US Congress House Bill 876 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 7 2019 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-07 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Pending: Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to develop a plan for the purchase and installation of an earthquake early warning system for the Cascadia Subduction Zone. The term "Cascadia Subduction Zone" means the landward-dipping fault that is approximately 684 miles long, separates the Juan De Fuca and North America plates, and stretches along a portion of the western coast of the United States beginning off Cape Mendocino, California, along the states of Oregon and Washington, to Northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The President shall establish an Earthquake and Tsunami Task Force to develop a comprehensive strategy and recommendations on how the nation should prepare and plan for, mitigate against, respond to, recover from, and more successfully adapt to an earthquake, tsunami, or combined earthquake and tsunami event in the Cascadia Subduction Zone. FEMA shall report to Congress on the comprehensive strategy and task force recommendations. The task force shall enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences for developing recommendations for a federal research strategy to advance scientific understanding of a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake and resulting tsunami preparedness.

Pacific Northwest Earthquake Preparedness Act of 2019

Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]

Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]

Rep. Harley Rouda [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-07	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
2019-02-06	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2019-02-06	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1368-1369)
2019-02-06	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 876.
2019-02-06	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1368-1370)
2019-02-06	House	Mr. DeFazio moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2019-01-30	House	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2019-01-30	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/876/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr876/BILLS-116hr876ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr876/BILLS-116hr876eh.pdf