IV

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 655

Providing for the consideration of the bill H.R. 1550 and the Senate

amendment thereto.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 26, 2000

Mr. SENSENBRENNER submitted the following resolution; which was

considered under suspension of the rules; and agreed to

RESOLUTION

Providing for the consideration of the bill H.R. 1550 and

the Senate amendment thereto.

1 Resolved, That, upon the adoption of this resolution,

2 the House shall be considered to have taken from the

3 Speaker’s table the bill H.R. 1550 together with the Sen4 ate amendment thereto, and to have concurred in the Sen5 ate amendment with amendments as follows: In lieu of the

6 matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate amendment,

7 insert the following:
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1 TITLE I—UNITED STATES FIRE

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.

4 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Fire Administration

5 Authorization Act of 2000’’.

6 SEC. 102. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

7 Section 17(g)(1) of the Federal Fire Prevention and

8 Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2216(g)(1)) is amended—

9 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara10 graph (G);

11 (2) by striking the period at the end of sub12 paragraph (H) and inserting a semicolon; and

13 (3) by adding at the end the following:

14 ‘‘(I) $44,753,000 for fiscal year 2001, of which

15 $3,000,000 is for research activities, and $250,000

16 may be used for contracts or grants to non-Federal

17 entities for data analysis, including general fire pro18 files and special fire analyses and report projects,

19 and of which $6,000,000 is for anti-terrorism train20 ing, including associated curriculum development,

21 for fire and emergency services personnel;

22 ‘‘(J) $47,800,000 for fiscal year 2002, of which

23 $3,250,000 is for research activities, and $250,000

24 may be used for contracts or grants to non-Federal

25 entities for data analysis, including general fire pro-
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1 files and special fire analyses and report projects,

2 and of which $7,000,000 is for anti-terrorism train3 ing, including associated curriculum development,

4 for fire and emergency services personnel; and

5 ‘‘(K) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, of which

6 $3,500,000 is for research activities, and $250,000

7 may be used for contracts or grants to non-Federal

8 entities for data analysis, including general fire pro9 files and special fire analyses and report projects,

10 and of which $8,000,000 is for anti-terrorism train11 ing, including associated curriculum development,

12 for fire and emergency services personnel.’’.

13 None of the funds authorized for the United States Fire

14 Administration for fiscal year 2002 may be obligated un15 less the Administrator has verified to the Committee on

16 Science of the House of Representatives and the Com17 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the

18 Senate that the obligation of funds is consistent with the

19 strategic plan transmitted under section 103 of this Act.

20 SEC. 103. STRATEGIC PLAN.

21 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than April 30, 2001,

22 the Administrator of the United States Fire Administra23 tion shall prepare and transmit to the Committee on

24 Science of the House of Representatives and the Com25 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the
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1 Senate a 5-year strategic plan of program activities for

2 the United States Fire Administration.

3 (b) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—The plan required by sub4 section (a) shall include—

5 (1) a comprehensive mission statement covering

6 the major functions and operations of the United

7 States Fire Administration in the areas of training;

8 research, development, test and evaluation; new

9 technology and non-developmental item implementa10 tion; safety; counterterrorism; data collection and

11 analysis; and public education;

12 (2) general goals and objectives, including those

13 related to outcomes, for the major functions and op14 erations of the United States Fire Administration;

15 (3) a description of how the goals and objec16 tives identified under paragraph (2) are to be

17 achieved, including operational processes, skills and

18 technology, and the human, capital, information, and

19 other resources required to meet those goals and ob20 jectives;

21 (4) an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses

22 of, opportunities for, and threats to the United

23 States Fire Administration;

24 (5) an identification of the fire-related activities

25 of the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
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1 nology, the Department of Defense, and other Fed2 eral agencies, and a discussion of how those activi3 ties can be coordinated with and contribute to the

4 achievement of the goals and objectives identified

5 under paragraph (2);

6 (6) a description of objective, quantifiable per7 formance goals needed to define the level of perform8 ance achieved by program activities in training, re9 search, data collection and analysis, and public edu10 cation, and how these performance goals relate to

