Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 247.
This bill amends section 5001(c) of the John D. Dingell, Jr.
Debate over whether $470,000/year is adequate for program needs
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrow statutory amendment that reauthorizes and provides specific annual funding and updated agency/title references for the National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System.
This bill amends section 5001(c) of the John D.
Dingell, Jr.
Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to reauthorize the National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System.
Narrow, low-cost scientific reauthorization with little ideological baggage usually clears Congress, though appropriation and Senate procedure are uncertainties.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrow statutory amendment that reauthorizes and provides specific annual funding and updated agency/title references for the National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System. It is clear in the concrete edits it makes but minimal in explanatory, oversight, or contingency provisions.
Debate over whether $470,000/year is adequate for program needs
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Debate over whether $470,000/year is adequate for program needs
Generally supportive of reauthorizing a federal volcano early‑warning program as a public safety and environmental resilience measure.
Concerned the specified funding ($470,000/year) appears modest and may undercut program capacity and equity for affected communities.
Likely supportive of reauthorizing the volcano warning system for safety reasons, while wanting clearer, evidence‑based funding and performance metrics.
Sees value in continuing the program but wants fiscal accountability.
Cautious but not strongly opposed: supports practical hazard monitoring but wary of new or open‑ended federal spending and centralization.
May prefer limited, performance‑based funding and greater state or local roles.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
Still ahead
Still ahead
Narrow, low-cost scientific reauthorization with little ideological baggage usually clears Congress, though appropriation and Senate procedure are uncertainties.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Debate over whether $470,000/year is adequate for program needs
Narrow, low-cost scientific reauthorization with little ideological baggage usually clears Congress, though appropriation and Senate proced…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrow statutory amendment that reauthorizes and provides specific annual funding and updated agency/title references for the National Volcano Early Warning and…
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