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handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxahyd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GPO 119TH CONGRESS REPT.119-431 2d Session j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1 NATIONAL LANDSLIDE PREPAREDNESS ACT REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2025 JANUARY 8, 2026.-Ordered to be printed Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 2250] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 2250) to reauthorize the National Landslide Prepared- ness Act, and for other purposes, having considered the same, re- ports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends 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 Reauthoriza- tion Act of 2025. SEC. 2. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS UNDER FLOOD LEVEL OBSERVATION, OPERATIONS, AND DECI- SION SUPPORT ACT. (a) DEFINITIONS.-Section 12(a) of the Flood Level Observation, Operations, and Decision Support Act (15 U.S.C. 9707(a)) is amended- (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respec- tively; and (2) by inserting before paragraph (4) (as so redesignated) the following: (1) ATMOSPHERIC RIVER.-The term 'atmospheric river' means a transient corridor of strong water vapor in the atmosphere that- (A) produces significant quantities of rain or snow; and (B) may be primarily beneficial to the water supply or hazardous due to flooding. (2) ATMOSPHERIC RIVER FLOODING EVENT.-The term 'atmospheric river flood- ing event' means an atmospheric river that- (A) results in flooding of rivers and streams or other hazards to human life, property, or the economy; and (B) is of particular concern to human health, property, and the economy, as determined by the Secretary of Commerce. 69-006