,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #adb #aahth  
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #cfi 
,report ,no4 #aah-agh ,,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       
,september #a1 #bjbc;,additional        
sponsors3 ,ms4 ,leger ,fernandez1 ,mr4  
,mike ,garcia of ,california1 and ,mr4  
,jackson of ,north ,carolina  ,september
 #a1 #bjbc,reported with an amendment1  
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed,strike
 out all after the enacting clause and  
insert the part printed in italic,for   
text of introduced bill1 see copy of    
bill as introduced on ,january #ag1     
#bjbc  ,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 ,research on  
wildland fire communications and        
information dissemination  7a7 ,in      
general  7#a7 ,public safety research   
,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 the following3 7,a7     
,public safety communication            
coordination standards among ,federal1  
,state1 ,tribal1 and local wildland     
firefighters1 fire management response  
officials1 and member agencies4  7,b7   
,improving and integrating existing     
communications systems to transmit      
secure real-time data1 alerts1 and      

advisories to and from fire management  
response officials and wildland         
firefighters4  7#b7 ,field testing and  
measurement of information dissemination
 and technology ,the ,public ,safety and
 ,communications ,research ,division1 in
 consultation with the ,fire ,research  
,division and member agencies1 shall    
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   
useful and secure real-time data among  
member agencies1 fire management        
response officials1 and wildland        
firefighters1 based on findings from    
research under subsection 7a74  7b7     
,recommendations  7#a7 ,in general ,the 
,director shall develop and publish     
recommendations to improve public safety
 communication coordination standards   
among wildland first responders and fire
 management response officials4  7#b7   
,transmittal ,the ,director shall       

transmit the recommendations under      
paragraph 7#a7 to the ,office of        
,management and ,budget and the ,office 
of ,science and ,technology ,policy for 
member agencies to implement4  7#c7     
,reporting requirements  7,a7 ,in       
general ,the ,director shall submit to  
the ,committee on ,science1 ,space1 and 
,technology of the ,house of            
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
 of the ,senate a report containing the 
recommendations published under         
paragraph 7#a74  7,b7 ,implementation   
,not later than #a year after the date  
of the publication of the ,director's   
recommendations under paragraph 7#a71   
the ,comptroller ,general of the ,united
 ,states shall submit to the ,committee 
on ,science1 ,space1 and ,technology of 
the ,house of ,representatives and the  
,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and  
,transportation of the ,senate a report 
on the extent to which member agencies  
have implemented such recommendations4  

7c7 ,funding ,from amounts made         
available to the ,national ,institute of
 ,standards and ,technology1 the        
,director shall allocate #c1jjj1jjj for 
each of fiscal years #bjbd through #bjbh
 to carry out this section4  7d7        
,definitions ,in this section3 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 private sector      
entities that manufacture communications
 technologies used by ,federal1 ,state1 
,tribal1 or local wildland fire         
authorities4  ,september #a1            
#bjbc,reported with an amendment1       
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed