,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bgge  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #aa1
 #bjbe ,mr4 ,welch 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,markey1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,ms4        
,alsobrooks1 ,mr4 ,merkley1 ,mr4        
,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,reed1 ,mr4           
,whitehouse1 ,mr4 ,bennet1 ,mr4 ,booker1
 ,ms4 ,smith1 ,mr4 ,sanders1 ,mr4       
,wyden1 and ,mr4 ,heinrich7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the            
,administrator of the ,national ,oceanic
 and ,atmospheric ,administration to    
establish and maintain a database and   
webpage that is available to the public 
and contains information on the         
billion-dollar disasters that occur each
 year in the ,united ,states1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4  ,short title      
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,measuring the ,cost of ,disasters ,act 
of #bjbe4  #b4  ,database and webpage   

for information on billion-dollar       
disasters  7a7  ,in general  ,the       
,administrator of the ,national ,oceanic
 and ,atmospheric ,administration 7in   
this section referred to as the         
,administrator7 shall establish and     
maintain a database and webpage that is 
available to the public and contains    
information on each billion-dollar      
disaster that occurs each year in the   
,united ,states4  7b7  ,update  ,not    
less frequently than biannually1 the    
,administrator shall update the database
 and webpage required under subsection  
7a7 as new information is available4    
7c7  ,matters ,to ,be included  ,the    
database and webpage required under     
subsection 7a7 shall include the        
following3  7#a7 ,with respect to each  
billion-dollar disaster included in the 
database and webpage--  7,a7 the        
estimated cost of the disaster2  7,b7   
the type of disaster2  7,c7 the location
 of the disaster2  7,d7 the date or     
dates of the disaster2 and  7,e7 such   

other information regarding the disaster
 as the ,administrator considers        
appropriate4  7#b7 ,visual graphs and   
mapping features showing the trajectory 
of disasters over time and the          
distribution of types of disasters      
across the ,united ,states that are     
similar1 if not identical1 to those     
features produced by the ,national      
,centers for ,environmental ,information
 from #aihj through #bjbd and that were 
available and updated online at         
www4ncei4noaa4gov_/access_/billions_/   
until ,may #i1 #bjbe4  7d7  ,data ,to   
,be used  ,in establishing and          
maintaining the database required under 
subsection 7a71 the ,administrator shall
 use data available to the              
,administrator and may collaborate with 
,federal and non-,federal partners as   
necessary1 such as those partners with  
which the ,administrator collaborated   
previously while the database specified 
under subsection 7c77#b7 was active from
 #aihj through #bjbd4  7e7  ,inclusion  

of other disasters  ,the ,administrator 
may include in the database required    
under subsection 7a7 a disaster that is 
not a billion-dollar disaster if the    
,administrator determines that the      
inclusion of the disaster in the        
database would be appropriate4  7f7     
,maintenance of existing database  ,the 
,administrator shall maintain and update
 information contained in the previously
 existing disaster database specified   
under subsection 7c77#b7 on the webpage 
for the ,national ,centers for          
,environmental ,information for         
archiving and research purposes4  7g7   
,billion-,dollar disaster defined  ,in  
this section1 the term billion-dollar   
disaster means a storm or severe weather
 event that results in #a1jjj1jjj1jjj or
 more in combined direct costs and      
market costs as determined by the       
,national ,centers for ,environmental   
,information4