National Landslide Preparedness Act Reauthorization Act of 2025

National Landslide Preparedness Act Reauthorization Act of 2025

This bill would extend and continue a federal program focused on understanding and reducing the dangers posed by landslides across the United States. Originally established by the National Landslide Preparedness Act, the program brings together multiple federal agencies — led by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) — to improve how the country tracks, studies, and warns people about landslide risks. By reauthorizing this program, Congress would allow it to keep receiving funding and operating beyond its original expiration date.

The program's main activities include building a national landslide database to track where and when landslides occur, developing better early warning systems to alert communities before dangerous slides happen, and supporting research to understand what causes landslides and which areas are most at risk. It also involves creating maps that help local governments and planners identify high-risk zones, and providing grants to states and communities to help them prepare for and respond to landslide events.

The people most directly affected by this bill are those living in landslide-prone areas, which include communities in mountainous regions, along steep hillsides, and in states like California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and parts of the Appalachian region. Emergency managers, local governments, and land-use planners would also benefit from better data and tools provided through the program. Essentially, the bill is about continuing ongoing efforts to protect lives and property by giving communities better information about landslide hazards before disasters strike.