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Calendar No. 760

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1639

[Report No. 106–384]

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

AUGUST 25, 2000

Reported under authority of the order of the Senate of July 26, 2000, by Mr.

MCCAIN, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

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.
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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’’.

6 TITLE I—EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS REDUCTION

7 ACT

8 SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

9 (a) FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

10 Section 12(a)(7) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction

11 Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7706(a)) is amended—

12 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘1998’’, and

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

14 $19,800,000 for the fiscal year ending September

15 30, 2000, of which $450,000 shall be used to sup16 port the National Earthquake Hazard Reduction

17 Program eligible efforts of an established multi-state

18 consortium to reduce the unacceptable threat of

19 earthquake damages in the New Madrid seismie re20 gion through efforts to enhance preparedness, re21 sponse, recovery, and mitigation; $20,890,000 for

22 the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001; and

23 $22,040,000 for the fiscal year ending September

24 30, 2002.’’.

25 (b) UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.—
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1 (1) Section 12(b) of the Earthquake Hazards

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

3 amended—

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

5 Agency.’’ the following: ‘‘There are authorized

6 to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Inte7 rior for purposes of carrying out, through the

8 Director of the United States Geological Sur9 vey, the responsibilities that may be assigned to

10 the Director under this Act $46,100,000 for fis11 cal year 2000, of which 43,500,000 shall be

12 used for the Global Seismie Network;

13 $48,635,000 for fiscal year 2001, of which

14 $3,600,000 shall be used for the Global Seismie

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

16 2002.’’;

17 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para18 graph (1);

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

20 paragraph (2) and inserting a semicolon; and

21 (D) by striking after paragraph (2) the fol22 lowing new paragraphs:

23 ‘‘(3) $9,000,000 of the amount authorized to be

24 appropriated for fiscal year 2000;
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1 ‘‘(4) $9,250,000 of the amount authorized to be

2 appropriated for fiscal year 2001; and

3 ‘‘(5) $9,500,000 of the amount authorized to be

4 appropriated for fiscal year 2002.’’.

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

6 to authorize appropriations for carrying out the

7 Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 for fis8 cal years 1998 and 1999, and for other purposes’’

9 is amended by striking ‘‘1998 and 1999.’’ and in10 serting ‘‘1998 and 1999, $1,600,000 for fiscal year

11 2000, $1,690,000 for fiscal year 2001, and

12 $1,783,000 for fiscal year 2002.’’.

13 (c) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION.—Section

14 12(c) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977

15 (42 U.S.C. 7706(c)) is amended—

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

17 ‘‘1998,’’; and

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

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

20 $10,900,000 for geosciences research for the fiscal

21 year ending September 30, 2000. There are author22 ized to be appropriated to the National Science

23 Foundation $20,045,000 for engineering research

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

25 year 2001 and $21,147,000 for engineering research
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1 and $12,133,000 for geosciences research for fiscal

2 year 2002.’’.

3 (d) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND

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

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

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

7 ‘‘1998,’’, and

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

9 $2,200,000 for fiscal year 2000, $2,231,000 for fis10 cal year 2001, and $2,354,000 for fiscal year

11 2002.’’.

12 SEC. 102. REPEALS.

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

14 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42

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

16 SEC. 103. 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

20 the 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

25 Advanced National Seismic Research and Monitoring Sys-
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1 tem. The purpose of such system shall be to organize,

2 modernize, standardize, and stabilize the national, re3 gional, and urban seismic monitoring systems in the

4 United States, including sensors, recorders, and data anal5 ysis centers, into a coordinated system that will measure

6 and record the full range of frequencies and amplitudes

7 exhibited by seismic waves, in order to enhance earthquake

8 research and warning capabilities.

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

10 after the date of the enactment of the Earthquake Haz11 ards Reduction Authorization Act 1999, the Director of

12 the United States Geological Survey shall transmit to the

13 Congress a 5 year management plan for establishing and

14 operating the Advanced National Seismic Research and

15 Monitoring System. The plan shall include annual cost es16 timates for both modernization and operation, milestones,

17 standards, and performance goals, as well as plans for se18 curing the participation of all existing networks in the Ad19 vanced National Seismic Research and Monitoring System

20 and for establishing new, or enhancing existing, partner21 ships to leverage 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 Scismie Research and Moni4 toring System—

5 ‘‘(A) $33,500,000 for fiscal year 2001;

6 ‘‘(B) $33,700,000 for fiscal year 2002;

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

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

9 and

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

11 ‘‘(2) OPERATION.—In addition to amounts ap12 propriated under section 12(b), there are authorized

13 to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior,

14 to be used by the Director of the United States Geo15 logical Survey to operate the Advanced National

16 Scismic Research and Monitoring System—

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

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

19 SEC. 104. NETWORK FOR EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING SIM20 ULATION.

21 The Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42

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

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

3 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of the Na4 tional Science foundation shall establish a Network for

5 Earthquake Engineering Simulation that will upgrade,

6 link, and integrate a system of geographically distributed

7 experimental facilities for earthquake engineering testing

8 of full sized structures and their components and partial

9 scale physical models. The system shall be integrated

10 through networking software so that integrated models

11 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 ad16 dition to amounts appropriated under section 12(c), there

17 are authorized to be appropriated, out of funds otherwise

18 authorized to be appropriated to the National Science

19 Foundation, $7,700,000 for fiscal year 2000 for the Net20 work for Earthquake Engineering Simulation. In addition

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

22 authorized to be appropriated to the National Science

23 Foundation for the Network for Earthquake Engineering

24 Simulation—

25 ‘‘(1) $28,200,000 for fiscal year 2001;

26 ‘‘(2) $24,400,000 for fiscal year 2002;
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1 ‘‘(3) $4,500,000 for fiscal year 2003; and

2 ‘‘(4) $17,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;’’.