11 the general goals and objectives in the strategic

12 plan;

13 (7) an identification of key factors external to

14 the United States Fire Administration and beyond

15 its control that could affect significantly the achieve16 ment of the general goals and objectives;

17 (8) a description of program evaluations used in

18 establishing or revising general goals and objectives,

19 with a schedule for future program evaluations;

20 (9) a plan for the timely distribution of infor21 mation and educational materials to State and local

22 firefighting services, including volunteer, career, and

23 combination services throughout the United States;

24 (10) a description of how the strategic plan pre25 pared under this section will be incorporated into the
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1 strategic plan and the performance plans and re2 ports of the Federal Emergency Management Agen3 cy;

4 (11)(A) a description of the current and

5 planned use of the Internet for the delivery of train6 ing courses by the National Fire Academy, including

7 a listing of the types of courses and a description of

8 each course’s provisions for real time interaction be9 tween instructor and students, the number of stu10 dents enrolled, and the geographic distribution of

11 students, for the most recent fiscal year;

12 (B) an assessment of the availability and actual

13 use by the National Fire Academy of Federal facili14 ties suitable for distance education applications, in15 cluding facilities with teleconferencing capabilities;

16 and

17 (C) an assessment of the benefits and problems

18 associated with delivery of instructional courses

19 using the Internet, including limitations due to net20 work bandwidth at training sites, the availability of

21 suitable course materials, and the effectiveness of

22 such courses in terms of student performance;

23 (12) timeline for implementing the plan; and

24 (13) the expected costs for implementing the

25 plan.
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1 SEC. 104. RESEARCH AGENDA.

2 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 120 days after

3 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator

4 of the United States Fire Administration, in consultation

5 with the Director of the Federal Emergency Management

6 Agency, the Director of the National Institute of Stand7 ards and Technology, representatives of trade, profes8 sional, and non-profit associations, State and local fire9 fighting services, and other appropriate entities, shall pre10 pare and transmit to the Committee on Science of the

11 House of Representatives and the Committee on Com12 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report

13 describing the United States Fire Administration’s re14 search agenda and including a plan for implementing that

15 agenda.

16 (b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report required by

17 subsection (a) shall—

18 (1) identify research priorities;

19 (2) describe how the proposed research agenda

20 will be coordinated and integrated with the programs

21 and capabilities of the National Institute of Stand22 ards and Technology, the Department of Defense,

23 and other Federal agencies;

24 (3) identify potential roles of academic, trade,

25 professional, and non-profit associations, and other
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1 research institutions in achieving the research agen2 da;

3 (4) provide cost estimates, anticipated per4 sonnel needs, and a schedule for completing the var5 ious elements of the research agenda;

6 (5) describe ways to leverage resources through

7 partnerships, cooperative agreements, and other

8 means; and

9 (6) discuss how the proposed research agenda

10 will enhance training, improve State and local fire11 fighting services, impact standards and codes, in12 crease firefighter and public safety, and advance

13 firefighting techniques.

14 (c) USE IN PREPARING STRATEGIC PLAN.—The re15 search agenda prepared under this section shall be used

16 in the preparation of the strategic plan required by section

17 103.

18 SEC. 105. SURPLUS AND EXCESS FEDERAL EQUIPMENT.

19 The Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974

20 is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

21 ‘‘SEC. 33. SURPLUS AND EXCESS FEDERAL EQUIPMENT.

22 ‘‘The Administrator shall make publicly available, in23 cluding through the Internet, information on procedures

24 for acquiring surplus and excess equipment or property
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1 that may be useful to State and local fire, emergency, and

2 hazardous material handling service providers.’’.

3 SEC. 106. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH FEDERAL FA4 CILITIES.

5 The Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of

6 1974, as amended by section 105, is amended by adding

7 at the end the following new section:

8 ‘‘SEC. 34. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH FEDERAL FA9 CILITIES.

10 ‘‘The Administrator shall make publicly available, in11 cluding through the Internet, information on procedures

12 for establishing cooperative agreements between State and

13 local fire and emergency services and Federal facilities in

14 their region relating to the provision of fire and emergency

15 services.’’.

