In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

October 27, 2000.

Resolved, That the House agree to the amendment of the

Senate to the bill (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’’, with

the following

HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO SENATE AMENDMENT:

In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the

amendment of the Senate, insert the following:

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 subpara12 graph (H) and inserting a semicolon; and

13 (3) by adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘(I) $44,753,000 for fiscal year 2001, of which

2 $3,000,000 is for research activities, and $250,000

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

4 entities for data analysis, including general fire pro5 files and special fire analyses and report projects, and

6 of which $6,000,000 is for anti-terrorism training, in7 cluding associated curriculum development, for fire

8 and emergency services personnel;

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

10 $3,250,000 is for research activities, and $250,000

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

12 entities for data analysis, including general fire pro13 files and special fire analyses and report projects, and

14 of which $7,000,000 is for anti-terrorism training, in15 cluding associated curriculum development, for fire

16 and emergency services personnel; and

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

18 $3,500,000 is for research activities, and $250,000

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

20 entities for data analysis, including general fire pro21 files and special fire analyses and report projects, and

22 of which $8,000,000 is for anti-terrorism training, in23 cluding associated curriculum development, for fire

24 and emergency services personnel.’’.
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1 None of the funds authorized for the United States Fire Ad2 ministration for fiscal year 2002 may be obligated unless

3 the Administrator has verified to the Committee on Science

4 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Com5 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate that the

6 obligation of funds is consistent with the strategic plan

7 transmitted under section 103 of this Act.

8 SEC. 103. STRATEGIC PLAN.

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

10 the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration

11 shall prepare and transmit to the Committee on Science

12 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Com13 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a 5-year

14 strategic plan of program activities for the United States

15 Fire Administration.

16 (b) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—The plan required by sub17 section (a) shall include—

18 (1) a comprehensive mission statement covering

19 the major functions and operations of the United

20 States Fire Administration in the areas of training;

21 research, development, test and evaluation; new tech22 nology and non-developmental item implementation;

23 safety; counterterrorism; data collection and analysis;

24 and public education;
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1 (2) general goals and objectives, including those

2 related to outcomes, for the major functions and oper3 ations of the United States Fire Administration;

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

5 identified under paragraph (2) are to be achieved, in6 cluding operational processes, skills and technology,

7 and the human, capital, information, and other re8 sources required to meet those goals and objectives;

9 (4) an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses

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

11 Fire Administration;

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

13 of the National Institute of Standards and Tech14 nology, the Department of Defense, and other Federal

15 agencies, and a discussion of how those activities can

16 be coordinated with and contribute to the achievement

17 of the goals and objectives identified under paragraph

18 (2);

19 (6) a description of objective, quantifiable per20 formance goals needed to define the level of perform21 ance achieved by program activities in training, re22 search, data collection and analysis, and public edu23 cation, and how these performance goals relate to the

24 general goals and objectives in the strategic plan;
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1 (7) an identification of key factors external to

2 the United States Fire Administration and beyond its

3 control that could affect significantly the achievement

4 of the general goals and objectives;

5 (8) a description of program evaluations used in

6 establishing or revising general goals and objectives,

7 with a schedule for future program evaluations;

8 (9) a plan for the timely distribution of informa9 tion and educational materials to State and local

10 firefighting services, including volunteer, career, and

11 combination services throughout the United States;

12 (10) a description of how the strategic plan pre13 pared under this section will be incorporated into the

14 strategic plan and the performance plans and reports

15 of the Federal Emergency Management Agency;

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

17 use of the Internet for the delivery of training courses

18 by the National Fire Academy, including a listing of

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

20 provisions for real time interaction between instructor

21 and students, the number of students enrolled, and the

22 geographic distribution of students, for the most re23 cent fiscal year;

24 (B) an assessment of the availability and actual

25 use by the National Fire Academy of Federal facili-
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1 ties suitable for distance education applications, in2 cluding facilities with teleconferencing capabilities;

3 and

4 (C) an assessment of the benefits and problems

5 associated with delivery of instructional courses using

6 the Internet, including limitations due to network

7 bandwidth at training sites, the availability of suit8 able course materials, and the effectiveness of such

9 courses in terms of student performance;

10 (12) timeline for implementing the plan; and

11 (13) the expected costs for implementing the

12 plan.

