(b) ADVISORY COMMITTEES ON NATURAL HAZARDS 
REDUCTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology shall establish 
an Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Re-
duction, an Advisory Committee on Windstorm Im-
pact Reduction, and other such advisory committees 
as the Director considers necessary to advise the Insti-
tute on research, development, and technology transfer 
activities to mitigate the impact of natural disasters. 
(2) ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
ON
EARTHQUAKE 
HAZARDS REDUCTION.—The Advisory Committee on 
Earthquake Hazards Reduction shall be composed of 
at least 11 members, none of whom may be employees 
of the Federal Government, including representatives 
of research and academic institutions, industry stand-
ards development organizations, State and local gov-
ernment, and business communities who are qualified 
to provide advice on earthquake hazards reduction 
and represent all related scientific, architectural, and 
engineering disciplines. The recommendations of the 
Advisory Committee shall be considered by Federal 
agencies in implementing the National Earthquake 
Hazards Reduction Program. 
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(3) ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON WINDSTORM IM-
PACT
REDUCTION.—The Advisory Committee on 
Windstorm Impact Reduction shall be composed of at 
least 7 members, none of whom may be employees of 
the Federal Government, including representatives of 
research and academic institutions, industry stand-
ards development organizations, State and local gov-
ernment, and business communities who are qualified 
to provide advice on windstorm impact reduction and 
represent all related scientific, architectural, and en-
gineering disciplines. The recommendations of the Ad-
visory Committee shall be considered by Federal agen-
cies in implementing the National Windstorm Impact 
Reduction Program. 
(4) ASSESSMENTS.—The Advisory Committee on 
Earthquake Hazards Reduction and the Advisory 
Committee on Windstorm Impact Reduction shall 
offer assessments on— 
(A) trends and developments in the natural, 
social, and engineering sciences and practices of 
earthquake hazards or windstorm impact mitiga-
tion; 
(B) the priorities of the Programs’ Strategic 
Plans; 
(C) the coordination of the Programs; and 
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(D) and any revisions to the Programs 
which may be necessary. 
(5) REPORTS.—At least every two years, the Ad-
visory Committees shall report to the Director of the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology on 
the assessments carried out under paragraph (4) and 
their recommendations for ways to improve the Pro-
grams. In developing recommendations for the Na-
tional Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, the 
Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduc-
tion shall consider the recommendations of the United 
States Geological Survey Scientific Earthquake Stud-
ies Advisory Committee. 
(c) COORDINATION
OF
FEDERAL
DISASTER
RE-
SEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER.— 
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction of the Com-
mittee on Environment and Natural Resources of the Na-
tional Science and Technology Council shall submit a re-
port to the Congress identifying— 
(1) current Federal research, development, and 
technology transfer activities that address hazard 
mitigation for natural disasters, including earth-
quakes, hurricanes, tornados, wildfires, floods, and the 
current budgets for these activities; 
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(2) areas of research that are common to two or 
more of the hazards identified in paragraph (1); and 
(3) opportunities to create synergies between the 
research activities for the hazards identified in para-
graph (1). 
TITLE IV—NATIONAL CONSTRUC-
TION 
SAFETY 
TEAM 
ACT 
AMENDMENTS 
SEC. 401. NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION SAFETY TEAM ACT 
AMENDMENTS. 
The National Construction Safety Team Act (15 
U.S.C. 7301 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 2(a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘a building or buildings’’ 
and inserting ‘‘a building, buildings, or infra-
structure’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘To the maximum extent 
practicable, the Director shall establish and de-
ploy a Team within 48 hours after such an 
event.’’ and inserting ‘‘The Director shall make 
a decision whether to deploy a Team within 72 
hours after such an event.’’; 
(2) in section 2(b)(1), by striking ‘‘buildings’’ 
and inserting ‘‘buildings or infrastructure’’; 
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(3) in section 2(b)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘building’’ 
and inserting ‘‘building or infrastructure’’; 
(4) in section 2(b)(2)(D), by striking ‘‘buildings’’ 
and inserting ‘‘buildings or infrastructure’’; 
(5) in section 2(c)(1), by striking ‘‘the United 
States Fire Administration and’’; 
(6) in section 2(c)(1)(G), by striking ‘‘building’’ 
and inserting ‘‘building or infrastructure’’; 
(7) in section 2(c)(1)(J)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘building’’ and inserting 
‘‘building or infrastructure’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and the National Wind-
storm Impact Reduction Act of 2004’’ after ‘‘Act 
of 1977’’; 
(8) in section 4(a), by striking ‘‘investigating a 
building’’ and inserting ‘‘investigating building and 
infrastructure’’; 
(9) in section 4(a)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘a building’’ and inserting 
‘‘a building or infrastructure’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘building’’ both of the other 
places it appears and inserting ‘‘building or in-
frastructure’’; 
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(10) in section 4(a)(3), by striking ‘‘building’’ 
both places it appears and inserting ‘‘building or in-
frastructure’’; 
(11) in section 4(b), by striking ‘‘building’’ both 
places it appears and inserting ‘‘building or infra-
structure’’; 
(12) in section 4(c)(1) and (2), by striking 
‘‘building’’ both places it appears and inserting 
‘‘building or infrastructure’’; 
(13) in section 4(d)(3) and (4), by striking 
‘‘building’’ both places it appears and inserting 
‘‘building or infrastructure’’; 
(14) in section 7(a), by striking ‘‘on request and 
at reasonable cost’’; 
(15) in section 7(c), by striking ‘‘building’’ and 
inserting ‘‘building or infrastructure’’; 
(16) in section 8(1) and (4), by striking ‘‘build-
ing’’ both places it appears and inserting ‘‘building 
or infrastructure’’; 
(17) in section 9, by striking ‘‘the United States 
Fire Administration and’’; 
(18) in section 9(2)(C), by striking ‘‘building’’ 
and inserting ‘‘building or infrastructure’’; 
(19) in section 10(3), by striking ‘‘building’’ and 
inserting ‘‘building and infrastructure’’; 
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(20) in section 11(a), by striking ‘‘the United 
States Fire Administration and’’; and 
(21) by striking section 12. 
TITLE V—FIRE RESEARCH 
PROGRAM 
SEC. 501. FIRE RESEARCH PROGRAM. 
Section 16(a)(1) of the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278f(a)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ‘‘fires at 
the wildland-urban interface,’’ after ‘‘but not limited 
to,’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (E), by inserting ‘‘fires at 
the wildland-urban interface,’’ after ‘‘types of fires, 
including’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 244 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3820 
[Report No. 111–424, Part I] 
A BILL 
To reauthorize Federal natural hazards reduction 
programs, and for other purposes. 
FEBRUARY 26, 2010 
Reported from the Committee on Science and Technology 
with an amendment 
FEBRUARY 26, 2010 
Committees on Natural Resources and Transportation 
and Infrastructure discharged; committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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