16 SEC. 107. NEED FOR ADDITIONAL TRAINING IN

17 COUNTERTERRORISM.

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the United

19 States Fire Administration shall conduct an assessment

20 of the need for additional capabilities for Federal

21 counterterrorism training of emergency response per22 sonnel.

23 (b) CONTENTS OF ASSESSMENT.—The assessment

24 conducted under this section shall include—
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1 (1) a review of the counterterrorism training

2 programs offered by the United States Fire Admin3 istration and other Federal agencies;

4 (2) an estimate of the number and types of

5 emergency response personnel that have, during the

6 period between January 1, 1994, and October 1,

7 1999, sought training described in paragraph (1),

8 but have been unable to receive that training as a

9 result of the oversubscription of the training capa10 bilities; and

11 (3) a recommendation on the need to provide

12 additional Federal counterterrorism training centers,

13 including—

14 (A) an analysis of existing Federal facili15 ties that could be used as counterterrorism

16 training facilities; and

17 (B) a cost-benefit analysis of the establish18 ment of such counterterrorism training facili19 ties.

20 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date

21 of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall pre22 pare and submit to the Congress a report on the results

23 of the assessment conducted under this section.
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1 SEC. 108. WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE FIRE

2 SAFETY RESEARCH PROGRAM.

3 From the funds authorized to be appropriated by the

4 amendments made by section 102, $1,000,000 may be ex5 pended for the Worcester Polytechnic Institute fire safety

6 research program.

7 SEC. 109. INTERNET AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.

8 Upon the conclusion of the research under a research

9 grant or award of $50,000 made with funds authorized

10 by this title (or any amendments made by this title), the

11 Administrator of the United States Fire Administration

12 shall make available through the Internet home page of

13 the Administration a brief summary of the results and im14 portance of such research grant or award. Nothing in this

15 section shall be construed to require or permit the release

16 of any information prohibited by law or regulation from

17 being released to the public.

18 SEC. 110. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS.

19 (a) 1974 ACT.—

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Fire Prevention

21 and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.)

22 is amended—

23 (A) by striking subsection (b) of section 10

24 (15 U.S.C. 2209) and redesignating subsection

25 (c) of that section as subsection (b);
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1 (B) by striking sections 26 and 27 (15

2 U.S.C. 2222; 2223);

3 (C) by striking ‘‘(a) The’’ in section 24 (15

4 U.S.C. 2220) and inserting ‘‘The’’; and

5 (D) by striking subsection (b) of section

6 24.

7 (2) REFERENCES TO SECRETARY.—The Federal

8 Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C.

9 2201 et seq.) is amended—

10 (A) in section 4 (15 U.S.C. 2203)—

11 (i) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semi12 colon in paragraph (7);

13 (ii) by striking paragraph (8); and

14 (iii) by redesignating paragraph (9) as

15 paragraph (8);

16 (B) by striking ‘‘Secretary’’ and inserting

17 ‘‘Director’’—

18 (i) in section 5(b) (15 U.S.C.

19 2204(b));

20 (ii) each place it appears in section 7

21 (15 U.S.C. 2206);

22 (iii) the first place it appears in sec23 tion 11(c) (15 U.S.C. 2210(c));

24 (iv) in section 15(b)(2), (c), and (f)

25 (15 U.S.C. 2214(b)(2), (c), and (f));
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1 (v) the second place it appears in sec2 tion 15(e)(1)(A) (15 U.S.C.

3 2214(e)(1)(A));

4 (vi) in section 16 (15 U.S.C. 2215);

5 (vii) the second place it appears in

6 section 19(a) (42 U.S.C. 290a(a));

7 (viii) both places it appears in section

8 20 (15 U.S.C. 2217); and

9 (ix) in section 21(c) (15 U.S.C.

10 2218(c)); and

11 (C) in section 15, by striking ‘‘Secretary’s’’

12 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Direc13 tor’s’’.

14 (b) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.—Section 12 of the

15 Act of February 14, 1903 (15 U.S.C. 1511) is amended—

16 (1) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘Census;’’ in para17 graph (5);

18 (2) by striking paragraph (6); and

19 (3) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para20 graph (6).

