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42 U.S.C. § 7709 — Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory Committee

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42 U.S.C. § 7709 — Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory Committee

**(a) Establishment** The Director of the United States Geological Survey shall establish a Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory Committee. **(b) Organization** The Director shall establish procedures for selection of individuals not employed by the Federal Government who are qualified in the seismic sciences and other appropriate fields and may, pursuant to such procedures, select up to 10 individuals, one of whom shall be designated Chairman, to serve on the Advisory Committee. Selection of individuals for the Advisory Committee shall be based solely on established records of distinguished service, and the Director shall ensure that a reasonable cross-section of views and expertise is represented. In selecting individuals to serve on the Advisory Committee, the Director shall seek and give due consideration to recommendations from the National Academy of Sciences, professional societies, and other appropriate organizations. **(c) Meetings** The Advisory Committee shall meet at such times and places as may be designated by the Chairman in consultation with the Director. **(d) Duties** The Advisory Committee shall advise the Director on matters relating to the United States Geological Survey’s participation in the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, including the United States Geological Survey’s roles, goals, and objectives within that Program, its capabilities and research needs, guidance on achieving major objectives, and establishing and measuring performance goals. The Advisory Committee shall issue an annual report to the Director for submission to Congress on or before September 30 of each year. The report shall describe the Advisory Committee’s activities and address policy issues or matters that affect the United States Geological Survey’s parti

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5 U.S.C. § 1013 — Termination of advisory committees

**(a) In General.—** (1) **Advisory committees in existence on january 5, 1973.—** — Each advisory committee that is in existence on January 5, 1973, shall terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period following that date unless— (A) in the case of an advisory committee established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such advisory committee is renewed by the President or that officer by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period; or (B) in the case of an advisory committee established by an Act of Congress, its duration is otherwise provided for by law. (2) **Advisory committees established after january 5, 1973.—** — Each advisory committee established after January 5, 1973, shall terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of its establishment unless— (A) in the case of an advisory committee established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government 11 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma. such advisory committee is renewed by the President or such officer by appropriate action prior to the end of such period; or (B) in the case of an advisory committee established by an Act of Congress, its duration is otherwise provided for by law. **(b) Charters.—** (1) **Upon renewal.—** — Upon the renewal of an advisory committee, the advisory committee shall file a charter in accordance with [section 1008(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section1008/c&num=0&edition=prelim). (2) **Upon expiration of successive 2-year periods.—** — An advisory committee established by an Act of Congress shall file a charter in accordance with [section 1008(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.x

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42 U.S.C. § 7706 — Authorization of appropriations

**(a) General authorization for program** (1) There are authorized to be appropriated to the President to carry out the provisions of sections 7704 and 7705 11 See References in Text note below. of this title (in addition to any authorizations for similar purposes included in other Acts and the authorizations set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of this section), not to exceed $1,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, not to exceed $2,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, and not to exceed $2,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980. (2) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Director to carry out the provisions of sections 7704 and 7705 1 of this title for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981— (A) $1,000,000 for continuation of the Interagency Committee on Seismic Safety in Construction and the Building Seismic Safety Council programs, (B) $1,500,000 for plans and preparedness for earthquake disasters, (C) $500,000 for prediction response planning, (D) $600,000 for architectural and engineering planning and practice programs, (E) $1,000,000 for development and application of a public education program, (F) $3,000,000 for use by the National Science Foundation in addition to the amount authorized to be appropriated under subsection (c), which amount includes $2,400,000 for earthquake policy research and $600,000 for the strong ground motion element of the siting program, and (G) $1,000,000 for use by the Center for Building Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology in addition to the amount authorized to be appropriated under subsection (d) for earthquake activities in the Center. (3) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Director for the fiscal year ending Septe

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42 U.S.C. § 7709 — Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory

Page 7491 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE §§ 7801, 7802 search and Monitoring System’’ in section catchline and wherever appearing in text. 2004—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 108–360 struck out subsec. (c) which related to authorization of appropriations. § 7708. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (a) Establishment The Director of the National Science Founda- tion shall establish the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simula- tion that will upgrade, link, and integrate a sys- tem of geographically distributed experimental facilities for earthquake engineering testing of full-sized structures and their components and partial-scale physical models. The system shall be integrated through networking software so that integrated models and databases can be used to create model-based simulation, and the components of the system shall be inter- connected with a computer network and allow for remote access, information sharing, and col- laborative research. (b) Authorization of appropriations In addition to amounts appropriated under section 7706(c) of this title, there are authorized to be appropriated to the National Science Foundation for the George E. Brown, Jr. Net- work for Earthquake Engineering Simulation— (1) $28,200,000 for fiscal year 2001; (2) $24,400,000 for fiscal year 2002; (3) $4,500,000 for fiscal year 2003; (4) $17,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; (5) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, all of which shall be available for operations and mainte- nance; (6) $20,400,000 for fiscal year 2006, all of which shall be available for operations and mainte- nance; (7) $20,870,000 for fiscal year 2007, all of which shall be available for operations and mainte- nance; (8) $21,390,000 for fiscal year 2008, all of which

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