2023 Supplemental Appropriation Activities
Title VII of Division N in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117–328), was enacted on December 29, 2022. The USGS received $41.04 million in supplemental funding to support direct recovery and rebuilding decisions in the wake of declared disasters related to hurricanes and typhoons in 2022.
Specific activities funded in 2023
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USGS disaster emergency supplemental activities funded under the Consolidated Appropriations Act include:
- Hurricane Equipment Repair and Hardening and Data Restoration
- Coastal Assessments and Risk Forecasts from Hurricanes Fiona and Ian
- Puerto Rico Geological Hazards Capacity and Response
- Resource Mapping in Florida and Puerto Rico
- Typhoon Merbok Volcano Hardening
- Typhoon Merbok Coastal Community Impacts
- Lidar for Typhoon Merbok
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