[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
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[H.R. 5781 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5781
To improve the Federal effort to reduce wildland fire risks, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 28, 2021
Ms. Lofgren (for herself, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Perlmutter, and Ms.
Bonamici) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
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A BILL
To improve the Federal effort to reduce wildland fire risks, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Wildland Fire Risk
Reduction Program Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT.
The President shall establish a National Wildland Fire Risk
Reduction Program with the purpose of achieving major measurable
reductions in the losses of life and property from wildland fires
through a coordinated Federal effort to--
(1) improve the assessment of fire environments and the
understanding and prediction of wildland fires, associated
smoke, and their impacts, including--
(A) at the wildland-urban interface;
(B) on communities, buildings and other
infrastructure; and
(C) social and economic impacts;
(2) develop and encourage the adoption of science-based and
cost-effective measures to prevent and mitigate wildland fire
and associated smoke impacts; and
(3) improve the understanding and mitigation of the impacts
of climate change and variability on wildland fire risk,
frequency, and severity, and to inform paragraphs (1) and (2).
SEC. 3. PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.
The Program shall consist of the activities described under section
6, which shall be designed--
(1) to support research and development, including
interdisciplinary research, related to fire environments,
wildland fires, associated smoke, and their impacts, in
furtherance of a coordinated interagency effort to address
wildland fire risk reduction;
(2) to support data management and stewardship, and the
development and coordination of data systems and computational
tools to accelerate the understanding of fire environments,
wildland fires, associated smoke, and their impacts;
(3) to support the development of novel tools and
technologies to improve understanding, monitoring, prediction,
and mitigation of wildland fires, associated smoke, and their
impacts;
(4) to support education and training to expand the number
of students and researchers in areas of study and research
related to wildland fires;
(5) to accelerate the translation of research related to
wildland fires and associated smoke into operations to reduce
harm to communities, buildings, and other infrastructure;
(6) to conduct communication and outreach regarding
wildland fire science and wildland fire risk mitigation, to
communities, energy utilities and operators of other critical
infrastructure, and other relevant stakeholders;
(7) to support research and development projects funded
under joint solicitations or through memoranda of understanding
between no fewer than two agencies participating in the
Program; and
(8) to disseminate, to the extent practicable, scientific
data and related products and services in formats meeting
shared standards to enhance the interoperability, usability,
and accessibility of Program Agency data in order to better
meet the needs of Program agencies, other Federal agencies, and
relevant stakeholders.
SEC. 4. INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COMMITTEE ON WILDLAND FIRE RISK
REDUCTION.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than 90 days after enactment of this
Act, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall
establish an Interagency Coordinating Committee on Wildland Fire Risk
Reduction, to be co-chaired by the Director and the Director of the
National Institute of Standards and Technology.
(b) Membership.--In addition to the co-chairs, the Committee shall
be composed of--
(1) the Director of the National Science Foundation;
(2) the Administrator of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration;
(3) the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency;
(4) the United States Fire Administration;
(5) the Chief of the Forest Service;
(6) the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration;
(7) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency;
(8) the Secretary of Energy;
(9) the Director of the Office of Science and Technology
Policy;
(10) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget;
(11) the Secretary of the Interior;
(12) the Director of United States Geological Survey;
(13) the Secretary of Health and Human Services;
(14) the Secretary of Defense;
(15) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; and
(16) the head of any other Federal agency that the Director
considers appropriate.
(c) Meetings.--The Committee shall meet not less than twice a year
for the first 2 years and then not less than once a year at the call of
the Director.
(d) General Purpose and Duties.--The Committee shall oversee the
planning, management, and coordination of the Program, and solicit
stakeholder input on Program goals.
