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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1639

To authorize appropriations for carrying out the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, for the National Weather Service and Related Agencies,

and for the United States Fire Administration for fiscal years 2000,

2001, and 2002.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 24, 1999

Mr. FRIST (for himself, Mr. BREAUX, Mr. MCCAIN, Mr. HOLLINGS, and Mr.

ROCKEFELLER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and

referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

A BILL

To authorize appropriations for carrying out the Earthquake

Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, for the National Weather Service and Related Agencies, and for the United

States Fire Administration for fiscal years 2000, 2001,

and 2002.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Earth, Wind, and Fire

5 Authorization Act of 1999’’.
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1 TITLE I—EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS REDUCTION

2 ACT

3 SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

4 (a) FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGEN5 CY.—Section 12(a)(7) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduc6 tion Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7706(a)) is amended—

7 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘1998’’; and

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

9 $19,800,000 for the fiscal year ending September

10 30, 2000, of which $450,000 shall be used to sup11 port the National Earthquake Hazard Reduction

12 Program-eligible efforts of an established multi-state

13 consortium to reduce the unacceptable threat of

14 earthquake damages in the New Madrid seismic re15 gion through efforts to enhance preparedness, re16 sponse, recovery, and mitigation; $20,890,000 for

17 the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001; and

18 $22,040,000 for the fiscal year ending September

19 30, 2002.’’.

20 (b) UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.—

21 (1) Section 12(b) of the Earthquake Hazards

22 Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7706(b)) is

23 amended—

24 (A) by inserting after ‘‘operated by the

25 Agency.’’ the following: ‘‘There are authorized
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1 to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Inte2 rior for purposes of carrying out, through the

3 Director of the United States Geological Sur4 vey, the responsibilities that may be assigned to

5 the Director under this Act $46,100,000 for fis6 cal year 2000, of which $3,500,000 shall be

7 used for the Global Seismic Network;

8 $48,635,000 for fiscal year 2001, of which

9 $3,600,000 shall be used for the Global Seismic

10 Network; and $51,310,000 for fiscal year

11 2002.’’;

12 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para13 graph (1);

14 (C) by striking the comma at the end of

15 paragraph (2) and inserting a semicolon; and

16 (D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the

17 following new paragraphs:

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

19 appropriated for fiscal year 2000;

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

21 appropriated for fiscal year 2001; and

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

23 appropriated for fiscal year 2002.’’.

24 (2) Section 2(a)(7) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act

25 to authorize appropriations for carrying out the
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1 Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 for fis2 cal years 1998 and 1999, and for other purposes’’

3 is amended by striking ‘‘1998 and 1999.’’ and in4 serting ‘‘1998 and 1999, $1,600,000 for fiscal year

5 2000, $1,690,000 for fiscal year 2001, and

6 $1,783,000 for fiscal year 2002.’’.

7 (c) 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 striking ‘‘1999.’’ and inserting ‘‘1999,

13 and (5) $19,000,000 for engineering research and

14 $10,900,000 for geosciences research for the fiscal

15 year ending September 30, 2000. There are author16 ized to be appropriated to the National Science

17 Foundation $20,045,000 for engineering research

18 and $11,500,000 for geosciences research for fiscal

19 year 2001 and $21,147,000 for engineering research

20 and $12,133,000 for geosciences research for fiscal

21 year 2002.’’.

22 (d) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND

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

24 Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7706(d)) is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘1998, and’’; and inserting

2 ‘‘1998,’’; and

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

4 $2,200,000 for fiscal year 2000, $2,231,000 for fis5 cal year 2001, and $2,354,000 for fiscal year

6 2002.’’.

7 SEC. 102. REPEALS.

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

9 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42

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

11 SEC. 103. ADVANCED NATIONAL SEISMIC RESEARCH AND

12 MONITORING SYSTEM.

13 The Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42

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

15 the following new section:

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

17 MONITORING SYSTEM.

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

19 States Geological Survey shall establish and operate an

20 Advanced National Seismic Research and Monitoring Sys21 tem. The purpose of such system shall be to organize,

22 modernize, standardize, and stabilize the national, re23 gional, and urban seismic monitoring systems in the

24 United States, including sensors, recorders, and data anal25 ysis centers, into a coordinated system that will measure
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1 and record the full range of frequencies and amplitudes

2 exhibited by seismic waves, in order to enhance earthquake

3 research and warning capabilities.

