Sec. 4. Modification of tsunami forecasting and warning program
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(b)of section 804 ( 33 U.S.C. 3203 ) is amended— in paragraph (1), by inserting or maintained after established ; in paragraph (4), by inserting and safeguarding port and harbor operations after communities ; in paragraph (6), by inserting , including regional seismic networks previously installed in areas of sparse instrumentation after networks ; in paragraph (7)— by inserting , including graphical warning products, after warnings ; and by inserting and Wireless Emergency Alerts after Hazards Program ; and in paragraph (8), by inserting and commercial and Federal undersea communications cables after technologies . Subsection
(c)of such section is amended to read as follows: The program under this section shall operate a tsunami warning system that— is capable of forecasting tsunamis anywhere in the Pacific and Arctic Ocean regions and providing adequate warnings; is capable of providing adequate warnings in areas of the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico that are determined— to be geologically active, or to have significant potential for geological activity; and to pose significant risks of tsunamis for States along the coastal areas of the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, or Gulf of Mexico; and supports other international tsunami forecasting and warning efforts. . Subsection
(d)of such section is amended to read as follows: The Administrator shall establish or maintain, as part of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction, centers to support the tsunami warning system required by subsection (c). The responsibilities of the centers established or maintained pursuant to paragraph
(1)shall include the following: Continuously monitoring data from seismological, deep ocean, and tidal monitoring stations. Evaluating earthquakes that have the potential to generate tsunamis. Evaluating deep ocean buoy data and tidal monitoring stations for indications of tsunamis resulting from earthquakes and other sources. To the extent practicable, utilizing ensemble models to predict tsunamis. Ensuring supercomputing resources of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction are available to run, as rapidly as possible, such computer models as are needed for purposes of the tsunami warning system operated pursuant to subsection (c). Disseminating forecasts and tsunami warning bulletins to Federal, State, and local government officials and the public. Developing outreach plans to ensure close integration with local Weather Forecast Offices of the National Weather Service and emergency managers. Working with local Weather Forecast Offices to ensure they have the technical knowledge and capability to disseminate tsunami warnings to the communities they serve. Evaluating effectiveness of warnings and of coordination with local Weather Forecast Offices after significant tsunami events. Coordinating with the tsunami hazard mitigation program conducted under section 805 to ensure ongoing sharing of information between forecasters and emergency management officials. Making data gathered under this title and post-warning analyses conducted by the National Weather Service or other relevant Administration offices available to researchers. The tsunami warning centers established or maintained pursuant to paragraph (1), including the warning centers in Hawaii and Alaska that were established under this section and in operation on the day before the date of the enactment of the Tsunami Warning and Education Reauthorization Act of 2014 , shall maintain a redundant warning capability and ability to perform back-up duties for each other. The National Weather Service regions and local forecast offices shall coordinate with the centers established or maintained pursuant to paragraph
(1)to ensure that— they have the technical knowledge and capability to disseminate tsunami warnings for the communities they serve; and their connections with local emergency management officials are leveraged for optimally disseminating tsunami warnings and forecasts. The Administrator shall— establish uniform operational procedures for the centers established or maintained pursuant to paragraph (1), including the employment of software applications, checklists, decision support tools, and tsunami warning products that have been standardized across the program established under this section; ensure that processes and products of the warning system operated pursuant to subsection (c)— reflect industry best practices; conform with internationally recognized standards for information technology; and conform to the maximum extent practicable with other warning products and practices of the National Weather Service; ensure that future adjustments to operational protocols, processes, and warning products— are made consistently across the warning system operated pursuant to subsection (c); and are applied in a uniform manner across such warning system; and promote standards for evaluating and improving tsunami forecast models. The Administrator shall ensure the tsunami warning centers established or maintained pursuant to paragraph
(1)develop and carry out formal outreach plans. . Subsection
(e)of such section is amended to read as follows: In carrying out this section, the Administrator shall— develop requirements for the equipment used to forecast tsunamis, including— provisions for multipurpose detection platforms; reliability and performance metrics; and to the maximum extent practicable, how the equipment will be integrated with other United States and global ocean and coastal observation systems, the global earth observing system of systems, the global seismic networks, and the Advanced National Seismic System; develop and execute a plan for the transfer of technology from ongoing research conducted as part of the program established or maintained under section 806 into the program under this section; and ensure that maintaining operational tsunami detection equipment is the highest priority within the program carried out under this section. . Subsection
(f)of such section is amended to read as follows: When deploying and maintaining tsunami detection technologies under the program under this section, the Administrator shall— identify which assets of other Federal agencies are necessary to support such program; and work with each agency identified under paragraph (1)— to acquire the agency’s assistance; and to prioritize the necessary assets. . Such section is further amended by striking subsections
(g)through (k).
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