US Congress House Bill 1261 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Engrossed on June 4 2019 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-06-04 - Received in the Senate.
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Directs the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to establish a National Landslide Hazards Reduction Program to identify and understand landslide hazards and risks, reduce losses from landslides, protect communities at risk of landslide hazards, and help improve communication and emergency preparedness. The USGS shall, among other things develop and publish a national strategy for landslide hazards, risk reduction, and response in the United States (including territories); develop and maintain a publicly accessible national landslide hazard and risk inventory database; expand the early warning system for debris flow; and establish emergency response procedures for the rapid deployment of federal scientists, equipment, and services to areas impacted by a significant landslide event. The USGS may provide grants to research, map, assess, and collect data on landslide hazards. The National Science Foundation may provide grants to eligible entities for landslide research. The USGS (1) shall advance the identification, mapping, research, monitoring, restoration, and mitigation of subsidence and groundwater resource accounting, losses from subsidence, including saltwater intrusion, particularly in areas affected by drought and sea level rise; (2) shall establish the 3D Elevation Program and the 3D Elevation Federal Interagency Coordinating Committee; and (3) may make grants and enter into cooperative agreements to facilitate the improvement of nationwide coverage of 3D elevation data.

National Landslide Preparedness Act

Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-04	Senate	Received in the Senate.
2019-06-03	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2019-06-03	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4198-4200)
2019-06-03	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1261.
2019-06-03	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4198-4201)
2019-06-03	House	Mr. Case moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2019-06-03	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 74.
2019-06-03	House	Committee on Science, Space, and Technology discharged.
2019-06-03	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-99, Part I.
2019-05-01	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
2019-05-01	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2019-05-01	House	Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
2019-03-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
2019-02-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
2019-02-14	House	Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
2019-02-14	House	Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
2019-02-14	House	Introduced in House

SB529 (Related) 2020-08-07 - Held at the desk.
HB8810 (Related) 2021-01-05 - Became Public Law No: 116-323.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1261/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1261/BILLS-116hr1261ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1261/BILLS-116hr1261rh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1261/BILLS-116hr1261eh.pdf