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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION S. 320
5	5	To reauthorize the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, and for
6	6	other purposes.
7	7	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
8	8	JANUARY29, 2025
9	9	Mr. P
10	10	ADILLA(for himself and Ms. MURKOWSKI) introduced the following bill;
11	11	which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce,
12	12	Science, and Transportation
13	13	A BILL
14	14	To reauthorize the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of
15	15	1977, and for other purposes.
16	16	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
17	17	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
18	18	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
19	19	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Earthquake 4
20	20	Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 5
21	21	2025’’. 6
22	22	SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF FINDINGS. 7
23	23	Section 2 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act 8
24	24	of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701) is amended— 9
25	25	(1) in paragraph (1)— 10
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29	29	(A) by striking ‘‘50 States, and the Com-1
30	30	monwealth of Puerto Rico,’’ and inserting 2
31	31	‘‘States and Tribal jurisdictions’’; 3
32	32	(B) by striking ‘‘of them’’ and inserting 4
33	33	‘‘States’’; and 5
34	34	(C) by adding at the end the following: 6
35	35	‘‘Almost half of the United States population 7
36	36	resides in areas that are at risk or experiencing 8
37	37	a damaging earthquake during the 50-year pe-9
38	38	riod beginning on the date of the enactment of 10
39	39	the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction 11
40	40	Program Reauthorization Act of 2025’’; 12
41	41	(2) in paragraph (2)— 13
42	42	(A) by inserting after the first sentence the 14
43	43	following: ‘‘A 2023 report by the Federal Emer-15
44	44	gency Management Agency and the United 16
45	45	States Geological Survey (FEMA P–366) esti-17
46	46	mates the annualized earthquake losses to the 18
47	47	national building stock is $14,700,000,000 per 19
48	48	year and the total economic exposure to earth-20
49	49	quake losses (buildings and contents) across the 21
50	50	nation is $107,800,000,000,000.’’; and 22
51	51	(B) in the third sentence— 23
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55	55	(i) by striking ‘‘and construction’’ and 1
56	56	inserting ‘‘, construction, evaluation, and 2
57	57	retrofitting’’; and 3
58	58	(ii) by striking ‘‘and (E)’’ and insert-4
59	59	ing the following: ‘‘(E) inventories of build-5
60	60	ings and infrastructure with high seismic 6
61	61	risk, especially those that are critical to 7
62	62	community resilience, (F) programs that 8
63	63	require or incentivize replacement or ret-9
64	64	rofit of existing buildings and infrastruc-10
65	65	ture with high seismic risk, especially those 11
66	66	that are critical to community resilience, 12
67	67	and (G)’’; 13
68	68	(3) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘Tribal,’’ 14
69	69	after ‘‘local,’’; 15
70	70	(4) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘could pro-16
71	71	vide’’ and all that follows through the period at the 17
72	72	end and inserting ‘‘is necessary to provide the sci-18
73	73	entific understanding needed to improve and expand 19
74	74	the earthquake early warning system.’’; 20
75	75	(5) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘cave-ins’’ and 21
76	76	inserting ‘‘collapse’’; 22
77	77	(6) in paragraph (9)— 23
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81	81	(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘and 1
82	82	local’’ and inserting ‘‘local, and Tribal govern-2
83	83	ment’’; 3
84	84	(B) in the second sentence, by striking 4
85	85	‘‘transfer knowledge and information to’’ and 5
86	86	inserting ‘‘exchange knowledge and information 6
87	87	between’’; and 7
88	88	(C) in the third sentence, by striking 8