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

5 after the date of the enactment of the Earthquake Haz6 ards Reduction Authorization Act of 1999, the Director

7 of the United States Geological Survey shall transmit to

8 the Congress a 5-year management plan for establishing

9 and operating the Advanced National Seismic Research

10 and Monitoring System. The plan shall include annual

11 cost estimates for both modernization and operation, mile12 stones, standards, and performance goals, as well as plans

13 for securing the participation of all existing networks in

14 the Advanced National Seismic Research and Monitoring

15 System and for establishing new, or enhancing existing,

16 partnerships to leverage resources.

17 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

18 ‘‘(1) EXPANSION AND MODERNIZATION.—In ad19 dition to amounts appropriated under section 12(b),

20 there are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec21 retary of the Interior, to be used by the Director of

22 the United States Geological Survey to establish the

23 Advanced National Seismic Research and Moni24 toring System—

25 ‘‘(A) $33,500,000 for fiscal year 2001;
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1 ‘‘(B) $33,700,000 for fiscal year 2002;

2 ‘‘(C) $35,100,000 for fiscal year 2003;

3 ‘‘(D) $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;

4 and

5 ‘‘(E) $33,500,000 for fiscal year 2005.

6 ‘‘(2) OPERATION.—In addition to amounts ap7 propriated under section 12(b), there are authorized

8 to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior,

9 to be used by the Director of the United States Geo10 logical Survey to operate the Advanced National

11 Seismic Research and Monitoring System—

12 ‘‘(A) $4,500,000 for fiscal year 2001; and

13 ‘‘(B) $10,300,000 for fiscal year 2002.’’.

14 SEC. 104. NETWORK FOR EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING SIM15 ULATION.

16 The Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42

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

18 the following new section:

19 ‘‘SEC. 14. NETWORK FOR EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING SIM20 ULATION.

21 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of the Na22 tional Science Foundation shall establish a Network for

23 Earthquake Engineering Simulation that will upgrade,

24 link, and integrate a system of geographically distributed

25 experimental facilities for earthquake engineering testing
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1 of full-sized structures and their components and partial2 scale physical models. The system shall be integrated

3 through networking software so that integrated models

4 and databases can be used to create model-based simula5 tion, and the components of the system shall be inter6 connected with a computer network and allow for remote

7 access, information sharing, and collaborative research.

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

10 are authorized to be appropriated, out of funds otherwise

11 authorized to be appropriated to the National Science

12 Foundation, $7,700,000 for fiscal year 2000 for the Net13 work for Earthquake Engineering Simulation. In addition

14 to amounts appropriated under section 12(c), there are

15 authorized to be appropriated to the National Science

16 Foundation for the Network for Earthquake Engineering

17 Simulation—

18 ‘‘(1) $28,200,000 for fiscal year 2001;

19 ‘‘(2) $24,400,000 for fiscal year 2002;

20 ‘‘(3) $4,500,000 for fiscal year 2003; and

21 ‘‘(4) $17,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.’’.

22 SEC. 105. BUDGET COORDINATION.

23 Section 5 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act

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

25 (1) in subsection (b)(1)—
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1 (A) by striking subparagraph (A) and re2 designating subparagraphs (B) through (F) as

3 subparagraphs (A) through (E), respectively;

4 and

5 (B) by moving subparagraph (E), as so re6 designated by subparagraph (A) of this para7 graph, so as to appear immediately after sub8 paragraph (D), as so redesignated; and

9 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub10 section:

11 ‘‘(c) BUDGET COORDINATION.—

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

13 provide guidance to the other Program agencies con14 cerning the preparation of requests for appropria15 tions for activities related to the Program, and shall

16 prepare, in conjunction with the other Program

17 agencies, an annual Program budget to be submitted

18 to the Office of Management and Budget.

