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Pacific Northwest Earthquake Preparedness Act of 2019

Introduced: January 30, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Feb 7, 2019
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Feb 6, 2019
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Feb 6, 2019
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1368-1369)
Feb 6, 2019
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H1368-1369)
Feb 6, 2019
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 876.
Feb 6, 2019
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1368-1370)
Feb 6, 2019
Mr. DeFazio moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jan 30, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Jan 30, 2019
Introduced in House
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Pacific Northwest Earthquake Preparedness Act of 2019

This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to develop a plan for the purchase and installation of an earthquake early warning system for the Cascadia Subduction Zone. The term "Cascadia Subduction Zone" means the landward-dipping fault that is approximately 684 miles long, separates the Juan De Fuca and North America plates, and stretches along a portion of the western coast of the United States beginning off Cape Mendocino, California, along the states of Oregon and Washington, to Northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

The President shall establish an Earthquake and Tsunami Task Force to develop a comprehensive strategy and recommendations on how the nation should prepare and plan for, mitigate against, respond to, recover from, and more successfully adapt to an earthquake, tsunami, or combined earthquake and tsunami event in the Cascadia Subduction Zone. FEMA shall report to Congress on the comprehensive strategy and task force recommendations.

The task force shall enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences for developing recommendations for a federal research strategy to advance scientific understanding of a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake and resulting tsunami preparedness.

What's happening now February 7, 2019

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
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Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Feb 5, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 876: Pacific Northwest Earthquake Preparedness Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-876/
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"H.R. 876: Pacific Northwest Earthquake Preparedness Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-876/.
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