Tsunami Forecasting and Warning Improvement Act of 2013
Latest action · Mar 21, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 13, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Tsunami Forecasting and Warning Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends the Tsunami Warning and Education Act to direct the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), through the National Weather Service, to establish or maintain a Caribbean Tsunami Warning Center in Puerto Rico. (The responsibilities of tsunami warning centers include monitoring and evaluating earthquakes, disseminating forecasts and tsunami warning bulletins to federal, state, and local governments as well as the public, and ensuring information sharing between forecasters and emergency management officials.)
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 13, 2013 to Mar 14, 2013, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Original | Mar 13, 2013 |
| D-AS | Eni F. H. Faleomavaega | Original | Mar 13, 2013 |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Original | Mar 13, 2013 |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Original | Mar 13, 2013 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Mar 14, 2013 | |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Mar 14, 2013 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 21, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
- Mar 13, 2013Introduced in House
- Mar 13, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 13, 2013Introduced in House
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