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 PUBLIC LAW 101-614—NOV. 16, 1990 104 STAT. 3233 " (b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF PROGRAM AGENCIES.— "(1) LEAD AGENCY. —The Federal Emergency Management Agency (hereafter in this Act referred to as the 'Agency') shall have the primary responsibility for planning and coordinating the Program. In carrying out this paragraph, the Director of the Agency shall— "(A) prepare, in conjunction with the other Program agencies, an annual budget for the Program to be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget; "(B) ensure that the Program includes the necessary steps to promote the implementation of earthquake hazard reduction measures by Federal, State, and local governments, national standards and model building code organizations, architects and engineers, and others with a role in planning and constructing buildings and lifelines; "(C) prepare, in conjunction with the other Program agencies, a written plan for the Program, which shall include specific tasks and milestones for each Program agency, and which shall be submitted to the Congress and updated at such times as may be required by significant Program events, but in no event less frequently than every 3 years; "(D) prepare, in conjunction with the other Program Reports agencies, a biennial report, to be submitted to the Congress within 90 days after the end of each even-numbered fiscal year, which shall describe the activities and achievements of the Program during the preceding two fiscal years; and "(E) request the assistance of Federal agencies other than the Program agencies, as necessary to assist in carrying out this Act. The principal official carrying out the responsibilities described in this paragraph shall be at a level no lower than that of Associate Director. " (2) FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY. — "(A) PROGRAM RESPONSIBIUTIES.— In addition to the lead gigency responsibilities described in paragraph (1), the Director of the Agency shall— "(i) operate a program of grants and technical assistance which would enable States to develop preparedness and response plans, prepare inventories and conduct seismic safety inspections of critical structures and lifelines, update building and zoning codes and ordinances to enhance seismic safety, increase earthquake awareness and education, and encourage the development of multi-State groups for such purposes; "(ii) prepare and execute, in conjunction with the Program agencies, the Department of Eklucation, other Federal agencies, and private sector groups, a comprehensive earthquake education and public awareness program, to include development of materials and their wide dissemination to schools and the general public; ^ "(iii) prepare and disseminate widely, with the assistance of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, other Federal agencies, and private sector groups, information on building codes and practices for structures and lifelines; Grant programs. Intergovernmental relations. Education. Public information.

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