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

20 include with its annual request for appropriations

21 submitted to the Office of Management and Budget

22 a report that—

23 ‘‘(A) identifies each element of the pro24 posed Program activities of the agency;
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1 ‘‘(B) specifies how each of these activities

2 contributes to the Program; and

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

4 appropriations allocated to each element of the

5 Program.’’.

6 SEC. 106. REPORT ON AT-RISK POPULATIONS.

7 Not later than one year after the date of the enact8 ment of this Act, and after a period for public comment,

9 the Director of the Federal Emergency Management

10 Agency shall transmit to the Congress a report describing

11 the elements of the Program that specifically address the

12 needs of at-risk populations, including the elderly, persons

13 with disabilities, non-English-speaking families, single14 parent households, and the poor. Such report shall also

15 identify additional actions that could be taken to address

16 those needs and make recommendations for any additional

17 legislative authority required to take such actions.

18 SEC. 107. PUBLIC ACCESS TO EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION.

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

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

21 amended by inserting ‘‘, and development of means of in22 creasing public access to available locality-specific infor23 mation that may assist the public in preparing for or re24 sponding to earthquakes’’ after ‘‘and the general public’’.
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1 SEC. 108. LIFELINES.

2 Section 4(6) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction

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

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

5 TITLE II—NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND

6 RELATED AGENCIES AUTHORIZATION ACT

7 SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS.

8 For purposes of this title, the term—

9 (1) ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Administrator

10 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis11 tration; and

12 (2) ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of Com13 merce.

14 SEC. 202. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

15 (a) OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES.—

16 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary

17 to enable the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis18 tration to carry out the Operations, Research, and Facili19 ties activities of the National Weather Service

20 $617,897,000 for fiscal year 2000, $651,881,000 for fis21 cal year 2001, and $687,734,000 for fiscal year 2002, to

22 remain available until expended. Of such amounts—

23 (1) $450,411,000 for fiscal year 2000,

24 $475,184,000 for fiscal year 2001, and

25 $501,320,000 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for Local

26 Warnings and Forecasts;
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1 (2) $2,200,000 for fiscal year 2000, $2,321,000

2 for fiscal year 2001, and $2,449,000 for fiscal year

3 2002 shall be for Advanced Hydrological Prediction

4 System;

5 (3) $619,000 for fiscal year 2000, $653,000 for

6 fiscal year 2001, and $689,000 for fiscal year 2002

7 shall be for Susquehanna River Basin Flood Sys8 tems;

9 (4) $35,596,000 for fiscal year 2000,

10 $37,554,000 for fiscal year 2001, and $36,619,000

11 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for Aviation Forecasts;

12 (5) $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, $4,200,000

13 for fiscal year 2001, and $4,452,000 for fiscal year

14 2002 shall be for Weather Forecast Offices (WFO)

15 Facilities Maintenance;

16 (6) $37,081,000 for fiscal year 2000,

17 $39,120,000 for fiscal year 2001, and $41,272,000

18 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for Central Forecast

19 Guidance;

20 (7) $3,090,000 for fiscal year 2000, $3,260,000

21 for fiscal year 2001, and $3,439,000 for fiscal year

22 2002 shall be for Atmospheric and Hydrological Re23 search;

24 (8) $39,325,000 for fiscal year 2000,

25 $41,488,000 for fiscal year 2001, and $43,770,000
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1 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for Next Generation

2 Weather Radar (NEXRAD);

3 (9) $7,573,000 for fiscal year 2000, $7,990,000

4 for fiscal year 2001, and $8,429,000 for fiscal year

5 2002 shall be for Automated Surface Observing Sys6 tem (ASOS); and

7 (10) $38,002,000 for fiscal year 2000,

8 $40,092,000 for fiscal year 2001, and $42,297,000

9 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for Advanced Weather

10 Interactive Processing System (AWIPS).

11 (b) PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION, AND CONSTRUC12 TION.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the