21 SEC. 111. NATIONAL FIRE ACADEMY CURRICULUM REVIEW.

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the United

23 States Fire Administration, in consultation with the

24 Board of Visitors and representatives of trade and profes25 sional associations, State and local firefighting services,
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1 and other appropriate entities, shall conduct a review of

2 the courses of instruction available at the National Fire

3 Academy to ensure that they are up-to-date and com4 plement, not duplicate, courses of instruction offered else5 where. Not later than 180 days after the date of enact6 ment of this Act, the Administrator shall prepare and sub7 mit a report to the Committee on Science of the House

8 of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,

9 Science, and Transportation of the Senate.

10 (b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report required by

11 subsection (a) shall—

12 (1) examine and assess the courses of instruc13 tion offered by the National Fire Academy;

14 (2) identify redundant and out-of-date courses

15 of instruction;

16 (3) examine the current and future impact of

17 information technology on National Fire Academy

18 curricula, methods of instruction, and delivery of

19 services; and

20 (4) make recommendations for updating the

21 curriculum, methods of instruction, and delivery of

22 services by the National Fire Academy considering

23 current and future needs, State-based curricula, ad24 vances in information technologies, and other rel25 evant factors.
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1 SEC. 112. REPEAL OF EXCEPTION TO FIRE SAFETY RE2 QUIREMENT.

3 (a) REPEAL.—Section 4 of Public Law 103–195 (107

4 Stat. 2298) is hereby repealed.

5 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall take ef6 fect 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.

7 SEC. 113. NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION

8 TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

9 (a) PURPOSES.—Section 151302 of title 36, United

10 States Code, is amended—

11 (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the

12 following:

13 ‘‘(1) primarily—

14 ‘‘(A) to encourage, accept, and administer

15 private gifts of property for the benefit of the

16 National Fallen Firefighters’ Memorial and the

17 annual memorial service associated with the

18 memorial; and

19 ‘‘(B) to, in coordination with the Federal

20 Government and fire services (as that term is

21 defined in section 4 of the Federal Fire Preven22 tion and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C.

23 2203)), plan, direct, and manage the memorial

24 service referred to in subparagraph (A);’’;

25 (2) by inserting ‘‘and Federal’’ in paragraph

26 (2) after ‘‘non-Federal’’;
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1 (3) in paragraph (3)—

2 (A) by striking ‘‘State and local’’ and in3 serting ‘‘Federal, State, and local’’; and

4 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon;

5 (4) by striking ‘‘firefighters.’’ in paragraph (4)

6 and inserting ‘‘firefighters;’’; and

7 (5) by adding at the end the following:

8 ‘‘(5) to provide for a national program to assist

9 families of fallen firefighters and fire departments in

10 dealing with line-of-duty deaths of those firefighters;

11 and

12 ‘‘(6) to promote national, State, and local ini13 tiatives to increase public awareness of fire and life

14 safety.’’.

15 (b) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.—Section 151303 of title

16 36, United States Code, is amended—

17 (1) by striking subsections (f) and (g) and in18 serting the following:

19 ‘‘(f) STATUS AND COMPENSATION.—

20 ‘‘(1) Appointment to the board shall not con21 stitute employment by or the holding of an office of

22 the United States.

23 ‘‘(2) Members of the board shall serve without

24 compensation.’’; and
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1 (2) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub2 section (g).

3 (c) OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.—Section 151304 of

4 title 36, United States Code, is amended—

5 (1) by striking ‘‘not more than 2’’ in subsection

6 (a); and

7 (2) by striking ‘‘are not’’ in subsection (b)(1)

8 and inserting ‘‘shall not be considered’’.

9 (d) SUPPORT BY THE ADMINISTRATOR.—Section

10 151307(a)(1) of title 36, United States Code, is

11 amended—

12 (1) by striking ‘‘The Administrator’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘During the 10-year period beginning on the

14 date of enactment of the Fire Administration Au15 thorization Act of 2000, the Administrator’’; and

16 (2) by striking ‘‘shall’’ in subparagraph (B) and

17 inserting ‘‘may’’.