89	89	‘‘specifications, criteria’’ and inserting ‘‘guide-9
90	90	lines, codes, standards’’; 10
91	91	(7) in paragraph (12)— 11
92	92	(A) in the second sentence— 12
93	93	(i) by striking ‘‘When earthquakes 13
94	94	occur, the built environment is generally’’ 14
95	95	and inserting ‘‘Relatively newer buildings 15
96	96	and infrastructure have generally been’’; 16
97	97	and 17
98	98	(ii) by striking ‘‘and is’’ and inserting 18
99	99	‘‘when earthquakes occur, but most are’’; 19
100	100	and 20
101	101	(B) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘In 21
102	102	addition, buildings and infrastructure built to 22
103	103	older codes and standards may pose significant 23
104	104	risk of injury, loss of life, or irreparable dam-24
105	105	age. A 2021 report submitted to Congress pur-25
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109	109	suant to section 8(b), as amended by section 5 1
110	110	of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction 2
111	111	Program Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public 3
112	112	Law 115–307), by the Federal Emergency 4
113	113	Management Agency and the National Institute 5
114	114	of Standards and Technology (FEMA P2090/ 6
115	115	NST SP–1254) provides recommendations for 7
116	116	improving post-earthquake functional recovery 8
117	117	time of the built environment to support com-9
118	118	munity resilience goals and many of these rec-10
119	119	ommendations still need to be implemented.’’; 11
120	120	and 12
121	121	(8) in paragraph (13)— 13
122	122	(A) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘in 14
123	123	2011’’ after ‘‘a study’’; 15
124	124	(B) in the second sentence, by inserting 16
125	125	‘‘(in 2011 dollars)’’ after ‘‘$300,000,000’’; and 17
126	126	(C) by adding at the end the following: 18
127	127	‘‘The cost of actual seismic retrofits to reduce 19
128	128	known risks is not included in such valuation.’’. 20
129	129	SEC. 3. MODIFICATION OF PURPOSE. 21
130	130	Section 3 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act 22
131	131	of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7702) is amended— 23
132	132	(1) in paragraph (1)— 24
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136	136	(A) by striking ‘‘and local’’ and inserting 1
137	137	‘‘, local, and Tribal government’’; and 2
138	138	(B) by striking ‘‘locations and structures’’ 3
139	139	and inserting ‘‘buildings and infrastructure’’; 4
140	140	(2) in paragraph (2)— 5
141	141	(A) by striking ‘‘and construction’’ and in-6
142	142	serting ‘‘, construction, evaluation, and retro-7
143	143	fitting’’; and 8
144	144	(B) by inserting ‘‘housing and care facili-9
145	145	ties for vulnerable populations,’’ after ‘‘occu-10
146	146	pancy buildings’’; and 11
147	147	(3) in paragraph (4)— 12
148	148	(A) by striking ‘‘and local’’ and inserting 13
149	149	‘‘, local, and Tribal government’’; and 14
150	150	(B) by striking ‘‘encourage consideration 15
151	151	of’’ and inserting ‘‘incorporate’’. 16
152	152	SEC. 4. MODIFICATION OF DEFINITIONS. 17
153	153	Section 4 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act 18
154	154	of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7703) is amended— 19
155	155	(1) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘, including 20
156	156	secondary effects such as earthquake-caused 21
157	157	tsunamis’’; and 22
158	158	(2) by adding at the end the following: 23
159	159	‘‘(11) The term ‘Tribal government’ has the 24
160	160	meaning given the term ‘tribal government’ in sec-25
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164	164	tion 421 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 1
165	165	(2 U.S.C. 658). 2
166	166	‘‘(12) The term ‘functional recovery’ means a 3
167	167	post-earthquake performance state in which a build-4
168	168	ing or lifeline infrastructure system is maintained, 5
169	169	or restored, to safely and adequately support the 6
170	170	basic intended functions associated with the pre- 7
171	171	earthquake use or occupancy of a building, or the 8
