EXPANSION OF PURPOSES OF TSUNAMI WARNING AND EDUCATION ACT.

SEC. 503. EXPANSION OF PURPOSES OF TSUNAMI WARNING AND EDUCATION ACT. Section 803 (33 U.S.C. 3202) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting “research,” after “warnings,”; (2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows: “(2) to enhance and modernize the existing United States Tsunami Warning System to increase the accuracy of forecasts and warnings, to ensure full coverage of tsunami threats to the United States with a network of detection assets, and to reduce false alarms;” ; (3) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows: “(3) to improve and develop standards and guidelines for mapping, modeling, and assessment efforts to improve tsunami detection, forecasting, warnings, notification, mitigation, resiliency, response, outreach, and recovery;” ; (4) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) as paragraphs (5), (6), and (8), respectively; (5) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: “(4) to improve research efforts related to improving tsunami detection, forecasting, warnings, notification, mitigation, resiliency, response, outreach, and recovery;” ; (6) in paragraph (5), as redesignated— (A) by striking “and increase” and inserting “, increase, and develop uniform standards and guidelines for”; and (B) by inserting “, including the warning signs of locally generated tsunami” after “approaching”; (7) in paragraph (6), as redesignated, by striking “, including the Indian Ocean; and” and inserting a semicolon; and (8) by inserting after paragraph (6), as redesignated, the following: “(7) to foster resilient communities in the face of tsunami and other similar coastal hazards; and” .