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PUBLIC LAW 109–424—DEC. 20, 2006

Public Law 109–424 109th Congress An Act Dec. 20, 2006 [H.R. 1674]

Tsunami Warning and Education Act. 33 USC 3201 note. 33 USC 3201.

To authorize and strengthen the tsunami detection, forecast, warning, and mitigation program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to be carried out by the National Weather Service, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tsunami Warning and Education Act’’. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act: (1) The term ‘‘Administration’’ means the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (2) The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 33 USC 3202.

SEC. 3. PURPOSES.

The purposes of this Act are— (1) to improve tsunami detection, forecasting, warnings, notification, outreach, and mitigation to protect life and property in the United States; (2) to enhance and modernize the existing Pacific Tsunami Warning System to increase coverage, reduce false alarms, and increase the accuracy of forecasts and warnings, and to expand detection and warning systems to include other vulnerable States and United States territories, including the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico areas; (3) to improve mapping, modeling, research, and assessment efforts to improve tsunami detection, forecasting, warnings, notification, outreach, mitigation, response, and recovery; (4) to improve and increase education and outreach activities and ensure that those receiving tsunami warnings and the at-risk public know what to do when a tsunami is approaching; (5) to provide technical and other assistance to speed international efforts to establish regional tsunami warning systems in vulnerable areas worldwide, including the Indian Ocean; and (6) to improve Federal, State, and international coordination for detection, warnings, and outreach for tsunami and other coastal impacts.

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