(e) Strategic Plan.--The Committee shall develop and submit to
Congress, not later than 1 year after enactment, a Strategic Plan for
the Program that includes--
(1) prioritized goals for the Program, consistent with the
purposes of the Program as described in section 2;
(2) short-term, mid-term, and long-term research and
development objectives to achieve those goals;
(3) a description of the role of each Program agency in
achieving the prioritized goals;
(4) a description of how the Committee will foster
collaboration between and among the Program agencies to help
meet the goals of the Program;
(5) the methods by which progress toward the goals will be
assessed;
(6) an explanation of how the Program will foster the
translation of research into measurable reductions in the
losses of life and property from wildland fires, including
recommended outcomes and metrics for each program goal and how
operational Program agencies will transition demonstrated
technologies and research findings into operations;
(7) a description of the research infrastructure, including
databases and computational tools, needed to accomplish the
research and development objectives outlined in paragraph (2),
a description of how research infrastructure in existence at
the time of the development of the plan will be used to meet
the objectives, and an explanation of how new research
infrastructure will be developed to meet the objectives;
(8) a description of how Program agencies will collaborate
with stakeholders and take into account stakeholder needs and
recommendations in developing research and development
objectives;
(9) recommendations on the most effective means to
integrate the research results into wildland fire preparedness
and response actions across Federal, State, and local levels;
and
(10) guidance on how the Committee's recommendations are
best used in climate adaptation planning for Federal, State,
local, Tribal, and territorial entities.
(f) Coordination With Other Federal Efforts.--The Director shall
ensure that the activities of the Program are coordinated with other
relevant Federal initiatives as appropriate.
(g) Progress Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date
transmission of the Strategic Plan from subsection (e) to Congress and
not less frequently than once every 2 years thereafter, the Committee
shall submit to the Congress a report on the progress of the Program
that includes--
(1) a description of the activities funded under the
Program, a description of how those activities align with the
prioritized goals and research objectives established in the
Strategic Plan, and the budgets, per agency, for these
activities; and
(2) the outcomes achieved by the Program for each of the
goals identified in the Strategic Plan.
SEC. 5. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REVIEW.
Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report to
Congress that--
(1) evaluates the progress and performance of the Program
in establishing and making progress toward the goals of the
Program as set forth in this Act; and
(2) includes such recommendations as the Comptroller
General determines are appropriate to improve the Program.
SEC. 6. RESPONSIBILITIES OF PROGRAM AGENCIES.
(a) National Institute of Standards and Technology.--The
responsibilities of the Director of the National Institute of Standards
and Technology with respect to the Program are as follows:
(1) Research and development activities.--The Director of
the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall--
(A) carry out research on the impact of wildland
fires on communities, buildings, and other
infrastructure;
(B) carry out research on the generation of
firebrands from wildland fires and on methods and
materials to prevent or reduce firebrand ignition of
communities, buildings, and other infrastructure;
(C) carry out research on novel materials, systems,
structures, and construction designs to harden
structures, parcels, and communities to the impact of
wildland fires;
(D) carry out research on the impact of
environmental factors on wildland fire behavior,
including wind, terrain, and moisture; and
(E) support the development of performance-based
tools to mitigate the impact of wildland fires, and
work with appropriate groups to promote the use of such
tools, including through model building codes and fire
codes, standard test methods, voluntary consensus
standards, and construction and retrofit best
practices.
(2) Wildland-urban interface fire post-investigations.--The
Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
shall--
(A) coordinate Federal post-wildland fire
investigations of fires at the wildland-urban
interface; and
(B) develop methodologies to characterize the
impact of wildland fires on communities and the impact
of changes in building and fire codes, including
methodologies--
(i) for collecting, inventorying, and
analyzing information on the performance of
communities, buildings, and other
infrastructure in wildland fires; and
(ii) for improved collection of pertinent
information from different sources, including
first responders, the design and construction
industry, insurance companies, and building
officials.
(b) National Science Foundation.--As a part of the Program, the
Director of the National Science Foundation shall support--
(1) research to improve the understanding and prediction of
wildland fire risks, including the conditions that increase the
likelihood of a wildland fire, the behavior of wildland fires,
and their impacts on buildings, communities, infrastructure,
ecosystems and living systems;
(2) development and improvement of tools and technologies,
including databases and computational models, to enable and
accelerate the understanding and prediction of wildland fires
and their impacts;
(3) development of research infrastructure, as appropriate,
to enable and accelerate the understanding and prediction of
wildland fires and their impacts, including upgrades or
additions to the National Hazards Engineering Research
Infrastructure;
(4) research to improve the understanding of--
(A) the response to wildland fire risk messages by
individuals, communities, and policymakers;
(B) economic and other factors influencing the
implementation and adoption of wildland fire risk
reduction measures by individuals, communities, and
policymakers; and
(C) decision making and emergency response to
wildland fires;
(5) undergraduate and graduate research opportunities and
graduate and postdoctoral fellowships and traineeships in
fields of study relevant to wildland fires and their impacts;
and
(6) research to improve the understanding of the impacts of
climate change and climate variability on wildland fires,
including wildland fire risk, frequency, and severity, and
wildland fire prediction, mitigation, and resilience
strategies.
