[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1110 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1110

     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 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.


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                    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

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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 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.

    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 2013''.

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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