[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3485 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

103d CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 3485

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                  In the Senate of the United States,

                    September 30 (legislative day, September 12), 1994.
      Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 
3485) entitled ``An Act to authorize appropriations for carrying out 
the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 for fiscal years 1994, 
1995, and 1996'', do pass with the following

                              AMENDMENTS:

            Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 12 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 
U.S.C. 7706) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(7)--
                    (A) by inserting ``of the Agency'' after ``to the 
                Director'';
                    (B) by striking ``and'' after ``September 30, 
                1992,''; and
                    (C) by inserting ``, $25,000,000 for the fiscal 
                year ending September 30, 1995, and $25,750,000 for the 
                fiscal year ending September 30, 1996'' after 
                ``September 30, 1993'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' after ``September 30, 
                1992;''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``; $49,200,000 for the fiscal 
                year ending September 30, 1995; and $50,676,000 for the 
                fiscal year ending September 30, 1996'' after 
                ``September 30, 1993'';
            (3) by adding at the end of subsection (c) the following 
        new sentence: ``There are authorized to be appropriated, out of 
        funds otherwise authorized to be appropriated to the National 
        Science Foundation: (1) $16,200,000 for engineering research 
        and $10,900,000 for geosciences research for the fiscal year 
        ending September 30, 1995, and (2) $16,686,000 for engineering 
        research and $11,227,000 for geosciences research for the 
        fiscal year ending September 30, 1996.''; and
            (4) by adding at the end of subsection (d) the following 
        new sentence: ``There are authorized to be appropriated, out of 
        funds otherwise authorized to be appropriated to the National 
        Institute of Standards and Technology, $1,900,000 for the 
        fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and $1,957,000 for the 
        fiscal year ending September 30, 1996.''.

SEC. 2. EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING ASSESSMENT.

    (a) Assessment.--The President shall conduct an assessment of 
earthquake engineering research and testing capabilities in the United 
States. This assessment shall include--
            (1) the need for shake tables and other earthquake 
        engineering research and testing facilities in the United 
        States;
            (2) options to cooperate with other countries that have 
        developed complementary earthquake engineering research and 
        testing programs and facilities;
            (3) projected costs for construction, maintenance, and 
        operation of new earthquake engineering research and testing 
        facilities in the United States; and
            (4) options and recommendations to provide funding for the 
        construction and operation of new earthquake engineering and 
        testing facilities, including the feasibility and advisability 
        of developing a comprehensive earthquake engineering research 
        and testing program within the scope of the Earthquake Hazards 
        Reduction Act of 1977.
    (b) Deadline.--The assessment required by subsection (a) shall be 
transmitted to Congress within nine months after the date of enactment 
of this Act.
            Amend the title so as to read: ``An Act to authorize 
        appropriations for carrying out the Earthquake Hazards 
        Reduction Act of 1977 for fiscal years 1995 and 1996.''.

            Attest:






                                                             Secretary.