<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><font style="font-size: 22px; "><font face="times new roman,serif">Earthquake-related news in the CEUS: </font></font><div><font size="4"><font face="times new roman,serif"><br></font></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; ">There is a proposal in th<div class="gmail_default" style="display: inline; ">e </div>Missouri<div class="gmail_default" style="display: inline; "> </div>state legislature to dissolve the MO seismic <div class="gmail_default" style="display: inline; ">safety </div>commission at the end of 2014. Recently, the Missouri State House voted to eliminate the Missouri Seismic Safety Commission<div class="gmail_default" style="display: inline; "> in</div> H<div class="gmail_default" style="display: inline; ">ouse </div>B<div class="gmail_default" style="display: inline; ">ill</div>1883—COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS; SPONSOR: Flanigan. COMMITTEE ACTION: Voted "<i><div class="gmail_default" style="display: inline; "></div>Do Pass by Consent</i>" by the Committee on Administration and Accounts by a vote of 6 to 0. This bill modifies and repeals various provisions of law regarding committees and commissions. <div class="gmail_default" style="display: inline; ">Specifically, it </div>"Eliminates the daily per diem for members of the Seismic Safety Commission and specifies that the provisions regarding the commission will expire on December 31, 2014."<br><div dir="ltr" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size: 18px; "><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size: small; ">___________________</div></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size: 18px; ">Robert Williams<br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size: 18px; "><div>Central & Eastern U.S. Coordinator</div><div>USGS Earthquake Hazards Program<br><div>1711 Illinois St</div><div>Golden, CO 80401</div><div>303-273-8636</div></div></div></div></div></body></html>