172	172	pre-earthquake service level of a lifeline infrastruc-9
173	173	ture system. 10
174	174	‘‘(13) The term ‘earthquake forecast’ means a 11
175	175	statement of probabilities that 1 or more earth-12
176	176	quakes within a clearly specified magnitude range 13
177	177	may occur within a specified time interval and geo-14
178	178	graphic region.’’. 15
179	179	SEC. 5. IMPROVEMENTS TO NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE HAZ-16
180	180	ARDS REDUCTION PROGRAM. 17
181	181	(a) P
182	182	ROGRAMACTIVITIES.—Subsection (a)(2) of sec-18
183	183	tion 5 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 19
184	184	(42 U.S.C. 7704) is amended— 20
185	185	(1) in subparagraph (B)— 21
186	186	(A) in the matter before clause (i)— 22
187	187	(i) by striking ‘‘and local’’ and insert-23
188	188	ing ‘‘, local, and Tribal’’; and 24
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192	192	(ii) by striking ‘‘and constructing’’ 1
193	193	and inserting ‘‘, designing, constructing, 2
194	194	evaluating, and retrofitting’’; 3
195	195	(B) by amending clause (ii) to read as fol-4
196	196	lows: 5
197	197	‘‘(ii) development of standards, guide-6
198	198	lines, and voluntary standards, guidelines, 7
199	199	and consensus codes for earthquake haz-8
200	200	ards reduction for buildings, structures, 9
201	201	and lifeline infrastructure, including post- 10
202	202	earthquake recovery-based performance ob-11
203	203	jectives that address reoccupancy and 12
204	204	downtime of community-prioritized build-13
205	205	ings, structures, and services provided by 14
206	206	lifeline infrastructure;’’; 15
207	207	(C) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and haz-16
208	208	ards reduction; and’’ and inserting ‘‘functional 17
209	209	recovery, and other hazards reduction topics;’’; 18
210	210	(D) in clause (iv)— 19
211	211	(i) by inserting ‘‘and maintaining’’ 20
212	212	after ‘‘publishing’’; 21
213	213	(ii) by inserting ‘‘in coordination with 22
214	214	the National Tsunami Hazards Mitigation 23
215	215	Program, tsunami susceptibility,’’ after 24
216	216	‘‘liquefaction susceptibility,’’; and 25
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220	220	(iii) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting 1
221	221	a semicolon; and 2
222	222	(E) by adding at the end the following: 3
223	223	‘‘(v) subject to the availability of 4
224	224	funds, development of best practices and 5
225	225	guidelines to create an inventory of and 6
226	226	conduct seismic performance evaluations of 7
227	227	buildings, structures, and lifeline infra-8
228	228	structure with high seismic risk, especially 9
229	229	those that are critical to community resil-10
230	230	ience; and 11
231	231	‘‘(vi) subject to the availability of 12
232	232	funds, the provision of technical assistance 13
233	233	upon request by a State, local, or Tribal 14
234	234	government regarding— 15
235	235	‘‘(I) the creation of an inventory 16
236	236	of buildings, structures, and lifeline 17
237	237	infrastructure; 18
238	238	‘‘(II) the performance of seismic 19
239	239	performance evaluations; and 20
240	240	‘‘(III) cost-effective best practices 21
241	241	for retrofitting existing buildings, 22
242	242	structures, and lifeline infrastruc-23
243	243	ture.’’; 24
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247	247	(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 1
248	248	and inserting a semicolon; 2
249	249	(3) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub-3
250	250	paragraph (E); and 4
251	251	(4) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol-5
252	252	lowing: 6
253	253	‘‘(D) improve the understanding of— 7
254	254	‘‘(i) the multiple hazards associated 8
255	255	with earthquakes, including liquefaction, 9
256	256	tsunamis, landslides, structural fires, and 10
257	257	the compounding effects of climate on 11
258	258	these hazards; and 12
259	259	‘‘(ii) potential mitigation measures for 13
260	260	such hazards; and’’. 14
261	261	(b) D