13 SEC. 104. RESEARCH AGENDA.

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

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

16 United States Fire Administration, in consultation with

17 the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency,

18 the Director of the National Institute of Standards and

19 Technology, representatives of trade, professional, and non20 profit associations, State and local firefighting services, and

21 other appropriate entities, shall prepare and transmit to

22 the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives

23 and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor24 tation of the Senate a report describing the United States
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1 Fire Administration’s research agenda and including a

2 plan for implementing that agenda.

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

4 subsection (a) shall—

5 (1) identify research priorities;

6 (2) describe how the proposed research agenda

7 will be coordinated and integrated with the programs

8 and capabilities of the National Institute of Stand9 ards and Technology, the Department of Defense, and

10 other Federal agencies;

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

12 professional, and non-profit associations, and other

13 research institutions in achieving the research agenda;

14 (4) provide cost estimates, anticipated personnel

15 needs, and a schedule for completing the various ele16 ments of the research agenda;

17 (5) describe ways to leverage resources through

18 partnerships, cooperative agreements, and other

19 means; and

20 (6) discuss how the proposed research agenda

21 will enhance training, improve State and local fire22 fighting services, impact standards and codes, in23 crease firefighter and public safety, and advance fire24 fighting techniques.
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1 (c) USE IN PREPARING STRATEGIC PLAN.—The re2 search agenda prepared under this section shall be used in

3 the preparation of the strategic plan required by section

4 103.

5 SEC. 105. SURPLUS AND EXCESS FEDERAL EQUIPMENT.

6 The Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974

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

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

9 ‘‘The Administrator shall make publicly available, in10 cluding through the Internet, information on procedures for

11 acquiring surplus and excess equipment or property that

12 may be useful to State and local fire, emergency, and haz13 ardous material handling service providers.’’.

14 SEC. 106. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH FEDERAL FA15 CILITIES.

16 The Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974,

17 as amended by section 105, is amended by adding at the

18 end the following new section:

19 ‘‘SEC. 34. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH FEDERAL FA20 CILITIES.

21 ‘‘The Administrator shall make publicly available, in22 cluding through the Internet, information on procedures for

23 establishing cooperative agreements between State and local

24 fire and emergency services and Federal facilities in their
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1 region relating to the provision of fire and emergency serv2 ices.’’.

3 SEC. 107. NEED FOR ADDITIONAL TRAINING IN

4 COUNTERTERRORISM.

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

6 States Fire Administration shall conduct an assessment of

7 the need for additional capabilities for Federal

8 counterterrorism training of emergency response personnel.

9 (b) CONTENTS OF ASSESSMENT.—The assessment con10 ducted under this section shall include—

11 (1) a review of the counterterrorism training

12 programs offered by the United States Fire Adminis13 tration and other Federal agencies;

14 (2) an estimate of the number and types of emer15 gency response personnel that have, during the period

16 between January 1, 1994, and October 1, 1999,

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

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

19 oversubscription of the training capabilities; and

20 (3) a recommendation on the need to provide ad21 ditional Federal counterterrorism training centers,

22 including—

23 (A) an analysis of existing Federal facilities

24 that could be used as counterterrorism training

25 facilities; and
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1 (B) a cost-benefit analysis of the establish2 ment of such counterterrorism training facilities.

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

4 of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall pre5 pare and submit to the Congress a report on the results of

6 the assessment conducted under this section.

7 SEC. 108. WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE FIRE

8 SAFETY RESEARCH PROGRAM.

9 From the funds authorized to be appropriated by the

10 amendments made by section 102, $1,000,000 may be ex11 pended for the Worcester Polytechnic Institute fire safety

12 research program.