3 SEC. 105. BUDGET COORDINATION.

4 Section 5 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act

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

6 (1) in subsection (b)(1)—

7 (A) by striking subparagraph (A) and re8 designating subparagraphs (B) through (F) as

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

10 and

11 (B) by moving subparagraph (E), as so re12 designated by subparagraph (A) of this para13 graph, so as to appear immediately after sub14 paragraph (D), as so redesignated; and

15 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub16 section:

17 ‘‘(c) BUDGET COORDINATION.—

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

19 provide guidance to the other Program agencies con20 cerning the preparation of requests for appropria21 tions for activities related to the Program, and shall

22 prepare, in conjunction with the other Program

23 agencies, an annual Program budget to be submitted

24 to the Office of Management and Budget.
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1 ‘‘(2) REPORTS.—Each Program agency shall

2 include with its annual request for appropriations

3 submitted to the Office of Management and Budget

4 a report that—

5 ‘‘(A) identifies each element of the pro6 posed Program activities of the agency;

7 ‘‘(B) specifics how each of these activities

8 contributes to the Program; and

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

10 appropriations allocated to each element of the

11 Program.’’.

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

13 Not later than one year after the date of the enact14 ment of this Act, and after a period for public comment,

15 the Director of the Federal Emergency Management

16 Agency shall transmit to the Congress a report describing

17 the elements of the Program that specifically address the

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

19 with disabilities, non-English-speaking families, single20 parent households, and the poor. Such report shall also

21 identify additional actions that could be taken to address

22 those needs and make recommendations for any additional

23 legislative authority required to take such actions.
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1 SEC. 107. PUBLIC ACCESS TO EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION.

2 Section 5(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Earthquate Hazards Re3 duction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7704(b)(2)(A)(ii)) is

4 amended by inserting ‘‘, and development of means of in5 creasing public access to available locality-specific infor6 mation that may assist the public in preparing for or re7 sponding to earthquakes’’ after ‘‘and the general public’’.

8 SEC. 108. LIFELINES.

9 Section 4(6) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction

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

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

12 TITLE II—NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND

13 RELATED AGENCIES AUTHORIZATION ACT

14 SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS.

15 For purposes of this title, the term—

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

17 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis18 tration; and

19 (2) ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of Com20 merce.

21 SEC. 202. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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

23 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary

24 to enable the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis25 tration to carry out the Operations, Research, and Facili26 ties activities of the National Weather Service
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1 $617,897,000 for fiscal year 2000, $651,881,000 for fis2 cal year 2001, and $687,734,000 for fiscal year 2002, to

3 remain available until expended. Of such amounts—

4 (1) $450,411,000 for fiscal year 2000,

5 $475,184,000 for fiscal year 2001, and

6 $501,320,000 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for Local

7 Warnings and Forecasts;

8 (2) $2,200,000 for fiscal year 2000, $2,321,000

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

10 2002 shall be for Advanced Hydrological Prediction

11 System;

12 (3) $619,000 for fiscal year 2000, $653,000 for

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

14 shall be for Susquehanna River Basin Flood Sys15 tems;

16 (4) $35,596,000 for fiscal year 2000,

17 $37,554,000 for fiscal year 2001, and $36,619,000

18 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for Aviation Forecasts;

19 (5) $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, $4,200,000

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

21 2002 shall be for Weather Forecast Offices (WFO)

22 Facilities Maintenance;

23 (6) $37,081,000 for fiscal year 2000,

24 $39,120,000 for fiscal year 2001, and $41,272,000
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1 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for Central Forecast

2 Guidance;

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

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

5 2002 shall be for Atmospheric and Hydrological Re6 search;

7 (8) $39,325,000 for fiscal year 2000;

8 $41,488,000 for fiscal year 2001, and $43,770,000

9 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for Next Generation

10 Weather Radar (NEXRAD);

11 (9) $7,573,000 for fiscal year 2000; $7,990,000

12 for fiscal year 2001; and $8,429,000 for fiscal year

13 2002 shall be for Automated Surface Observing Sys14 tem (ASOS); and

15 (10) $38,002,000 for fiscal year 2000;

16 $40,092,000 for fiscal year 2001, and $42,297,000

17 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for Advanced Weather

18 Interactive Processing System (AWIPS).

19 (b) PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION, AND CONSTRUC20 TION.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the

21 Secretary to enable the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

22 Administration to carry out the Procurement, Acquisition,

23 and Construction activities of the National Weather Serv24 ice $69,632,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $70,120,000 for
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1 fiscal year 2001, to remain available until expended. Of

2 such amounts—

3 (1) $9,560,000 for fiscal year 2000, $9,060,000

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

5 2002 shall be for Next Generation Weather Radar

6 (NEXRAD);

7 (2) $4,180,000 for fiscal year 2000, $6,125,000

8 for fiscal year 2001, and $7,565,000 for fiscal year

9 2002 shall be for Automated Surface Observing Sys10 tem (ASOS);

11 (3) $22,575,000 for fiscal year 2000,

12 $21,525,000 for fiscal year 2001, and $7,900,000

13 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for Advanced Weather

14 Interactive Processing System (AWIPS);

15 (4) $11,100,000 for fiscal year 2000,

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

17 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for Computer Facilities

18 Upgrades;

19 (5) $8,350,000 for fiscal year 2000, $8,350,000

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

21 2002 shall be for Radiosonde Replacement;

22 (6) $500,000 for fiscal year 2000 shall be for

23 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

24 Operations Center Rehabilitation; and
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1 (7) $13,367,000 for fiscal year 2000,

2 $12,225,000 for fiscal year 2001, and $12,725,000

3 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for Weather Forecast

4 Office (WFO) Construction.

5 SEC. 203. ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH.

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

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

8 appropriated to the Secretary to enable the National

9 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry

10 out the Atmospheric Research Operations; Research,

11 and Facilities environmental research and develop12 ment activities of the Office of Oceanic and Atmos13 pheric Research $173,250,000 for fiscal year 2000,

14 $182,779,000 for fiscal year 2001, and

15 $192,832,000 for fiscal year 2002, to remain avail16 able until expended.