13 Secretary to enable the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

14 Administration to carry out the Procurement, Acquisition,

15 and Construction activities of the National Weather Serv16 ice $69,632,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $70,120,000 for

17 fiscal year 2001, to remain available until expended. Of

18 such amounts—

19 (1) $9,560,000 for fiscal year 2000, $9,060,000

20 for fiscal year 2001, and $9,060,000 for fiscal year

21 2002 shall be for Next Generation Weather Radar

22 (NEXRAD);

23 (2) $4,180,000 for fiscal year 2000, $6,125,000

24 for fiscal year 2001, and $7,565,000 for fiscal year
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1 2002 shall be for Automated Surface Observing Sys2 tem (ASOS);

3 (3) $22,575,000 for fiscal year 2000,

4 $21,525,000 for fiscal year 2001, and $7,900,000

5 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for Advanced Weather

6 Interactive Processing System (AWIPS);

7 (4) $11,100,000 for fiscal year 2000,

8 $12,835,000 for fiscal year 2001, and $16,135,000

9 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for Computer Facilities

10 Upgrades;

11 (5) $8,350,000 for fiscal year 2000, $8,350,000

12 for fiscal year 2001, and $8,350,000 for fiscal year

13 2002 shall be for Radiosonde Replacement;

14 (6) $500,000 for fiscal year 2000 shall be for

15 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

16 Operations Center Rehabilitation; and

17 (7) $13,367,000 for fiscal year 2000,

18 $12,225,000 for fiscal year 2001, and $12,725,000

19 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for Weather Forecast

20 Office (WFO) Construction.

21 SEC. 203. ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH.

22 (a) OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES.—

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be

24 appropriated to the Secretary to enable the National

25 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry
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1 out the Atmospheric Research Operations, Research,

2 and Facilities environmental research and develop3 ment activities of the Office of Oceanic and Atmos4 pheric Research $173,250,000 for fiscal year 2000,

5 $182,779,000 for fiscal year 2001, and

6 $192,832,000 for fiscal year 2002, to remain avail7 able until expended.

8 (2) CLIMATE AND AIR QUALITY RESEARCH.—Of

9 the amounts authorized under paragraph (1),

10 $126,200,000 for fiscal year 2000, $133,141,000 for

11 fiscal year 2001, and $140,464,000 for fiscal year

12 2002 shall be for Climate and Air Quality Research,

13 of which—

14 (A) $16,900,000 for fiscal year 2000,

15 $17,830,000 for fiscal year 2001, and

16 $18,810,000 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for

17 Interannual and Seasonal Climate Research;

18 (B) $34,600,000 for fiscal year 2000,

19 $36,503,000 for fiscal year 2001, and

20 $38,511,000 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for

21 Long-Term Climate and Air Quality Research;

22 (C) $74,600,000 for fiscal year 2000,

23 $78,703,000 for fiscal year 2001, and

24 $83,032,000 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for

25 Climate and Global Change;
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1 (D) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2000,

2 $5,275,000 for fiscal year 2001, and

3 $5,565,000 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for

4 Global Learning and Observations to Benefit

5 the Environment (GLOBE); and

6 (E) $13,500,000 for fiscal year 2000 for

7 High Performance Computing and Communica8 tions.

9 (3) ATMOSPHERIC PROGRAMS.—Of the amounts

10 authorized under paragraph (1), $47,050,000 for

11 fiscal year 2000, $49,638,000 for fiscal year 2001,

12 and $52,368,000 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for

13 Atmospheric Programs, of which—

14 (A) $36,600,000 for fiscal year 2000,

15 $38,613,000 for fiscal year 2001, and

16 $40,737,000 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for

17 Weather Research;

18 (B) $4,350,000 for fiscal year 2000,

19 $4,589,000 for fiscal year 2001, and

20 $4,842,000 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for

21 Wind Profiler; and

22 (C) $6,100,000 for fiscal year 2000,

23 $6,436,000 for fiscal year 2001, and

24 $6,789,000 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for

25 Solar-Terrestrial Services and Research.
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1 (b) PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION, AND CONSTRUC2 TION.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the

