113TH CONGRESS
I 113TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1110 To amend the Tsunami Warning and Education Act to direct the Adminis- trator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, through the National Weather Service, to establish, maintain, and operate an additional tsunami forecast and warning center for the improvement of the evaluation of tsunami risk to, and the dissemination of forecasts and tsunami warning bulletins for, the public in Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 13, 2013 Mr. PIERLUISI (for himself, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, and Ms. …
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I 113TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1110 To amend the Tsunami Warning and Education Act to direct the Adminis- trator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, through the National Weather Service, to establish, maintain, and operate an additional tsunami forecast and warning center for the improvement of the evaluation of tsunami risk to, and the dissemination of forecasts and tsunami warning bulletins for, the public in Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 13, 2013 Mr. PIERLUISI (for himself, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, and Ms. BORDALLO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology A BILL To amend the Tsunami Warning and Education Act to direct the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmos- pheric Administration, through the National Weather Service, to establish, maintain, and operate an additional tsunami forecast and warning center for the improvement of the evaluation of tsunami risk to, and the dissemina- tion of forecasts and tsunami warning bulletins for, the public in Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Is- lands. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:49 Mar 19, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1110.IH H1110 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1110 IH SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tsunami Forecasting 2 and Warning Improvement Act of 2013’’. 3 SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT OF TSUNAMI FORECASTING AND 4 WARNING PROGRAM. 5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4(d)(1) of the Tsunami 6 Warning and Education Act (33 U.S.C. 3203(d)(1)) is 7 amended— 8 (1) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ 9 after the semicolon; 10 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub- 11 paragraph (D); and 12 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol- 13 lowing: 14 ‘‘(C) a Caribbean Tsunami Warning Cen- 15 ter in Puerto Rico; and’’. 16 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments in sub- 17 section (a) shall apply 90 days after the date of enactment 18 of this Act. 19 Æ VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:49 Mar 19, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1110.IH H1110 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with BILLS