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

18 the amounts authorized under paragraph (1),

19 $126,200,000 for fiscal year 2000, $133,141,000 for

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

21 2002 shall be for Climate and Air Quality Research,

22 of which—

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

24 $17,830,000 for fiscal year 2001, and
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1 $18,810,000 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for

2 Interannual and Seasonal Climate Research;

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

4 $36,503,000 for fiscal year 2001, and

5 $38,511,000 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for

6 Long-Term Climate and Air Quality Research;

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

8 $78,703,000 for fiscal year 2001, and

9 $83,032,000 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for

10 Climate and Global Change;

11 (D) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2000,

12 $5,275,000 for fiscal year 2001, and

13 $5,565,000 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for

14 Global Learning and Observations to Benefit

15 the Environment (GLOBE); and

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

17 High Performance Computing and Communica18 tions.

19 (3) ATMOSPHERIC PROGRAMS. Of the amounts

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

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

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

23 Atmospheric Programs, of which—

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

25 $38,613,000 for fiscal year 2001, and
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1 $40,737,000 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for

2 Weather Research;

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

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

5 $4,842,000 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for

6 Wind Profiler; and

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

8 $6,436,000 for fiscal year 2001, and

9 $6,789,000 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for

10 Solar-Terrestrial Services and Research.

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 Atmospheric Research

15 Procurement, Acquisition, and Construction environ16 mental research and development activities of the Office

17 of Oceanie and Atmospheric Research $10,040,000 for fis18 cal year 2000, $14,160,000 for fiscal year 2001, and

19 $14,580,000 for fiscal year 2002, to remain available until

20 expended. Of such amounts—

21 (1) $5,700,000 for fiscal year 2000, $8,000,000

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

23 2002 shall be for the Geophysical Fluid Dynamies

24 Laboratory Supercomputer; and
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1 (2) $4,340,000 for fiscal year 2000, $6,160,000

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

3 2002 shall be for the Advanced Composition Ex4 plorer (ACE) Follow-On Satellite/GEOSTORM.

5 SEC. 204. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE, DATA

6 AND INFORMATION SERVICE.

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

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

9 appropriated to the Secretary to enable the National

10 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry

11 out the Operations, Research, and Facilities environ12 mental research and development and related activi13 ties of the National Environmental Satellite, Data

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

15 year 2000, $103,762,000 for fiscal year 2001, and

16 $114,744,000 for fiscal year 2002 to remain avail17 able until expended.

18 (2) SATELLITE OBSERVING SYSTEMS.—Of the

19 amounts authorized under paragraph (1),

20 $59,236,000 for fiscal year 2000, $62,494,000 for

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

22 2002 shall be for Satellite Observing Systems, of

23 which—

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

25 $2,110,000 for fiscal year 2001, and
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1 $2,156,000 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for

2 Global Disaster Information Network (GDIN);

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

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

5 $4,313,000 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for

6 Ocean Remote Sensing, and

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

8 $56,164,000 for fiscal year 2001, and

9 $59,253,000 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for

10 Environmental Observing Services.

11 (3) ENVIRONMENTAL DATA MANAGEMENT SYS12 TEMS.—Of the amounts authorized under paragraph

13 (1), $43,856,000 for fiscal year 2000, $46,268,000

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

15 2002 shall be for Environmental Data Management

16 Systems.

17 (b) PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION, AND CONSTRUC18 TION.—

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

20 appropriated to the Secretary to enable the National

21 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry

22 out the Procurement, Acquisition, and Construction

23 environmental research and development and related

24 activities of the National Environmental Satellite,

25 Data and Information Service $414,157,000 for fis-
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1 cal year 2000, $476,183,000 for fiscal year 2001,

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

3 available until expended.

4 (2) SYSTEMS ACQUISITION.—Of the amounts

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

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

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

8 of which—

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

10 $114,594,000 for fiscal year 2001, and

11 $98,253,000 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for

12 the procurement and launch of, and supporting

13 ground systems for, Polar Orbiting Environ14 mental Satellites (POES), K, L, M, N, and N′;

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

16 $113,600,000 for fiscal year 2001, and

17 $180,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for

18 the procurement and launch of, and supporting

19 ground systems for, the National Polar-Orbiting

20 Operational Environmental Satellite System

21 (NPOESS); and

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

23 $245,609,000 for fiscal year 2001, and

24 $226,841,000 for fiscal year 2002 shall be for

25 the procurement and launch of, and supporting
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1 ground systems for, Geostationary Operational

2 Environmental NEXT follow-on Satellites

3 (GOES N–Q).

4 (3) CONSTRUCTION.—Of the amounts author5 ized under paragraph (1), $3,545,000 for fiscal year

6 2000 and $2,380,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be

7 for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra8 tion Operations Center Rehabilitation Construction.

9 SEC. 205. INTERNET AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.

10 The Administrator shall make available through the

11 Internet home page of the National Oceanic and Atmos12 pheric Administration the abstracts relating to all research

13 grants and awards made with funds authorized by this

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

15 or permit the release of any information prohibited by law

16 or regulation from being released to the public.

17 TITLE III—FIRE ADMINISTRATION

18 AUTHORIZATION ACT

19 SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

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

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

22 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara23 graph (G);

24 (2) by striking the period at the end of sub25 paragraph (H) and inserting a semicolon; and
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1 (3) by adding at the end the following:

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

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

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

5 None of the funds authorized for fiscal years 2001 and

6 2002 may be obligated unless the Administrator has

7 verified to the Committee on Science of the House of Rep8 resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science,

9 and Transportation of the Senate that the obligation of

10 funds is consistent with the strategic plan transmitted

11 under section 302 of this Act.

12 SEC. 302. STRATEGIC PLAN.

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

14 the Administrator of the United States Fire Administra15 tion shall prepare and transmit to the Committee on

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

18 Senate a 5 year strategic plan of program activities for

19 the United States Fire Administration.

