114 STAT. 2306
PUBLIC LAW 106-503—NOV. 13, 2000
42 USC 7707.
"SEC. 13. ADVANCED NATIONAL SEISMIC RESEARCH AND MONITORING
SYSTEM.
"(a) ESTABLISHMENT. — The Director of the United States
Greological Survey shall establish and operate an Advanced National
Seismic Research and Monitoring System. The purpose of such
system shall be to organize, modernize, standardize, and stabilize
the national, regional, and urban seismic monitoring systems in
the United States, including sensors, recorders, and data analysis
centers, into a coordinated system that will measure and record
the full range of frequencies and amplitudes exhibited by seismic
waves, in order to enhance earthquake research and warning
capabilities.
Deadline.
"(b) MANAGEMENT PLAN. —Not later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction
Authorization Act of 2000, the Director of the United States
Geological Survey shall transmit to the Congress a 5-year management plan for establishing and operating the Advanced National
Seismic Research and Monitoring System. The plan shall include
annual cost estimates for both modernization and operation, milestones, standards, and performance goals, as well as plans for
securing the participation of all existing networks in the Advanced
National Seismic Research and Monitoring System and for establishing new, or enhancing existing, partnerships to leverage
resources.
"(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
"(1) EXPANSION AND MODERNIZATION.— In addition to
amounts appropriated under section 12(b), there are authorized
to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior, to be used
by the Director of the United States Geological Survey to establish the Advanced National Seismic Research and Monitoring
System—
"(A) $33,500,000 for fiscal year 2002;
"(B) $33,700,000 for fiscal year 2003;
"(C) $35,100,000 for fiscal year 2004;
"(D) $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; and
"(E) $33,500,000 for fiscal year 2006.
"(2) OPERATION. —In addition to amounts appropriated
under section 12(b), there are authorized to be appropriated
to the Secretary of the Interior, to be used by the Director
of the United States Geological Survey to operate the Advanced
National Seismic Research and Monitoring System—
"(A) $4,500,000 for fiscal year 2002; and
"(B) $10,300,000 for fiscal year 2003.".
SEC. 205. NETWORK FOR EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING SIMULATION.
The Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C.
7701 et seq.) is further amended by adding at the end the following
new section:
42 USC 7708.
"SEC. 14. NETWORK FOR EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING SIMULATION.
"(a) ESTABLISHMENT. — The Director of the National Science
Foundation shall establish the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for
Earthquake Engineering Simulation that will upgrade, link, and
integrate a system of geographically distributed experimental facilities for earthquake engineering testing of full-sized structures and
their components and partial-scale physical models. The system
shall be integrated through networking software so that integrated
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