3 Secretary to enable the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

4 Administration to carry out the Atmospheric Research

5 Procurement, Acquisition, and Construction environ6 mental research and development activities of the Office

7 of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research $10,040,000 for fis8 cal year 2000, $14,160,000 for fiscal year 2001, and

9 $14,580,000 for fiscal year 2002, to remain available until

10 expended. Of such amounts—

11 (1) $5,700,000 for fiscal year 2000, $8,000,000

12 for fiscal year 2001, and $8,000,000 for fiscal year

13 2002 shall be for the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

14 Laboratory Supercomputer; and

15 (2) $4,340,000 for fiscal year 2000, $6,160,000

16 for fiscal year 2001, and $6,580,000 for fiscal year

17 2002 shall be for the Advanced Composition Ex18 plorer (ACE) Follow-On Satellite/GEOSTORM.

19 SEC. 204. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE, DATA

20 AND INFORMATION SERVICE.

21 (a) OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES.—

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be

23 appropriated to the Secretary to enable the National

24 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry

25 out the Operations, Research, and Facilities environ-
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1 mental research and development and related activi2 ties of the National Environmental Satellite, Data

3 and Information Service $103,092,000 for fiscal

4 year 2000, $108,762,000 for fiscal year 2001, and

5 $114,744,000 for fiscal year 2002 to remain avail6 able until expended.

7 (2) SATELLITE OBSERVING SYSTEMS.—Of the

8 amounts authorized under paragraph (1),

9 $59,236,000 for fiscal year 2000, $62,494,000 for

10 fiscal year 2001, and $65,931,000 for fiscal year

11 2002 shall be for Satellite Observing Systems, of

12 which—

13 (A) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2000,

14 $2,110,000 for fiscal year 2001, and

15 $2,156,000 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for

16 Global Disaster Information Network (GDIN);

17 (B) $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2000,

18 $4,220,000 for fiscal year 2001, and

19 $4,313,000 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for

20 Ocean Remote Sensing; and

21 (C) $53,236,000 for fiscal year 2000,

22 $56,164,000 for fiscal year 2001, and

23 $59,253,000 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for

24 Environmental Observing Services.
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1 (3) ENVIRONMENTAL DATA MANAGEMENT SYS2 TEMS.—Of the amounts authorized under paragraph

3 (1), $43,856,000 for fiscal year 2000, $46,268,000

4 for fiscal year 2001, and $48,813,000 for fiscal year

5 2002 shall be for Environmental Data Management

6 Systems.

7 (b) PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION, AND CONSTRUC8 TION.—

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be

10 appropriated to the Secretary to enable the National

11 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry

12 out the Procurement, Acquisition, and Construction

13 environmental research and development and related

14 activities of the National Environmental Satellite,

15 Data and Information Service $414,157,000 for fis16 cal year 2000, $476,183,000 for fiscal year 2001,

17 and $505,094,000 for fiscal year 2002, to remain

18 available until expended.

19 (2) SYSTEMS ACQUISITION.—Of the amounts

20 authorized under paragraph (1), $410,612,000 for

21 fiscal year 2000, $473,803,000 for fiscal year 2001,

22 and $505,094,000 shall be for Systems Acquisition,

23 of which—

24 (A) $140,979,000 for fiscal year 2000,

25 $114,594,000 for fiscal year 2001, and
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1 $98,253,000 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for

2 the procurement and launch of, and supporting

3 ground systems for, Polar Orbiting Environ4 mental Satellites (POES), K, L, M, N, and N′;

5 (B) $80,100,000 for fiscal year 2000,

6 $113,600,000 for fiscal year 2001, and

7 $180,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for

8 the procurement and launch of, and supporting

9 ground systems for, the National Polar-Orbiting

10 Operational Environmental Satellite System

11 (NPOESS); and

12 (C) $189,533,000 for fiscal year 2000,

13 $245,609,000 for fiscal year 2001, and

14 $226,841,000 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for

15 the procurement and launch of, and supporting

16 ground systems for, Geostationary Operational

17 Environmental NEXT follow-on Satellites

18 (GOES N–Q).