20 (b) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—The plan required by sub21 section (a) shall include—

22 (1) a comprehensive mission statement covering

23 the major functions and operations of the United

24 States Fire Administration in the areas of training,

25 research, development, test and evaluation, new
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1 technology and non-developmental item implementa2 tion, safety; counterterrorism, data collection and

3 analysis; and public education;

4 (2) general goals and objectives, including those

5 related to outcomes, for the major functions and op6 erations of the United States Fire Administration;

7 (3) a description of how the goals and objec8 tives identified under paragraph (2) are to be

9 achieved, including operational processes, skills and

10 technology, and the human, capital, information, and

11 other resources required to meet those goals and ob12 jectives;

13 (4) an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses

14 of; opportunities for, and threats to the United

15 States Fire Administration;

16 (5) an identification of the fire related activities

17 of the National Institute of Standards and Tech18 nology, the Department of Defense; and other Fed19 eral agencies, and a discussion of how those activi20 ties can be coordinated with and contribute to the

21 achievement of the goals and objectives identified

22 under paragraph (2);

23 (6) a description of objective, quantifiable per24 formance goals needed to define the level of perform25 ance achieved by program activities in training, re-
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1 search, data collection and analysis, and public edu2 cation, and how these performance goals relate to

3 the general goals and objectives in the strategic

4 plan;

5 (7) an identification of key factors external to

6 the United States Fire Administration and beyond

7 its control that could affect significantly the achieve8 ment of the general goals and objectives;

9 (8) a description of program evaluations used in

10 establishing or revising general goals and objectives,

11 with a schedule for future program evaluations;

12 (9) a plan for the timely distribution of infor13 mation and educational materials to State and local

14 firefighting services, including volunteer, career, and

15 combination services throughout the United States;

16 (10) a description of how the strategic plan pre17 pared under this section will be incorporated into the

18 strategic plan and the performance plans and re19 ports of the Federal Emergency Management Agen20 cy;

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

22 planned use of the Internet for the delivery of train23 ing courses by the National Fire Academy, including

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

25 each course’s provisions for real time interaction be-
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1 tween instructor and students, the number of stu2 dents enrolled, and the geographic distribution of

3 students, for the most recent fiscal year;

4 (B) an assessment of the availability and actual

5 use by the National Fire Academy of Federal facili6 ties suitable for distance education applications, in7 cluding facilities with teleconferencing capabilities;

8 and

9 (C) an assessment of the benefits and problems

10 associated with delivery of instructional courses

11 using the Internet, including limitations due to net12 work bandwidth at training sites, the availability of

13 suitable course materials, and the effectiveness of

14 such courses in terms of student performance;

15 (12) timeline for implementing the plan; and

16 (13) the expected costs for implementing the

17 plan.

18 SEC. 303. RESEARCH AGENDA.

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

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

21 of the United States Fire Administration, in consultation

22 with the Director of the Federal Emergency Management

23 Agency, the Director of the National Institute of Stand24 ards and Technology, representatives of trade, profes25 sional, and non-profit associations, State and local fire-
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1 fighting services, and other appropriate entities, shall pre2 pare and transmit to the Committee on Science of the

3 House of Representatives and the Committee on Com4 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report

5 describing the United States Fire Administration’s re6 search agenda and including a plan for implementing that

7 agenda.

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

9 subsection (a) shall—

10 (1) identify research priorities;

11 (2) describe how the proposed research agenda

12 will be coordinated and integrated with the programs

13 and capabilities of the National Institute of Stand14 ards and Technology, the Department of Defense,

15 and other Federal agencies;

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

17 professional, and non-profit associations, and other

18 research institutions in achieving the research agen19 da;

20 (4) provide cost estimates, anticipated per21 sonnel needs, and a schedule for completing the var22 ious elements of the research agenda;

23 (5) describe ways to leverage resources through

24 partnerships, cooperative agreements, and other

25 means; and
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1 (6) discuss how the proposed research agenda

2 will enhance training, improve State and local fire3 fighting services, impact standards and codes, in4 crease firefighter and public safety, and advance

5 firefighting techniques.

6 (c) USE IN PREPARING STRATEGIC PLAN.—The re7 search agenda prepared under this section shall be used

8 in the preparation of the strategic plan required by section

9 302.

10 SEC. 304. SURPLUS AND EXCESS FEDERAL EQUIPMENT.

11 The Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974

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

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

14 ‘‘The Administrator shall make publicly available, in15 cluding through the Internet, information on procedures

16 for acquiring surplus and excess equipment or property

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

18 hazardous material handling service providers.’’.

19 SEC. 305. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH FEDERAL FA20 CILITIES.

21 The Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of

22 1974, as amended by section 304, is amended by adding

23 at the end the following new section:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 34. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH FEDERAL FA2 CILITIES.

3 ‘‘The Administrator shall make publicly available, in4 cluding through the Internet, information on procedures

5 for establishing cooperative agreements between State and

6 local fire and emergency services and Federal facilities in

7 their region relating to the provision of fire and emergency

8 services.’’.

9 SEC. 306. NEED FOR ADDITIONAL TRAINING IN

10 COUNTERTERRORISM.

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

12 States Fire Administration shall conduct an assessment

13 of the need for additional capabilities for Federal

14 counterterrorism training of emergency response per15 sonnel.

16 (b) CONTENTS OF ASSESSMENT.—The assessment

17 conducted under this section shall include—

18 (1) a review of the counterterrorism training

19 programs offered by the United States Fire Admin20 istration and other Federal agencies;

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

22 emergency response personnel that have, during the

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

24 1999, sought training described in paragraph (1),

25 but have been unable to receive that training as a
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1 result of the oversubscription of the training capa2 bilities; and

3 (3) a recommendation on the need to provide

4 additional Federal counterterrorism training centers,

5 including—

6 (A) an analysis of existing Federal facili7 ties that could be used as counterterrorism

8 training facilities; and

9 (B) a cost-benefit analysis of the establish10 ment of such counterterrorism training facili11 ties.

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

13 of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall pre14 pare and submit to the Congress a report on the results

15 of the assessment conducted under this section.

16 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

18 Authorization Act of 2000’’.

19 TITLE I—EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS REDUCTION

20 ACT

21 SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

22 (a) FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.—

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

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

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

2 $19,861,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30,

3 2001, of which $450,000 shall be used to support the

4 National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program-eli5 gible efforts of an established multi-state consortium

6 to reduce the unacceptable threat of earthquake dam7 ages in the New madrid seismic region through efforts

8 to enhance preparedness, response, recovery, and miti9 gation; $20,953,000 for the fiscal year ending Sep10 tember 30, 2002; and $22,105,000 for the fiscal year

11 ending September 30, 2003.’’.

12 (b) UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.—Section

13 12(b) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42

14 U.S.C. 7706(b)) is amended—

15 (1) by inserting after ‘‘operated by the Agency.’’

