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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 900 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the Director of the United States Geological Survey to establish |
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| 6 | 6 | | a program to map zones that are at greater risk of sinkhole formation, |
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| 7 | 7 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY31, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. S |
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| 11 | 11 | | OTO(for himself, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. FROST, Ms. CASTORof Florida, |
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| 12 | 12 | | and Ms. W |
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| 13 | 13 | | ILSONof Florida) introduced the following bill; which was re- |
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| 14 | 14 | | ferred to the Committee on Natural Resources |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To direct the Director of the United States Geological Survey |
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| 17 | 17 | | to establish a program to map zones that are at greater |
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| 18 | 18 | | risk of sinkhole formation, and for other purposes. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sinkhole Mapping Act 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SEC. 2. SINKHOLE HAZARD IDENTIFICATION. 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (a) I |
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| 26 | 26 | | NGENERAL.—The Director of the United States 7 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Geological Survey shall establish a program to— 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | •HR 900 IH |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) study the short-term and long-term mecha-1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | nisms that cause sinkholes, including extreme storm 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | events, prolonged droughts causing shifts in water 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | management practices, aquifer depletion, and other 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | major changes in water use; and 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (2) develop maps that depict zones that are at 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | greater risk of sinkhole formation. 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (b) U |
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| 39 | 39 | | SE OFCERTAINDATA.—In developing maps 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | under subsection (a)(2), the Director of the United States 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Geological Survey shall utilize 3D elevation data (as that 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | term is defined in section 2 of the National Landslide Pre-11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | paredness Act (43 U.S.C. 3101)) collected pursuant to 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | section 5 of that Act (43 U.S.C. 3104). 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (c) R |
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| 46 | 46 | | EVIEW OFMAPS.—Once during each 5-year pe-14 |
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| 47 | 47 | | riod, or more often as the Director of the United States 15 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Geological Survey determines is necessary, the Director 16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | shall assess the need to revise and update the maps devel-17 |
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| 50 | 50 | | oped under this section. 18 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (d) W |
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| 52 | 52 | | EBSITE.—The Director of the United States 19 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Geological Survey shall establish and maintain a public 20 |
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| 54 | 54 | | website that displays the maps developed under this sec-21 |
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| 55 | 55 | | tion and other relevant information critical for use by com-22 |
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| 56 | 56 | | munity planners and emergency managers. 23 |
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