# 119-hr-3168: National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2025

119-hr-3168, National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] (R-CA); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-23).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3168
- Congress: 119
- Title: National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-05-01
- Sponsor: Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] (R-CA)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Emergency Management
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-23

## Summary

**This bill would expand and strengthen the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program.** It would broaden program activities to cover design, construction, evaluation, and retrofitting, add recovery-focused standards, and push stronger agency coordination and early warning coverage. - Would help communities and families by adding program support for designing, retrofitting, and evaluating buildings and lifeline infrastructure and by setting recovery-based performance goals for reoccupancy and downtime of community-prioritized structures. - Would increase Tribal and local involvement by explicitly including Tribal participation, expanding advisory representation to local and Tribal governments, and by requiring publication of maps and guidance on earthquake-related hazards like tsunami susceptibility and liquefaction. - Would strengthen early warning and federal coordination by directing the U.S. Geological Survey to expand early warning to more high-risk areas, issue aftershock forecasts when appropriate, and coordinate with the Federal Communications Commission, NOAA, FEMA, and state and Tribal governments to ensure rapid, multilingual emergency broadcasts. *Would authorize about $83.4 million per year for fiscal years 2026–2030, with at least $30 million each year dedicated to completing the Advanced National Seismic System, increasing federal outlays over that period.*

## Cosponsors (4)

- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2025-06-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2025-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (D-WA), 2025-09-23T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Stronger building and lifeline recovery standards: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would add Tribal governments across the program and on the advisory committee. It would broaden work to include designing, building, evaluating, and retrofitting buildings and lifeline services. Agencies would develop standards, guidelines, and voluntary codes that set recovery…
- Faster multilingual earthquake alerts and maps: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would direct USGS to work with NOAA, FEMA, and the FCC Chair to speed alerts. Alerts would be sent in the main languages of affected areas. The early warning system would expand to more high‑risk regions and aim to give more lead time. USGS could issue aftershock forecasts when…
- Five years of funding for quake safety: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would provide $83.403 million each year from 2026 to 2030 for earthquake safety work. Each year, at least $30 million would be set aside to finish the Advanced National Seismic System. This money would help run sensors, monitoring, and warning systems.

## Related bills

- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4393: DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-1065: Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-3168 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3168)

## Related
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
- [119-hr-4393: DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4393)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-1065: Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1065)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3168 (as of 2026-07-23).