# 119-hr-4073: Tsunami Warning, Research, and Education Act of 2025

119-hr-4073, Tsunami Warning, Research, and Education Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4073
- Congress: 119
- Title: Tsunami Warning, Research, and Education Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-06-23
- Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Emergency Management
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Strengthen tsunami warnings, research, and data management.** This bill would rename and expand the Tsunami Warning and Education Act to prioritize faster, accurate warnings, require robust data archiving and sharing, and boost interagency use of GNSS (global navigation satellite system) and other real-time data for operations and research. - Coastal communities and emergency managers would get clearer, standardized warning products and decision-support tools, updated inundation maps, and coordinated education and outreach across the Pacific, Arctic, Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf coasts. - States would receive a dedicated share of funding to support local hazard mapping, preparedness, and the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program, while the program would add coastal digital elevation models and new priorities like sediment and debris impacts. - Researchers and federal partners (NOAA, USGS, NASA, NSF, FEMA and others) would see a new data portal, expanded GNSS and instrumentation coverage, and a required interagency research and development plan due within 12 months and updated every 36 months to move research into operations. *Would authorize $32 million per year for fiscal years 2026–2030, with at least 27% for state NTHMP activities and at least 8% for the tsunami research program.*

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48] (R-CA), 2025-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-07-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2025-07-14T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Five-year funding for tsunami safety: benefit, high. If enacted, NOAA would be authorized $32 million each year for 2026–2030 to run tsunami programs. At least 27% of each year’s funds would go to State tsunami mitigation work. At least 8% would go to the tsunami research program. This funding could help keep warnings, mapping, and outreach running a…
- Better tsunami maps and wider coverage: benefit, medium. The bill would require coastal digital elevation models to improve tsunami inundation maps. It would add studies on sediment‑driven flooding and debris impacts on critical infrastructure and lifelines. It would push for high‑resolution mapping for at‑risk coasts, ports, and harbors that lack good m…
- Clearer alerts and stronger warning drills: benefit, medium. NOAA would add decision-support aids to tsunami warnings and mark areas as tsunami-prone. NOAA, FEMA, and the FCC would spell out how to use the national alert system to deliver tsunami alerts. Warning centers would keep a fail‑safe system and run at least one service backup drill every two years.…
- Stronger data and research for tsunamis: benefit, medium. The bill would expand NOAA’s tsunami research to include data management, a data portal, and decision-support tools. NSF, NASA, and USGS would provide reliable, real-time satellite navigation (GNSS) data and add instruments to speed earthquake assessment. Agencies would check each other’s warning d…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-10421: Transforming Education for the Future Act
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-8870: BUILD America 250 Act
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-4073 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4073)

## Related
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- [119-hr-10421: Transforming Education for the Future Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10421)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-8870: BUILD America 250 Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8870)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3816)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4073 (as of 2026-04-21).