In the Senate of the United States,

October 18 (legislative day, September 22), 2000.

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 1550) entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize appropriations for the United States Fire Administration for fiscal

years 2000 and 2001, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with

the following

AMENDMENT:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fire Administration Au3 thorization Act of 2000’’.
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1 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

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

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

4 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara5 graph (G);

6 (2) by striking the period at the end of subpara7 graph (H) and inserting a semicolon; and

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

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

10 which $3,000,000 is for research activities, and

11 $250,000 may be used for contracts or grants to

12 non-Federal entities for data analysis, including

13 general fire profiles and special fire analyses and

14 report projects, and of which $6,000,000 is for

15 anti-terrorism training, including associated

16 curriculum development, for fire and emergency

17 services personnel;

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

19 which $3,250,000 is for research activities, and

20 $250,000 may be used for contracts or grants to

21 non-Federal entities for data analysis, including

22 general fire profiles and special fire analyses and

23 report projects, and of which $7,000,000 is for

24 anti-terrorism training, including associated

25 curriculum development, for fire and emergency

26 services personnel; and
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1 ‘‘(K) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, of

2 which $3,500,000 is for research activities, and

3 $250,000 may be used for contracts or grants to

4 non-Federal entities for data analysis, including

5 general fire profiles and special fire analyses and

6 report projects, and of which $8,000,000 is for

7 anti-terrorism training, including associated

8 curriculum development, for fire and emergency

9 services personnel.’’.

10 None of the funds authorized for fiscal year 2002 may be

11 obligated unless the Administrator has verified to the Com12 mittee on Science of the House of Representatives and the

13 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of

14 the Senate that the obligation of funds is consistent with

15 the strategic plan transmitted under section 302 of this

16 Act.’’.

17 SEC. 3. STRATEGIC PLAN.

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

19 the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration

20 shall prepare and transmit to the Committee on Science

21 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Com22 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a 5-year

23 strategic plan of program activities for the United States

24 Fire Administration.
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1 (b) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—The plan required by sub2 section (a) shall include—

3 (1) a comprehensive mission statement covering

4 the major functions and operations of the United

5 States Fire Administration in the areas of training;

6 research, development, test and evaluation; new tech7 nology and non-developmental item implementation;

8 safety; counterterrorism; data collection and analysis;

9 and public education;

10 (2) general goals and objectives, including those

11 related to outcomes, for the major functions and oper12 ations of the United States Fire Administration;

13 (3) a description of how the goals and objectives

14 identified under paragraph (2) are to be achieved, in15 cluding operational processes, skills and technology,

16 and the human, capital, information, and other re17 sources required to meet those goals and objectives;

18 (4) an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses

19 of, opportunities for, and threats to the United States

20 Fire Administration;

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

22 of the National Institute of Standards and Tech23 nology, the Department of Defense, and other Federal

24 agencies, and a discussion of how those activities can

25 be coordinated with and contribute to the achievement
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1 of the goals and objectives identified under paragraph

2 (2);

3 (6) a description of objective, quantifiable per4 formance goals needed to define the level of perform5 ance achieved by program activities in training, re6 search, data collection and analysis, and public edu7 cation, and how these performance goals relate to the

8 general goals and objectives in the strategic plan;

9 (7) an identification of key factors external to

10 the United States Fire Administration and beyond its

11 control that could affect significantly the achievement

12 of the general goals and objectives;

13 (8) a description of program evaluations used in

14 establishing or revising general goals and objectives,

15 with a schedule for future program evaluations;

16 (9) a plan for the timely distribution of informa17 tion and educational materials to State and local

18 firefighting services, including volunteer, career, and

19 combination services throughout the United States;

20 (10) a description of how the strategic plan pre21 pared under this section will be incorporated into the

22 strategic plan and the performance plans and reports

23 of the Federal Emergency Management Agency;

24 (11)(A) a description of the current and planned

25 use of the Internet for the delivery of training courses
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1 by the National Fire Academy, including a listing of

2 the types of courses and a description of each course’s

3 provisions for real time interaction between instructor

4 and students, the number of students enrolled, and the

5 geographic distribution of students, for the most re6 cent fiscal year;

7 (B) an assessment of the availability and actual

8 use by the National Fire Academy of Federal facili9 ties suitable for distance education applications, in10 cluding facilities with teleconferencing capabilities;

11 and

12 (C) an assessment of the benefits and problems

13 associated with delivery of instructional courses using

14 the Internet, including limitations due to network

15 bandwidth at training sites, the availability of suit16 able course materials, and the effectiveness of such

17 courses in terms of student performance;

18 (12) timeline for implementing the plan; and

19 (13) the expected costs for implementing the

20 plan.