(c) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.--
(1) In general.--The Administrator of the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (in this subsection referred to
as the ``Administrator'') shall conduct research, observations,
modeling, forecasting, prediction, and historical analysis of
wildland fires to improve understanding of wildland fires, and
associated fire weather and smoke, for the protection of life
and property and for the enhancement of the national economy.
(2) Weather forecasting and decision support for wildland
fires.--The Administrator shall--
(A) develop and provide accurate, timely, and
effective warnings and forecasts of wildland fires and
fire weather events that endanger life and property.
Such warnings may include red flag warnings,
operational fire weather alerts, and any other warnings
or alerts the Administrator deems appropriate;
(B) provide stakeholders and the public with
impact-based decision support services, seasonal
climate predictions, air quality products, and smoke
forecasts; and
(C) provide on-site weather forecasts, seasonal
climate predictions, and other decision support to
wildland fire incident command posts.
(3) Wildland fire incident research database.--The
Administrator, in collaboration with Program agencies and
relevant stakeholders, shall develop a publicly accessible Fire
Incident Research Database to support the archiving,
stewardship, and understanding of historical wildland fire and
fire weather data, and to advance wildland fire science. In
developing the database, NOAA shall collaborate with Program
agencies and stakeholders to--
(A) develop data standards to enhance
interoperability of diverse wildland fire data and
improve usability of data for a diverse range of
stakeholders; and
(B) solicit data from other Program agencies and
from relevant stakeholders.
(4) Wildland fire and fire weather surveillance and
observations.--The Administrator, in coordination with
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, shall
(A) leverage existing observations, technologies
and assets and develop new technologies to sustain and
enhance environmental observations used for wildland
fire prediction and detection, fire weather and smoke
forecasting and monitoring, and post-wildland fire
recovery, with a focus on--
(i) collecting data for pre-ignition
analysis, such as drought, fuel conditions, and
soil moisture, that will help predict severe
wildland fire conditions on subseasonal to
decadal timescales;
(ii) supporting identification and
classification of fire environments to
determine vulnerability to wildland fires and
rapid wildland fire growth;
(iii) detecting, observing, and monitoring
wildland fires and smoke;
(iv) supporting research on the interaction
of weather and wildland fire behavior; and
(v) supporting post-fire assessments
conducted by Program agencies; and
(B) prioritize the ability to detect wildfire and
smoke in its requirements for its current and future
operational space-based assessments and commercial data
purchases.
(5) Fire weather testbed.--In collaboration with Program
agencies, the Administrator shall establish a Fire Weather
Testbed to evaluate physical and social science, technology,
and other research to develop fire weather products and
services for implementation by relevant stakeholders.
(6) Wildland fire and fire weather research and
development.--The Administrator shall support a wildland fire
and smoke research and development program with the goals of--
(A) improving the understanding, prediction,
detection, forecasting, monitoring, and assessments of
wildland fires and associated fire weather and smoke;
(B) developing products and services to meet
stakeholder needs;
(C) transitioning physical and social science
research into operations;
(D) improving modeling and technology, including
coupled fire-atmosphere fire behavior modeling; and
(E) better understanding of links between fire
weather events and subseasonal-to-climate impacts.
(7) Extramural research.--The Administrator shall
collaborate with and support the non-Federal wildland fire
research community, which includes institutions of higher
education, private entities, nongovernmental organizations, and
other relevant stakeholders, by making funds available through
competitive grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements.
(8) High performance computing.--The Administrator shall
acquire high performance computing technologies and
supercomputing technologies to conduct research and development
activities, support research to operations under this section,
and host operational fire and smoke forecast models.