13 SEC. 109. INTERNET AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.

14 Upon the conclusion of the research under a research

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

16 this title (or any amendments made by this title), the Ad17 ministrator of the United States Fire Administration shall

18 make available through the Internet home page of the Ad19 ministration a brief summary of the results and importance

20 of such research grant or award. Nothing in this section

21 shall be construed to require or permit the release of any

22 information prohibited by law or regulation from being re23 leased to the public.

24 SEC. 110. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS.

25 (a) 1974 ACT.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Fire Prevention

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

3 amended—

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

5 (15 U.S.C. 2209) and redesignating subsection

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

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

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

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

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

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

12 (2) REFERENCES TO SECRETARY.—The Federal

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

14 2201 et seq.) is amended—

15 (A) in section 4 (15 U.S.C. 2203)—

16 (i) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semi17 colon in paragraph (7);

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

19 (iii) by redesignating paragraph (9) as

20 paragraph (8);

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

22 ‘‘Director’’—

23 (i) in section 5(b) (15 U.S.C. 2204(b));

24 (ii) each place it appears in section 7

25 (15 U.S.C. 2206);
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1 (iii) the first place it appears in sec2 tion 11(c) (15 U.S.C. 2210(c));

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

4 U.S.C. 2214(b)(2), (c), and (f));

5 (v) the second place it appears in sec6 tion 15(e)(1)(A) (15 U.S.C. 2214(e)(1)(A));

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

8 (vii) the second place it appears in sec9 tion 19(a) (42 U.S.C. 290a(a));

10 (viii) both places it appears in section

11 20 (15 U.S.C. 2217); and

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

13 2218(c)); and

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

15 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Director’s’’.

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

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

18 (1) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘Census;’’ in para19 graph (5);

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

21 (3) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para22 graph (6).

23 SEC. 111. NATIONAL FIRE ACADEMY CURRICULUM REVIEW.

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

25 States Fire Administration, in consultation with the Board
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1 of Visitors and representatives of trade and professional as2 sociations, State and local firefighting services, and other

3 appropriate entities, shall conduct a review of the courses

4 of instruction available at the National Fire Academy to

5 ensure that they are up-to-date and complement, not dupli6 cate, courses of instruction offered elsewhere. Not later than

7 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Admin8 istrator shall prepare and submit a report to the Committee

9 on Science of the House of Representatives and the Com10 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the

11 Senate.

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

13 subsection (a) shall—

14 (1) examine and assess the courses of instruction

15 offered by the National Fire Academy;

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

17 instruction;

18 (3) examine the current and future impact of in19 formation technology on National Fire Academy cur20 ricula, methods of instruction, and delivery of serv21 ices; and

22 (4) make recommendations for updating the cur23 riculum, methods of instruction, and delivery of serv24 ices by the National Fire Academy considering cur25 rent and future needs, State-based curricula, advances
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1 in information technologies, and other relevant fac2 tors.

3 SEC. 112. REPEAL OF EXCEPTION TO FIRE SAFETY RE4 QUIREMENT.

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

6 Stat. 2298) is hereby repealed.

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

8 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.

9 SEC. 113. NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION

10 TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

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

12 States Code, is amended—

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

14 following:

15 ‘‘(1) primarily—

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

17 private gifts of property for the benefit of the Na18 tional Fallen Firefighters’ Memorial and the an19 nual memorial service associated with the memo20 rial; and

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

22 Government and fire services (as that term is de23 fined in section 4 of the Federal Fire Prevention

24 and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2203)), plan,
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1 direct, and manage the memorial service referred

2 to in subparagraph (A);’’;

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

4 after ‘‘non-Federal’’;

5 (3) in paragraph (3)—

6 (A) by striking ‘‘State and local’’ and in7 serting ‘‘Federal, State, and local’’; and

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

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

10 and inserting ‘‘firefighters;’’; and

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

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

13 families of fallen firefighters and fire departments in

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

15 and

16 ‘‘(6) to promote national, State, and local initia17 tives to increase public awareness of fire and life safe18 ty.’’.

