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US. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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115TH CONGRESS REPT.115-1035
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
NATIONAL LANDSLIDE PREPAREDNESS ACT
NOVEMBER 16, 2018.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 1675]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1675) to establish a national program to identify and re-
duce losses from landslide hazards, to establish a national 3D Ele-
vation Program, and for other purposes, having considered the
same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the National Landslide Preparedness Act.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) 3D.-The term 3D means 3-dimensional.
(2) 3D ELEVATION DATA.-
(A) IN GENERAL.-The term 3D elevation data means 3D, high-resolu-
tion data obtained using lidar, ifsar, or other methods over the United
States (including territories).
(B) INCLUSIONS.-The term 3D elevation data includes terrestrial and
bathymetric elevation data.
(3) 3D ELEVATION PROGRAM.-The term 3D Elevation Program means the
3D Elevation Program established under section 5(a).
(4) IFSAR.-The term ifsar means interferometric synthetic aperture radar.
(5) INDIAN TRIBE.-The term Indian tribe has the meaning given the term
in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25
U.S.C. 5304).
(6) LIDAR.-The term lidar means light detection and ranging.
(7) SECRETARY.-The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior,
acting through the Director of the United States Geological Survey.
(8) STATE.-The term State means any unit of State or Territorial govern-
ment handling the identification, mapping, assessment, and research of land-
slide hazards or responding to landslide events, including-
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