HR 4073 IH: Enhancing Tsunami Warning Systems(https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr4073ih)
**National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program**
Section 805(c) of the Tsunami Warning and Education Act (33 U.S.C. 3204(c)) is amended to add new paragraphs.
- (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), and (G) as subparagraphs (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), and (H), respectively;
- (B) by inserting after subparagraph (A)
- the following new subparagraph:
- (B) Coastal digital elevation models (DEMs) to support the development of inundation maps.
**Research and Development Plan**
Not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this subsection and not less frequently than every 36 months thereafter, the Administrator, in consultation with the Interagency Council for Advancing Meteorological Services, shall develop a research and development plan to improve tsunami detection and forecasting capabilities.
- identifies and prioritizes research and development priorities to satisfy section 804;
- identifies key research needs for better detecting tsunamis that may occur in open ocean and along the coastlines of the United States and its territories, improve forecasting of tsunamis that are not seismically driven, and other opportunities determined appropriate;
- develops plans for transitioning research to operations;
- identifies collaboration opportunities that may further and align tsunami research, development, warnings, and operations between the centers supported or maintained under section 804, the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Center for Tsunami Research, the National Science Foundation, the United States Geological Survey, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, institutions of higher education, private entities, stakeholders, and others determined appropriate.
**Authorization of Appropriations**
Section 808 of the Tsunami Warning and Education Act (33 U.S.C. 3207) is amended to read as follows:
HR 4073 IH: Enhancing Tsunami Warning Systems(https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr4073ih)
SEC. 808. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to carry out this title $32,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030, of which—
- not less than 27 percent of the amount appropriated for each fiscal year shall be for activities conducted at the State level under the national tsunami hazard mitigation program under section 805;
- not less than eight percent of the amount appropriated shall be for the tsunami research program under section 806.
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