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

20 36, United States Code, is amended—

21 (1) by striking subsections (f) and (g) and in22 serting the following:

23 ‘‘(f) STATUS AND COMPENSATION.—
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1 ‘‘(1) Appointment to the board shall not con2 stitute employment by or the holding of an office of

3 the United States.

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

5 compensation.’’; and

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

7 (g).

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

9 title 36, United States Code, is amended—

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

11 (a); and

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

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

14 (d) SUPPORT BY THE ADMINISTRATOR.—Section

15 151307(a)(1) of title 36, United States Code, is amended—

16 (1) by striking ‘‘The Administrator’’ and insert17 ing ‘‘During the 10-year period beginning on the date

18 of enactment of the Fire Administration Authoriza19 tion Act of 2000, the Administrator’’; and

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

21 inserting ‘‘may’’.
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1 TITLE II—EARTHQUAKE

2 HAZARDS REDUCTION

3 SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.

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

5 Reduction Authorization Act of 2000’’.

6 SEC. 202. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

7 (a) FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.—

8 Section 12(a)(7) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act

9 of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7706(a)(7)) is amended—

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

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

12 $19,861,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30,

13 2001, of which $450,000 is for National Earthquake

14 Hazard Reduction Program-eligible efforts of an es15 tablished multi-state consortium to reduce the unac16 ceptable threat of earthquake damages in the New Ma17 drid seismic region through efforts to enhance pre18 paredness, response, recovery, and mitigation;

19 $20,705,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30,

20 2002; and $21,585,000 for the fiscal year ending Sep21 tember 30, 2003.’’.

22 (b) UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.—Section

23 12(b) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42

24 U.S.C. 7706(b)) is amended—
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1 (1) by inserting after ‘‘operated by the Agency.’’

2 the following: ‘‘There are authorized to be appro3 priated to the Secretary of the Interior for purposes

4 of carrying out, through the Director of the United

5 States Geological Survey, the responsibilities that

6 may be assigned to the Director under this Act

7 $48,360,000 for fiscal year 2001, of which $3,500,000

8 is for the Global Seismic Network and $100,000 is for

9 the Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory Com10 mittee established under section 210 of the Earth11 quake Hazards Reduction Authorization Act of 2000;

12 $50,415,000 for fiscal year 2002, of which $3,600,000

13 is for the Global Seismic Network and $100,000 is for

14 the Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory Com15 mittee; and $52,558,000 for fiscal year 2003, of which

16 $3,700,000 is for the Global Seismic Network and

17 $100,000 is for the Scientific Earthquake Studies Ad18 visory Committee.’’;

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

20 (1);

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

22 (2) and inserting ‘‘1999;’’; and

23 (4) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol24 lowing:
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1 ‘‘(3) $9,000,000 of the amount authorized to be

2 appropriated for fiscal year 2001;

3 ‘‘(4) $9,250,000 of the amount authorized to be

4 appropriated for fiscal year 2002; and

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

6 appropriated for fiscal year 2003,’’.

7 (c) REAL-TIME SEISMIC HAZARD WARNING SYS8 TEM.—Section 2(a)(7) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act To au9 thorize appropriations for carrying out the Earthquake

10 Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 for fiscal years 1998 and

11 1999, and for other purposes’’ (111 Stat. 1159; 42 U.S.C.

12 7704 nt) is amended by striking ‘‘1999.’’ and inserting

13 ‘‘1999; $2,600,000 for fiscal year 2001; $2,710,000 for fiscal

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

15 (d) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION.—Section 12(c)

16 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42

17 U.S.C. 7706(c)) is amended—

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

19 ‘‘1998,’’; and

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

21 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the Na22 tional Science Foundation $19,000,000 for engineer23 ing research and $11,900,000 for geosciences research

24 for fiscal year 2001; $19,808,000 for engineering re25 search and $12,406,000 for geosciences research for
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1 fiscal year 2002; and $20,650,000 for engineering re2 search and $12,933,000 for geosciences research for

3 fiscal year 2003.’’.

