Sec. 8. Tsunami science, technology, and preparedness panel
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Title VIII of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006 ( Public Law 109–479 ; 33 U.S.C. 3201 et seq. ) is amended— by redesignating section 808 as section 809; and by inserting after section 807 the following: The Administrator shall establish a panel to provide advice to the Administrator on matters regarding tsunami science, technology, and preparedness. The panel established pursuant to paragraph
(1)shall be a standing subcommittee of the Science Advisory Board of the Administration. The panel established under subsection
(a)shall be composed of not fewer than 7 members selected by the Administrator from among individuals who have academic or practical expertise in physical sciences, social sciences, information technology, coastal resilience, emergency management, or such other disciplines as the Administrator considers appropriate. No member of the panel established pursuant to subsection
(a)may be a Federal employee. Not less frequently than once every 2 years, the panel established under subsection
(a)shall— review the activities of the Federal Government (including the activities of the program conducted under section 805) relating to tsunami research, forecasting, warning, and preparation; submit to the Administrator and such others as the Administrator considers appropriate— the findings of the panel with respect to the most recent review conducted pursuant to paragraph (1); and such recommendations for legislative or administrative action as the panel considers appropriate to improve Federal tsunami research, forecasting, warning, and preparation. Not less frequently than once every 2 years, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives a report on the findings and recommendations received by the Administrator under subsection (c)(2). . The table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 808 and inserting the following: Sec. 808. Tsunami science, technology, and preparedness panel. Sec. 809. Authorization of appropriations. .
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