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handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxahyk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GPO 119TH CONGRESS I'REPT.119-438 2d Session j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1 NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS REDUCTION PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2025 JANUARY 12, 2026.-Ordered to be printed Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT together with ADDITIONAL VIEWS [To accompany H.R. 3168] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 3168) to reauthorize the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass. PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION The purpose of H.R. 3168 is to reauthorize the Earthquake Haz- ards Reduction Act of 1977, and for other purposes. BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is in charge of monitoring and reporting earthquakes, assessing damage, and researching their causes and effects.1 The National Earthquake Hazards Re- duction Program (NEHRP) 2 is aimed at gaining a better under- 'Earthquake Hazards Program, U.S. Geological Survey, https://www.usgs.gov/programs/ earthquake-hazards. 242 U.S.C. 7704. 69-006