262	262	UTIES OFINTERAGENCYCOORDINATINGCOM-15
263	263	MITTEE ONEARTHQUAKEHAZARDSREDUCTION.—Sub-16
264	264	section (a)(3)(D)(ii) of such section is amended— 17
265	265	(1) in subclause (V), by inserting ‘‘and associ-18
266	266	ated secondary hazards’’ before the period at the 19
267	267	end; and 20
268	268	(2) by adding at the end the following: 21
269	269	‘‘(VIII) Coordinating with the 22
270	270	Chair of the Federal Communications 23
271	271	Commission on the timely broad-24
272	272	casting of emergency alerts generated 25
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276	276	by the earthquake early warning sys-1
277	277	tem.’’. 2
278	278	(c) B
279	279	IENNIALREPORT.—Subsection (a)(4)(A) of 3
280	280	such section is amended by striking ‘‘under paragraph 4
281	281	(3)(D)(i)(I)’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘under 5
282	282	paragraph (3)(D)(ii)(I)’’. 6
283	283	(d) A
284	284	DVISORYCOMMITTEE.—Subsection (a)(5)(A) of 7
285	285	such section is amended— 8
286	286	(1) by inserting ‘‘the Chair of the Scientific 9
287	287	Earthquake Studies Advisory Committee and’’ after 10
288	288	‘‘including’’; 11
289	289	(2) by striking ‘‘and local government’’ and in-12
290	290	serting ‘‘, local, and Tribal governments’’; and 13
291	291	(3) by inserting ‘‘social,’’ after ‘‘scientific,’’. 14
292	292	(e) L
293	293	EADAGENCY FORRESPONSIBILITIES OFPRO-15
294	294	GRAMAGENCIES.—Subsection (b)(1) of such section is 16
295	295	amended— 17
296	296	(1) in subparagraph (A)— 18
297	297	(A) by striking ‘‘and local’’ and inserting 19
298	298	‘‘local, and Tribal governments’’; and 20
299	299	(B) by striking ‘‘plan and constructing’’ 21
300	300	and inserting ‘‘planning, designing, con-22
301	301	structing, evaluating, and retrofitting’’; 23
302	302	(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and 24
303	303	(D) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively; and 25
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307	307	(3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-1
308	308	lowing: 2
309	309	‘‘(C) improve the understanding of earth-3
310	310	quake-caused fires and support the development 4
311	311	of engineering tools and construction methods 5
312	312	that mitigate the risk of fire following earth-6
313	313	quakes; 7
314	314	‘‘(D) develop, in coordination with the Ad-8
315	315	ministrator of the Federal Emergency Manage-9
316	316	ment Agency, best practices and guidelines for 10
317	317	a State, local, or Tribal government to create 11
318	318	an inventory of buildings, structures, or lifeline 12
319	319	infrastructure that are critical to community re-13
320	320	silience or otherwise have high seismic risk; 14
321	321	‘‘(E) provide, in coordination with the Ad-15
322	322	ministrator of the Federal Emergency Manage-16
323	323	ment Agency, technical assistance to a State, 17
324	324	local, or Tribal government requesting such as-18
325	325	sistance with respect to the creation of an in-19
326	326	ventory of buildings, structures, or lifeline in-20
327	327	frastructure;’’. 21
328	328	(f) R
329	329	ESPONSIBILITIES OF FEDERALEMERGENCY 22
330	330	M
331	331	ANAGEMENTAGENCY.—Subsection (b)(2) of such sec-23
332	332	tion is amended— 24
333	333	(1) in subparagraph (A)— 25
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337	337	(A) in clause (i)— 1
338	338	(i) by inserting ‘‘and Tribal govern-2
339	339	ments’’ after ‘‘States’’; 3
340	340	(ii) by inserting ‘‘and performance 4
341	341	evaluations’’ after ‘‘safety inspections’’; 5
342	342	and 6
343	343	(iii) by inserting ‘‘and improve post- 7
344	344	earthquake functional recovery’’ after 8
345	345	‘‘seismic safety’’; 9
346	346	(B) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘, including 10
347	347	Tribal entities,’’ after ‘‘appropriate audiences’’; 11
348	348	(C) in clause (iii)— 12
349	349	(i) by striking ‘‘of seismic resistant’’ 13
350	350	and inserting ‘‘to all appropriate audi-14
351	351	ences, including Tribal governments, of’’; 15
352	352	and 16
353	353	(ii) by inserting ‘‘that enhance seismic 17
