Tsunami Warning and Education Act

Summary

United States Tsunami Warning and Education Act - Directs the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), through the National Weather Service, to operate a tsunami forecasting and warning program for the Pacific Ocean region and for the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico region. Directs the Administrator to establish tsunami warning centers to, among other things, disseminate forecasts and tsunami warning bulletins to government officials and the public. Directs the Administrator to establish: (1) a tsunami hazard mitigation program to improve tsunami preparedness of at-risk areas in the United States and its territories; and (2) a research program to develop detection, forecast, communication, and mitigation science and technology for tracking and numerical forecast modeling. Directs the Administrator, in coordination with other members of the U.S. Interagency Committee of the National Tsunami Mitigation Program, to provide technical assistance and training to specified international entities to develop a fully functional global tsunami forecast and warning system comprising regional warning networks. Directs the Administrator to operate an International Tsunami Information Center to improve preparedness for all Pacific Ocean nations participating in the International Tsunami Warning System of the Pacific.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

14 official files

• Enrolled Bill (text)

  Enrolled Bill · EN

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Enrolled Bill (PDF)

  Enrolled Bill · EN

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Public Law (text)

  Public Law · EN · 20 December 2006

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Public Law (PDF)

  Public Law · EN · 20 December 2006

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Public Law

  summary · EN · 20 December 2006

  Open at official source

• Engrossed in House (text)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 6 December 2006

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Engrossed in House (PDF)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 6 December 2006

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Received in Senate (text)

  Received in Senate · EN · 6 December 2006

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Received in Senate (PDF)

  Received in Senate · EN · 6 December 2006

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Reported in House (text)

  Reported in House · EN · 28 September 2006

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Reported in House (PDF)

  Reported in House · EN · 28 September 2006

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 18 April 2005

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 18 April 2005

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 18 April 2005

  Open at official source

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.