[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3485 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3485

  To authorize appropriations for carrying out the Earthquake Hazards 
      Reduction Act of 1977 for fiscal years 1994, 1995, and 1996.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 10, 1993

   Mr. Boucher (for himself, Mr. Brown of California, Mr. Miller of 
 California, Mr. Lehman, Mr. Walker, and Mr. Boehlert) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees on 
          Science, Space, and Technology and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize appropriations for carrying out the Earthquake Hazards 
      Reduction Act of 1977 for fiscal years 1994, 1995, and 1996.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

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 ``, $20,160,000 for the fiscal 
                year ending September 30, 1994, $20,805,000 for the 
                fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and $21,450,000 
                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 ``; $49,861,000 for the fiscal 
                year ending September 30, 1994; $51,457,000 for the 
                fiscal year ending September 30, 1995; and $53,052,000 
                for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996'' after 
                ``September 30, 1993'';
            (3) by adding at the end of subsection (c) the following 
        new sentences: ``There are authorized to be appropriated, out 
        of funds otherwise authorized to be appropriated to the 
        National Science Foundation, $17,500,000 for engineering 
        research under this Act and $10,500,000 for geosciences 
        research under this Act, for the fiscal year ending September 
        30, 1994. There are authorized to be appropriated, out of funds 
        otherwise authorized to be appropriated to the National Science 
        Foundation, $18,060,000 for engineering research under this Act 
        and $10,836,000 for geosciences research under this Act, for 
        the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995. There are authorized 
        to be appropriated, out of funds otherwise authorized to be 
        appropriated to the National Science Foundation, $18,620,000 
        for engineering research under this Act and $11,172,000 for 
        geosciences research under this Act, for the fiscal year ending 
        September 30, 1996.''; and
            (4) by adding at the end of subsection (d) the following 
        new sentences: ``There are authorized to be appropriated, out 
        of funds otherwise authorized to be appropriated to the 
        National Institute of Standards and Technology, $1,532,000 for 
        the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994. There are authorized 
        to be appropriated, out of funds otherwise authorized to be 
        appropriated to the National Institute of Standards and 
        Technology, $1,581,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
        1995. There are authorized to be appropriated, out of funds 
        otherwise authorized to be appropriated to the National 
        Institute of Standards and Technology, $1,630,000 for the 
        fiscal year ending September 30, 1996.''.

SEC. 2. BUY AMERICAN PROVISIONS.

    (a) Compliance With Buy American Act.--No funds appropriated 
pursuant to this Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity 
agrees that in expending the assistance the entity will comply with 
sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c, 
popularly known as the ``Buy American Act'').
    (b) Sense of Congress; Requirement Regarding Notice.--
            (1) Purchase of american-made equipment and products.--In 
        the case of any equipment or products that may be authorized to 
        be purchased with financial assistance provided under this Act, 
        it is the sense of the Congress that entities receiving such 
        assistance should, in expending the assistance, purchase only 
        American-made equipment and products.
            (2) Notice to recipients of assistance.--In providing 
        financial assistance under this Act, the Director of the 
        Federal Emergency Management Agency shall provide to each 
        recipient of the assistance a notice describing the statement 
        made in paragraph (1) by the Congress.
    (c) Prohibition of Contracts.--If it has been finally determined by 
a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a 
fraudulent label bearing a ``Made in America'' inscription, or any 
inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to 
the United States that was not made in the United States, such person 
shall be ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract made with 
funds provided pursuant to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, 
suspension, and ineligibility procedures described in section 9.400 
through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
    (d) Reciprocity.--
            (1) General rule.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), no 
        contract or subcontract may be made with funds authorized under 
        this Act to a company organized under the laws of a foreign 
        country unless the Director of the Federal Emergency Management 
        Agency finds that such country affords comparable opportunities 
        to companies organized under laws of the United States.
            (2) Exception.--(A) The Director of the Federal Emergency 
        Management Agency may waive the rule stated under paragraph (1) 
        if the products or services required are not reasonably 
        available from companies organized under the laws of the United 
        States. Any such waiver shall be reported to the Congress.
            (B) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the extent that to do 
        so would violate the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade or 
        any other international agreement to which the United States is 
        a party.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON APPROPRIATIONS.

    No funds are authorized to be appropriated for carrying out the 
Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 for any fiscal year other than 
as provided by the amendments made by this Act.

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