354	354	safety, improve post-earthquake functional 18
355	355	recovery, and reduce losses from earth-19
356	356	quakes’’ after ‘‘and lifeline infrastructure’’; 20
357	357	(D) in clause (iv)— 21
358	358	(i) in striking ‘‘and local’’ and insert-22
359	359	ing ‘‘, local, and Tribal’’; and 23
360	360	(ii) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting 24
361	361	a semicolon; 25
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365	365	(E) by redesignating clause (v) as clause 1
366	366	(vi); and 2
367	367	(F) by inserting after clause (iv) the fol-3
368	368	lowing: 4
369	369	‘‘(v) shall provide technical assistance 5
370	370	to State, local, or Tribal governmental en-6
371	371	tities in the creation of evacuation plans in 7
372	372	the event of an earthquake, landslide, tsu-8
373	373	nami, or other earthquake-related hazard; 9
374	374	and’’; and 10
375	375	(2) in subparagraph (B)— 11
376	376	(A) in the subparagraph heading, by in-12
377	377	serting ‘‘
378	378	AND TRIBAL’’ after ‘‘STATE’’; 13
379	379	(B) in the matter before clause (i), by in-14
380	380	serting ‘‘or Tribal government’’ after ‘‘State’’; 15
381	381	and 16
382	382	(C) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘safety’’ and 17
383	383	inserting ‘‘performance, community resilience, 18
384	384	or public awareness’’. 19
385	385	(g) R
386	386	ESPONSIBILITIES OFUNITEDSTATESGEOLOGI-20
387	387	CALSURVEY.—Subsection (b)(3) of such section is 21
388	388	amended— 22
389	389	(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and 23
390	390	local’’ and inserting ‘‘, local, and Tribal’’; 24
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394	394	(2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘, the 1
395	395	Chair of the Federal Communications Commission,’’ 2
396	396	after ‘‘Agency’’; 3
397	397	(3) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) 4
398	398	through (K) as subparagraphs (L) through (Q), re-5
399	399	spectively; 6
400	400	(4) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol-7
401	401	lowing: 8
402	402	‘‘(D) coordinate with the Administrator of 9
403	403	the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin-10
404	404	istration and the Administrator of the Federal 11
405	405	Emergency Management Agency on data shar-12
406	406	ing and resource allocation to support a timely 13
407	407	response to oceanic earthquakes and tsunamis; 14
408	408	‘‘(E) in consultation with the Chair of the 15
409	409	Federal Communications Commission, ensure 16
410	410	that earthquake alerts and early warnings are 17
411	411	broadcast as rapidly and reliably as possible, in 18
412	412	the predominant languages in the affected re-19
413	413	gion, to ensure maximum warning time for 20
414	414	nearby persons; 21
415	415	‘‘(F) expand the earthquake early warning 22
416	416	system within and to additional high risk haz-23
417	417	ard areas, including making improvements as 24
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422	422	the time between warning messages and percep-1
423	423	tible ground motion; 2
424	424	‘‘(G) coordinating with affected State and 3
425	425	Tribal governments on earthquake early warn-4
426	426	ing system improvements; 5
427	427	‘‘(H) issue earthquake forecasts, when ap-6
428	428	propriate, for aftershocks associated with sig-7
429	429	nificant earthquakes in the United States;’’; 8
430	430	(5) in subparagraph (I), as redesignated by 9
431	431	paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘the Chair of the Fed-10
432	432	eral Communications Commission,’’ after ‘‘Agency,’’; 11
433	433	(6) in subparagraph (L), as redesignated by 12
434	434	paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a 13
435	435	semicolon; 14
436	436	(7) in subparagraph (M), as redesignated by 15
437	437	paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and 16
438	438	inserting a semicolon; and 17
439	439	(8) in subparagraph (O), as redesignated by 18
440	440	paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘maps of natural haz-19
