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SECTION 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
TITLE I—EARTHQUAKE HAZARD REDUCTION
Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. Definitions.
Sec. 103. National earthquake hazards reduction program.
Sec. 104. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE II—WINDSTORM IMPACT REDUCTION
Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Findings.
Sec. 203. Definitions.
Sec. 204. National windstorm impact reduction program.
Sec. 205. National advisory committee on windstorm impact reduction.
Sec. 206. Savings clause.
Sec. 207. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 208. Biennial report.
Sec. 209. Coordination.
TITLE III—COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION
Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE I—EARTHQUAKE HAZARD
REDUCTION
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘National Earthquake
Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2004’’.
SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS.
Section 4 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act
of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) is amended by adding at
the end the following new paragraphs:
‘‘(8) The term ‘Interagency Coordinating Com-
mittee’ means the Interagency Coordinating Com-
mittee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction established
under section 5(a).
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‘‘(9) The term ‘Advisory Committee’ means the
Advisory 
Committee 
established 
under 
section
5(a)(5).’’.
SEC. 103. NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS REDUCTION
PROGRAM.
Section 5 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act
of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7704(b)) is amended—
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established the Na-
tional Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program.
‘‘(2) PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.—The activities of the
Program shall be designed to—
‘‘(A) develop effective measures for earth-
quake hazards reduction;
‘‘(B) promote the adoption of earthquake
hazards reduction measures by Federal, State,
and local governments, national standards and
model code organizations, architects and engi-
neers, building owners, and others with a role in
planning and constructing buildings, structures,
and lifelines through—
‘‘(i) 
grants, 
contracts, 
cooperative
agreements, and technical assistance;
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‘‘(ii) development of standards, guide-
lines, and voluntary consensus codes for
earthquake hazards reduction for buildings,
structures, and lifelines;
‘‘(iii) development and maintenance of
a repository of information, including tech-
nical data, on seismic risk and hazards re-
duction; and
‘‘(C) improve the understanding of earth-
quakes and their effects on communities, build-
ings, structures, and lifelines, through inter-
disciplinary research that involves engineering,
natural sciences, and social, economic, and deci-
sions sciences; and
‘‘(D) develop, operate, and maintain an Ad-
vanced National Seismic Research and Moni-
toring System established under section 13 of the
Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42
U.S.C. 7707), the George E. Brown, Jr. Network
for Earthquake Engineering Simulation estab-
lished under section 14 of that Act (42 U.S.C.
7708), and the Global Seismographic Network.
‘‘(3) INTERAGENCY
COORDINATING
COMMITTEE
ON EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS REDUCTION.—
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There is established an
Interagency Coordinating Committee on Earth-
quake Hazards Reduction chaired by the Direc-
tor of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology (referred to in this subsection as the
‘Director’).
‘‘(B) MEMBERSHIP.—The committee shall
be composed of the directors of—
‘‘(i) the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency;
‘‘(ii) the United States Geological Sur-
vey;
‘‘(iii) the National Science Founda-
tion;
‘‘(iv) the Office of Science and Tech-
nology Policy; and
‘‘(v) the Office of Management and
Budget.
‘‘(C) 
MEETINGS.—The 
Committee 
shall
meet not less than 3 times a year at the call of
the Director.
‘‘(D) PURPOSE
AND
DUTIES.—The Inter-
agency Coordinating Committee shall oversee the
planning, management, and coordination of the
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Program. The Interagency Coordinating Com-
mittee shall—
‘‘(i) develop, not later than 6 months
after the date of enactment of the National
Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program
Reauthorization Act of 2004 and update
periodically—
‘‘(I) a strategic plan that estab-
lishes goals and priorities for the Pro-
gram activities described under sub-
section (a)(2); and
‘‘(II) a detailed management plan
to implement such strategic plan; and
‘‘(ii) develop a coordinated interagency
budget for the Program that will ensure ap-
propriate balance among the Program ac-
tivities described under subsection (a)(2),
and, in accordance with the plans developed
under clause (i), submit such budget to the
Director of the Office of Management and
Budget at the time designated by that office
for agencies to submit annual budgets.
