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S. Rept. 115-113 1 (2017-06-15)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaiul0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION 4 Calendar No. 150 115TH CONGRESS N E REPORT 1st Session J SENATE 115-113 NATIONAL VOLCANO EARLY WARNING AND MONITORING SYSTEM ACT JUNE 15, 2017.-Ordered to be printed Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 346] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was referred the bill (S. 346) to provide for the establishment of the Na- tional Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System, having con- sidered the same, reports favorably thereon with amendments and recommends that the bill, as amended, do pass. The amendments are as follows: 1. Beginning on page 1, strike line 6 and all that follows through page 4, line 13. 2. On page 4, line 14, strike 3 and insert 2. 3. On page 4, line 21, strike 4 and insert 3. 4. On page 4, line 22, strike 4 and insert 3. 5. On page 8, line 14, strike 5 and insert 4. PURPOSE The purpose of S. 346 is to provide for the establishment of the National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System. BACKGROUND AND NEED The United States is the third most active country for volcanic eruptions, ranking only behind Indonesia and Japan in its number of historically active volcanoes. It is home to 169 active volcanoes, of which 55 are considered still to be threatening to life and prop- erty. 69-010