16 the following: ‘‘There are authorized to be appro17 priated to the Secretary of the Interior for purposes

18 of carrying out, through the Director of the United

19 States Geological Survey, the responsibilities that

20 may be assigned to the Director under this Act

21 $47,360,000 for fiscal year 2001; $49,965,000 for fis22 cal year 2002; and $52,713,000 for fiscal year 2003.’’;

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

24 (1);
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1 (3) by striking ‘‘1999,’’ at the end of paragraph

2 (2) and inserting ‘‘1999;’’; and

3 (4) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol4 lowing:

5 ‘‘(3) $9,000,000 of the amount authorized to be

6 appropriated for fiscal year 2001;

7 ‘‘(4) $9,250,000 of the amount authorized to be

8 appropriated for fiscal year 2002; and

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

10 appropriated for fiscal year 2003,’’.

11 (c) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION.—Section 12(c)

12 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42

13 U.S.C. 7706(c)) is amended—

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

15 ‘‘1998,’’; and

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

17 (5) $19,000,000 for engineering research and

18 $11,900,000 for geosciences research for the fiscal year

19 ending September 30, 2001. There are authorized to

20 be appropriated to the National Science Foundation

21 $20,045,000 for engineering research and $12,555,000

22 for geosciences research for fiscal year 2002 and

23 $21,147,000 for engineering research and $13,246,000

24 for geosciences research for fiscal year 2003.’’.
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1 (d) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECH2 NOLOGY.—Section 12(d) of the Eearthquake Hazards Re3 duction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7706(d)) is amended—

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

5 ‘‘1998,’’; and

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

7 $2,332,000 for fiscal year 2001, $2,460,000 for fiscal

8 year 2002, and $2,595,300 for fiscal year 2003.’’.

9 SEC. 102. REPEALS.

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

11 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42

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

13 SEC. 103. ADVANCED NATIONAL SEISMIC RESEARCH AND

14 MONITORING SYSTEM.

15 The Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42

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

17 following new section:

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

19 MONITORING SYSTEM.

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

21 States Geological Survey shall establish and operate an Ad22 vanced National Seismic Research and Monitoring System.

23 The purpose of such system shall be to organize, modernize,

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

25 seismic monitoring systems in the United States, including
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1 sensors, recorders, and data analysis centers, into a coordi2 nated system that will measure and record the full range

3 of frequencies and amplitudes exhibited by seismic waves,

4 in order to enhance earthquake research and warning capa5 bilities.

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

7 after the date of the enactment of the Earthquake Hazards

8 Reduction Authorization Act of 2000, the Director of the

9 United States Geological Survey shall transmit to the Con10 gress a 5-year management plan for establishing and oper11 ating the Advanced National Seismic Research and Moni12 toring System. The plan shall include annual cost estimates

13 for both modernization and operation, milestones, stand14 ards, and performance goals, as well as plans for securing

15 the participation of all existing networks in the Advanced

16 National Seismic Research and Monitoring System and for

17 establishing new, or enhancing existing, partnerships to le18 verage resources.

19 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

20 ‘‘(1) EXPANSION AND MODERNIZATION.—In ad21 dition to amounts appropriated under section 12(b),

22 there are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec23 retary of the Interior, to be used by the Director of

24 the United States Geological Survey to establish the
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1 Advanced National Seismic Research and Monitoring

2 System—

3 ‘‘(A) $33,500,000 for fiscal year 2001;

4 ‘‘(B) $33,700,000 for fiscal year 2002;

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

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

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

8 ‘‘(2) OPERATION.—In addition to amounts ap9 propriated under section 12(b), there are authorized

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

11 be used by the Director of the United States Geologi12 cal Survey to operate the Advanced National Seismic

13 Research and Monitoring System—

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

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

16 SEC. 104. NETWORK FOR EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING SIM17 ULATION.

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. 14. NETWORK FOR EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING SIM22 ULATION.

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

24 Science Foundation shall establish a Network for Earth25 quake Engineering Simulation that will upgrade, link, and
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1 integrate a system of geographically distributed experi2 mental facilities for earthquake engineering testing of full3 sized structures and their components and partial-scale

4 physical models. The system shall be integrated through net5 working software so that integrated models and databases

6 can be used to create model-based simulation, and the com7 ponents of the system shall be interconnected with a com8 puter network and allow for remote access, information

9 sharing, and collaborative research.

10 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi11 tion to amounts appropriated under section 12(c), there are

12 authorized to be appropriated, out of funds otherwise au13 thorized to be appropriated to the National Science Foun14 dation, $28,200,000 for fiscal year 2001 for the Network

15 for Earthquake Engineering Simulation. In addition to

16 amounts appropriated under section 12(c), there are au17 thorized to be appropriated to the National Science Foun18 dation for the Network for Earthquake Engineering

19 Simulation—

20 ‘‘(1) $24,400,000 for fiscal year 2002;

21 ‘‘(2) $4,500,000 for fiscal year 2003; and

22 ‘‘(3) $17,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.’’.

23 SEC. 105. BUDGET COORDINATION.

24 Section 5 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act

25 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;

5 (2) by striking ‘‘in this paragraph’’ in the last

6 sentence of paragraph (1) of subsection (b) and insert7 ing ‘‘in subparagraph (E)’’; and

8 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub9 section;

10 ‘‘(c) BUDGET COORDINATION.—

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

12 provide guidance to the other Program agencies con13 cerning the preparation of requests for appropriations

14 for activities related to the Program, and shall pre15 pare, in conjunction with the other Program agencies,

16 an annual Program budget to be submitted to the Of17 fice of Management and Budget.

18 ‘‘(2) REPORTS.—Each Program agency shall in19 clude with its annual request for appropriations sub20 mitted to the Office of Management and Budget a re21 port that—

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

23 Program activities of the agency;

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

25 contributes to the Program; and
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1 ‘‘(C) states the portion of its request for ap2 propriations allocated to each element of the Pro3 gram.’’.

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

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

6 of this Act, and after a period for public comment, the Di7 rector of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall

8 transmit to the Congress a report describing the elements

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

10 populations, including the elderly, persons with disabilities,

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

12 and the poor. Such report shall also identify additional ac13 tions that could be taken to address those needs and make

14 recommendations for any additional legislative authority

15 required to take such actions.

