[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4974 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4974

    To amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and 
 Recreation Act to reauthorize the National Volcano Early Warning and 
               Monitoring System, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 1, 2024

 Ms. Murkowski (for herself, Ms. Cantwell, and Ms. Hirono) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                    on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and 
 Recreation Act to reauthorize the National Volcano Early Warning and 
               Monitoring System, 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. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE NATIONAL VOLCANO EARLY WARNING AND 
              MONITORING SYSTEM.

    (a) Modernization Activities.--Section 5001(b)(2)(B) of the John D. 
Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (43 U.S.C. 
31k(b)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ``Global Positioning System'' and 
inserting ``Global Navigation Satellite System''.
    (b) Management Plan.--Section 5001(b)(3)(A) of the John D. Dingell, 
Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (43 U.S.C. 
31k(b)(3)(A)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (ii)(III), by inserting ``(including new or 
        existing cooperative agreements)'' after ``partnerships''; and
            (2) in clause (iii)--
                    (A) in the clause heading, by striking ``Update'' 
                and inserting ``Updates''; and
                    (B) in subclause (II)--
                            (i) in the subclause heading, by striking 
                        ``Update'' and inserting ``Updates'';
                            (ii) by striking ``clause (i) to include'' 
                        and inserting ``clause (i)--
                                            ``(aa) to include'';
                            (iii) in item (aa) (as so designated), by 
                        striking the period at the end and inserting 
                        ``; and''; and
                            (iv) by adding at the end the following:
                                            ``(bb) not less frequently 
                                        than once every 5 years after 
                                        the date on which the 
                                        management plan is submitted 
                                        under that clause.''.
    (c) Advisory Committee.--Section 5001(b)(3) of the John D. Dingell, 
Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (43 U.S.C. 31k(b)(3)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(F) Implementation committee.--The Secretary 
                shall establish an implementation committee that 
                shall--
                            ``(i) include representatives of--
                                    ``(I) each State agency or designee 
                                of a State agency subject to a 
                                cooperative agreement entered into 
                                under subparagraph (C);
                                    ``(II) institutions of higher 
                                education; and
                                    ``(III) each volcano observatory 
                                described in paragraph (1)(B)(i); and
                            ``(ii) be responsible for providing to the 
                        Secretary recommended requirements, 
                        implementation steps, and performance standards 
                        for the System.''.
    (d) Coordination.--Section 5001(b)(3)(D) of the John D. Dingell, 
Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (43 U.S.C. 
31k(b)(3)(D)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating clauses (ii) through (iv) as clauses 
        (iii) through (v), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after clause (i) the following:
                            ``(ii) the Chief of the Forest Service;''.
    (e) Reauthorization.--Section 5001(c) of the John D. Dingell, Jr. 
Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (43 U.S.C. 31k(c)) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``$55,000,000'' and inserting 
                ``$75,000,000''; and
                    (B) by striking ``2023'' and inserting ``2033''; 
                and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``2024'' and inserting 
        ``2034''.
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