equipment or systems purchased through the assist-
ance program established by section 33 meet or ex-
ceed applicable voluntary consensus standards.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
17 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 
(15 U.S.C. 2216) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(i) DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TECHNOLOGY.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to 
carry out section 8(e) $2,200,000 for fiscal year 2004.’’. 
SEC. 3. COORDINATION OF RESPONSE TO NATIONAL EMER-
GENCY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 10 of the Federal Fire 
Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2209) is 
amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (c); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(b) MUTUAL AID SYSTEMS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator, after 
consultation with the Director of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency, shall provide technical 
assistance and training to State and local fire serv-
ice officials to establish nationwide and State mutual
aid systems for dealing with national emergencies 
that—
‘‘(A) include threat assessment and equip-
ment deployment strategies; 
‘‘(B) include means of collecting asset and 
resource information to provide accurate and 
timely data for regional deployment; and 
‘‘(C) are consistent with the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency’s Federal Re-
sponse Plan. 
‘‘(2) MODEL MUTUAL AID PLANS.—The Admin-
istrator, in consultation with the Director of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall de-
velop and make available to State and local fire serv-
ice officials model mutual aid plans for both intra-
state and interstate assistance.’’. 
(b) REPORT ON STRATEGIC NEEDS.—Within 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
of the United States Fire Administration shall report to 
the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation and the House of Representatives Committee on 
Science on the need for a strategy concerning deployment 
of volunteers and emergency response personnel (as de-
fined in section 6 of the Firefighters’ Safety Study Act
(15 U.S.C. 2223e), including a national credentialing sys-
tem, in the event of a national emergency. 
(c) UPDATE OF FEDERAL RESPONSE PLAN.—Within 
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Di-
rector of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
shall—
(1) revise that Agency’s Federal Response Plan 
to incorporate plans for responding to terrorist at-
tacks, particularly in urban areas, including fire de-
tection and suppression and related emergency serv-
ices; and 
(2) transmit a report to the Senate Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the 
House of Representatives Committee on Science de-
scribing the action taken to comply with paragraph 
(1). 
SEC. 4. TRAINING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7(d)(1) of the Federal 
Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 
2206(d)(1)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon in 
subparagraph (E); 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as sub-
paragraph (N); and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(F) strategies for building collapse rescue; 
‘‘(G) the use of technology in response to 
fires, including terrorist incidents and other na-
tional emergencies; 
‘‘(H) response, tactics, and strategies for 
dealing with terrorist-caused national catas-
trophes; 
‘‘(I) use of and familiarity with the Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency’s Federal 
Response Plan; 
‘‘(J) leadership and strategic skills, includ-
ing integrated management systems operations 
and integrated response; 
‘‘(K) applying new technology and devel-
oping strategies and tactics for fighting forest 
fires; 
‘‘(L) integrating terrorism response agen-
cies into the national terrorism incident re-
sponse system; 
‘‘(M) response tactics and strategies for 
fighting fires at United States ports, including 
fires on the water and aboard vessels; and’’.
(b) CONSULTATION ON FIRE ACADEMY CLASSES.—
The Superintendent of the National Fire Academy may 
consult with other Federal, State, and local agency offi-
cials in developing curricula for classes offered by the 
Academy. 
(c) COORDINATION WITH OTHER PROGRAMS TO 
AVOID DUPLICATION.—The Administrator of the United 
States Fire Administration shall coordinate training pro-
vided under section 7(d)(1) of the Federal Fire Prevention 
and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2206(d)(1)) with the 
Attorney General, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, and the heads of other Federal agencies—
(1) to ensure that such training does not dupli-
cate existing courses available to fire service per-
sonnel; and 
(2) to establish a mechanism for eliminating 
duplicative training programs.
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