‘‘(4) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Interagency Coordi-
nating Committee shall transmit, at the time of the
President’s budget request to Congress, an annual re-
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port to the Committee on Science and the Committee
on Resources of the House of Representatives, and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate. Such report shall include—
‘‘(A) the Program budget for the current fis-
cal year for each agency that participates in the
Program, and for each major goal established for
the Program activities under subparagraph
(3)(A);
‘‘(B) the proposed Program budget for the
next fiscal year for each agency that participates
in the Program, and for each major goal estab-
lished for the Program activities under subpara-
graph (3)(A);
‘‘(C) a description of the activities and re-
sults of the Program during the previous year,
including an assessment of the effectiveness of the
Program in furthering the goals established in
the strategic plan under (3)(A);
‘‘(D) a description of the extent to which the
Program has incorporated the recommendations
of the Advisory Committee;
‘‘(E) a description of activities, including
budgets for the current fiscal year and proposed
budgets for the next fiscal year, that are carried
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‘‘(B) ASSESSMENT.—The Advisory Com-
mittee shall assess—
‘‘(i) trends and developments in the
science and engineering of earthquake haz-
ards reduction;
‘‘(ii) effectiveness of the Program in
carrying out the activities under (a)(2);
‘‘(iii) the need to revise the Program;
and
‘‘(iv) the management, coordination,
implementation, and activities of the Pro-
gram.
‘‘(C) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after
the date of enactment of the National Earthquake
Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization
Act of 2004 and at least once every 2 years
thereafter, the Advisory Committee shall report
to the Director on its findings of the assessment
carried out under subparagraph (B) and its rec-
ommendations for ways to improve the Program.
In developing recommendations, the Committee
shall consider the recommendations of the United
States Geological Survey Scientific Earthquake
Studies Advisory Committee.
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‘‘(D) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT
APPLICATION.—Section 14 of the Federal Advi-
sory Committee Act (5 App. U.S.C. 14) shall not
apply to the Advisory Committee.’’;
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘Federal Emergency
Management Agency’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘of the Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology shall have the primary responsibility
for planning and coordinating the Program.
In carrying out this paragraph, the Direc-
tor of the Institute’’;
(ii) by striking subparagraphs (B) and
(C) and redesignating subparagraphs (D)
and (E) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), re-
spectively;
(iii) by inserting after subparagraph
(A) the following:
‘‘(B) support the development of perform-
ance-based seismic engineering tools, and work
with appropriate groups to promote the commer-
cial application of such tools, through earth-
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quake-related building codes, standards, and con-
struction practices;’’;
(iv) by striking ‘‘The principal official
carrying out the responsibilities described
in this paragraph shall be at a level no
lower than that of Associate Director.’’; and
(v) in subparagraph (D), as redesig-
nated by clause (ii), by striking ‘‘National
Science Foundation, the National Institutes
of Standards and Technology’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agen-
cy, the National Science Foundation’’;
(B) by striking so much of paragraph (2) as
precedes subparagraph (B) and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(2) DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; FEDERAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.—
‘‘(A) PROGRAM RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Under
Secretary of Homeland Security for Emergency Pre-
paredness and Response (the Director of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency)—
‘‘(i) shall work closely with national stand-
ards and model building code organizations, in
conjunction with the National Institute of
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Standards and Technology, to promote the im-
plementation of research results;
‘‘(ii) shall promote better building practices
within the building design and construction in-
dustry including architects, engineers, contrac-
tors, builders, and inspectors;
‘‘(iii) shall operate a program of grants and
assistance to enable States to develop mitigation,
preparedness, and response plans, prepare inven-
