1. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System Act . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Geological Survey. (2) System The term System means the National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System established under section 3(a)(1). 3. National volcano early warning and monitoring system (a) Establishment (1) In general The Secretary shall establish within the United States Geological Survey a system, to be known as the National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System , to monitor, warn, and protect citizens of the United States from undue and avoidable harm from volcanic activity. (2) Purposes The purposes of the System are— (A) to organize, modernize, standardize, and stabilize the monitoring systems of the volcano observatories in the United States, which include the Alaska Volcano Observatory, California Volcano Observatory, Cascades Volcano Observatory, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, and Yellowstone Volcano Observatory; and (B) to unify the monitoring systems of volcano observatories in the United States into a single interoperative system. (3) Objective The objective of the System is to monitor all the volcanoes in the United States at a level commensurate with the threat posed by the volcanoes by— (A) upgrading existing networks on monitored volcanoes; (B) installing new networks on un­mon­i­tored volcanoes; and (C) employing geodetic and other components when applicable. (b) System components (1) In general The System shall include— (A) a national volcano watch office that is operational 24 hours a day and 7 days a week; (B) a national volcano data center