33 U.S.C. § 3205 | Tsunami research program

(a)

In general

1 So in original. Probably should read “section 3204(b)”.

section 3206a(a) of this titleThe Administrator shall, in consultation with such other Federal agencies, State, tribal, and territorial governments, and academic institutions as the Administrator considers appropriate, the coordinating committee under section 3204(d)  of this title, and the panel under , support or maintain a tsunami research program to develop detection, forecast, communication, and mitigation science and technology, including advanced sensing techniques, information and communication technology, data collection, analysis, assessment for tsunami tracking and numerical forecast modeling, and standards development.

(b)

Responsibilities

The research program supported or maintained under subsection (a) shall—

(1)

consider other appropriate and cost effective solutions to mitigate the impact of tsunami, including the improvement of near-field and distant tsunami detection and forecasting capabilities, which may include use of a new generation of the Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis array, integration of tsunami sensors into commercial and Federal telecommunications cables, and other real-time tsunami monitoring systems and supercomputer capacity of the Administration to develop a rapid tsunami forecast for all United States coastlines;

(2)

coordinate with the National Weather Service on technology to be transferred to operations;

(3)

conduct social science research to develop and assess community warning, education, and evacuation materials;

(4)

develop the technical basis for validation of tsunami maps, numerical tsunami models, digital elevation models, and forecasts; and

(5)

ensure that research and findings are available to the public and the scientific community.

Pub. L. 109–424, § 6Dec. 20, 2006120 Stat. 2907 Pub. L. 109–479, title VIII, § 806Jan. 12, 2007120 Stat. 3658 Pub. L. 115–25, title VApr. 18, 2017131 Stat. 123(, , ; , , ; , §§ 506, 512(a), , , 128.)

Editorial Notes

Codification

Pub. L. 109–424 Pub. L. 109–479 Pub. L. 109–424 section 512(a) of Pub. L. 115–25 and title VIII of enacted substantially identical sections. was repealed by .

Amendments

Pub. L. 115–25, § 506(1)2017—, (2), designated first and second sentences of existing provisions as subsecs. (a) and (b), respectively, and inserted headings.

Pub. L. 115–25, § 506(1)section 3204(d) of this title section 3206a(a) of this title section 3204(b) of this titleSubsec. (a). , (2), substituted “The Administrator shall, in consultation with such other Federal agencies, State, tribal, and territorial governments, and academic institutions as the Administrator considers appropriate, the coordinating committee under , and the panel under , support or maintain” for “The Administrator shall, in consultation with other agencies and academic institutions, and with the coordinating committee established under , establish or maintain” and “assessment for tsunami tracking and numerical forecast modeling, and standards development.” for “and assessment for tsunami tracking and numerical forecast modeling.”

Pub. L. 115–25, § 506(2)Subsec. (b). , substituted “The research program supported or maintained under subsection (a) shall—” for “Such research program shall—”.

Pub. L. 115–25, § 506(3)(A)Subsec. (b)(1). , amended par. (1) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (1) read as follows: “consider other appropriate research to mitigate the impact of tsunami;”.

Pub. L. 115–25, § 506(3)(B)Subsec. (b)(3). , substituted “conduct” for “include” and struck out “and” at end.

Pub. L. 115–25, § 506(3)(D)Subsec. (b)(4). , added par. (4). Former par. (4) redesignated (5).

Pub. L. 115–25, § 506(3)(C)Subsec. (b)(5). , (E), redesignated par. (4) as (5) and substituted “to the public and the scientific community” for “to the scientific community”.