441	441	ards associated with earthquakes and’’. 20
442	442	(h) R
443	443	ESPONSIBILITIES OF NATIONALSCIENCE 21
444	444	F
445	445	OUNDATION.—Subsection (b)(4)(A) of such section is 22
446	446	amended— 23
447	447	(1) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘including up-24
448	448	dated tsunami and liquefaction risk maps,’’; and 25
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452	452	(2) in clause (vii), by striking ‘‘Historically 1
453	453	Black Colleges and Universities and those serving 2
454	454	large proportions of Hispanics, Native Americans, 3
455	455	Asian-Pacific Americans, and other underrep-4
456	456	resented populations’’ and inserting ‘‘institutions de-5
457	457	scribed in section 371(a) of the Higher Education 6
458	458	Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a))’’. 7
459	459	SEC. 6. SEISMIC PERFORMANCE PROPERTY STANDARDS. 8
460	460	Section 947 of the Cranston-Gonzales National Af-9
461	461	fordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 7704a) is amended— 10
462	462	(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘safety’’ both 11
463	463	places it appears and inserting ‘‘performance’’; and 12
464	464	(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘shake-related 13
465	465	property damage’’ and inserting ‘‘seismic-related 14
466	466	property damage to improve the post-earthquake 15
467	467	functional recovery time’’. 16
468	468	SEC. 7. SEISMIC STANDARDS. 17
469	469	Section 8 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act 18
470	470	of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7705b) is amended— 19
471	471	(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘under para-20
472	472	graph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘under subsection (a)’’; 21
473	473	and 22
474	474	(2) by adding at the end the following: 23
475	475	‘‘(c) I
476	476	MPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS .— 24
477	477	Each Program agency, as part of their Program respon-25
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481	481	sibilities, shall execute research, projects, grants, and 1
482	482	other activities that support, promote, advance, or other-2
483	483	wise implement the recommendations in the report sub-3
484	484	mitted pursuant to subsection (b) to improve the perform-4
485	485	ance of the built environment in terms of post-earthquake 5
486	486	reoccupancy and functional recovery time. 6
487	487	‘‘(d) B
488	488	IENNIALREPORTS.— 7
489	489	‘‘(1) B
490	490	IENNIAL REPORTS TO INTERAGENCY CO -8
491	491	ORDINATING COMMITTEE .—No later than September 9
492	492	30, 2025, and not less frequently than once every 2 10
493	493	years thereafter, each Program agency shall submit 11
494	494	to the Interagency Coordinating Committee a report 12
495	495	on activities and progress made to support, promote, 13
496	496	or advance the implementation of the recommenda-14
497	497	tions included in the report submitted pursuant to 15
498	498	subsection (b). 16
499	499	‘‘(2) I
500	500	NCLUSION IN BIENNIAL REPORTS OF 17
501	501	INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COMMITTEE .—The 18
502	502	Interagency Coordinating Committee shall include 19
503	503	the information received under paragraph (1) in 20
504	504	each biennial report submitted under section 5(a)(4), 21
505	505	including consideration of a prioritized work plan to 22
506	506	coordinate activities among the Program agencies 23
507	507	and the necessary Program budget to fully imple-24
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511	511	ment the recommendations described in paragraph 1
512	512	(1).’’. 2
513	513	SEC. 8. IMPROVEMENTS TO POST-EARTHQUAKE INVES-3
514	514	TIGATIONS PROGRAM. 4
515	515	Section 11 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act 5
516	516	of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7705e) is amended, in the matter be-6
517	517	fore paragraph (1)— 7
518	518	(1) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘domestic 8
519	519	and international’’ after ‘‘investigate major’’; and 9