18 TITLE II—EARTHQUAKE

19 HAZARDS REDUCTION

20 SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.

21 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Earthquake Hazards

22 Reduction Authorization Act of 2000’’.
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1 SEC. 202. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

2 (a) FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGEN3 CY.—Section 12(a)(7) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduc4 tion Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7706(a)(7)) is amended—

5 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘1998,’’; and

6 (2) by striking ‘‘1999.’’ and inserting ‘‘1999;

7 $19,861,000 for the fiscal year ending September

8 30, 2001, of which $450,000 is for National Earth9 quake Hazard Reduction Program-eligible efforts of

10 an established multi-state consortium to reduce the

11 unacceptable threat of earthquake damages in the

12 New Madrid seismic region through efforts to en13 hance preparedness, response, recovery, and mitiga14 tion; $20,705,000 for the fiscal year ending Sep15 tember 30, 2002; and $21,585,000 for the fiscal

16 year ending September 30, 2003.’’.

17 (b) UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.—Section

18 12(b) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977

19 (42 U.S.C. 7706(b)) is amended—

20 (1) by inserting after ‘‘operated by the Agen21 cy.’’ the following: ‘‘There are authorized to be ap22 propriated to the Secretary of the Interior for pur23 poses of carrying out, through the Director of the

24 United States Geological Survey, the responsibilities

25 that may be assigned to the Director under this Act

26 $48,360,000 for fiscal year 2001, of which
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1 $3,500,000 is for the Global Seismic Network and

2 $100,000 is for the Scientific Earthquake Studies

3 Advisory Committee established under section 210 of

4 the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Authorization

5 Act of 2000; $50,415,000 for fiscal year 2002, of

6 which $3,600,000 is for the Global Seismic Network

7 and $100,000 is for the Scientific Earthquake Stud8 ies Advisory Committee; and $52,558,000 for fiscal

9 year 2003, of which $3,700,000 is for the Global

10 Seismic Network and $100,000 is for the Scientific

11 Earthquake Studies Advisory Committee.’’;

12 (2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph

13 (1);

14 (3) by striking ‘‘1999,’’ at the end of paragraph

15 (2) and inserting ‘‘1999;’’; and

16 (4) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol17 lowing:

18 ‘‘(3) $9,000,000 of the amount authorized to be

19 appropriated for fiscal year 2001;

20 ‘‘(4) $9,250,000 of the amount authorized to be

21 appropriated for fiscal year 2002; and

22 ‘‘(5) $9,500,000 of the amount authorized to be

23 appropriated for fiscal year 2003,’’.

24 (c) REAL-TIME SEISMIC HAZARD WARNING SYS25 TEM.—Section 2(a)(7) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act To au-
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1 thorize appropriations for carrying out the Earthquake

2 Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 for fiscal years 1998 and

3 1999, and for other purposes’’ (111 Stat. 1159; 42 U.S.C.

4 7704 nt) is amended by striking ‘‘1999.’’ and inserting

5 ‘‘1999; $2,600,000 for fiscal year 2001; $2,710,000 for

6 fiscal year 2002; and $2,825,000 for fiscal year 2003.’’.

7 (d) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION.—Section

8 12(c) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977

9 (42 U.S.C. 7706(c)) is amended—

10 (1) by striking ‘‘1998, and’’ and inserting

11 ‘‘1998,’’; and

12 (2) by inserting after ‘‘1999.’’ the following:

13 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the Na14 tional Science Foundation $19,000,000 for engineer15 ing research and $11,900,000 for geosciences re16 search for fiscal year 2001; $19,808,000 for engi17 neering research and $12,406,000 for geosciences

18 research for fiscal year 2002; and $20,650,000 for

19 engineering research and $12,933,000 for geo20 sciences research for fiscal year 2003.’’.

