S. 1052

119 S1052 IS: To amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to reauthorize the National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System, and for other purposes.
 U.S. Senate
 2025-03-13
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 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 1052  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   March 13, 2025   Ms. Murkowski  (for herself,  Ms. Cantwell ,  Ms. Hirono , and  Mr. Sullivan ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources    A BILL
To amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to reauthorize the National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System, and for other purposes.
1.
Reauthorization of the National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System
(a)
Modernization activities
Section 5001(b)(2)(B) of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act ( 43 U.S.C. 31k(b)(2)(B) ) is amended—
(1)
by striking  the System shall include the comprehensive application  and inserting the following: “the System shall include—
(i)
the comprehensive application
 ;
(2)
in clause (i) (as so designated)—
(A)
by striking  Global Positioning System  and inserting  Global Navigation Satellite System ;
(B)
by striking  and unoccupied aerial vehicles  and inserting  unoccupied aerial vehicles, infrasound arrays, visible and infrared cameras, and advanced digital telemetry networks ; and
(C)
by striking the period at the end and inserting  ; and ; and
(3)
by adding at the end the following:
(ii)
maintaining or expanding the technical instrumentation and infrastructure required for the comprehensive application of the emerging technologies described in clause (i), particularly advanced digital telemetry networks.
 .
(b)
Management plan
Section 5001(b)(3)(A) of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act ( 43 U.S.C. 31k(b)(3)(A) ) is amended—
(1)
in clause (ii)(III), by inserting  (including new or existing cooperative agreements)  after  partnerships ; and
(2)
in clause (iii)—
(A)
in the clause heading, by striking
Update   and inserting
Updates  ; and
(B)
in subclause (II)—
(i)
in the subclause heading, by striking
Update   and inserting
Updates  ;
(ii)
by striking  clause (i) to include  and inserting “clause (i)—
(aa)
to include
  ;
(iii)
in item (aa) (as so designated), by striking the period at the end and inserting  ; and ; and
(iv)
by adding at the end the following:
(bb)
not less frequently than once every 5 years after the date on which the management plan is submitted under that clause.
  .
(c)
Management and coordination
Section 5001(b)(3) of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act ( 43 U.S.C. 31k(b)(3) ) is amended—
(1)
in subparagraph (D)—
(A)
by redesignating clauses (ii) through (iv) as clauses (iii) through (v), respectively; and
(B)
by inserting after clause (i) the following:
(ii)
the Chief of the Forest Service;
 ; and
(2)
by adding at the end the following:
(F)
Implementation committee
The Secretary shall establish an implementation committee that shall—
(i)
include representatives of—
(I)
each State agency or designee of a State agency subject to a cooperative agreement entered into under subparagraph (C);
(II)
institutions of higher education; and
(III)
each volcano observatory described in paragraph (1)(B)(i); and
(ii)
 be responsible for providing to the Secretary recommended requirements, implementation steps, and performance standards for the System.
(G)
Communication
The Secretary, in coordination with State emergency management partners, shall identify public communication and messaging responsibilities for each of the Secretary and the State emergency management partners to avoid confusion or duplication with respect to those responsibilities.
 .
(d)
Reauthorization
Section 5001(c) of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act ( 43 U.S.C. 31k(c) ) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (1)—
(A)
by striking  $55,000,000  and inserting  $75,000,000 ; and
(B)
by striking  2023  and inserting  2033 ; and
(2)
in paragraph (2), by striking  2024  and inserting  2034 .