,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cfi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #ag1        
#bjbc,mrs4 ,kim of ,california 7for     
herself1 ,ms4 ,stansbury1 and ,mr4      
,neguse7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,science1 ,space1 and ,technology  ,a   
,,bill  ,to require the ,national       
,institute of ,standards and ,technology
 to conduct research on public safety   
communication coordination standards    
among wildland firefighters and fire    
management response officials4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,,nist ,wildland ,fire              
,communications and ,information        
,dissemination ,act4  #b4 ,definitions  
,in this ,act3 7#a7 ,director ,the term 
,director means the ,director of the    
,national ,institute of ,standards and  
,technology4  7#b7 ,member agency ,the  
term member agency means a member agency
 of the ,national ,interagency ,fire    
,center1 including the ,bureau of       

,indian ,affairs1 ,bureau of ,land      
,management1 ,national ,park ,service1  
,national ,oceanic and ,atmospheric     
,administration1 ,u4,s4 ,fish and       
,wildlife ,service1 ,forest ,service1   
,united ,states ,fire ,administration1  
and the ,department of ,defense4  7#c7  
,wildland firefighter ,the term wildland
 firefighter means any person who       
participates in wildland firefighting   
activities4  7#d7 ,fire management      
response officials ,the term fire       
management response officials means     
regional fire directors1 deputy regional
 fire directors1 agency officials who   
directly oversee fire operations1 fire  
management officers1 and individuals    
serving on incident management teams4   
7#e7 ,technology manufacturers ,the term
 technology manufacturers means         
companies that manufacture              
communications technologies used by     
,federal1 ,state1 ,tribal1 and local    
wildland fire authorities4  #c4         
,research  7a7 ,requirement ,to conduct 

research on public safety ,not later    
than #fj days after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 the ,director1  
acting through the head of the ,public  
,safety and ,communications ,research   
,division and in consultation with the  
,fire ,research ,division and technology
 manufacturers1 shall carry out research
 on-- 7#a7 public safety communication  
coordination standards among ,federal1  
,state1 ,tribal1 and local wildland     
firefighters1 fire management response  
officials1 and member agencies2 and     
7#b7 improving and integrating existing 
communications systems to transmit      
secure real-time data1 alerts1 and      
advisories to fire management response  
officials and wildland firefighters4    
7b7 ,requirement ,to conduct field      
testing of information dissemination and
 technology ,the ,public ,safety and    
,communications ,research ,division1 in 
consultation with the ,fire ,research   
,division and member agencies1 will     
conduct both live and virtual field     

testing of equipment1 software1 and     
other technologies to determine current 
times of information dissemination and  
develop standards for the delivery of   
real-time data among member agencies1   
fire management response officials1 and 
wildland firefighters based on findings 
from research under subsection 7a74  #d4
 ,recommendations  7a7 ,requirement ,to 
develop and provide recommendations ,the
 ,director shall develop and publish    
recommendations for member agencies to  
improve public safety communication     
coordination standards among wildland   
first responders and fire management    
response officials4  7b7 ,requirement   
,to provide recommendations to the      
office of management and budget1 the    
office of science and technology policy1
 and member agencies ,the ,director     
shall provide recommendations to the    
,office of ,management and ,budget and  
the ,office of ,science and ,technology 
,police to assist member agencies with  
the implementation of the               

recommendations in subsection 7a74  #e4 
,reporting requirements  7a7            
,requirement ,to report research        
findings and recommendations ,the       
,director shall provide the             
recommendations published under section 
#d7;a7 to the ,house ,committee on      
,science1 ,space1 and ,technology and   
the ,senate ,committee on ,commerce1    
,science1 and ,transportation4  7b7     
,requirement ,to report on the          
implementation of recommendations ,not  
later than #a year after the date of the
 publication of the ,director's         
recommendations1 the ,government        
,accountability ,office shall produce a 
report on the extent to which member    
agencies have implemented the           
,director's recommendations4  #f4       
,authorization of appropriations ,there 
are authorized to be appropriated to the
 ,national ,institute of ,standards and 
,technology #c1jjj1jjj for each of      
fiscal years #bjbd through #bjbh to     
carry out this section4