[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 213 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 213

Expressing the sense of the Congress that telephone directories within 
  the eastern and midwestern United States should include information 
           relating to natural disaster survival techniques.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 28, 1994

   Mr. Clinger (for himself and Mr. Rahall) submitted the following 
concurrent resolution; which was referred jointly to the Committees on 
        Energy and Commerce and Public Works and Transportation

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that telephone directories within 
  the eastern and midwestern United States should include information 
           relating to natural disaster survival techniques.

Whereas geoscientists believe that there is a high probability of a major 
        earthquake occurring in the eastern or midwestern United States by the 
        year 2015;
Whereas information relating to natural disaster survival techniques, 
        particularly information concerning earthquake survival, should be 
        provided to people living in the eastern and midwestern United States in 
        a form that is easy to understand and readily accessible;
Whereas the telephone directory is one of the most widely distributed and 
        accessible public reference sources;
Whereas natural disaster survival information published in telephone directories 
        has been a feature of earthquake preparedness plans in the earthquake 
        prone areas of the western United States since the early 1980's; and
Whereas existence of natural disaster survival information in a telephone 
        directory would serve as the basis for informing a community how to 
        prepare and respond to a natural disaster: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) local telephone directories for areas within the 
        eastern and midwestern United States should include a survival 
        guide relating to natural disasters, such as earthquakes, which 
        provides information concerning both recommended precautionary 
        measures and survival techniques in a manner similar to 
        telephone directories published in the western United States;
            (2) such a survival guide should also include information 
        relating to those natural disasters that are common to the 
        primary area served by the directory, such as hurricanes, 
        tornadoes, and floods;
            (3) such survival guides should include the names, 
        addresses, and telephone numbers of Federal, State, and local 
        organizations through which the public can obtain additional, 
        authoritative information concerning both recommended 
        precautionary measures and survival techniques; and
            (4) disaster management agencies at the Federal, State, and 
        local levels should--
                    (A) assist in preparing and updating the survival 
                guide information, and in identifying additional, 
                authoritative sources of information within their 
                organizations or other agencies,
                    (B) establish effective mechanisms, such as 
                hotlines, to respond quickly to citizens' inquiries for 
                additional information when a natural disaster is 
                imminent or has occurred, and
                    (C) make periodic distribution to the public of the 
                information referred to in subparagraph (A).

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