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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 647 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require the Secretary of Commerce to create regional wildland fire research |
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| 6 | 6 | | centers, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY20, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. L |
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| 10 | 10 | | UJA´N(for himself, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. SHEEHY, and Mr. PADILLA) in- |
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| 11 | 11 | | troduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com- |
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| 12 | 12 | | mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To require the Secretary of Commerce to create regional |
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| 15 | 15 | | wildland fire research centers, and for other purposes. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Regional Leadership 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | in Wildland Fire Research Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | In this Act: 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) A |
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| 24 | 24 | | DMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | trator’’ means the Administrator of the National 9 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | gress’’ means— 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | and Transportation, the Committee on Energy 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | and Natural Resources, and the Committee on 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Appropriations of the Senate; 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (B) the Committee on Science, Space, and 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Technology, the Committee on Natural Re-9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | sources, and the Committee on Appropriations 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | of the House of Representatives; and 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (C) any other committee of Congress with 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | the authority to facilitate the development of 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | wildland fire research. 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (3) B |
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| 45 | 45 | | OARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the Na-15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | tional Center Coordination Board established by sec-16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | tion 3(c)(1). 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (4) C |
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| 49 | 49 | | AREER PATHWAY .—The term ‘‘career 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | pathway’’ has the meaning given that term in sec-19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | tion 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (5) C |
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| 54 | 54 | | HIEF.—The term ‘‘Chief’’ means the Chief 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | of the Forest Service. 23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (6) C |
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| 57 | 57 | | OUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Council’’ means the 24 |
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| 58 | 58 | | Wildland Fire Leadership Council established by the 25 |
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| 62 | 62 | | Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agri-1 |
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| 63 | 63 | | culture. 2 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (7) F |
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| 65 | 65 | | EDERAL SCIENCE AGENCY .—The term 3 |
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| 66 | 66 | | ‘‘Federal science agency’’ has the meaning given 4 |
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| 67 | 67 | | that term in section 103(f) of the America COM-5 |
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| 68 | 68 | | PETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 6 |
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| 69 | 69 | | 6623(f)). 7 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (8) I |
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| 71 | 71 | | NDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 8 |
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| 72 | 72 | | has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 9 |
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| 73 | 73 | | Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 10 |
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| 74 | 74 | | Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 11 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (9) I |
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| 76 | 76 | | NSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION .—The 12 |
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| 77 | 77 | | term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 13 |
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| 78 | 78 | | meaning given that term in section 101(a) of the 14 |
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| 79 | 79 | | Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 15 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (10) L |
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| 81 | 81 | | AND-GRANT COLLEGES AND UNIVER -16 |
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| 82 | 82 | | SITIES.—The term ‘‘land-grant colleges and univer-17 |
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| 83 | 83 | | sities’’ has the meaning given that term in section 18 |
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| 84 | 84 | | 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Exten-19 |
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| 85 | 85 | | sion, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 20 |
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| 86 | 86 | | 3103). 21 |
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| 87 | 87 | | (11) M |
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| 88 | 88 | | INORITY-SERVING INSTITUTION .—The 22 |
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| 89 | 89 | | term ‘‘minority-serving institution’’ means an insti-23 |