4 (e) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECH5 NOLOGY.—Section 12(d) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduc6 tion Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7706(d)) is amended—

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

8 ‘‘1998,’’; and

9 (2) by striking ‘‘1999.’’ and inserting ‘‘1999,

10 $2,332,000 for fiscal year 2001, $2,431,000 for fiscal

11 year 2002, and $2,534,300 for fiscal year 2003.’’.

12 SEC. 203. REPEALS.

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

14 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42

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

16 SEC. 204. ADVANCED NATIONAL SEISMIC RESEARCH AND

17 MONITORING SYSTEM.

18 The Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42

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

20 following new section:

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

22 MONITORING SYSTEM.

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

24 States Geological Survey shall establish and operate an Ad25 vanced National Seismic Research and Monitoring System.
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1 The purpose of such system shall be to organize, modernize,

2 standardize, and stabilize the national, regional, and urban

3 seismic monitoring systems in the United States, including

4 sensors, recorders, and data analysis centers, into a coordi5 nated system that will measure and record the full range

6 of frequencies and amplitudes exhibited by seismic waves,

7 in order to enhance earthquake research and warning capa8 bilities.

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

10 after the date of the enactment of the Earthquake Hazards

11 Reduction Authorization Act of 2000, the Director of the

12 United States Geological Survey shall transmit to the Con13 gress a 5-year management plan for establishing and oper14 ating the Advanced National Seismic Research and Moni15 toring System. The plan shall include annual cost estimates

16 for both modernization and operation, milestones, stand17 ards, and performance goals, as well as plans for securing

18 the participation of all existing networks in the Advanced

19 National Seismic Research and Monitoring System and for

20 establishing new, or enhancing existing, partnerships to le21 verage resources.

22 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

23 ‘‘(1) EXPANSION AND MODERNIZATION.—In ad24 dition to amounts appropriated under section 12(b),

25 there are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
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1 retary of the Interior, to be used by the Director of

2 the United States Geological Survey to establish the

3 Advanced National Seismic Research and Monitoring

4 System—

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

6 ‘‘(B) $33,700,000 for fiscal year 2003;

7 ‘‘(C) $35,100,000 for fiscal year 2004;

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

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

10 ‘‘(2) OPERATION.—In addition to amounts ap11 propriated under section 12(b), there are authorized

12 to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior, to

13 be used by the Director of the United States Geologi14 cal Survey to operate the Advanced National Seismic

15 Research and Monitoring System—

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

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

18 SEC. 205. NETWORK FOR EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING SIM19 ULATION.

20 The Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42

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

22 end the following new section:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 14. NETWORK FOR EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING SIM2 ULATION.

3 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of the National

4 Science Foundation shall establish the George E. Brown,

5 Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation that

6 will upgrade, link, and integrate a system of geographically

7 distributed experimental facilities for earthquake engineer8 ing testing of full-sized structures and their components and

9 partial-scale physical models. The system shall be inte10 grated through networking software so that integrated mod11 els and databases can be used to create model-based simula12 tion, and the components of the system shall be inter13 connected with a computer network and allow for remote

14 access, information sharing, and collaborative research.

15 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi16 tion to amounts appropriated under section 12(c), there are

17 authorized to be appropriated to the National Science

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

19 Earthquake Engineering Simulation—

20 ‘‘(1) $28,200,000 for fiscal year 2001;

21 ‘‘(2) $24,400,000 for fiscal year 2002;

22 ‘‘(3) $4,500,000 for fiscal year 2003; and

23 ‘‘(4) $17,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.’’.