tories and conduct seismic safety inspections of
critical structures and lifelines, update building
and zoning codes and ordinances to enhance seis-
mic safety, increase earthquake awareness and
education, and encourage the development of
multi-State groups for such purposes;
‘‘(iv) shall support the implementation of a
comprehensive earthquake education and public
awareness program, including development of
materials and their wide dissemination to all
appropriate audiences and support public access
to locality-specific information that may assist
the public in preparing for, mitigating against,
responding to and recovering from earthquakes
and related disasters;
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‘‘(v) shall assist the National Institute of
Standards and Technology, other Federal agen-
cies, and private sector groups, in the prepara-
tion, maintenance, and wide dissemination of
seismic resistant design guidance and related in-
formation on building codes, standards, and
practices for new and existing buildings, struc-
tures, and lifelines, and aid in the development
of performance-based design guidelines and
methodologies supporting model codes for build-
ings, structures, and lifelines that are cost effec-
tive and affordable;
‘‘(vi) shall develop, coordinate, and execute
the National Response Plan when required fol-
lowing an earthquake, and support the develop-
ment of specific State and local plans for each
high risk area to ensure the availability of ade-
quate emergency medical resources, search and
rescue personnel and equipment, and emergency
broadcast capability;
‘‘(vii) shall develop approaches to combine
measures for earthquake hazards reduction with
measures for reduction of other natural and tech-
nological hazards including performance-based
design approaches;
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‘‘(viii) shall provide preparedness, response,
and mitigation recommendations to communities
after an earthquake prediction has been made
under paragraph (3)(D); and
‘‘(ix) may enter into cooperative agreements
or contracts with States and local jurisdictions
and other Federal agencies to establish dem-
onstration projects on earthquake hazard mitiga-
tion, to link earthquake research and mitigation
efforts with emergency management programs, or
to prepare educational materials for national
distribution.’’;
(C) in paragraph (3)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘and other activities’’
after ‘‘shall conduct research’’;
(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking
‘‘the Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘the Director of
the Federal Emergency Management Agency
and the Director of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology’’;
(iii) in subparagraph (D), by striking
‘‘the Director of the Agency’’ and inserting
‘‘the Director of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency and the Director of the
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(i) by redesignating subparagraphs
(D), (E), and (F) as subparagraphs (E),
(F), and (H), respectively;
(ii) by inserting after subparagraph
(C) the following:
‘‘(D) support research that improves the
safety and performance of buildings, structures,
and lifeline systems using large-scale experi-
mental and computational facilities of the
George E. Brown Jr. Network for Earthquake
Engineering Simulation and other institutions
engaged in research and the implementation of
the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction
Program;’’;
(iii) in subparagraph (F) (as so redes-
ignated), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting
a semicolon; and
(iv) by inserting after subparagraph
(F) (as so redesignated) the following:
‘‘(G) include to the maximum extent prac-
ticable diverse institutions, including Histori-
cally Black Colleges and Universities and those
serving large proportions of Hispanics, Native
Americans, Asian-Pacific Americans, and other
underrepresented populations; and’’;
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(E) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘The Na-
tional’’ and inserting ‘‘In addition to the lead
agency responsibilities described under para-
graph (1), the National’’; and
(F) in paragraph (5)—
(i) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semi-
colon in subparagraph (C);
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph (D)
as subparagraph (E); and
(iii) by inserting after subparagraph
(C) the following:
‘‘(D) support the development and commercial
application of cost effective and affordable perform-
ance-based seismic engineering by providing technical
support for seismic engineering practices and related
building code, standards, and practices development;
and’’; and
(3) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘Agency’’
and inserting ‘‘Interagency Coordinating Committee’’.
