UPDATE: S.529 – National Landslide Preparedness Act

LATEST ACTION: December 5, 2019 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 315.

BILL TITLE: National Landslide Preparedness Act

BILL SUMMARY:

National Landslide Preparedness Act

This bill directs the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to establish a National Landslide Hazards Reduction Program to identify and understand landslide hazards and risks, reduce losses from landslides, protect communities at risk of landslide hazards, and help improve communication and emergency preparedness.

The USGS shall, among other things

-- develop and publish a national strategy for landslide hazards, risk reduction, and response in the United States (including territories);

-- develop and maintain a publicly accessible national landslide hazard and risk inventory database;

-- expand the early warning system for debris flow; and

-- establish emergency response procedures for the rapid deployment of federal scientists, equipment, and services to areas impacted by a significant landslide event.

The USGS may provide grants to research, map, assess, and collect data on landslide hazards.

The National Science Foundation may provide grants to eligible entities for landslide research.

The USGS (1) shall establish the 3D Elevation Program and the 3D Elevation Federal Interagency Coordinating Committee, and (2) may make grants and enter into cooperative agreements to facilitate the improvement of nationwide coverage of 3D elevation data.

[NOTE: The contents of this legislative update are current as of 06:00 AM on December 6, 2019.]

BILL NUMBER: 116th Congress: Senate Bill 529 (S.529)

CHAMBER OF ORIGIN: U.S. Senate

CURRENT CHAMBER: U.S. Senate

For DETAILED LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION on S.529, visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/529

BILL TEXT: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/529/text

ACTIONS-TO-DATE (ordered by most recent first):

12/05/2019 -- Senate -- Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 315.

12/05/2019 -- Senate -- Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-165.

04/03/2019 -- Senate -- Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

02/14/2019 -- Senate -- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

02/14/2019 -- Senate -- Introduced in Senate.

SPONSOR(S)*:

-- Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]

CO-SPONSOR(S)*:

[*Note: Sponsors and co-sponsors are current as of December 5, 2019. For the most up-to-date version of the sponsor and co-sponsor lists, visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/529/cosponsors ]

-- Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]

-- Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]

-- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]

-- Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]

-- Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]

COMMITTEES: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee.

SUBJECTS: Advisory bodies, American Samoa, Caribbean area, Congressional oversight, Department of the Interior, Disaster relief and insurance, Earth sciences, Emergency planning and evacuation, Executive agency funding and structure, Fires, Floods and storm protection, Forests, forestry, trees, Geography and mapping, Government information and archives, Guam, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Puerto Rico, U.S. territories and protectorates, Virgin Islands.