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| 90 | 90 | | tution defined in any of paragraphs (1) through (7) 24 |
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| 94 | 94 | | of section 371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1 |
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| 95 | 95 | | 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)). 2 |
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| 96 | 96 | | (12) N |
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| 97 | 97 | | ATIONAL LABORATORY .—The term ‘‘Na-3 |
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| 98 | 98 | | tional Laboratory’’ has the meaning given that term 4 |
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| 99 | 99 | | in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 5 |
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| 100 | 100 | | U.S.C. 15801). 6 |
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| 101 | 101 | | (13) R |
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| 102 | 102 | | EGIONAL CENTER.—The term ‘‘regional 7 |
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| 103 | 103 | | center’’ means a regional wildland fire research cen-8 |
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| 104 | 104 | | ter established under section 3. 9 |
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| 105 | 105 | | (14) S |
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| 106 | 106 | | EASONAL.—The term ‘‘seasonal’’ means 10 |
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| 107 | 107 | | a time range between 3 months and 2 years. 11 |
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| 108 | 108 | | (15) S |
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| 109 | 109 | | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 12 |
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| 110 | 110 | | means the Secretary of Commerce. 13 |
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| 111 | 111 | | (16) S |
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| 112 | 112 | | UBSEASONAL.—The term ‘‘subseasonal’’ 14 |
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| 113 | 113 | | means a time range between 2 weeks and 3 months. 15 |
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| 114 | 114 | | (17) T |
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| 115 | 115 | | RIBAL ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘Trib-16 |
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| 116 | 116 | | al organization’’ has the meaning given that term in 17 |
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| 117 | 117 | | section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-18 |
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| 118 | 118 | | cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 19 |
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| 119 | 119 | | (18) W |
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| 120 | 120 | | ILDLAND FIRE.—The term ‘‘wildland 20 |
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| 121 | 121 | | fire’’ means any non-structure fire that occurs in 21 |
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| 122 | 122 | | vegetation or natural fuels and includes wildfires 22 |
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| 123 | 123 | | originating from an unplanned ignition or prescribed 23 |
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| 124 | 124 | | fire. 24 |
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| 128 | 128 | | (19) WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT AGEN -1 |
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| 129 | 129 | | CIES.—The term ‘‘wildland fire management agen-2 |
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| 130 | 130 | | cies’’ means— 3 |
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| 131 | 131 | | (A) the Forest Service; 4 |
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| 132 | 132 | | (B) the Bureau of Land Management; 5 |
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| 133 | 133 | | (C) the National Park Service; 6 |
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| 134 | 134 | | (D) the United States Fish and Wildlife 7 |
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| 135 | 135 | | Service; and 8 |
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| 136 | 136 | | (E) the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 9 |
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| 137 | 137 | | (20) W |
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| 138 | 138 | | ILDLAND FIRE RESEARCH .—The term 10 |
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| 139 | 139 | | ‘‘wildland fire research’’ means research to better 11 |
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| 140 | 140 | | understand— 12 |
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| 141 | 141 | | (A) the causes and consequences of 13 |
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| 142 | 142 | | wildland fires, including antecedent and con-14 |
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| 143 | 143 | | temporaneous factors that increase the risk of 15 |
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| 144 | 144 | | catastrophic events; 16 |
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| 145 | 145 | | (B) the spread and behavior of wildland 17 |
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| 146 | 146 | | fires, including fires in the wildland-urban 18 |
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| 147 | 147 | | interface; 19 |
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| 148 | 148 | | (C) the efficacy of mitigation strategies for 20 |
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| 149 | 149 | | wildland fires; 21 |
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| 150 | 150 | | (D) the impact of wildland fires on public 22 |
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| 151 | 151 | | health, safety, and the environment; 23 |
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| 152 | 152 | | (E) the rehabilitation and restoration of 24 |
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| 153 | 153 | | affected ecosystems after wildland fires; and 25 |
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| 157 | 157 | | (F) the development of mitigation strate-1 |
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| 158 | 158 | | gies and techniques to improve the safety of 2 |
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| 159 | 159 | | wildland fire managers and firefighters. 3 |