SEC. 104. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 12 of the Earthquake Haz-
ards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7706) is amended—
(1) by adding at the end of subsection (a) the fol-
lowing:
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‘‘(8) There are authorized to be appropriated to
the Federal Emergency Management Agency for car-
rying out this title—
‘‘(A) $21,000,000 for fiscal year 2005,
‘‘(B) $21,630,000 for fiscal year 2006,
‘‘(C) $22,280,000 for fiscal year 2007,
‘‘(D) $22,950,000 for fiscal year 2008, and
‘‘(E) $23,640,000 for fiscal year 2009,
of which not less than 10 percent of available pro-
gram funds actually appropriated shall be made
available each such fiscal year for supporting the de-
velopment of performance-based, cost-effective, and af-
fordable design guidelines and methodologies in codes
for buildings, structures, and lifelines.’’;
(2) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘There’’ in sub-
section (b);
(3) by striking ‘‘subsection’’ in the last sentence
and inserting ‘‘paragraph’’;
(4) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5)
of subsection (b) as subparagraphs (A) through (E),
respectively;
(5) by adding at the end of subsection (b) the fol-
lowing:
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‘‘(2) There are authorized to be appropriated to the
United States Geological Survey for carrying out this
title—
‘‘(A) $77,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, of which
not less than $30,000,000 shall be made available for
completion of the Advanced National Seismic Re-
search and Monitoring System established under sec-
tion 13;
‘‘(B) $84,410,000 for fiscal year 2006, of which
not less than $36,000,000 shall be made available for
completion of the Advanced National Seismic Re-
search and Monitoring System established under sec-
tion 13;
‘‘(C) $85,860,000 for fiscal year 2007, of which
not less than $36,000,000 shall be made available for
completion of the Advanced National Seismic Re-
search and Monitoring System established under sec-
tion 13;
‘‘(D) $87,360,000 for fiscal year 2008, of which
not less than $36,000,000 shall be made available for
completion of the Advanced National Seismic Re-
search and Monitoring System established under sec-
tion 13; and
‘‘(E) $88,900,000 for fiscal year 2009, of which
not less than $36,000,000 shall be made available for
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completion of the Advanced National Seismic Re-
search and Monitoring System established under sec-
tion 13.’’;
(6) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘To’’ in subsection
(c);
(7) by adding at the end of subsection (c) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(2) There are authorized to be appropriated to the
National Science Foundation for carrying out this title—
‘‘(A) $38,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
‘‘(B) $39,140,000 for fiscal year 2006;
‘‘(C) $40,310,000 for fiscal year 2007;
‘‘(D) $41,520,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
‘‘(E) $42,770,000 for fiscal year 2009.’’;
(8) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘To’’ in subsection
(d); and
(9) by adding at the end of subsection (d) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(2) There are authorized to be appropriated to the
National Institute of Standards and Technology for car-
rying out this title—
‘‘(A) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2005,
‘‘(B) $11,000,000 for fiscal year 2006,
‘‘(C) $12,100,000 for fiscal year 2007,
‘‘(D) $13,310,000 for fiscal year 2008, and
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‘‘(E) $14,640,000 for fiscal year 2009,
of which $2,000,000 shall be made available each such fiscal
year for supporting the development of performance-based,
cost-effective, and affordable codes for buildings, structures,
and lifelines.’’.
(b) SEPARATE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE ADVANCED
NATIONAL SEISMIC RESEARCH
AND MONITORING SYS-
TEM.—Section 13 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction
Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7707) is amended by striking sub-
section (c).
(c) SEPARATE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE NETWORK
FOR EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING SIMULATION.—Section
14(b) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42
U.S.C. 7708(b)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon in
paragraph (3);
(2) by striking ‘‘2004.’’ in paragraph (4) and in-
serting ‘‘2004;’’;
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(5) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, all of
which shall be available for operations and mainte-
nance;
‘‘(6) $20,400,000 for fiscal year 2006, all of
which shall be available for operations and mainte-
nance;
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‘‘(7) $20,870,000 for fiscal year 2007, all of
which shall be available for operations and mainte-
nance;
‘‘(8) $21,390,000 for fiscal year 2008, all of
which shall be available for operations and mainte-
nance; and
‘‘(9) $21,930,000 for fiscal year 2009, all of
which shall be available for operations and mainte-
nance.’’.
TITLE II—WINDSTORM IMPACT
REDUCTION
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Windstorm Im-
pact Reduction Act of 2004’’.
SEC. 202. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Hurricanes, tropical storms, tornadoes, and
thunderstorms can cause significant loss of life, in-
jury, destruction of property, and economic and social
disruption. All States and regions are vulnerable to
these hazards.
(2) The United States currently sustains several
billion dollars in economic damages each year due to
these windstorms. In recent decades, rapid develop-
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ment and population growth in high-risk areas has
greatly increased overall vulnerability to windstorms.
(3) Improved windstorm impact reduction meas-
ures have the potential to reduce these losses
through—
(A) cost-effective and affordable design and
construction methods and practices;
(B) effective mitigation programs at the
local, State, and national level;
(C) improved data collection and analysis
and impact prediction methodologies;
(D) engineering research on improving new
structures and retrofitting existing ones to better
withstand windstorms, atmospheric-related re-
search to better understand the behavior and im-
pact of windstorms on the built environment,
and subsequent application of those research re-
sults; and
(E) public education and outreach.
