H.R. 1110
Tsunami Forecasting and Warning Improvement Act of 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Sponsor
Resident Commissioner Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR-At Large]
Bill Details
- Update Date
- Jan 11, 2023
- Origin Chamber
- House
- Bill Type
- HR
- Bill Number
- 1,110
- Congress
- 113
- Introduced Date
- Mar 13, 2013
- Policy Area
- Emergency Management
- Is Law
- No
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Source: House committee actions
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Source: House floor actions
Introduced in House
Source: Library of Congress
Introduced in House
Source: Library of Congress
Tsunami Forecasting and Warning Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends the Tsunami Warning and Education Act to direct the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), through the National Weather Service, to establish or maintain a Caribbean Tsunami Warning Center in Puerto Rico. (The responsibilities of tsunami warning centers include monitoring and evaluating earthquakes, disseminating forecasts and tsunami warning bulletins to federal, state, and local governments as well as the public, and ensuring information sharing between forecasters and emergency management officials.)
Science, Space, and Technology Committee
Introduced in House
Mar 13, 2013