Sec. 506. MODIFICATION OF TSUNAMI RESEARCH PROGRAM
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## SEC. 506 MODIFICATION OF TSUNAMI RESEARCH PROGRAM Section 806 (33 U.S.C. 3205) is amended— ####
(1)in the matter before paragraph (1), by striking “ The Administrator shall ” and all that follows through “ establish or maintain ” and inserting the following: > > ### “(a) In general > > The Administrator shall, in consultation with such other Federal agencies, State, tribal, and territorial governments, and academic institutions as the Administrator considers appropriate, the coordinating committee under section 805(d), and the panel under section 808(a), support or maintain” > ; ####
(2)in subsection (a), as designated by paragraph (1), by striking “ and assessment for tsunami tracking and numerical forecast modeling. Such research program shall— ” and inserting the following: > “assessment for tsunami tracking and numerical forecast modeling, and standards development. > > > ### “(b) Responsibilities > > The research program supported or maintained under subsection
(a)shall—” > ; and ####
(3)in subsection (b), as designated by paragraph (2)— #####
(A)by amending paragraph
(1)to read as follows: > > #### “(1) > > consider other appropriate and cost effective solutions to mitigate the impact of tsunami, including the improvement of near-field and distant tsunami detection and forecasting capabilities, which may include use of a new generation of the Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis array, integration of tsunami sensors into commercial and Federal telecommunications cables, and other real-time tsunami monitoring systems and supercomputer capacity of the Administration to develop a rapid tsunami forecast for all United States coastlines;” > ; #####
(B)in paragraph (3)— ######
(i)by striking “include” and inserting “conduct”; and ######
(ii)by striking “and” at the end; #####
(C)by redesignating paragraph
(4)as paragraph (5); #####
(D)by inserting after paragraph
(3)the following: > > #### “(4) > > develop the technical basis for validation of tsunami maps, numerical tsunami models, digital elevation models, and forecasts; and” > ; and #####
(E)in paragraph (5), as redesignated by subparagraph (C), by striking “to the scientific community” and inserting “to the public and the scientific community”.
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