,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ejaj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #ac1         
#bjba,mr4 ,garcia of ,california 7for   
himself1 ,mrs4 ,kim of ,california1 ,ms4
 ,brownley1 and ,ms4 ,chu7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,science1 ,space1  
and ,technology  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct  
the ,administrator of the ,national     
,oceanic and ,atmospheric               
,administration to maintain a program   
that improves wildfire forecasting and  
detection1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,fire ,information and ,reaction    
,enhancement ,act or the ,,fire ,act4   
#b4 ,wildfire forecasting and detection 
7a7 ,in general ,the ,administrator of  
the ,national ,oceanic and ,atmospheric 
,administration1 in collaboration with  
the ,united ,states weather industry and
 such academic entities as the          
,administrator considers appropriate1   
shall establish and maintain a program  

within such ,administration to improve  
wildfire forecasting and detection4  7b7
 ,goals ,the goals of the program       
maintained under subsection 7a7 shall be
 to develop and extend accurate wildfire
 forecasts and warnings in order to     
reduce loss of life1 injury1 property1  
and damage to the economy1 with a focus 
on-- 7#a7 improving the prediction of   
intensification and spread of wildfires2
  7#b7 improving the forecast and       
communication of smoke dispersion from  
wildfires2  7#c7 improving information  
dissemination and risk communication to 
create more effective watch and warning 
products2 and  7#d7 improving the early 
detection of wildfires to contain their 
growth and mitigate damages4  7c7       
,elements ,in order to meet the goals   
outlined in subsection 7b71 the         
,administrator is authorized to conduct 
development1 testing1 and deployment    
activities related to-- 7#a7 advanced   
satellite detection products2  7#b7     
grid-based assessments and outlooks of  

fuel moisture and danger levels2  7#c7  
coupled atmosphere and fire modeling    
systems2  7#d7 systems to link climate  
predictions to achievable land          
management decisions2 and  7#e7 improved
 spatial and temporal resolution        
observations in high latitudes4  7d7    
,construction authorization  7#a7 ,in   
general ,not later than #ahj days after 
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,assistant ,administrator for the       
,office of ,oceanic and ,atmospheric    
,research shall establish a program to  
create one or more weather research     
testbeds1 in partnership with industry  
and academic partners1 to develop       
improved detection of and forecast      
capabilities for wildfire events and    
their impacts4  7#b7 ,resources ,in     
carrying out the program under paragraph
 7#a71 the ,assistant ,administrator may
 not take resources for such testbeds   
from the ,national ,oceanic and         
,atmospheric ,administration cooperative
 institutes in existence as of the date 

of enactment of this ,act4  7e7         
,authorization of appropriations ,there 
is authorized to be appropriated        
#ae1jjj1jjj for fiscal year #bjbb to    
carry out the program under subsection  
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