 3104(d)(3)) is amend-3 |
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483 | 483 | | ed by striking ‘‘publically’’ and inserting ‘‘publicly’’. 4 |
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484 | 484 | | (4) F |
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485 | 485 | | UNDING.—Section 5(e) of the National 5 |
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486 | 486 | | Landslide Preparedness Act (43 U.S.C. 3104(e)) is 6 |
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487 | 487 | | amended by striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2030’’. 7 |
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