Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 91.djvu/1136

 PUBLIC LAW 95-124—OCT. 7, 1977

91 STAT. 1102 -

Report, filing with congressional committees.

(4) an examination of alternative provisions and requirements for reducing earthquake hazards through Federal and federally financed construction, loans, loan guarantees, and licenses; (5) the determination of the appropriate role for insurance, loan programs, and public and private relief efforts in moderating the impact of earthquakes; and (6) dissemination, on a timely basis, of— (A) instrument-derived data of interest to other researchuers; (B) design and analysis data and procedures of interest ,;;;<; to the design professions and to the construction i n d u s t r y; and (C) other information and knowledge of interest to the public to reduce vulnerability to earthquake hazards. When the implementation plan developed by the President under this section contemplates o r proposes specific action to be taken by any Federal agency, department, or entity, and, at the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date the President submits such plan to the appropriate authorizing committees of the Congress any such action has not been initiated, the President shall file with such committees a report explaining, in detail, the reasons why such action has not been initiated. (g) STATE

Program plan review. Report to Congress.

42 USC 7705. Submittal to congressional committees.

42 USC 7706.

ASSISTANCE.—In

making

assistance available to

the

States under the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the President may make such assistance available to further the purposes of this Act, including making available to the States the results of research and other activities conducted under- this Act. (h) PARTICIPATIOK.—In carrying out the provisions of this section, the President shall provide an opportunity for participation by the appropriate representatives of State and local governments, and by the public, including representatives of business and industry, the design professions, and the research community, in the formulation and implementation of the program. Such non-Federal participation shall include periodic review of the program plan, considered in its entirety, by an assembled and adequately staffed group of such representatives. Any comments on the program upon which such group agrees shall be reported to the Congress. Measures developed pursuant to paragraph 5 (f)(1) for the evaluation of prediction techniques and actual predictions of earthquakes shall provide for adequate non-Feder-'al participation. To the extent that such measures include evaluation by Federal employees of nonFederal prediction activities, such measures shall also include evaluation by persons not in full-time Federal employment of Federal prediction activities. SEC. 6. ANNUAL REPORT.

The President shall, within ninety days after the end of each fiscal year, submit an annual report to the appropriate authorizing committees in the Congress describing the status of the program, and describing and evaluating progress achieved during the preceding fiscal year in reducing the risks of earthquake hazards. E a c h such report shall include any recommendations for legislative and other action the President deems necessary and appropriate. SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

(a) GENERAL.—There a r e authorized to be appropriated to the President to carry out the provisions of sections 5 and 6 of this Act (in addition to any authorizations for similar purposes included in

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