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The House Committee on Natural Resources advanced a bill in early July to reauthorize the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977.
The bipartisan bill was introduced by California Congressmen David Valadao and Jim Costa, which would reauthorize the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program through Fiscal Year 2030. The bill promotes the funding of resources such as research into these largely unpredictable (though forecastable) geological events.
“With millions of families living near active fault lines throughout California, we have a responsibility to make sure our communities are as prepared as possible for earthquakes,” said Congressman Valadao in a statement shared on his website. “Reauthorizing this program means better coordination and more reliable early warning systems, and I’m grateful to Chairman Westerman and the House Committee on Natural Resources for recognizing how important this bill is to public safety in our state and across the country.” (MORE NEWS: First Responders To Receive Greater Mental Healthcare In Texas)
The bill also seeks to create and implement the latest lifesaving earthquake risk reduction and safety measures, many of which will presumably come from countries like Japan that have shown huge progress in mitigating high death tolls in even the most cataclysmic of earthquake events.
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