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The article focuses on critical mineral resources, highlighting their essential role in various industries and the vulnerabilities faced by their supply chains. Topics include the definition of critical minerals, supply chain risks, and legislative efforts to address these issues, such as the development of a Critical Minerals List (CML) and potential amendments to existing policies.

The article focuses on building codes, standards and regulations, outlining their purpose in ensuring public safety during construction and occupancy. It discusses the adoption and enforcement of these codes by state, local, tribal and territorial entities, highlighting recent disasters as catalysts for interest in more efficient and resilient codes to prevent loss and protect people.

The article addresses questions related to infrastructure codes, standards, and regulations, emphasizing the importance of ensuring safe and efficient operation, environmental protection, and resilience in infrastructure systems. It explains that infrastructure encompasses various physical networks providing community services, and federal agencies, along with nonfederal organizations, play roles in developing and enforcing codes and standards for different types of infrastructure.

The article discusses building codes, standards, and regulations, emphasizing their role in ensuring the safety and well-being of the public during building construction and occupancy. It explains that building codes are typically adopted and enforced by state, local, and territorial entities, with the federal government responsible for federal and military buildings. It highlights disasters and congressional interest in promoting more efficient and resilient building codes to protect lives.

The article discusses the U.S. Congressional Research Service and focuses on the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program created in 1977, reauthorized in 2018, It reports on reducing earthquake risks in the U.S. four federal agencies, including the U.S. Geological Survey, National Science Foundation, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and National Institute of Standards and Technology, work on effective measures and advance the National Seismic System.

The article presents a report from the U.S. Congressional Research Service on ocean and coastal mapping. Topics discussed include information on collecting data about underwater terrain to support marine-based economies, enhance security, and protect the marine environment. Despite the importance of this mapping, around 50% of the terrain beneath U.S. coastal, ocean, and Great Lakes waters remains unmapped.

The article presents a report from the U.S. Congressional Research Service on role of the federal government in assessing and warning about post-wildfire debris flows. Topics discussed include information on how debris flows can pose risks to communities, causing fatalities, injuries, property damage, and environmental degradation. Federal agencies like the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Weather Service (NWS) play a role in hazard assessments and warnings.

The article discusses federal role in research, assessment, and response related to landslides. Topics include U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Landslide Hazards Program (LHP), landslides triggered by rainfall, particularly rainfall on burned, steeply sloped terrain, earthquake, and federal agencies involved in landslide science and applications including the National Science Foundation (NSF).

The article provides an overview of earthquakes induced by underground fluid injection and the federal role in mitigating the same in the U.S. It mentions that the Congress may consider whether the federal government should have a role in regulating underground fluid injection activities for induced seismicity and whether current Environmental Protection Agency or Department of Energy requirements, or guidance regarding induced seismicity from underground fluid injection activities.

The artile discusses the U.S. Congressional Research Service report which provides an overview of ways to make buildings hazard resilient, with the aim of reducing disaster losses and enhancing community resilience. It mentions Congress directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and stakeholders on building design, community planning, economic and social feasibility, and adoption of building codes.

The article provides an overview of the U.S. National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program. Topics discussed include develop effective measures for earthquake hazards reduction, continue the development of the Advanced National Seismic System, and the role of the Congress in addressing effectiveness of federal and nonfederal partnerships.

The article informs on funding of the U.S. National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System. It mentions the law by Congress directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish NVEWS to monitor volcanoes, warn U.S. citizens of volcanic activity, and protect citizens from "undue and avoidable harm" resulting from volcanic activity.

The article focuses on U.S. Congress authorized a National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System (NVEWS) to monitor volcanoes, warn U.S. citizens of volcanic activity, and protect citizens from "undue and avoidable harm" resulting from volcanic activity. It mentions NVEWS is to be organized within the USGS's Volcano Hazards Program (VHP). It also mentions U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) asserted that many of the very high and high threat volcanoes and enough to provide adequate warnings.