118 STAT. 1669 PUBLIC LAW 108–360—OCT. 25, 2004 SEC. 103. NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS REDUCTION PROGRAM. Section 5 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7704(b)) is amended— (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established the National Earth quake Hazards Reduction Program. ‘‘(2) PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.—The activities of the Program shall be designed to— ‘‘(A) develop effective measures for earthquake hazards reduction; ‘‘(B) promote the adoption of earthquake hazards reduc tion measures by Federal, State, and local governments, national standards and model code organizations, architects and engineers, building owners, and others with a role in planning and constructing buildings, structures, and lifelines through— ‘‘(i) grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and technical assistance; ‘‘(ii) development of standards, guidelines, and vol untary consensus codes for earthquake hazards reduc tion for buildings, structures, and lifelines; ‘‘(iii) development and maintenance of a repository of information, including technical data, on seismic risk and hazards reduction; and ‘‘(C) improve the understanding of earthquakes and their effects on communities, buildings, structures, and lifelines, through interdisciplinary research that involves engineering, natural sciences, and social, economic, and decisions sciences; and ‘‘(D) develop, operate, and maintain an Advanced National Seismic Research and Monitoring System estab lished under section 13 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduc tion Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7707), the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation estab lished under section 14 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 7708), and the Global Seismographic Network. ‘‘(3) INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COMMITTEE ON EARTH QUAKE HAZARDS REDUCTION.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There is established an Interagency Coordinating Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction chaired by the Director of the National Institute of Stand ards and Technology (referred to in this subsection as the ‘Director’). ‘‘(B) MEMBERSHIP.—The committee shall be composed of the directors of— ‘‘(i) the Federal Emergency Management Agency; ‘‘(ii) the United States Geological Survey; ‘‘(iii) the National Science Foundation; ‘‘(iv) the Office of Science and Technology Policy; and ‘‘(v) the Office of Management and Budget. ‘‘(C) MEETINGS.—The Committee shall meet not less than 3 times a year at the call of the Director. ‘‘(D) PURPOSE AND DUTIES.—The Interagency Coordi nating Committee shall oversee the planning, management, Establishment.
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