21 SEC. 4. RESEARCH AGENDA.

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

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

24 United States Fire Administration, in consultation with

25 the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency,
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1 the Director of the National Institute of Standards and

2 Technology, representatives of trade, professional, and non3 profit associations, State and local firefighting services, and

4 other appropriate entities, shall prepare and transmit to

5 the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives

6 and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor7 tation of the Senate a report describing the United States

8 Fire Administration’s research agenda and including a

9 plan for implementing that agenda.

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

11 subsection (a) shall—

12 (1) identify research priorities;

13 (2) describe how the proposed research agenda

14 will be coordinated and integrated with the programs

15 and capabilities of the National Institute of Stand16 ards and Technology, the Department of Defense, and

17 other Federal agencies;

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

19 professional, and non-profit associations, and other

20 research institutions in achieving the research agenda;

21 (4) provide cost estimates, anticipated personnel

22 needs, and a schedule for completing the various ele23 ments of the research agenda;
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1 (5) describe ways to leverage resources through

2 partnerships, cooperative agreements, and other

3 means; and

4 (6) discuss how the proposed research agenda

5 will enhance training, improve State and local fire6 fighting services, impact standards and codes, in7 crease firefighter and public safety, and advance fire8 fighting techniques.

9 (c) USE IN PREPARING STRATEGIC PLAN.—The re10 search agenda prepared under this section shall be used in

11 the preparation of the strategic plan required by section

12 302.

13 SEC. 5. SURPLUS AND EXCESS FEDERAL EQUIPMENT.

14 The Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974

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

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

17 ‘‘The Administrator shall make publicly available, in18 cluding through the Internet, information on procedures for

19 acquiring surplus and excess equipment or property that

20 may be useful to State and local fire, emergency, and haz21 ardous material handling service providers.’’.
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1 SEC. 6. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH FEDERAL FACILI2 TIES.

3 The Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974,

4 as amended by section 304, is amended by adding at the

5 end the following new section:

6 ‘‘SEC. 34. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH FEDERAL FA7 CILITIES.

8 ‘‘The Administrator shall make publicly available, in9 cluding through the Internet, information on procedures for

10 establishing cooperative agreements between State and local

11 fire and emergency services and Federal facilities in their

12 region relating to the provision of fire and emergency serv13 ices.’’.

14 SEC. 7. NEED FOR ADDITIONAL TRAINING IN

15 COUNTERTERRORISM.

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

17 States Fire Administration shall conduct an assessment of

18 the need for additional capabilities for Federal

19 counterterrorism training of emergency response personnel.

20 (b) CONTENTS OF ASSESSMENT.—The assessment con21 ducted under this section shall include—

22 (1) a review of the counterterrorism training

23 programs offered by the United States Fire Adminis24 tration and other Federal agencies;

25 (2) an estimate of the number and types of emer26 gency response personnel that have, during the period
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1 between January 1, 1994, and October 1, 1999,

2 sought training described in paragraph (1), but have

3 been unable to receive that training as a result of the

4 oversubscription of the training capabilities; and

5 (3) a recommendation on the need to provide ad6 ditional Federal counterterrorism training centers,

7 including—

8 (A) an analysis of existing Federal facilities

9 that could be used as counterterrorism training

10 facilities; and

11 (B) a cost-benefit analysis of the establish12 ment of such counterterrorism training facilities.

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

14 of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall pre15 pare and submit to the Congress a report on the results of

16 the assessment conducted under this section.

17 SEC. 8. WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE FIRE SAFETY

18 RESEARCH PROGRAM.

19 From the funds authorized to be appropriated by sec20 tion 2, $1,000,000 may be expended for the Worcester Poly21 technic Institute fire safety research program.

22 SEC. 9. INTERNET AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.

23 Upon the conclusion of the research under a research

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

25 this Act (or any Act amended by this Act), the Adminis-
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1 trator of the United States Fire Administration shall make

2 available through the Internet home page of the Administra3 tion a brief summary of the results and importance of such

4 research grant or award. Nothing in this section shall be

5 construed to require or permit the release of any informa6 tion prohibited by law or regulation from being released

7 to the public.

8 SEC. 10. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS.

9 (a) 1974 ACT.—

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

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

12 amended—

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

14 (15 U.S.C. 2209) and redesignating subsection

15 (c) of that section as subsection (b);

16 (B) by striking sections 26 and 27 (15

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

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

19 U.S.C. 2214) and inserting ‘‘The’’; and

20 (D) by striking subsection (b) of section 24.

