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handle is hein.crs/govebtf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ACongressional a Research Service Enactment of the National Landslide Preparedness Act (P.L. 116-323) Updated January 12, 2021 The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) estimates landslides kill an average of 25-50 people each year in the United States and account for $1 billion-$2 billion annually in damages. The National Landslide Preparedness Act (P.L. 116-323), signed into law on January 5, 2021, authorized anational landslide hazards reduction program and a complementary 3D elevation program within the USGS. The USGS already operated, under its Organic Act of 1879 and other authorities, a Landslide Hazards Program (funding level of $8.0 million in FY2021) within its Natural Hazards Program and a 3D Elevation Program (funding level of $46.0 million in FY2021) within its National Geospatial Program. The new act broadens the USGS's current activities and requires coordination with other federal agencies. Authorizing a Landslide Hazards Reduction Program P.L. 116-323 directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary), acting through the Director of the USGS, to establish a program to identify risks and hazards from landslides, reduce losses, protect communities at risk, and improve communication and emergency preparedness. The act requires the program to map and assess landslide hazards; respond to landslide events; coordinate with nonfederal entities to identify regional and local priorities; and develop and implement landslide hazard guidelines for geologists, engineers, emergency managers, and land-use decisionmakers. Prior to enactment of P.L. 116-323 (HR. 8810), the 116th Congress considered legislation with the same title: the House passed H.R. 1261 on June 3, 2019, and the Senate passed S. 529 on July 30, 2020. These bills differed from each other and from H.R. 8810 on various provisions, such as those related to reporting, authorization of appropriations, and technical terminology. Managing the Program Section 3 of the act structures the program with elements roughly parallel to the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP; P.L. 115-307). An interagency committee chaired by the Department of the Interior (DOI) is to oversee and coordinate the landslide program and to support the development and execution of a national strategy for landslide hazards and risk reduction. The national strategy is to include an interagency plan for carrying out the national strategy. Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11008 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Membersand Committeesof Congress

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