Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 86 — Earthquake Hazards Reduction
§ 7707. Advanced National Seismic System
Statutory text
Establishment
The Director of the United States Geological Survey shall establish and operate an Advanced National Seismic System. The purpose of such system shall be to organize, modernize, standardize, and stabilize the national, regional, and urban seismic monitoring systems in the United States, including sensors, recorders, and data analysis centers, into a coordinated system that will measure and record the full range of frequencies and amplitudes exhibited by seismic waves, in order to enhance earthquake research and warning capabilities.
Management plan
Not later than 90 days after , the Director of the United States Geological Survey shall transmit to the Congress a 5-year management plan for establishing and operating the Advanced National Seismic System. The plan shall include annual cost estimates for both modernization and operation, milestones, standards, and performance goals, as well as plans for securing the participation of all existing networks in the Advanced National Seismic System and for establishing new, or enhancing existing, partnerships to leverage resources.
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.
Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977
Pub. L. 95–124 § 13 · 91 Stat. 1098
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 7707
Pub. L. 95–124, § 13, as added Pub. L. 106–503, title II, § 204, Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2305
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 95–124, § 13, as added Pub. L. 106–503, title II, § 204, Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2305National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2004
Pub. L. 108–360 title I § 104(b) · 118 Stat. 1668
Struck · 42 U.S.C. § 7707(c)
Pub. L. 108–360 struck out subsec. (c) which related to authorization of appropriations
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 108–360 struck out subsec. (c) which related to authorization of appropriations.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(b) Separate Authorization for the Advanced national Seismic Research and Monitoring System.— Section 13 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7707) is amended by striking subsection (c).National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2018
Pub. L. 115–307 § 8(b) · 132 Stat. 4408
Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 7707
Pub. L. 115–307 substituted “Advanced National Seismic System” for “Advanced National Seismic Research and Monitoring System” in section catchline and wherever appearing in text
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 115–307 substituted “Advanced National Seismic System” for “Advanced National Seismic Research and Monitoring System” in section catchline and wherever appearing in text.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(b) References to the Advanced National Seismic System.— Such Act is amended— (1) in section 13 (42 U.S.C. 7707), in the section heading, by striking “advanced national seismic research and monitoring system” and inserting “advanced national seismic system”; and (2) by striking “Advanced National Seismic Research and Monitoring System” each place it appears and inserting “Advanced National Seismic System”.
2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments2004–2018 · 2 rounds
2018
Pub. L. 115–307 substituted “Advanced National Seismic System” for “Advanced National Seismic Research and Monitoring System” in section catchline and wherever appearing in text.
2004
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 108–360 struck out subsec. (c) which related to authorization of appropriations.
Credits
2000–2018 · 3 acts
- 2000Pub. L. 95–124, § 13, as added Pub. L. 106–503, title II, § 204, , 114 Stat. 2305
- 2004amended Pub. L. 108–360, title I, § 104(b), , 118 Stat. 1675
- 2018Pub. L. 115–307, § 8(b), , 132 Stat. 4417.
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(Pub. L. 95–124, § 13, as added Pub. L. 106–503, title II, § 204, , 114 Stat. 2305; amended Pub. L. 108–360, title I, § 104(b), , 118 Stat. 1675; Pub. L. 115–307, § 8(b), , 132 Stat. 4417.)