16 SEC. 107. PUBLIC ACCESS TO EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION.

17 Section 5(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Earthquake Hazards Re18 duction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7704(b)(2)(A)(ii)) is amend19 ed by inserting ‘‘, and development of means of increasing

20 public access to available locality-specific information that

21 may assist the public in preparing for or responding to

22 earthquakes’’ after ‘‘and the general public’’.
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1 SEC. 108. LIFELINES.

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

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

4 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 of

10 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra11 tion; and

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

14 SEC. 202. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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

16 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to enable

17 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to

18 carry out the Operations, Research, and Facilities activities

19 of the National Weather Service $634,872,000 for fiscal year

20 2001, $669,790,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $706,628,000

21 for fiscal year 2003, to remain available until expended.

22 Of such amounts—

23 (1) $466,471,000 for fiscal year 2001,

24 $492,127,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $519,194,000

25 for fiscal year 2003 shall be for Local Warnings and

26 Forecasts;
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1 (2) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, $1,055,000

2 for fiscal year 2002, and $1,113,000 for fiscal year

3 2003 shall be for Advanced Hydrological Prediction

4 System;

5 (3) $619,000 for fiscal year 2001, $653,000 for

6 fiscal year 2002, and $689,000 for fiscal year 2003

7 shall be for Susquehanna River Basin Flood Systems;

8 (4) $35,596,000 for fiscal year 2001, $37,554,000

9 for fiscal year 2002, and $39,619,000 for fiscal year

10 2003 shall be for Aviation Forecasts;

11 (5) $5,250,000 for fiscal year 2001, $5,539,000

12 for fiscal year 2002, and $5,843,000 for fiscal year

13 2003 shall be for Weather Forecast Offices (WFO) Fa14 cilities Maintenance;

15 (6) $38,001,000 for fiscal year 2001, $40,091,000

16 for fiscal year 2002, and $42,296,000 for fiscal year

17 2003 shall be for Central Forecast Guidance;

18 (7) $3,068,000 for fiscal year 2001, $3,237,000

19 for fiscal year 2002, and $3,415,000 for fiscal year

20 2003 shall be for Atmospheric and Hydrological Re21 search;

22 (8) $38,802,000 for fiscal year 2001, $40,936,000

23 for fiscal year 2002, and $43,188,000 for fiscal year

24 2003 shall be for Next Generation Weather Radar

25 (NEXRAD);
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1 (9) $7,423,000 for fiscal year 2001, $7,831,000

2 for fiscal year 2002, and $8,262,000 for fiscal year

3 2003 shall be for Automated Surface Observing Sys4 tem (ASOS); and

5 (10) $38,642,000 for fiscal year 2001,

6 $40,767,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $43,010,000 for

7 fiscal year 2003 shall be for Advanced Weather Inter8 active Processing System (AWIPS).

9 (b) PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION, AND CONSTRUC10 TION.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec11 retary to enable the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad12 ministration to carry out the Procurement, Acquisition,

13 and Construction activities of the National Weather Service

14 $75,360,000 for fiscal year 2001, $77,754,000 for fiscal year

15 2002, and $71,012,000 for fiscal year 2003 to remain avail16 able until expended. Of such amounts—

17 (1) $9,580,000 for fiscal year 2001, $16,798,000

18 for fiscal year 2002, and $15,931,000 for fiscal year

19 2003 shall be for Next Generation Weather Radar

20 (NEXRAD).

21 (2) $5,125,000 for fiscal year 2001, $5,125,000

22 for fiscal year 2002, and $5,125,000 for fiscal year

23 2003 shall be for Automated Surface Observing Sys24 tem (ASOS).
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1 (3) $17,300,000 for fiscal year 2001, $17,300,000

2 for fiscal year 2002, and $9,645,000 for fiscal year

3 2003 shall be for Advanced Weather Interactive Proc4 essing System (AWIPS);

5 (4) $13,085,000 for fiscal year 2001, $17,505,000

6 for fiscal year 2002, and $19,285,000 for fiscal year

7 2003 shall be for Center Computer Facilities Up8 grades;

9 (5) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, $7,000,000

10 for fiscal year 2002, and $7,000,000 for fiscal year

11 2003 shall be for Radiosonde Replacement;

12 (6) $9,526,000 for fiscal year 2001, $9,526,000

13 for fiscal year 2002, and $9,526,000 for fiscal year

14 2003 shall be for Weather Forecast Office (WFO) Con15 struction;

16 (7) $6,244,000 for fiscal year 2001, $4,500,000

17 for fiscal year 2002, and $4,500,000 for fiscal year

18 2003 shall be for NOAA Weather Radio Expansion;

19 and

20 (8) $5,500,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for

21 the Evansville Infrastructure Protection.

22 SEC. 203. ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH.

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

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap25 propriated to the Secretary to enable the National
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1 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry

2 out the Atmospheric Research Operations, Research,

3 and Facilities environmental research and develop4 ment activities of the Office of Oceanic and Atmos5 pheric Research $201,963,000 for fiscal year 2001,

6 $213,071,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $224,790,000

7 for fiscal year 2003 to remain available until ex8 pended.

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

10 the amounts authorized under paragraph (1),

11 $154,356,000 for fiscal year 2001, $162,846,000 for

12 fiscal year 2002, and $171,802,000 for fiscal year

13 2003 shall be for Climate and Air Quality Research,

14 of which—

15 (A) $14,986,000 for fiscal year 2001,

16 $15,813,000 for fiscal year 2002, and

17 $16,683,000 for fiscal year 2003 shall be for

18 Interannual and Seasonal Climate Research;

19 (B) $30,525,000 for fiscal year 2001,

20 $32,204,000 for fiscal year 2002, and

21 $33,975,000 for fiscal year 2003 shall be for

22 Long-Term Climate and Air Quality Research;

23 (C) $67,095,000 for fiscal year 2001,

24 $70,785,000 for fiscal year 2002, and
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1 $74,678,000 for fiscal year 2003 shall be for Cli2 mate and Global Change;

3 (D) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2001,

4 $5,275,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $5,565,000

5 for fiscal year 2003 shall be for Global Learning

6 and Observations to Benefit the Environment

7 (GLOBE); and

8 (E) $12,750,000 for fiscal year 2001,

9 $13,451,000 for fiscal year 2002, and

10 $14,191,000 for fiscal year 2003 for High Per11 formance Computing and Communications.