(9) Incident meteorologist workforce assessment.--Not later
than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Science, Space,
and Technology in the House, and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation in the Senate the results of an
assessment of National Weather Service workforce and training
needs for Incident Meteorologists for wildland fires and other
extreme events and the potential need for more such Incident
Meteorologists. Such assessment shall take into consideration
information technology support, logistical and administrative
operations, future climate conditions, and feedback from
relevant stakeholders.
(d) Federal Emergency Management Agency.--The Administrator of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency shall--
(1) support--
(A) the development of risk assessment tools and
effective mitigation techniques for wildland fires;
(B) wildland fire-related data collection and
analysis;
(C) public outreach and information dissemination
related to wildland fires and wildland fire risk; and
(D) promotion of the adoption of wildland fire
preparedness and risk reduction measures, including for
households, businesses, and communities;
(2) work closely with standards development organizations
and building code organizations, in conjunction with the
National Institute of Standards and Technology, to promote the
implementation of research results and promote better buildings
and retrofit practices within the design and construction
industry, including architects, engineers, contractors,
builders, and inspectors; and
(3) acting through the United States Fire Administration--
(A) help translate new information and research
findings into best practices to improve the training of
firefighters in wildland fire firefighting; and
(B) conduct outreach and information dissemination
to fire departments regarding best practices for
wildland fire firefighting and training in wildland
fire firefighting.
(e) National Aeronautics and Space Administration.--The
responsibilities of the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (in this subsection referred to as the
``Administrator'') with respect to the Program are as follows:
(1) In general.--The Administrator shall, with respect to
the Program--
(A) support relevant basic and applied scientific
research and modeling;
(B) ensure the use in the Program of all relevant
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Earth
observations data for maximum utility;
(C) explore and apply novel tools and technologies
in the activities of the Program;
(D) support the translation of research to
operations, including to Program agencies and relevant
stakeholders; and
(E) facilitate the communication of wildland fire
research, knowledge, and tools to relevant
stakeholders.
(2) Wildland fire research and applications.--The
Administrator shall support basic and applied wildland fire
research and modeling activities, including competitively-
selected research, to--
(A) improve the understanding and prediction of
fire environments, wildland fires, associated smoke,
and their impacts;
(B) improve the understanding of the impacts of
climate change and variability on wildland fire risk,
frequency, and severity;
(C) characterize the pre-fire phase and fire-
inducing conditions, such as soil moisture and
vegetative fuel availability;
(D) characterize the active fire phase, such as
fire and smoke plume mapping, fire behavior and spread
modeling, and domestic and global fire activity;
(E) characterize the post-fire phase, such as
landscape changes, air quality, erosion, landslides,
and impacts on carbon distributions in forest biomass;
(F) contribute to advancing predictive wildland
fire models;
(G) address other relevant investigations and
measurements prioritized by the National Academies of
Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Decadal Survey on
Earth Science and Applications from Space;
(H) improve the translation of research knowledge
into actionable information;
(I) develop research and data products, including
maps, decision-support information, and tools, and
support related training as appropriate and
practicable;
(J) collaborate with other Program agencies and
relevant stakeholders, as appropriate, on joint
research and development projects, including research
grant solicitations and field campaigns; and
(K) transition research advances to operations,
including to Program agencies and relevant
stakeholders, as practicable.
(3) Wildland fire data systems and computational tools.--
(A) In general.--The Administrator shall--
(i) identify, from the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration's Earth science data
systems, data, including combined data
products, that can contribute to improving the
understanding, monitoring, prediction, and
mitigation of wildland fires and their impacts,
including data related to fire weather, plume
dynamics, smoke and fire behavior, impacts of
climate change and variability, land and
property burned, wildlife and ecosystem
destruction, among other areas;
(ii) prioritize the dissemination of data
identified under this subparagraph to the
widest extent practicable to support relevant
research and operational stakeholders;
(iii) consider opportunities to support the
Program under section 2 and the Program
activities under section 3 when planning and
developing Earth observation satellites,
instruments, and airborne measurement
platforms;
(iv) identify opportunities, in
collaboration with Program agencies and
relevant stakeholders, as practicable and
appropriate, to acquire additional airborne and
space-based data and observations that may
enhance or supplement the understanding,
monitoring, prediction, and mitigation of
wildland fire risks, and the relevant Program
activities under section 3; and
(v) lead, in collaboration with Program
agencies, the development of a Wildland Fire
Risk Reduction Scientific Data Collaboration
Environment for the purposes of accelerating
the understanding and prediction of wildland
fires and to facilitate communications and
outreach on wildland fire data, science, and
risk to Program agencies and relevant
stakeholders.