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| 160 | 160 | | SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL WILDLAND FIRE 4 |
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| 161 | 161 | | RESEARCH CENTERS. 5 |
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| 162 | 162 | | (a) I |
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| 163 | 163 | | NGENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordination 6 |
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| 164 | 164 | | with the Administrator and the Chief, shall establish a 7 |
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| 165 | 165 | | competitive process for the selection and establishment of 8 |
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| 166 | 166 | | regional wildland fire research centers in accordance with 9 |
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| 167 | 167 | | subsection (b). 10 |
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| 168 | 168 | | (b) S |
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| 169 | 169 | | ELECTION ANDESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL 11 |
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| 170 | 170 | | C |
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| 171 | 171 | | ENTERS.— 12 |
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| 172 | 172 | | (1) I |
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| 173 | 173 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall select 13 |
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| 174 | 174 | | not fewer than 7 institutions of higher education or 14 |
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| 175 | 175 | | land-grant colleges and universities at which to es-15 |
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| 176 | 176 | | tablish a regional center to coordinate the develop-16 |
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| 177 | 177 | | ment of wildland fire research. 17 |
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| 178 | 178 | | (2) C |
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| 179 | 179 | | RITERIA FOR SELECTION.— 18 |
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| 180 | 180 | | (A) I |
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| 181 | 181 | | N GENERAL.—In establishing a re-19 |
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| 182 | 182 | | gional center at an institution of higher edu-20 |
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| 183 | 183 | | cation or land-grant college or university under 21 |
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| 184 | 184 | | this section, the Secretary shall prioritize the 22 |
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| 185 | 185 | | selection of institutions, colleges, or universities 23 |
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| 186 | 186 | | that meet not fewer than one of the following 24 |
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| 187 | 187 | | criteria: 25 |
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| 191 | 191 | | (i) Have existing programs of record 1 |
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| 192 | 192 | | in wildland fire research. 2 |
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| 193 | 193 | | (ii) Have existing partnerships with 3 |
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| 194 | 194 | | research institutions of the Federal Gov-4 |
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| 195 | 195 | | ernment and other academic institutions 5 |
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| 196 | 196 | | and entities relating to wildland fire re-6 |
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| 197 | 197 | | search. 7 |
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| 198 | 198 | | (iii) Participate in or lead a program 8 |
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| 199 | 199 | | under the Joint Fire Science Program. 9 |
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| 200 | 200 | | (iv) Are a minority-serving institution. 10 |
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| 201 | 201 | | (B) R |
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| 202 | 202 | | EGIONS.—The Secretary shall estab-11 |
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| 203 | 203 | | lish not fewer than one regional center in each 12 |
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| 204 | 204 | | of the following regions of the United States: 13 |
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| 205 | 205 | | (i) Alaska. 14 |
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| 206 | 206 | | (ii) California. 15 |
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| 207 | 207 | | (iii) The Northern Rockies. 16 |
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| 208 | 208 | | (iv) The Pacific Northwest. 17 |
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| 209 | 209 | | (v) The Pacific Islands. 18 |
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| 210 | 210 | | (vi) The Southeast. 19 |
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| 211 | 211 | | (vii) The Southwest. 20 |
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| 212 | 212 | | (3) P |
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| 213 | 213 | | URPOSE.—Each regional center, with re-21 |
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| 214 | 214 | | spect to the region covered by the regional center, 22 |
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| 215 | 215 | | shall— 23 |
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| 216 | 216 | | (A) to the extent practical, coordinate re-24 |
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| 217 | 217 | | search with other wildland fire research entities, 25 |
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| 221 | 221 | | such as other academic institutions, the Envi-1 |
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| 222 | 222 | | ronmental Protection Agency, the National 2 |
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| 223 | 223 | | Science Foundation, the National Aeronautics 3 |
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| 224 | 224 | | and Space Administration, the Department of 4 |
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| 225 | 225 | | Energy, the United States Geological Survey, 5 |
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| 226 | 226 | | and State and regional research organizations; 6 |
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| 227 | 227 | | (B) improve the understanding of wildland 7 |
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| 228 | 228 | | fire through wildland fire research that can be 8 |