21 (2) REFERENCES TO SECRETARY.—The Federal

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

23 2201 et seq.) is amended—

24 (A) in section 3 (15 U.S.C. 2203)—
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1 (i) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semi2 colon in paragraph (7);

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

4 (iii) by redesignating paragraph (9) as

5 paragraph (8);

6 (B) by striking paragraph (2) of section

7 15(a) (15 U.S.C. 2214(a)) and inserting the fol8 lowing:

9 ‘‘(2) the Director’s Award For Distinguished

10 Public Safety Service (Director’s Award’),’’;

11 (C) by striking ‘‘Secretary’s Award’’ each

12 place it appears in section 15 (15 U.S.C. 2214)

13 after subsection (a) and inserting ‘‘Director’s

14 Award’’; and

15 (D) by striking ‘‘Secretary’’ each place it

16 appears in section 15 (15 U.S.C. 2214) after

17 subsection (a), in section 16(a) (15 U.S.C.

18 2215(a)), and in section 21(c) (15 U.S.C.

19 2218(c)) and inserting ‘‘Director’’.

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

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

22 (1) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘Census;’’ in para23 graph (5);

24 (2) by striking paragraph (6); and
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1 (3) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para2 graph (6).

3 SEC. 11. NATIONAL FIRE ACADEMY CURRICULUM REVIEW.

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

5 States Fire Administration, in consultation with the Board

6 of Visitors and representatives of trade and professional as7 sociations, State and local firefighting services, and other

8 appropriate entities, shall conduct a review of the courses

9 of instruction available at the National Fire Academy to

10 ensure that they are up-to-date and complement, not dupli11 cate, courses of instruction offered elsewhere. Not later than

12 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Admin13 istrator shall prepare and submit a report to the Committee

14 on Science of the House of Representatives and the Com15 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the

16 Senate.

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

18 subsection (a) shall—

19 (1) examine and assess the courses of instruction

20 offered by the National Fire Academy;

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

22 instruction;

23 (3) examine the current and future impact of in24 formation technology on National Fire Academy cur-
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1 ricula, methods of instruction, and delivery of serv2 ices; and

3 (4) make recommendations for updating the cur4 riculum, methods of instruction, and delivery of serv5 ices by the National Fire Academy considering cur6 rent and future needs, State-based curricula, advances

7 in information technologies, and other relevant fac8 tors.

9 SEC. 12. REPEAL OF EXCEPTION TO FIRE SAFETY REQUIRE10 MENT.

11 (a) REPEAL.—Section 4 of Public Law 103-195 (107

12 Stat. 2298) is hereby repealed.

13 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall take effect

14 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.

15 SEC. 13. NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION

16 TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

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

18 States Code, is amended—

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

20 following:

21 ‘‘(1) primarily—

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

23 private gifts of property for the benefit of the Na24 tional Fallen Firefighters’ Memorial and the an-
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1 nual memorial service associated with the memo2 rial; and

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

4 Government and fire services (as that term is de5 fined in section 4 of the Federal Fire Prevention

6 and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2203)), plan,

7 direct, and manage the memorial service referred

8 to in subparagraph (A);’’;

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

10 after ‘‘non-Federal’’;

11 (3) in paragraph (3)—

12 (A) by striking ‘‘State and local’’ and in13 serting ‘‘Federal, State, and local’’; and

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

15 (4) by striking ‘‘firefights.’’ in paragraph (4)

16 and inserting ‘‘firefighters;’’; and

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

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

19 families of fallen firefighters and fire departments in

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

21 and

22 ‘‘(6) to promote national, State, and local initia23 tives to increase public awareness of fire and life safe24 ty.’’.
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1 (b) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.—Section 151303 of title

2 36, United States Code, is amended—

3 (1) by striking subsections (f) and (g) and in4 serting the following:

5 ‘‘(f) STATUS AND COMPENSATION.—

6 ‘‘(1) Appointment to the board shall not con7 stitute employment by or the holding of an office of

8 the United States.

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

10 compensation.’’; and

11 (2) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection

12 (g).

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

14 title 36, United States Code, is amended—

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

16 (a); and

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

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

19 (d) SUPPORT BY THE ADMINISTRATOR.—Section

20 151307(a)(1) of title 36, United States Code, is amended—

21 (1) by striking ‘‘The Administrator’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘During the 10-year period beginning on the date

23 of enactment of the Fire Administration Authoriza24 tion Act of 2000, the Administrator’’; and
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1 (2) by striking ‘‘shall’’ in subparagraph (B) and

2 inserting ‘‘may’’.

Attest:

Secretary.

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 1550

AMENDMENT
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