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National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2025
To reauthorize the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, and for other purposes.
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Summary
National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2025
This bill reauthorizes through FY2030 the activities of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP). It also expands certain USGS activities under NEHRP relating to earthquake warnings and mapping and expands other NEHRP activities.
NEHRP is a coordinated earthquake hazards reduction program administered by four federal agencies: the National Institute of Standards and Technology, USGS, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the National Science Foundation. Under NEHRP, USGS is responsible for monitoring and early warnings (including operating the Advanced National Seismic System, a nationwide network of seismic stations), hazard assessments and mapping, and research regarding earthquakes. The bill reauthorizes such USGS activities through FY2030.
Additionally, the bill requires USGS to
- coordinate with the Federal Communications Commission to ensure alerts and early warnings are broadcast as rapidly as possible for maximum warning time,
- expand the early warning system to additional high-risk areas,
- issue forecasts for aftershocks following significant earthquakes, and
- include tsunamis and other hazards associated with earthquakes in seismic hazard maps.
Also, NEHRP activities to develop building codes and standards must include recovery objectives addressing post-earthquake occupancy and functionality of infrastructure.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Jul 21, 2026 Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Jul 21, 2026 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jan 12, 2026 Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-438, Part I.
- Jun 25, 2025 Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
- Jun 25, 2025 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jun 25, 2025 Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged
- May 20, 2025 Subcommittee Hearings Held
- May 13, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- May 1, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
- May 1, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- May 1, 2025 Introduced in House
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