(4) There is an appropriate role for the Federal
Government in supporting windstorm impact reduc-
tion. An effective Federal program in windstorm im-
pact reduction will require interagency coordination,
and input from individuals, academia, the private
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SEC. 203. DEFINITIONS.
In this title:
(1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means the
Director of the Office of Science and Technology Pol-
icy.
(2) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means the
National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program es-
tablished by section 204(a).
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the
States of the United States, the District of Columbia,
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any
other territory or possession of the United States.
(4) WINDSTORM.—The term ‘‘windstorm’’ means
any storm with a damaging or destructive wind com-
ponent, such as a hurricane, tropical storm, tornado,
or thunderstorm.
SEC. 204. NATIONAL WINDSTORM IMPACT REDUCTION PRO-
GRAM.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Na-
tional Windstorm Impact Reduction Program.
(b) OBJECTIVE.—The objective of the Program is the
achievement of major measurable reductions in losses of life
and property from windstorms. The objective is to be
achieved through a coordinated Federal effort, in coopera-
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tion with other levels of government, academia, and the pri-
vate sector, aimed at improving the understanding of wind-
storms and their impacts and developing and encouraging
implementation of cost-effective mitigation measures to re-
duce those impacts.
(c) INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.—Not later than
90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director
shall establish an Interagency Working Group consisting of
representatives of the National Science Foundation, the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Technology, the Federal
Emergency Management Agency, and other Federal agen-
cies as appropriate. The Director shall designate an agency
to serve as Chair of the Working Group and be responsible
for the planning, management, and coordination of the Pro-
gram, including budget coordination. Specific agency roles
and responsibilities under the Program shall be defined in
the implementation plan required under subsection (e).
General agency responsibilities shall include the following:
(1) The National Institute of Standards and
Technology shall support research and development to
improve building codes and standards and practices
for design and construction of buildings, structures,
and lifelines.
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(2) The National Science Foundation shall sup-
port research in engineering and the atmospheric
sciences to improve the understanding of the behavior
of windstorms and their impact on buildings, struc-
tures, and lifelines.
(3) The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration shall support atmospheric sciences re-
search to improve the understanding of the behavior
of windstorms and their impact on buildings, struc-
tures, and lifelines.
(4) The Federal Emergency Management Agency
shall support the development of risk assessment tools
and effective mitigation techniques, windstorm-related
data collection and analysis, public outreach, infor-
mation dissemination, and implementation of mitiga-
tion measures consistent with the Agency’s all-hazards
approach.
(d) PROGRAM COMPONENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Program shall consist of
three primary mitigation components: improved un-
derstanding of windstorms, windstorm impact assess-
ment, and windstorm impact reduction. The compo-
nents shall be implemented through activities such as
data collection and analysis, risk assessment, out-
reach, technology transfer, and research and develop-
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ment. To the extent practicable, research activities au-
thorized under this title shall be peer-reviewed, and
the components shall be designed to be complementary
to, and avoid duplication of, other public and private
hazard reduction efforts.
(2) UNDERSTANDING OF WINDSTORMS.—Activi-
ties to enhance the understanding of windstorms shall
include research to improve knowledge of and data
collection on the impact of severe wind on buildings,
structures, and infrastructure.
(3) WINDSTORM IMPACT ASSESSMENT.—Activi-
ties to improve windstorm impact assessment shall
include—
(A) development of mechanisms for col-
lecting and inventorying information on the per-
formance of buildings, structures, and infrastruc-
ture in windstorms and improved collection of
pertinent information from sources, including
the design and construction industry, insurance
companies, and building officials;
(B) research, development, and technology
transfer to improve loss estimation and risk as-
sessment systems; and
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(C) research, development, and technology
transfer to improve simulation and computa-
tional modeling of windstorm impacts.