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| 229 | 229 | | applied by wildland fire management agencies; 9 |
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| 230 | 230 | | (C) develop technologies and other tools to 10 |
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| 231 | 231 | | understand, monitor, and predict wildland fire, 11 |
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| 232 | 232 | | including— 12 |
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| 233 | 233 | | (i) models to predict fire potential and 13 |
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| 234 | 234 | | the spread and behavior of wildland fire 14 |
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| 235 | 235 | | and smoke; 15 |
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| 236 | 236 | | (ii) models to predict how vegetation 16 |
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| 237 | 237 | | will respond to changes in the environment 17 |
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| 238 | 238 | | and wildland fire; 18 |
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| 239 | 239 | | (iii) the integration of technologies to 19 |
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| 240 | 240 | | predict the spread and behavior of wildland 20 |
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| 241 | 241 | | fire and smoke in as near-real-time as pos-21 |
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| 242 | 242 | | sible; and 22 |
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| 243 | 243 | | (iv) other innovations to be integrated 23 |
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| 244 | 244 | | into operational decision support systems 24 |
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| 245 | 245 | | relating to wildland fire; 25 |
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| 249 | 249 | | (D) develop technologies and other tools to 1 |
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| 250 | 250 | | safely support land treatments to reduce the se-2 |
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| 251 | 251 | | verity of wildland fire; 3 |
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| 252 | 252 | | (E) leverage predictive capabilities to re-4 |
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| 253 | 253 | | duce the impact of smoke on communities and 5 |
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| 254 | 254 | | wildland firefighters; 6 |
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| 255 | 255 | | (F) improve the understanding of post-fire 7 |
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| 256 | 256 | | risk to the landscape, including flash flooding 8 |
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| 257 | 257 | | potential and watershed impacts; 9 |
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| 258 | 258 | | (G) test and operate models to support 10 |
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| 259 | 259 | | land management decision-making, including 11 |
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| 260 | 260 | | through— 12 |
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| 261 | 261 | | (i) operating models to support man-13 |
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| 262 | 262 | | agement of wildland fire and vegetation; 14 |
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| 263 | 263 | | (ii) the demonstration of integration 15 |
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| 264 | 264 | | technologies to support management of 16 |
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| 265 | 265 | | wildland fire in as near-real-time as pos-17 |
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| 266 | 266 | | sible; and 18 |
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| 267 | 267 | | (iii) the incorporation of decision 19 |
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| 268 | 268 | | science and social science that examines 20 |
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| 269 | 269 | | the perception and adoption of information 21 |
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| 270 | 270 | | related to wildland fire risk; 22 |
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| 271 | 271 | | (H) develop a career pathway training pro-23 |
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| 272 | 272 | | gram with respect to carrying out wildland fire 24 |
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| 273 | 273 | | research; 25 |
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| 277 | 277 | | (I) develop data management protocols to 1 |
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| 278 | 278 | | allow for full and open exchange of data pursu-2 |
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| 279 | 279 | | ant to the principles of findability, accessibility, 3 |
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| 280 | 280 | | interoperability, and reusability (commonly re-4 |
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| 281 | 281 | | ferred to as the ‘‘FAIR principles’’) and archive 5 |
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| 282 | 282 | | and access that data; and 6 |
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| 283 | 283 | | (J) make its work and data fully and open-7 |
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| 284 | 284 | | ly available. 8 |
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| 285 | 285 | | (c) N |
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| 286 | 286 | | ATIONALCENTERCOORDINATIONBOARD.— 9 |
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| 287 | 287 | | (1) E |
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| 288 | 288 | | STABLISHMENT.—There is established a 10 |
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| 289 | 289 | | coordination board, to be known as the ‘‘National 11 |
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| 290 | 290 | | Center Coordination Board’’. 12 |
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| 291 | 291 | | (2) C |
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| 292 | 292 | | OMPOSITION.— 13 |
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| 293 | 293 | | (A) M |
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| 294 | 294 | | EMBERS.— 14 |
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| 295 | 295 | | (i) I |
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| 296 | 296 | | N GENERAL.—The Board shall be 15 |
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| 297 | 297 | | composed of one member representing each 16 |
