In the Senate of the United States,
October 18 (legislative day, September 22), 2000.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 1550) entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize appropria-
tions for the United States Fire Administration for fiscal
years 2000 and 2001, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with
the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fire Administration Au-
thorization Act of 2000’’.
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(b) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—The plan required by sub-
section (a) shall include—
(1) a comprehensive mission statement covering
the major functions and operations of the United
States Fire Administration in the areas of training;
research, development, test and evaluation; new tech-
nology and non-developmental item implementation;
safety; counterterrorism; data collection and analysis;
and public education;
(2) general goals and objectives, including those
related to outcomes, for the major functions and oper-
ations of the United States Fire Administration;
(3) a description of how the goals and objectives
identified under paragraph (2) are to be achieved, in-
cluding operational processes, skills and technology,
and the human, capital, information, and other re-
sources required to meet those goals and objectives;
(4) an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses
of, opportunities for, and threats to the United States
Fire Administration;
(5) an identification of the fire-related activities
of the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology, the Department of Defense, and other Federal
agencies, and a discussion of how those activities can
be coordinated with and contribute to the achievement
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of the goals and objectives identified under paragraph
(2);
(6) a description of objective, quantifiable per-
formance goals needed to define the level of perform-
ance achieved by program activities in training, re-
search, data collection and analysis, and public edu-
cation, and how these performance goals relate to the
general goals and objectives in the strategic plan;
(7) an identification of key factors external to
the United States Fire Administration and beyond its
control that could affect significantly the achievement
of the general goals and objectives;
(8) a description of program evaluations used in
establishing or revising general goals and objectives,
with a schedule for future program evaluations;
(9) a plan for the timely distribution of informa-
tion and educational materials to State and local
firefighting services, including volunteer, career, and
combination services throughout the United States;
(10) a description of how the strategic plan pre-
pared under this section will be incorporated into the
strategic plan and the performance plans and reports
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency;
(11)(A) a description of the current and planned
use of the Internet for the delivery of training courses
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by the National Fire Academy, including a listing of
the types of courses and a description of each course’s
provisions for real time interaction between instructor
and students, the number of students enrolled, and the
geographic distribution of students, for the most re-
cent fiscal year;
(B) an assessment of the availability and actual
use by the National Fire Academy of Federal facili-
ties suitable for distance education applications, in-
cluding facilities with teleconferencing capabilities;
and
(C) an assessment of the benefits and problems
associated with delivery of instructional courses using
the Internet, including limitations due to network
bandwidth at training sites, the availability of suit-
able course materials, and the effectiveness of such
courses in terms of student performance;
(12) timeline for implementing the plan; and
(13) the expected costs for implementing the
plan.
SEC. 4. RESEARCH AGENDA.
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 120 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the
United States Fire Administration, in consultation with
the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency,
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the Director of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology, representatives of trade, professional, and non-
profit associations, State and local firefighting services, and
other appropriate entities, shall prepare and transmit to
the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate a report describing the United States
Fire Administration’s research agenda and including a
plan for implementing that agenda.
(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report required by
subsection (a) shall—
(1) identify research priorities;
(2) describe how the proposed research agenda
will be coordinated and integrated with the programs
and capabilities of the National Institute of Stand-
ards and Technology, the Department of Defense, and
other Federal agencies;
(3) identify potential roles of academic, trade,
professional, and non-profit associations, and other
research institutions in achieving the research agenda;
(4) provide cost estimates, anticipated personnel
needs, and a schedule for completing the various ele-
ments of the research agenda;
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(5) describe ways to leverage resources through
partnerships, cooperative agreements, and other
means; and
(6) discuss how the proposed research agenda
will enhance training, improve State and local fire-
fighting services, impact standards and codes, in-
crease firefighter and public safety, and advance fire-
fighting techniques.
(c) USE IN PREPARING STRATEGIC PLAN.—The re-
search agenda prepared under this section shall be used in
the preparation of the strategic plan required by section
302.
SEC. 5. SURPLUS AND EXCESS FEDERAL EQUIPMENT.
The Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 33. SURPLUS AND EXCESS FEDERAL EQUIPMENT.
‘‘The Administrator shall make publicly available, in-
cluding through the Internet, information on procedures for
acquiring surplus and excess equipment or property that
may be useful to State and local fire, emergency, and haz-
ardous material handling service providers.’’.
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SEC. 6. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH FEDERAL FACILI-
TIES.
The Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974,
as amended by section 304, is amended by adding at the
end the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 34. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH FEDERAL FA-
CILITIES.
‘‘The Administrator shall make publicly available, in-
cluding through the Internet, information on procedures for
establishing cooperative agreements between State and local
fire and emergency services and Federal facilities in their
region relating to the provision of fire and emergency serv-
ices.’’.
SEC. 
7. 
NEED 
FOR 
ADDITIONAL 
TRAINING 
IN
COUNTERTERRORISM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the United
States Fire Administration shall conduct an assessment of
the 
need 
for 
additional 
capabilities 
for 
Federal
counterterrorism training of emergency response personnel.
(b) CONTENTS OF ASSESSMENT.—The assessment con-
ducted under this section shall include—
(1) a review of the counterterrorism training
programs offered by the United States Fire Adminis-
tration and other Federal agencies;
(2) an estimate of the number and types of emer-
gency response personnel that have, during the period