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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4924 
To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
conduct research on wildfire smoke, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 30, 2019 
Ms. ESHOO (for herself, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. 
GARAMENDI, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. COSTA, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. 
PANETTA, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. TED 
LIEU
of California, Mrs. TORRES
of California, Mr. RUIZ, Ms. 
BARRAGA´N, Ms. PORTER, Mr. CORREA, Mr. ROUDA, Mr. LEVIN of Cali-
fornia, Mr. PETERS, Ms. SPEIER, and Mr. LOWENTHAL) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Tech-
nology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency to conduct research on wildfire smoke, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Smoke Planning and 
Research Act of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. RESEARCH ON WILDFIRE SMOKE. 
(a) CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency (re-
ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Administrator’’) 
shall establish at institutions of higher education 4 
centers, each of which shall be known as a ‘‘Center 
of Excellence for Wildfire Smoke’’, to carry out re-
search relating to— 
(A) the effects on public health of smoke 
emissions from wildland fires; and 
(B) means by which communities can bet-
ter respond to the impacts of emissions from 
wildland fires. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Ad-
ministrator to carry out this subsection $10,000,000 
for fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter. 
(b) RESEARCH.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator shall carry out research— 
(A) to study the health effects of smoke 
emissions from wildland fires; 
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(B) to develop and disseminate personal 
and community-based interventions to reduce 
exposure to and adverse health effects of smoke 
emissions from wildland fires; 
(C) to increase the quality of smoke moni-
toring and prediction tools and techniques; and 
(D) to develop implementation and com-
munication strategies. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Ad-
ministrator to carry out this subsection $20,000,000 
for fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter. 
SEC. 3. COMMUNITY SMOKE PLANNING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall es-
tablish a competitive grant program to assist eligible enti-
ties described in subsection (b) in developing and imple-
menting collaborative community plans for mitigating the 
impacts of smoke emissions from wildland fires. 
(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—An entity that is eligible 
to submit an application for a grant under subsection (a) 
is— 
(1) a State; 
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(2) a unit of local government (including any 
special district, such as an air quality management 
district or a school district); or 
(3) an Indian Tribe. 
(c) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under subsection (a), an eligible entity described in sub-
section (b) shall submit to the Administrator an applica-
tion at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Administrator may require. 
(d) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Administrator 
may use amounts made available to carry out this section 
to provide to eligible entities described in subsection (b) 
technical assistance in— 
(1) submitting grant applications under sub-
section (c); or 
(2) carrying out projects using a grant under 
this section. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to 
carry out this section $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 
and each fiscal year thereafter. 
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