HOUSE 1261116th CongressReceived in the Senate.

National Landslide Preparedness Act

Last Action: 6/4/2019

Actions

2019-06-04Received in the Senate.
2019-06-03Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2019-06-03On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4198-4200)
2019-06-03Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4198-4200)
2019-06-03DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1261.
2019-06-03Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4198-4201)
2019-06-03Mr. Case moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2019-06-03Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 74.
2019-06-03Committee on Science, Space, and Technology discharged.
2019-06-03Committee on Science, Space, and Technology discharged.
2019-06-03Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-99, Part I.
2019-06-03Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-99, Part I.
2019-05-01Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
2019-05-01Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2019-05-01Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.

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CRS Summary

As of 2019-06-03 (53)

National Landslide Preparedness Act

This bill directs the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to establish a National Landslide Hazards Reduction Program to identify and understand landslide hazards and risks, reduce losses from landslides, protect communities at risk of landslide hazards, and help improve communication and emergency preparedness.

The USGS shall, among other things

develop and publish a national strategy for landslide hazards, risk reduction, and response in the United States (including territories);
develop and maintain a publicly accessible national landslide hazard and risk inventory database;
expand the early warning system for debris flow; and
establish emergency response procedures for the rapid deployment of federal scientists, equipment, and services to areas impacted by a significant landslide event.

The USGS may provide grants to research, map, assess, and collect data on landslide hazards.

The National Science Foundation may provide grants to eligible entities for landslide research.

The USGS (1) shall advance the identification, mapping, research, monitoring, restoration, and mitigation of subsidence and groundwater resource accounting, losses from subsidence, including saltwater intrusion, particularly in areas affected by drought and sea level rise; (2) shall establish the 3D Elevation Program and the 3D Elevation Federal Interagency Coordinating Committee; and (3) may make grants and enter into cooperative agreements to facilitate the improvement of nationwide coverage of 3D elevation data.

Cosponsors (5)

Derek Kilmer (D-WA)
Matt Cartwright (D-PA)
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)
Denny Heck (D-WA)
ADAM SMITH (D-WA)

Subjects

Advisory bodies
American Samoa
Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Department of the Interior
Disaster relief and insurance
Earth sciences
Emergency planning and evacuation
Executive agency funding and structure
Fires
Floods and storm protection
Forests, forestry, trees
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Guam
Marshall Islands
Northern Mariana Islands
Palau
Puerto Rico

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