24 SEC. 206. BUDGET COORDINATION.

25 Section 5 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act

26 of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7704) is amended—
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1 (1) by striking subparagraph (A) of subsection

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

3 (F) of subsection (b)(1) as subparagraphs (A) through

4 (E), respectively; and

5 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub6 section:

7 ‘‘(c) BUDGET COORDINATION.—

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

9 provide guidance to the other Program agencies con10 cerning the preparation of requests for appropriations

11 for activities related to the Program, and shall pre12 pare, in conjunction with the other Program agencies,

13 an annual Program budget to be submitted to the Of14 fice of Management and Budget.

15 ‘‘(2) REPORTS.—Each Program agency shall in16 clude with its annual request for appropriations sub17 mitted to the Office of Management and Budget a re18 port that—

19 ‘‘(A) identifies each element of the proposed

20 Program activities of the agency;

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

22 contributes to the Program; and

23 ‘‘(C) states the portion of its request for ap24 propriations allocated to each element of the Pro25 gram.’’.
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1 SEC. 207. REPORT ON AT-RISK POPULATIONS.

2 Not later than one year after the date of the enactment

3 of this Act, and after a period for public comment, the Di4 rector of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall

5 transmit to the Congress a report describing the elements

6 of the Program that specifically address the needs of at-risk

7 populations, including the elderly, persons with disabilities,

8 non-English-speaking families, single-parent households,

9 and the poor. Such report shall also identify additional ac10 tions that could be taken to address those needs and make

11 recommendations for any additional legislative authority

12 required to take such actions.

13 SEC. 208. PUBLIC ACCESS TO EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION.

14 Section 5(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Earthquake Hazards Re15 duction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7704(b)(2)(A)(ii)) is amend16 ed by inserting ‘‘, and development of means of increasing

17 public access to available locality-specific information that

18 may assist the public in preparing for or responding to

19 earthquakes’’ after ‘‘and the general public’’.

20 SEC. 209. LIFELINES.

21 Section 4(6) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act

22 of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7703(6)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and

23 infrastructure’’ after ‘‘communication facilities’’.
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1 SEC. 210. SCIENTIFIC EARTHQUAKE STUDIES ADVISORY

2 COMMITTEE.

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

4 States Geological Survey shall establish a Scientific Earth5 quake Studies Advisory Committee.

6 (b) ORGANIZATION.—The Director shall establish pro7 cedures for selection of individuals not employed by the Fed8 eral Government who are qualified in the seismic sciences

9 and other appropriate fields and may, pursuant to such

10 procedures, select up to ten individuals, one of whom shall

11 be designated Chairman, to serve on the Advisory Com12 mittee. Selection of individuals for the Advisory Committee

13 shall be based solely on established records of distinguished

14 service, and the Director shall ensure that a reasonable

15 cross-section of views and expertise is represented. In select16 ing individuals to serve on the Advisory Committee, the Di17 rector shall seek and give due consideration to recommenda18 tions from the National Academy of Sciences, professional

19 societies, and other appropriate organizations.

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

21 at such times and places as may be designated by the Chair22 man in consultation with the Director.

23 (d) DUTIES.—The Advisory Committee shall advise the

24 Director on matters relating to the United States Geological

25 Survey’s participation in the National Earthquake Haz26 ards Reduction Program, including the United States Geo-
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1 logical Survey’s roles, goals, and objectives within that Pro2 gram, its capabilities and research needs, guidance on

3 achieving major objectives, and establishing and measuring

4 performance goals. The Advisory Committee shall issue an

5 annual report to the Director for submission to Congress

6 on or before September 30 of each year. The report shall

7 describe the Advisory Committee’s activities and address

8 policy issues or matters that affect the United States Geo9 logical Survey’s participation in the National Earthquake

10 Hazards Reduction Program.

Amend the title so as to read as follows: ‘‘An Act

to authorize appropriations for the United States Fire

Administration, and for carrying out the Earthquake

Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, for fiscal years 2001,

2002, and 2003, and for other purposes.’’.

Attest:

Clerk.

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H.R. 1550

HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO

SENATE AMENDMENT