Sec. 11. Outreach responsibilities
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The Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in coordination with State and local emergency managers, shall develop and carry out formal outreach activities to improve tsunami education and awareness and foster the development of resilient communities. Outreach activities may include— the development of outreach plans to ensure the close integration of tsunami warning centers supported or maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Tsunami Warning and Education Act ( 33 U.S.C. 3203(d) ) with local Weather Forecast Offices of the National Weather Service and emergency managers; working with appropriate local Weather Forecast Offices to ensure they have the technical knowledge and capability to disseminate tsunami warnings to the communities they serve; and evaluating the effectiveness of warnings and of coordination with local Weather Forecast Offices after significant tsunami events.
The Administrator shall convene a coordinating committee to assist the Administrator in the conduct of the program required by section 5(a) of the Tsunami Warning and Education Act ( 33 U.S.C. 3204(a) ). The coordinating committee shall be composed of members from each of the States at risk from tsunami, and any other such representatives as the Administrator considers appropriate to represent Federal, State, tribal, territorial, and local governments. The Administrator may approve the formation of subcommittees to address specific program components or regional issues.
The coordinating committee shall— provide feedback on how funds should be prioritized to carry out the program required by section 5(a) of the Tsunami Warning and Education Act ( 33 U.S.C. 3204(a) ); ensure that areas described in section 4(c) of the Tsunami Warning and Education Act ( 33 U.S.C. 3203(c) ) in the United States and its territories have the opportunity to participate in the program; provide recommendations to the Administrator on how to improve and continuously advance the TsunamiReady program, particularly on ways to make communities more tsunami resilient through the use of inundation maps and models and other hazard mitigation practices; and ensure that all components of the program required by section 5(a) of the Tsunami Warning and Education Act ( 33 U.S.C. 3204(a) ) are integrated with ongoing State-based hazard warning, risk management, and resilience activities, including— integrating activities with emergency response plans, disaster recovery, hazard mitigation, and community development programs in affected areas; and integrating information to assist in tsunami evacuation route planning.
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