Congress Clears Five-Year Extension for Federal Earthquake Program
Legislation to continue the multi-agency National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program for five years, and make modest changes in it, has quietly cleared Congress and is headed to the White House for President Trump’s expected signature.
Final congressional action on the measure [view bill text here.] came on Nov. 27, when the House cleared it on a voice vote. The federal earthquake program was last reauthorized in 2004. That authorization lapsed in 2009, though annual appropriations have kept the program operating since then.