(4) WINDSTORM IMPACT REDUCTION.—Activities
to reduce windstorm impacts shall include—
(A) development of improved outreach and
implementation mechanisms to translate existing
information and research findings into cost-effec-
tive and affordable practices for design and con-
struction professionals, and State and local offi-
cials;
(B) development of cost-effective and afford-
able windstorm-resistant systems, structures, and
materials for use in new construction and ret-
rofit of existing construction; and
(C) outreach and information dissemination
related to cost-effective and affordable construc-
tion techniques, loss estimation and risk assess-
ment methodologies, and other pertinent infor-
mation regarding windstorm phenomena to Fed-
eral, State, and local officials, the construction
industry, and the general public.
(e) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not later than 1 year
after date of enactment of this title, the Interagency Work-
ing Group shall develop and transmit to the Congress an
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implementation plan for achieving the objectives of the Pro-
gram. The plan shall include—
(1) an assessment of past and current public and
private efforts to reduce windstorm impacts, includ-
ing a comprehensive review and analysis of wind-
storm mitigation activities supported by the Federal
Government;
(2) a description of plans for technology transfer
and coordination with natural hazard mitigation ac-
tivities supported by the Federal Government;
(3) a statement of strategic goals and priorities
for each Program component area;
(4) a description of how the Program will
achieve such goals, including detailed responsibilities
for each agency; and
(5) a description of plans for cooperation and co-
ordination with interested public and private sector
entities in each program component area.
(f) BIENNIAL REPORT.—The Interagency Working
Group shall, on a biennial basis, and not later than 180
days after the end of the preceding 2 fiscal years, transmit
a report to the Congress describing the status of the wind-
storm impact reduction program, including progress
achieved during the preceding two fiscal years. Each such
report shall include any recommendations for legislative
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and other action the Interagency Working Group considers
necessary and appropriate. In developing the biennial re-
port, the Interagency Working Group shall consider the rec-
ommendations of the Advisory Committee established under
section 205.
SEC. 205. NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON WIND-
STORM IMPACT REDUCTION.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director shall establish a
National Advisory Committee on Windstorm Impact Re-
duction, consisting of not less than 11 and not more than
15 non-Federal members representing a broad cross section
of interests such as the research, technology transfer, design
and construction, and financial communities; materials
and systems suppliers; State, county, and local govern-
ments; the insurance industry; and other representatives as
designated by the Director.
(b) ASSESSMENT.—The Advisory Committee shall
assess—
(1) trends and developments in the science and
engineering of windstorm impact reduction;
(2) the effectiveness of the Program in carrying
out the activities under section 204(d);
(3) the need to revise the Program; and
(4) the management, coordination, implementa-
tion, and activities of the Program.
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(c) BIENNIAL REPORT.—At least once every two years,
the Advisory Committee shall report to Congress and the
Interagency Working Group on the assessment carried out
under subsection (b).
(d) SUNSET EXEMPTION.—Section 14 of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act shall not apply to the Advisory
Committee established under this section.
SEC. 206. SAVINGS CLAUSE.
Nothing in this title supersedes any provision of the
National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety
Standards Act of 1974. No design, construction method,
practice, technology, material, mitigation methodology, or
hazard reduction measure of any kind developed under this
title shall be required for a home certified under section 616
of the National Manufactured Housing Construction and
Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5415), pursuant
to standards issued under such Act, without being subject
to the consensus development process and rulemaking proce-
dures of that Act.
SEC. 207. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.—
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Federal
Emergency Management Agency for carrying out this
title—
(1) $8,700,000 for fiscal year 2006;
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(2) $9,400,000 for fiscal year 2007; and
(3) $9,400,000 for fiscal year 2008.
(b) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION.—There are au-
thorized to be appropriated to the National Science Foun-
dation for carrying out this title—
(1) $8,700,000 for fiscal year 2006;
(2) $9,400,000 for fiscal year 2007; and
(3) $9,400,000 for fiscal year 2008.
(c) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECH-
NOLOGY.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the
National Institute of Standards and Technology for car-
rying out this title—
(1) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;
(2) $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and
(3) $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.
(d) NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINIS-
TRATION.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for car-
rying out this title—
(1) $2,100,000 for fiscal year 2006;
(2) $2,200,000 for fiscal year 2007; and
(3) $2,200,000 for fiscal year 2008.
SEC. 208. BIENNIAL REPORT.
Section 37(a) of the Science and Engineering Equal
Opportunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885d(a)) is amended by