21 (e) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND

22 TECHNOLOGY.—Section 12(d) of the Earthquake Hazards

23 Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7706(d)) is amended—

24 (1) by striking ‘‘1998, and’’; and inserting

25 ‘‘1998,’’; and
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1 (2) by striking ‘‘1999.’’ and inserting ‘‘1999,

2 $2,332,000 for fiscal year 2001, $2,431,000 for fis3 cal year 2002, and $2,534,300 for fiscal year

4 2003.’’.

5 SEC. 203. REPEALS.

6 Section 10 and subsections (e) and (f) of section 12

7 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42

8 U.S.C. 7705d and 7706 (e) and (f)) are repealed.

9 SEC. 204. ADVANCED NATIONAL SEISMIC RESEARCH AND

10 MONITORING SYSTEM.

11 The Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42

12 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end

13 the following new section:

14 ‘‘SEC. 13. ADVANCED NATIONAL SEISMIC RESEARCH AND

15 MONITORING SYSTEM.

16 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of the United

17 States Geological Survey shall establish and operate an

18 Advanced National Seismic Research and Monitoring Sys19 tem. The purpose of such system shall be to organize,

20 modernize, standardize, and stabilize the national, re21 gional, and urban seismic monitoring systems in the

22 United States, including sensors, recorders, and data anal23 ysis centers, into a coordinated system that will measure

24 and record the full range of frequencies and amplitudes
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1 exhibited by seismic waves, in order to enhance earthquake

2 research and warning capabilities.

3 ‘‘(b) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—Not later than 90 days

4 after the date of the enactment of the Earthquake Haz5 ards Reduction Authorization Act of 2000, the Director

6 of the United States Geological Survey shall transmit to

7 the Congress a 5-year management plan for establishing

8 and operating the Advanced National Seismic Research

9 and Monitoring System. The plan shall include annual

10 cost estimates for both modernization and operation, mile11 stones, standards, and performance goals, as well as plans

12 for securing the participation of all existing networks in

13 the Advanced National Seismic Research and Monitoring

14 System and for establishing new, or enhancing existing,

15 partnerships to leverage resources.

16 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

17 ‘‘(1) EXPANSION AND MODERNIZATION.—In ad18 dition to amounts appropriated under section 12(b),

19 there are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec20 retary of the Interior, to be used by the Director of

21 the United States Geological Survey to establish the

22 Advanced National Seismic Research and Moni23 toring System—

24 ‘‘(A) $33,500,000 for fiscal year 2002;

25 ‘‘(B) $33,700,000 for fiscal year 2003;
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1 ‘‘(C) $35,100,000 for fiscal year 2004;

2 ‘‘(D) $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;

3 and

4 ‘‘(E) $33,500,000 for fiscal year 2006.

5 ‘‘(2) OPERATION.—In addition to amounts ap6 propriated under section 12(b), there are authorized

7 to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior,

8 to be used by the Director of the United States Geo9 logical Survey to operate the Advanced National

10 Seismic Research and Monitoring System—

11 ‘‘(A) $4,500,000 for fiscal year 2002; and

12 ‘‘(B) $10,300,000 for fiscal year 2003.’’.

13 SEC. 205. NETWORK FOR EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING SIM14 ULATION.

15 The Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42

16 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) is further amended by adding at the

17 end the following new section:

18 ‘‘SEC. 14. NETWORK FOR EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING SIM19 ULATION.

20 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of the Na21 tional Science Foundation shall establish the George E.

22 Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simula23 tion that will upgrade, link, and integrate a system of geo24 graphically distributed experimental facilities for earth25 quake engineering testing of full-sized structures and their
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1 components and partial-scale physical models. The system

2 shall be integrated through networking software so that

3 integrated models and databases can be used to create

4 model-based simulation, and the components of the system

5 shall be interconnected with a computer network and allow

6 for remote access, information sharing, and collaborative

7 research.

8 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In ad9 dition to amounts appropriated under section 12(c), there

10 are authorized to be appropriated to the National Science

11 Foundation for the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for

12 Earthquake Engineering Simulation—

13 ‘‘(1) $28,200,000 for fiscal year 2001;

14 ‘‘(2) $24,400,000 for fiscal year 2002;

15 ‘‘(3) $4,500,000 for fiscal year 2003; and

16 ‘‘(4) $17,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.’’.

