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HR 1110 113th Congress House Emergency Management Caribbean area Emergency communications systems Emergency planning and evacuation Natural disasters Puerto Rico U.S. territories and protectorates

Tsunami Forecasting and Warning Improvement Act of 2013

Introduced: March 13, 2013 See on congress.gov
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Mar 21, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Mar 13, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Mar 13, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Tsunami Forecasting and Warning Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends the Tsunami Warning and Education Act to direct the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), through the National Weather Service, to establish or maintain a Caribbean Tsunami Warning Center in Puerto Rico. (The responsibilities of tsunami warning centers include monitoring and evaluating earthquakes, disseminating forecasts and tsunami warning bulletins to federal, state, and local governments as well as the public, and ensuring information sharing between forecasters and emergency management officials.)

What's happening now March 21, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
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All 1 Democratic 1
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Mar 14, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1110: Tsunami Forecasting and Warning Improvement Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1110/
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"H.R. 1110: Tsunami Forecasting and Warning Improvement Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1110/.
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