§ 3206a. Tsunami Science and Technology Advisory Panel

Statutory text

Designation

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.

Membership

Composition

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.

Federal employment

No member of the Panel may be a Federal employee.

Responsibilities

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.

Reports to Congress

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).

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

2017
Tsunami Warning and Education Act
Pub. L. 109–479 title VIII § 808 · 120 Stat. 3575
Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 3206a
(Pub. L. 109–479, title VIII, § 808, as added Pub. L. 115–25, title V, § 508(a)(2), Apr. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 125.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 109–479, title VIII, § 808, as added Pub. L. 115–25, title V, § 508(a)(2), Apr. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 125.)
Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 808. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. There are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to carry out this title— (1) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, of which— (A) not less than 27 percent of the amount appropriated shall be for the tsunami hazard mitigation program under section 805; and (B) not less than 8 percent of the amount appropriated shall be for the tsunami research program under section 806; (2) $26,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, of which— (A) not less than 27 percent of the amount appropriated shall be for the tsunami hazard mitigation program under section 805; and (B) not less than 8 percent of the amount appropriated shall be for the tsunami research program under section 806; (3) $27,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, of which— (A) not less than 27 percent of the amount appropriated shall be for the tsunami hazard mitigation program under section 805; and (B) not less than 8 percent of the amount appropriated shall be for the tsunami research program under section 806; (4) $28,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, of which— (A) not less than 27 percent of the amount appropriated shall be for the tsunami hazard mitigation program under section 805; and (B) not less than 8 percent of the amount appropriated shall be for the tsunami research program under section 806; and (5) $29,000,000 for fiscal year 2012, of which— (A) not less than 27 percent of the amount appropriated shall be for the tsunami hazard mitigation program under section 805; and (B) not less than 8 percent of the amount appropriated shall be for the tsunami research program under section 806.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 808 of Pub. L. 109–479 was renumbered section 809 and is classified to section 3207 of this title.

Credits

(Pub. L. 109–479, title VIII, § 808, as added Pub. L. 115–25, title V, § 508(a)(2), Apr. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 125.)