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| 298 | 298 | | regional center. 17 |
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| 299 | 299 | | (ii) A |
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| 300 | 300 | | PPOINTMENT.—Each member 18 |
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| 301 | 301 | | under clause (i) shall be selected by the 19 |
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| 302 | 302 | | relevant regional center. 20 |
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| 303 | 303 | | (B) C |
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| 304 | 304 | | HAIR.—The Administrator and the 21 |
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| 305 | 305 | | Chief shall serve as the Co-Chairs of the Board. 22 |
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| 306 | 306 | | (3) D |
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| 307 | 307 | | UTIES.—The Board shall— 23 |
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| 308 | 308 | | (A) establish wildland fire science, data 24 |
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| 314 | 314 | | each regional center and informed by the oper-2 |
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| 315 | 315 | | ational needs of wildland fire management 3 |
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| 316 | 316 | | agencies; 4 |
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| 317 | 317 | | (B) coordinate data collection efforts sup-5 |
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| 318 | 318 | | porting the efforts of each regional center, in-6 |
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| 319 | 319 | | cluding— 7 |
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| 320 | 320 | | (i) building data layers across each re-8 |
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| 321 | 321 | | gion described in subsection (b)(2)(B); and 9 |
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| 322 | 322 | | (ii) providing updates on the develop-10 |
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| 323 | 323 | | ment of wildland fire research models; 11 |
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| 324 | 324 | | (C) ensure the coordination of, and avoid 12 |
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| 325 | 325 | | unnecessary duplication of, the activities of the 13 |
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| 326 | 326 | | regional centers and the activities of institutions 14 |
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| 327 | 327 | | of higher education, land-grant colleges and 15 |
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| 328 | 328 | | universities, Federal science agencies, and State 16 |
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| 329 | 329 | | research organizations with respect to wildland 17 |
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| 330 | 330 | | fire research, including— 18 |
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| 331 | 331 | | (i) the National Oceanic and Atmos-19 |
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| 332 | 332 | | pheric Administration; 20 |
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| 333 | 333 | | (ii) the National Laboratories; 21 |
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| 334 | 334 | | (iii) the National Aeronautics and 22 |
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| 335 | 335 | | Space Administration; 23 |
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| 336 | 336 | | (iv) the Environmental Protection 24 |
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| 337 | 337 | | Agency; 25 |
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| 341 | 341 | | (v) the United States Fire Adminis-1 |
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| 342 | 342 | | tration; 2 |
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| 343 | 343 | | (vi) the United States Geological Sur-3 |
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| 344 | 344 | | vey; and 4 |
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| 345 | 345 | | (vii) any other relevant entity with 5 |
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| 346 | 346 | | specialized expertise in wildland fire re-6 |
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| 347 | 347 | | search; and 7 |
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| 348 | 348 | | (D) support end-to-end applications that 8 |
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| 349 | 349 | | assist wildland fire management agencies in 9 |
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| 350 | 350 | | adopting technologies and incorporating re-10 |
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| 351 | 351 | | search findings produced by the regional cen-11 |
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| 352 | 352 | | ters. 12 |
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| 353 | 353 | | (4) M |
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| 354 | 354 | | EETINGS.— 13 |
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| 355 | 355 | | (A) B |
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| 356 | 356 | | OARD MEETINGS.—The Board shall 14 |
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| 357 | 357 | | meet quarterly. 15 |
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| 358 | 358 | | (B) P |
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| 359 | 359 | | UBLIC MEETINGS.— 16 |
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| 360 | 360 | | (i) I |
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| 361 | 361 | | N GENERAL.—The Board shall 17 |
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| 362 | 362 | | hold public meetings with affected stake-18 |
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| 363 | 363 | | holders to solicit information from the gen-19 |
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| 364 | 364 | | eral public regarding the development and 20 |
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| 365 | 365 | | implications of wildland fire research. 21 |
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| 366 | 366 | | (ii) F |
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| 367 | 367 | | REQUENCY.—Not less frequently 22 |
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| 368 | 368 | | than annually, the Board shall hold at 23 |
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| 369 | 369 | | least one public meeting in each State cov-24 |
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| 373 | 373 | | ered by a region described in subsection 1 |
