The U.S. Tsunami Program A Brief Overview

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Disaster relief.

Earthquakes.

Expenditures, Public.

Federal aid.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2015

Summary:

Provides information on U.S. tsunami warning centers and programs that exist to monitor, detect, and issue warnings about tsunamis generated in Pacific Ocean; and to assist States with planning and disaster relief following tsunamis. Reviews H.R. 34 and S. 533, both the Tsunami Warning, Education, and Research Act of 2015, to amend the Tsunami Warning and Education Act and authorize appropriations for the national tsunami hazard mitigation program through FY2017. Discusses FY2015 tsunami program funding

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 11-R4-1686 in the 2011 issue

Notes:

CRS Report

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2015). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division. U.S. Tsunami Program

Publisher Number:

CRS-2015-RSI-0581

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license