Sec. 508. Tsunami science and technology advisory panel
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The Act is further amended— by redesignating section 808 ( 33 U.S.C. 3207 ) as section 809; and by inserting after section 807 ( 33 U.S.C. 3206 ) the following: The Administrator shall designate an existing working group within the Science Advisory Board of the Administration to serve as the Tsunami Science and Technology Advisory Panel to provide advice to the Administrator on matters regarding tsunami science, technology, and regional preparedness. The Panel shall be composed of no fewer than 7 members selected by the Administrator from among individuals from academia or State agencies 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 may be a Federal employee. Not less frequently than once every 4 years, the Panel shall— review the activities of the Administration, and other Federal activities as appropriate, relating to tsunami research, detection, forecasting, warning, mitigation, resiliency, and preparation; and submit to the Administrator and such others as the Administrator considers appropriate— the findings of the working group with respect to the most recent review conducted under paragraph (1); and such recommendations for legislative or administrative action as the working group considers appropriate to improve Federal tsunami research, detection, forecasting, warning, mitigation, resiliency, and preparation.
Not less frequently than once every 4 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 the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006 ( Public Law 109–479 ; 120 Stat. 3575) is amended by striking the item relating to section 808 and inserting the following:
Sec. 808. Tsunami Science and Technology Advisory Panel. Sec. 809. Authorization of appropriations. .
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Sec. 508
Tsunami science and technology advisory panel
Pub. L.Pub. L. 109-479
Stat.120 Stat. 3575
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