PUBLIC LAW 101-614—NOV. 16, 1990 104 STAT. 3235 sharing requirement may be satisfied through inkind contributions; and "(IV) shall not include a requirement for cost sharing in an amount greater than 50 percent of the cost of the project for which the grant is made for the fourth and subsequent fiscal years of such grant. "(3) UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. —The United States Research. Geological Survey shall conduct research necessary to characterize and identify earthquake hazards, assess earthquake risks, monitor seismic activity, and improve earthquake predictions. In carrying out this paragraph, the Director of the United States Geological Survey shall— "(A) conduct a systematic assessment of the seismic risks in each region of the Nation prone to earthquakes, including, where appropriate, the establishment and operation of intensive monitoring projects on hazardous faults, seismic microzonation studies in urban and other developed areas where earthquake risk is determined to be significant, and engineering seismology studies; "(B) work with officials of State and local governments to ensure that they are knowledgeable about the specific seismic risks in their areas; "(C) develop standard procedures, in consultation with the Agency, for issuing earthquake predictions, including aftershock advisories; "(D) issue when necessary, and notify the Director of the Agency of, an earthquake prediction or other earthquake advisory, which may be evaluated by the National Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council, which shall be exempt from the requirements of section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act when meeting for such purposes; "(E) establish, using existing facilities, a Center for the International Exchange of Earthquake Information which shall— "(i) promote the exchange of information on earthquake research and earthquake preparedness between the United States and other nations; "(ii) maintain a library containing selected reports, research papers, and data produced through the Program; "(iii) answer requests from other nations for information on United States earthquake research and earthquake preparedness programs; and "(iv) direct foreign requests to the agency involved in the Program which is best able to respond to the request; and "(F) operate a National Seismic Network; "(G) support regional seismic networks, which shall complement the National Seismic Network. "(4) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. — The National Science Research. Foundation shall be responsible for funding research on earth sciences to improve the understanding of the causes and behavior of earthquakes, on earthquake engineering, and on human response to earthquakes. In carrying out this paragraph, the Director of the National Science Foundation shall— Establishment. Foreign relations.
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