[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3240 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3240

To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
to carry out a plan for the purchase and installation of an earthquake 
 early warning system for the Cascadia Subduction Zone, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 28, 2015

 Mr. DeFazio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
to carry out a plan for the purchase and installation of an earthquake 
 early warning system for the Cascadia Subduction Zone, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR CASCADIA SUBDUCTION 
              ZONE.

    (a) Plan for Purchase and Installation.--
            (1) Development and funding.--The Administrator of the 
        Federal Emergency Management Agency shall--
                    (A) develop a plan for the purchase and 
                installation of an earthquake early warning system for 
                the Cascadia Subduction Zone; and
                    (B) identify the funds necessary for implementation 
                of the plan.
            (2) Submission to congress.--Not later than 90 days after 
        the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 
        submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a copy of the 
        plan.
    (b) Authority To Make Grants.--Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall make grants to 
States, Indian tribes, and units of local governments to provide for 
implementation of the plan.
    (c) Report to Congress.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress a report that summarizes the actions 
taken to implement the plan.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
        ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means the Committee on 
        Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
        Governmental Affairs of the Senate.
            (2) Earthquake early warning system.--The term ``earthquake 
        early warning system'' includes--
                    (A) improvements to regional and geodetic networks 
                that support building a capability for an earthquake 
                early warning system; and
                    (B) seismometers, Global Positioning System (GPS) 
                receivers, and associated infrastructure.
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