[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1100 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1100

     To amend the Tsunami Warning and Education Act to direct the 
 Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
   through the National Weather Service, to establish, maintain, and 
operate a Caribbean tsunami forecast and warning center in Puerto Rico.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 15, 2011

Mr. Pierluisi (for himself, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Markey, 
  Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Rothman of New Jersey, Ms. Bordallo, and Mr. 
   Sablan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Tsunami Warning and Education Act to direct the 
 Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
   through the National Weather Service, to establish, maintain, and 
operate a Caribbean tsunami forecast and warning center in Puerto Rico.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Tsunami Forecasting and Warning 
Improvement Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT OF TSUNAMI FORECASTING AND WARNING PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 4(d)(1) of the Tsunami Warning and 
Education Act (33 U.S.C. 3203(d)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); 
        and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:
                    ``(C) a Caribbean Tsunami Warning Center in Puerto 
                Rico; and''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments in subsection (a) shall apply 
90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
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