(B) Data collaboration environment
specifications.--The Wildland Fire Risk Reduction
Scientific Data Collaboration Environment under clause
(v) of subparagraph (A) shall be--
(i) a publicly available means of accessing
Program agencies' wildland fire risk scientific
data related to active wildland fires; and
(ii) comprised of observations, available
real-time and near-real-time measurements,
derived science and data products, such as risk
and spread maps, and other relevant decision
support and information tools.
(4) Novel tools for active wildland fire monitoring and
risk mitigation.--The Administrator, in collaboration with
other Program agencies and relevant stakeholders shall apply
novel tools and technologies to support active wildland fire
research, monitoring, mitigation, and risk reduction, as
practicable and appropriate. In particular, the Administrator
shall:
(A) Establish a program to develop and demonstrate
a unified concept of operations for the safe and
effective deployment of diverse air capabilities in
active wildland fire monitoring, mitigation, and risk
reduction. The objectives of the Program shall be to--
(i) develop a wildland fire airspace
operations system accounting for piloted
aircraft, uncrewed aerial systems, and other
new and emerging capabilities such as
autonomous and high-altitude assets;
(ii) develop an interoperable
communications strategy to support such system;
(iii) develop a roadmap for the on-ramping
of new technologies, capabilities, or entities
into such system;
(iv) identify additional development,
testing, and demonstration that would be
required to expand the scale of operations of
such system;
(v) identify actions that would be required
to transition the program into ongoing,
operational use; and
(vi) identify other objectives for such
system, as deemed appropriate by the
Administrator.
(B) Develop and demonstrate affordable and
deployable sensing technologies, in consultation with
other Program agencies and relevant stakeholders, to
improve the monitoring of fire fuel and active wildland
fires, wildland fire behavior models and forecast,
mapping efforts, and the prediction and mitigation of
wildland fires and their impacts. The Administrator
shall--
(i) test and demonstrate technologies such
as infrared, microwave, and active sensors
suitable for deployment on spacecraft,
aircraft, and uncrewed aerial systems, as
appropriate and practicable;
(ii) develop and demonstrate affordable and
deployable sensing technologies that can be
transitioned to operations for collection of
near-real-time localized measurements;
(iii) identify opportunities and actions
required, in collaboration with Program
agencies and relevant stakeholders, to
transition relevant technologies, techniques,
and data to science operations, upon successful
demonstration of the feasibility and scientific
utility of the sensors and data;
(iv) transition demonstrated technologies,
techniques, and data into ongoing, operational
use, including to Program agencies and relevant
stakeholders; and
(v) prioritize and facilitate, to the
greatest extent practicable, the dissemination
of these science data to operations, including
to Program agencies and relevant stakeholders.
(f) Environmental Protection Agency.--The Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency shall support environmental research
and development activities to--
(1) improve the understanding of--
(A) wildland fire and smoke impacts on communities,
and on water and outdoor and indoor air quality;
(B) wildland fire smoke plume characteristics,
chemical transformation, and transport;
(C) wildland fire and smoke impacts to contaminant
containment and remediation;
(D) the contribution of wildland fire emissions to
climate forcing emissions;
(E) differences between the impacts of prescribed
fires compared to other wildland fires on communities
and air and water quality; and
(F) climate change and variability on wildland
fires and smoke plumes, including on smoke exposure;
(2) develop and improve tools, sensors, and technologies
including databases and computational models, to accelerate the
understanding, monitoring, and prediction of wildland fires and
smoke exposure;
(3) better integrate observational data into wildland fire
and smoke characterization models to improve modeling at finer
temporal and spatial resolution; and
(4) improve communication of wildland fire and smoke risk
reduction strategies to the public in coordination with
relevant stakeholders and other Federal agencies.