19 (3) CONSTRUCTION.—Of the amounts author20 ized under paragraph (1), $3,545,000 for fiscal year

21 2000 and $2,380,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be

22 for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra23 tion Operations Center Rehabilitation Construction.
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1 SEC. 205. INTERNET AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.

2 The Administrator shall make available through the

3 Internet home page of the National Oceanic and Atmos4 pheric Administration the abstracts relating to all research

5 grants and awards made with funds authorized by this

6 Act. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require

7 or permit the release of any information prohibited by law

8 or regulation from being released to the public.

9 TITLE III—FIRE ADMINISTRATION

10 AUTHORIZATION ACT

11 SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

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

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

14 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara15 graph (G);

16 (2) by striking the period at the end of sub17 paragraph (H) and inserting a semicolon; and

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

19 ‘‘(I) $46,130,000 for fiscal year 2000;

20 ‘‘(J) $47,570,000 for fiscal year 2001; and

21 ‘‘(K) $49,054,000, for fiscal year 2002.’’.

22 None of the funds authorized for fiscal years 2001 and

23 2002 may be obligated unless the Administrator has

24 verified to the Committee on Science of the House of Rep25 resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science,

26 and Transportation of the Senate that the obligation of
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1 funds is consistent with the strategic plan transmitted

2 under section 302 of this Act.

3 SEC. 302. STRATEGIC PLAN.

4 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than April 30, 2000,

5 the Administrator of the United States Fire Administra6 tion shall prepare and transmit to the Committee on

7 Science of the House of Representatives and the Com8 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the

9 Senate a 5-year strategic plan of program activities for

10 the United States Fire Administration.

11 (b) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—The plan required by sub12 section (a) shall include—

13 (1) a comprehensive mission statement covering

14 the major functions and operations of the United

15 States Fire Administration in the areas of training;

16 research, development, test and evaluation; new

17 technology and non-developmental item implementa18 tion; safety; counterterrorism; data collection and

19 analysis; and public education;

20 (2) general goals and objectives, including those

21 related to outcomes, for the major functions and op22 erations of the United States Fire Administration;

23 (3) a description of how the goals and objec24 tives identified under paragraph (2) are to be

25 achieved, including operational processes, skills and
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1 technology, and the human, capital, information, and

2 other resources required to meet those goals and ob3 jectives;

4 (4) an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses

5 of, opportunities for, and threats to the United

6 States Fire Administration;

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

8 of the National Institute of Standards and Tech9 nology, the Department of Defense, and other Fed10 eral agencies, and a discussion of how those activi11 ties can be coordinated with and contribute to the

12 achievement of the goals and objectives identified

13 under paragraph (2);

14 (6) a description of objective, quantifiable per15 formance goals needed to define the level of perform16 ance achieved by program activities in training, re17 search, data collection and analysis, and public edu18 cation, and how these performance goals relate to

19 the general goals and objectives in the strategic

20 plan;

21 (7) an identification of key factors external to

22 the United States Fire Administration and beyond

23 its control that could affect significantly the achieve24 ment of the general goals and objectives;
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1 (8) a description of program evaluations used in

2 establishing or revising general goals and objectives,

3 with a schedule for future program evaluations;

4 (9) a plan for the timely distribution of infor5 mation and educational materials to State and local

6 firefighting services, including volunteer, career, and

7 combination services throughout the United States;

8 (10) a description of how the strategic plan pre9 pared under this section will be incorporated into the

10 strategic plan and the performance plans and re11 ports of the Federal Emergency Management Agen12 cy;

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

14 planned use of the Internet for the delivery of train15 ing courses by the National Fire Academy, including

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

17 each course’s provisions for real time interaction be18 tween instructor and students, the number of stu19 dents enrolled, and the geographic distribution of

20 students, for the most recent fiscal year;

21 (B) an assessment of the availability and actual

22 use by the National Fire Academy of Federal facili23 ties suitable for distance education applications, in24 cluding facilities with teleconferencing capabilities;

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1 (C) an assessment of the benefits and problems

2 associated with delivery of instructional courses

3 using the Internet, including limitations due to net4 work bandwidth at training sites, the availability of

5 suitable course materials, and the effectiveness of

6 such courses in terms of student performance;

7 (12) timeline for implementing the plan; and

8 (13) the expected costs for implementing the

9 plan.