12 (3) ATMOSPHERIC PROGRAMS.—Of the amounts

13 authorized under paragraph (1), $47,607,000 for fis14 cal year 2001, $50,225,000 for fiscal year 2002, and

15 $52,988,000 for fiscal year 2003 shall be for Atmos16 pheric Programs, of which—

17 (A) $37,075,000 for fiscal year 2001,

18 $39,114,000 for fiscal year 2002, and

19 $41,265,000 for fiscal year 2003 shall be for

20 Weather Research;

21 (B) $4,350,000 for fiscal year 2001,

22 $4,589,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $4,842,000

23 for fiscal year 2003 shall be for Wind Profiler;

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1 (C) $6,182,000 for fiscal year 2001,

2 $6,522,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $6,881,000

3 for fiscal year 2003 shall be for Solar-Terrestrial

4 Services and Research.

5 (b) PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION, AND CONSTRUC6 TION.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec7 retary to enable the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad8 ministration to carry out the Atmospheric Research Pro9 curement, Acquisition, and Construction environmental re10 search and development activities of the Office of Oceanic

11 and Atmospheric Research $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2001,

12 $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $7,000,000 for fiscal

13 year 2003, for the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

14 Supercomputer.

15 SEC. 204. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE, DATA

16 AND INFORMATION SERVICE.

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

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap19 propriated to the Secretary to enable the National

20 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry

21 out the Operations, Research, and Facilities environ22 mental research and development and related activi23 ties of the National Environmental Satellite, Data

24 and Information Service $108,201,000 for fiscal year

25 2001, $114,152,000 for fiscal year 2002, and
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1 $120,430,000 for fiscal year 2003 to remain available

2 until expended.

3 (2) SATELLITE OBSERVING SYSTEMS.—Of the

4 amounts authorized under paragraph (1),

5 $63,412,000 for fiscal year 2001, $66,900,000 for fis6 cal year 2002, and $70,579,000 for fiscal year 2003

7 shall be for Satellite Observing Systems, of which—

8 (A) $5,500,000 for fiscal year 2001,

9 $5,803,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $6,122,000

10 for fiscal year 2003 shall be for Global Disaster

11 Information Network (GDIN);

12 (B) $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2001,

13 $4,220,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $4,452,000

14 for fiscal year 2003 shall be for Ocean Remote

15 Sensing; and

16 (C) $53,912,000 for fiscal year 2001,

17 $56,877,000 for fiscal year 2002, and

18 $60,005,000 for fiscal year 2003 shall be for En19 vironmental Observing Services.

20 (3) ENVIRONMENTAL DATA MANAGEMENT SYS21 TEMS.—Of the amounts authorized under paragraph

22 (1), $44,879,000 for fiscal year 2001, $47,252,000 for

23 fiscal year 2002, and $49,851,000 for fiscal year 2003

24 shall be for Environmental Data Management Sys25 tems.
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1 (b) PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION, AND CONSTRUC2 TION.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec3 retary to enable the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad4 ministration to carry out the Procurement, Acquisition,

5 and Construction environmental research and development

6 and related activities of the National Environmental Sat7 ellite, Data and Information Service $445,828,000 for fiscal

8 year 2001, $515,271,000 for fiscal year 2002, and

9 $554,945,000 for fiscal year 2003 to remain available until

10 expended of such amounts—

11 (1) $136,965,000 for fiscal year 2001,

12 $136,965,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $103,010,000

13 for fiscal year 2003 shall be for the procurement and

14 launch of, and supporting ground systems for, Polar

15 Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES), K, L, M,

16 N, and N′.

17 (2) $76,654,000 for fiscal year 2001,

18 $156,731,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $236,471,000

19 for fiscal year 2003 shall be for the procurement and

20 launch of, and supporting ground systems for, the Na21 tional Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental

22 Satellite System (NPOESS).

23 (3) $323,209,000 for fiscal year 2001,

24 $221,575,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $215,464,000

25 for fiscal year 2003 shall be for the procurement and
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1 launch of, and supporting ground systems for, Geo2 stationary Operational Environment NEXT follow-on

3 Satellites (GOES N–Q).

4 SEC. 205. MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTIONS.

5 There are authorized to be appropriated $17,000,000

6 for fiscal year 2001, $17,935,000 for fiscal year 2002, and

7 $18,921,000 for fiscal year 2003 for Minority Serving Insti8 tutions in the Atmospheric, Environmental, and Oceanic

9 Sciences.

10 SEC. 206. INTERNET AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.

11 The Administrator shall make available through the

12 Internet home page of the National Oceanic and Atmos13 pheric Administration the abstracts relating to all research

14 grants and awards made with funds authorized by this Act.

15 Nothing in this section shall be construed to require or per16 mit the release of any information prohibited by law or reg17 ulation from being released to the public.

18 TITLE III—FIRE ADMINISTRATION

19 AUTHORIZATION ACT

20 SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

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

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

23 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara24 graph (G);
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1 (2) by striking the period at the end of subpara2 graph (H) and inserting a semicolon; and

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

4 ‘‘(I) $69,753,000 for fiscal year 2001;

5 ‘‘(J) $46,096,000 for fiscal year 2002; and

6 ‘‘(K) $47,479,000, for fiscal year 2003.’’.