(g) Department of Energy.--The Secretary of Energy shall carry out
activities to research and develop tools, techniques, and technologies
for--
(1) withstanding and addressing the current and projected
impact of wildland fires on energy sector infrastructure;
(2) providing real-time or near-time awareness of the risks
posed by wildland fires to the operation of energy
infrastructure in affected and potentially affected areas;
(3) early detection of malfunctioning electrical equipment
on the transmission and distribution grid, including detection
of spark ignition causing wildland fires;
(4) assisting with the planning, safe execution of, and
safe and timely restoration of power after emergency power shut
offs following wildland fires started by grid infrastructure;
(5) improving electric grid and energy sector safety and
resilience in the event of multiple simultaneous or co-located
weather or climate events leading to extreme conditions, such
as extreme wind, wildland fires, extreme cold, and extreme
heat;
(6) coordinating data across relevant entities to promote
resilience and wildland fire prevention in the planning,
design, construction, operation, and maintenance of
transmission infrastructure; and
(7) considering optimal building energy efficiency
practices, as practicable, in wildland fire research.
SEC. 7. BUDGET ACTIVITIES.
The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology,
the Director of the National Science Foundation, the Administrator of
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Director of
the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Administrator of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency, and the Secretary of Energy shall each
include in the annual budget request to Congress of each respective
agency a description of the projected activities of such agency under
the Program for the fiscal year covered by the budget request and an
estimate of the amount such agency plans to spend on such activities
for the relevant fiscal year.
SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of
the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
(2) Program.--The term ``Program'' means the Program
established under section 2.
(3) Program agencies.--The term ``Program agencies'' means
any Federal agency with responsibilities under the Program.
(4) Stakeholders.--The term ``stakeholders'' means any
public or private organization engaged in addressing wildland
fires, associated smoke, and their impacts, and shall include
relevant Federal agencies, States, territories, Tribes, State
and local governments, businesses, not-for-profit
organizations, including national standards and building code
organizations, firefighting departments and organizations,
academia, and other users of wildland fire data products.
(5) Wildland fire.--The term ``wildland fire'' means any
non-structure fire that occurs in vegetation or natural fuels
and includes wildfires and prescribed fires.
(6) Wildland-urban interface.--The term ``Wildland-Urban
Interface'' has the meaning given such term in section 4(11) of
the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C.
2203(11)).
(7) Fire environment.--The term ``fire environment'' means
surrounding conditions, influences, and modifying forces of
topography, fuel, and weather that determine fire behavior.
SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) National Institute of Standards and Technology.--There are
authorized to be appropriated to the National Institute of Standards
and Technology for carrying out this Act--
(1) $35,800,000 for fiscal year 2022;
(2) $36,100,000 for fiscal year 2023;
(3) $36,400,000 for fiscal year 2024;
(4) $36,700,000 for fiscal year 2025; and
(5) $37,100,000 for fiscal year 2026.
(b) National Science Foundation.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the National Science Foundation for carrying out this
Act--
(1) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;
(2) $53,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;
(3) $56,200,000 for fiscal year 2024;
(4) $59,600,000 for fiscal year 2025; and
(5) $63,100,000 for fiscal year 2026.
(c) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.--There are
authorized to be appropriated to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration for carrying out this Act--
(1) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;
(2) $215,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;
(3) $220,000,000 for fiscal year 2024;
(4) $230,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and
(5) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.
(d) National Aeronautics and Space Administration.--There are
authorized to be appropriated to the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration for carrying out this Act--
(1) $95,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;
(2) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;
(3) $110,000,000 for fiscal year 2024;
(4) $110,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and
(5) $110,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.
(e) Environmental Protection Agency.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Environmental Protection Agency for carrying out
this Act--
(1) $11,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;
(2) $11,700,000 for fiscal year 2023;
(3) $12,400,000 for fiscal year 2024;
(4) $13,100,000 for fiscal year 2025; and
(5) $13,900,000 for fiscal year 2026.
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