10 SEC. 303. RESEARCH AGENDA.

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

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

13 of the United States Fire Administration, in consultation

14 with the Director of the Federal Emergency Management

15 Agency, the Director of the National Institute of Stand16 ards and Technology, representatives of trade, profes17 sional, and non-profit associations, State and local fire18 fighting services, and other appropriate entities, shall pre19 pare and transmit to the Committee on Science of the

20 House of Representatives and the Committee on Com21 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report

22 describing the United States Fire Administration’s re23 search agenda and including a plan for implementing that

24 agenda.
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1 (b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report required by

2 subsection (a) shall—

3 (1) identify research priorities;

4 (2) describe how the proposed research agenda

5 will be coordinated and integrated with the programs

6 and capabilities of the National Institute of Stand7 ards and Technology, the Department of Defense,

8 and other Federal agencies;

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

10 professional, and non-profit associations, and other

11 research institutions in achieving the research agen12 da;

13 (4) provide cost estimates, anticipated per14 sonnel needs, and a schedule for completing the var15 ious elements of the research agenda;

16 (5) describe ways to leverage resources through

17 partnerships, cooperative agreements, and other

18 means; and

19 (6) discuss how the proposed research agenda

20 will enhance training, improve State and local fire21 fighting services, impact standards and codes, in22 crease firefighter and public safety, and advance

23 firefighting techniques.

24 (c) USE IN PREPARING STRATEGIC PLAN.—The re25 search agenda prepared under this section shall be used
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1 in the preparation of the strategic plan required by section

2 302.

3 SEC. 304. SURPLUS AND EXCESS FEDERAL EQUIPMENT.

4 The Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974

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

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

7 ‘‘The Administrator shall make publicly available, in8 cluding through the Internet, information on procedures

9 for acquiring surplus and excess equipment or property

10 that may be useful to State and local fire, emergency, and

11 hazardous material handling service providers.’’.

12 SEC. 305. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH FEDERAL FA13 CILITIES.

14 The Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of

15 1974, as amended by section 304, is amended by adding

16 at the end the following new section:

17 ‘‘SEC. 34. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH FEDERAL FA18 CILITIES.

19 ‘‘The Administrator shall make publicly available, in20 cluding through the Internet, information on procedures

21 for establishing cooperative agreements between State and

22 local fire and emergency services and Federal facilities in

23 their region relating to the provision of fire and emergency

24 services.’’.
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1 SEC. 306. NEED FOR ADDITIONAL TRAINING IN

2 COUNTERTERRORISM.

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

4 States Fire Administration shall conduct an assessment

5 of the need for additional capabilities for Federal

6 counterterrorism training of emergency response per7 sonnel.

8 (b) CONTENTS OF ASSESSMENT.—The assessment

9 conducted under this section shall include—

10 (1) a review of the counterterrorism training

11 programs offered by the United States Fire Admin12 istration and other Federal agencies;

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

14 emergency response personnel that have, during the

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

16 1999, sought training described in paragraph (1),

17 but have been unable to receive that training as a

18 result of the oversubscription of the training capa19 bilities; and

20 (3) a recommendation on the need to provide

21 additional Federal counterterrorism training centers,

22 including—

23 (A) an analysis of existing Federal facili24 ties that could be used as counterterrorism

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1 (B) a cost-benefit analysis of the establish2 ment of such counterterrorism training facili3 ties.

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

5 of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall pre6 pare and submit to the Congress a report on the results

7 of the assessment conducted under this section.

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