17 SEC. 206. BUDGET COORDINATION.

18 Section 5 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act

19 of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7704) is amended—

20 (1) by striking subparagraph (A) of subsection

21 (b)(1) and redesignating subparagraphs (B) through

22 (F) of subsection (b)(1) as subparagraphs (A)

23 through (E), respectively; and

24 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub25 section:
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1 ‘‘(c) BUDGET COORDINATION.—

2 ‘‘(1) GUIDANCE.—The Agency shall each year

3 provide guidance to the other Program agencies con4 cerning the preparation of requests for appropria5 tions for activities related to the Program, and shall

6 prepare, in conjunction with the other Program

7 agencies, an annual Program budget to be submitted

8 to the Office of Management and Budget.

9 ‘‘(2) REPORTS.—Each Program agency shall

10 include with its annual request for appropriations

11 submitted to the Office of Management and Budget

12 a report that—

13 ‘‘(A) identifies each element of the pro14 posed Program activities of the agency;

15 ‘‘(B) specifies how each of these activities

16 contributes to the Program; and

17 ‘‘(C) states the portion of its request for

18 appropriations allocated to each element of the

19 Program.’’.

20 SEC. 207. REPORT ON AT-RISK POPULATIONS.

21 Not later than one year after the date of the enact22 ment of this Act, and after a period for public comment,

23 the Director of the Federal Emergency Management

24 Agency shall transmit to the Congress a report describing

25 the elements of the Program that specifically address the
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1 needs of at-risk populations, including the elderly, persons

2 with disabilities, non-English-speaking families, single3 parent households, and the poor. Such report shall also

4 identify additional actions that could be taken to address

5 those needs and make recommendations for any additional

6 legislative authority required to take such actions.

7 SEC. 208. PUBLIC ACCESS TO EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION.

8 Section 5(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Earthquake Hazards

9 Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7704(b)(2)(A)(ii)) is

10 amended by inserting ‘‘, and development of means of in11 creasing public access to available locality-specific infor12 mation that may assist the public in preparing for or re13 sponding to earthquakes’’ after ‘‘and the general public’’.

14 SEC. 209. LIFELINES.

15 Section 4(6) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction

16 Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7703(6)) is amended by inserting

17 ‘‘and infrastructure’’ after ‘‘communication facilities’’.

18 SEC. 210. SCIENTIFIC EARTHQUAKE STUDIES ADVISORY

19 COMMITTEE.

20 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of the United

21 States Geological Survey shall establish a Scientific Earth22 quake Studies Advisory Committee.

23 (b) ORGANIZATION.—The Director shall establish

24 procedures for selection of individuals not employed by the

25 Federal Government who are qualified in the seismic
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1 sciences and other appropriate fields and may, pursuant

2 to such procedures, select up to ten individuals, one of

3 whom shall be designated Chairman, to serve on the Advi4 sory Committee. Selection of individuals for the Advisory

5 Committee shall be based solely on established records of

6 distinguished service, and the Director shall ensure that

7 a reasonable cross-section of views and expertise is rep8 resented. In selecting individuals to serve on the Advisory

9 Committee, the Director shall seek and give due consider10 ation to recommendations from the National Academy of

11 Sciences, professional societies, and other appropriate or12 ganizations.

13 (c) MEETINGS.—The Advisory Committee shall meet

14 at such times and places as may be designated by the

15 Chairman in consultation with the Director.

16 (d) DUTIES.—The Advisory Committee shall advise

17 the Director on matters relating to the United States Geo18 logical Survey’s participation in the National Earthquake

19 Hazards Reduction Program, including the United States

20 Geological Survey’s roles, goals, and objectives within that

21 Program, its capabilities and research needs, guidance on

22 achieving major objectives, and establishing and meas23 uring performance goals. The Advisory Committee shall

24 issue an annual report to the Director for submission to

25 Congress on or before September 30 of each year. The
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1 report shall describe the Advisory Committee’s activities

2 and address policy issues or matters that affect the United

3 States Geological Survey’s participation in the National

4 Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program.

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