,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aaaj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ac1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,pierluisi 7for himself1 ,mrs4     
,christensen1 ,mr4 ,serrano1 ,mr4       
,faleomavaega1 and ,ms4 ,bordallo7      
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,science1
 ,space1 and ,technology  ,a ,,bill  ,to
 amend the ,tsunami ,warning and        
,education ,act to direct the           
,administrator of the ,national ,oceanic
 and ,atmospheric ,administration1      
through the ,national ,weather ,service1
 to establish1 maintain1 and operate an 
additional tsunami forecast and warning 
center for the improvement of the       
evaluation of tsunami risk to1 and the  
dissemination of forecasts and tsunami  
warning bulletins for1 the public in    
,puerto ,rico and the ,united ,states   
,virgin ,islands4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the ,tsunami 
,forecasting and ,warning ,improvement  
,act of #bjac4  #b4 ,improvement of     

,tsunami ,forecasting and ,warning      
,program  7a7 ,in general ,section      
#d7;d77#a7 of the ,tsunami ,warning and 
,education ,act 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4          
#cbjc7;d77#a77 is amended--  7#a7 in    
subparagraph 7,b7 by striking and after 
the semicolon2  7#b7 by redesignating   
subparagraph 7,c7 as subparagraph 7,d72 
and  7#c7 by inserting after            
subparagraph 7,b7 the following3  7,c7 a
 ,caribbean ,tsunami ,warning ,center in
 ,puerto ,rico2 and  4  7b7 ,effective  
date ,the amendments in subsection 7a7  
shall apply #ij days after the date of  
enactment of this ,act4