520	520	(2) in the fifth sentence, by inserting ‘‘Federal 10
521	521	Emergency Management’’ before ‘‘Agency’’. 11
522	522	SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 12
523	523	(a) G
524	524	ENERALAUTHORIZATION FORPROGRAM.—Sub-13
525	525	section (a)(8) of section 12 of the Earthquake Hazards 14
526	526	Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7706) is amended— 15
527	527	(1) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘, and’’ 16
528	528	and inserting a comma; and 17
529	529	(2) by inserting after subparagraph (J) the fol-18
530	530	lowing: 19
531	531	‘‘(K) $10,590,000 for fiscal year 2024, 20
532	532	‘‘(L) $10,590,000 for fiscal year 2025, 21
533	533	‘‘(M) $10,590,000 for fiscal year 2026, 22
534	534	‘‘(N) $10,590,000 for fiscal year 2027, 23
535	535	and 24
536	536	‘‘(O) $10,590,000 for fiscal year 2028,’’. 25
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540	540	(b) UNITEDSTATESGEOLOGICALSURVEY.—Sub-1
541	541	section (b)(2) of such section is amended— 2
542	542	(1) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 3
543	543	and inserting a semicolon; 4
544	544	(2) in subparagraph (J), by striking the period 5
545	545	at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 6
546	546	(3) by adding at the end the following: 7
547	547	‘‘(K) $100,900,000 for fiscal year 2024, of 8
548	548	which not less than $36,000,000 shall be made 9
549	549	available for completion of the Advanced Na-10
550	550	tional Seismic System established under section 11
551	551	13; 12
552	552	‘‘(L) $100,900,000 for fiscal year 2025, of 13
553	553	which not less than $36,000,000 shall be made 14
554	554	available for completion of the Advanced Na-15
555	555	tional Seismic System established under section 16
556	556	13; 17
557	557	‘‘(M) $100,900,000 for fiscal year 2026, of 18
558	558	which not less than $36,000,000 shall be made 19
559	559	available for completion of the Advanced Na-20
560	560	tional Seismic System established under section 21
561	561	13; 22
562	562	‘‘(N) $100,900,000 for fiscal year 2027, of 23
563	563	which not less than $36,000,000 shall be made 24
564	564	available for completion of the Advanced Na-25
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568	568	tional Seismic System established under section 1
569	569	13; and 2
570	570	‘‘(O) $100,900,000 for fiscal year 2028, of 3
571	571	which not less than $36,000,000 shall be made 4
572	572	available for completion of the Advanced Na-5
573	573	tional Seismic System established under section 6
574	574	13.’’. 7
575	575	(c) N
576	576	ATIONALSCIENCEFOUNDATION.—Subsection 8
577	577	(c)(2) of such section is amended— 9
578	578	(1) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘, and’’ 10
579	579	and inserting a comma; 11
580	580	(2) in subparagraph (J), by striking the period 12
581	581	at the end and inserting a comma; and 13
582	582	(3) by adding at the end the following: 14
583	583	‘‘(K) $58,000,000 for fiscal year 2024, 15
584	584	‘‘(L) $58,000,000 for fiscal year 2025, 16
585	585	‘‘(M) $58,000,000 for fiscal year 2026, 17
586	586	‘‘(N) $58,000,000 for fiscal year 2027, 18
587	587	and 19
588	588	‘‘(O) $58,000,000 for fiscal year 2028.’’. 20
589	589	(d) N
590	590	ATIONALINSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND 21
591	591	T
592	592	ECHNOLOGY.—Subsection (d)(2) of such section is 22
593	593	amended— 23
594	594	(1) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘, and’’ 24
595	595	and inserting a comma; 25
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599	599	(2) in subparagraph (J), by striking the period 1
600	600	at the end and inserting a comma; and 2
601	601	(3) by inserting after subparagraph (J) the fol-3
602	602	lowing: 4
603	603	‘‘(K) $5,900,000 for fiscal year 2024, 5
604	604	‘‘(L) $5,900,000 for fiscal year 2025, 6
605	605	‘‘(M) $5,900,000 for fiscal year 2026, 7
606	606	‘‘(N) $5,900,000 for fiscal year 2027, and 8
607	607	‘‘(O) $5,900,000 for fiscal year 2028,’’. 9
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