7 None of the funds authorized for fiscal years 2001 and 2002

8 may be obligated unless the Administrator has verified to

9 the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives

10 and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor11 tation of the Senate that the obligation of funds is consistent

12 with the strategic plan transmitted under section 302 of this

13 Act.

14 SEC. 302. STRATEGIC PLAN.

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

16 the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration

17 shall prepare and transmit to the Committee on Science

18 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Com19 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a 5-year

20 strategic plan of program activities for the United States

21 Fire Administration.

22 (b) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—The plan required by sub23 section (a) shall include—

24 (1) a comprehensive mission statement covering

25 the major functions and operations of the United
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1 States Fire Administration in the areas of training;

2 research, development, test and evaluation; new tech3 nology and non-developmental item implementation;

4 safety; counterterrorism; data collection and analysis;

5 and public education;

6 (2) general goals and objectives, including those

7 related to outcomes, for the major functions and oper8 ations of the United States Fire Administration;

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

10 identified under paragraph (2) are to be achieved, in11 cluding operational processes, skills and technology,

12 and the human, capital, information, and other re13 sources required to meet those goals and objectives;

14 (4) an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses

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

16 Fire Administration;

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

18 of the National Institute of Standards and Tech19 nology, the Department of Defense, and other Federal

20 agencies, and a discussion of how those activities can

21 be coordinated with and contribute to the achievement

22 of the goals and objectives identified under paragraph

23 (2);

24 (6) a description of objective, quantifiable per25 formance goals needed to define the level of perform-
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1 ance achieved by program activities in training, re2 search, data collection and analysis, and public edu3 cation, and how these performance goals relate to the

4 general goals and objectives in the strategic plan;

5 (7) an identification of key factors external to

6 the United States Fire Administration and beyond its

7 control that could affect significantly the achievement

8 of the general goals and objectives;

9 (8) a description of program evaluations used in

10 establishing or revising general goals and objectives,

11 with a schedule for future program evaluations;

12 (9) a plan for the timely distribution of informa13 tion and educational materials to State and local

14 firefighting services, including volunteer, career, and

15 combination services throughout the United States;

16 (10) a description of how the strategic plan pre17 pared under this section will be incorporated into the

18 strategic plan and the performance plans and reports

19 of the Federal Emergency Management Agency;

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

21 use of the Internet for the delivery of training courses

22 by the National Fire Academy, including a listing of

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

24 provisions for real time interaction between instructor

25 and students, the number of students enrolled, and the
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1 geographic distribution of students, for the most re2 cent fiscal year;

3 (B) an assessment of the availability and actual

4 use by the National Fire Academy of Federal facili5 ties suitable for distance education applications, in6 cluding facilities with teleconferencing capabilities;

7 and

8 (C) an assessment of the benefits and problems

9 associated with delivery of instructional courses using

10 the Internet, including limitations due to network

11 bandwidth at training sites, the availability of suit12 able course materials, and the effectiveness of such

13 courses in terms of student performance;

14 (12) timeline for implementing the plan; and

15 (13) the expected costs for implementing the

16 plan.

17 SEC. 303. RESEARCH AGENDA.

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

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

20 United States Fire Administration, in consultation with

21 the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency,

22 the Director of the National Institute of Standards and

23 Technology, representatives of trade, professional, and non24 profit associations, State and local firefighting services, and

25 other appropriate entities, shall prepare and transmit to
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1 the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives

2 and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor3 tation of the Senate a report describing the United States

4 Fire Administration’s research agenda and including a

5 plan for implementing that agenda.

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

7 subsection (a) shall—

8 (1) identify research priorities;

9 (2) describe how the proposed research agenda

10 will be coordinated and integrated with the programs

11 and capabilities of the National Institute of Stand12 ards and Technology, the Department of Defense, and

13 other Federal agencies;

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

15 professional, and non-profit associations, and other

16 research institutions in achieving the research agenda;

17 (4) provide cost estimates, anticipated personnel

18 needs, and a schedule for completing the various ele19 ments of the research agenda;

20 (5) describe ways to leverage resources through

21 partnerships, cooperative agreements, and other

22 means; and

23 (6) discuss how the proposed research agenda

24 will enhance training, improve State and local fire25 fighting services, impact standards and codes, in-
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1 crease firefighter and public safety, and advance fire2 fighting techniques.

3 (c) USE IN PREPARING STRATEGIC PLAN.—The re4 search agenda prepared under this section shall be used in

5 the preparation of the strategic plan required by section

6 302.

7 SEC. 304. SURPLUS AND EXCESS FEDERAL EQUIPMENT.

8 The Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974

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

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

11 ‘‘The Administrator shall make publicly available, in12 cluding through the Internet, information on procedures for

13 acquiring surplus and excess equipment or property that

14 may be useful to State and local fire, emergency, and haz15 ardous material handling service providers.’’.

16 SEC. 305. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH FEDERAL FA17 CILITIES.

18 The Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974,

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

20 end the following new section:

21 ‘‘SEC. 34. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH FEDERAL FA22 CILITIES.

23 ‘‘The Administrator shall make publicly available, in24 cluding through the Internet, information on procedures for

25 establishing cooperative agreements between State and local
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1 fire and emergency services and Federal facilities in their

2 region relating to the provision of fire and emergency serv3 ices.’’.

4 SEC. 306. NEED FOR ADDITIONAL TRAINING IN

5 COUNTERTERRORISM.

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The administrator of the United

7 States Fire Administration shall conduct an assessment of

8 the need for additional capabilities for Federal

9 counterterrorism training of emergency response personnel.

10 (b) CONTENTS OF ASSESSMENT.—The assessment con11 ducted under this section shall include—

12 (1) a review of the counterterrorism training

13 programs offered by the United States Fire Adminis14 tration and other Federal agencies;

15 (2) an estimate of the number and types of emer16 gency response personnel that have, during the period

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

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

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

20 oversubscription of the training capabilities; and

21 (3) a recommendation on the need to provide ad22 ditional Federal counterterrorism training centers,

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1 (A) an analysis of existing Federal facilities

2 that could be used as counterterrorism training

3 facilities; and

4 (B) a cost-benefit analysis of the establish5 ment of such counterterrorism training facilities.

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

7 of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall pre8 pare and submit to the Congress a report on the results of

9 the assessment conducted under this section.

10 SEC. 307. WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE FIRE

11 SAFETY RESEARCH PROGRAM.

12 From the funds authorized to be appropriated by sec13 tion 301, $1,000,000 may be expended for the Worcester

14 Polytechnic Institute fire safety research program.
Calendar No. 760

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1639

[Report No. 106–384]

A BILL

To authorize appropriations for carrying out the

Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, forthe National Weather Service and Related Agencies, and for the United States Fire Administration for fiscal years 2000, 2001, and 2002.

AUGUST 25, 2000

Reported with an amendment in the nature of a

substitute