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| 374 | 374 | | (b)(2)(B). 2 |
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| 375 | 375 | | (5) T |
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| 376 | 376 | | ERM.—A member of the Board shall be 3 |
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| 377 | 377 | | appointed for a term of 4 years, except that of the 4 |
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| 378 | 378 | | members first appointed, the Secretary shall ensure 5 |
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| 379 | 379 | | that approximately— 6 |
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| 380 | 380 | | (A) |
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| 381 | 381 | | 1 |
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| 382 | 382 | | ⁄3of members are appointed for a 7 |
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| 383 | 383 | | term of 4 years; 8 |
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| 384 | 384 | | (B) |
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| 385 | 385 | | 1 |
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| 386 | 386 | | ⁄3of members are appointed for a 9 |
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| 387 | 387 | | term of 3 years; and 10 |
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| 388 | 388 | | (C) |
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| 389 | 389 | | 1 |
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| 390 | 390 | | ⁄3of members are appointed for a 11 |
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| 391 | 391 | | term of 2 years. 12 |
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| 392 | 392 | | (6) V |
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| 393 | 393 | | ACANCIES.— 13 |
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| 394 | 394 | | (A) I |
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| 395 | 395 | | N GENERAL.—A vacancy on the 14 |
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| 396 | 396 | | Board— 15 |
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| 397 | 397 | | (i) shall not affect the powers of the 16 |
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| 398 | 398 | | Board; and 17 |
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| 399 | 399 | | (ii) shall be filled in the same manner 18 |
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| 400 | 400 | | as the original appointment was made by 19 |
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| 401 | 401 | | not later than 180 days after the date on 20 |
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| 402 | 402 | | which the vacancy occurs. 21 |
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| 403 | 403 | | (B) F |
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| 404 | 404 | | ILLING UNEXPIRED TERM .—An indi-22 |
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| 405 | 405 | | vidual chosen to fill a vacancy shall be ap-23 |
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| 406 | 406 | | pointed for the unexpired term of the member 24 |
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| 407 | 407 | | replaced. 25 |
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| 411 | 411 | | (7) RECOMMENDATIONS .—Not less frequently 1 |
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| 412 | 412 | | than annually, the Board shall submit to the Sec-2 |
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| 413 | 413 | | retary and the Council recommendations to improve 3 |
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| 414 | 414 | | wildland fire research to be included in the report 4 |
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| 415 | 415 | | described in subsection (e). 5 |
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| 416 | 416 | | (d) A |
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| 417 | 417 | | DVISORYBOARDS.— 6 |
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| 418 | 418 | | (1) I |
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| 419 | 419 | | N GENERAL.—There is established an advi-7 |
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| 420 | 420 | | sory board at each regional center, to be known as 8 |
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| 421 | 421 | | the ‘‘Regional Advisory Board’’. 9 |
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| 422 | 422 | | (2) C |
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| 423 | 423 | | OMPOSITION.— 10 |
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| 424 | 424 | | (A) I |
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| 425 | 425 | | N GENERAL.—Each Regional Advi-11 |
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| 426 | 426 | | sory Board shall consist of members from, or 12 |
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| 427 | 427 | | with responsibility covering, the region covered 13 |
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| 428 | 428 | | by the relevant regional center, including at 14 |
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| 429 | 429 | | minimum— 15 |
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| 430 | 430 | | (i) one regional representative from 16 |
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| 431 | 431 | | each wildland fire management agency, ap-17 |
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| 432 | 432 | | pointed by that agency; 18 |
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| 433 | 433 | | (ii) one representative from the Coun-19 |
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| 434 | 434 | | cil, appointed by the Council; 20 |
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| 435 | 435 | | (iii) one representative from a State 21 |
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| 436 | 436 | | government agency from each State lo-22 |
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| 437 | 437 | | cated in that region, appointed by the Gov-23 |
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| 438 | 438 | | ernor of that State; 24 |
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| 442 | 442 | | (iv) one representative from an Indian 1 |
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| 443 | 443 | | Tribe or Tribal organization from that re-2 |
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| 444 | 444 | | gion, elected under subparagraph 3 |
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| 445 | 445 | | (B)(i)(II); and 4 |
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| 446 | 446 | | (v) additional representatives elected 5 |
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| 447 | 447 | | under subparagraph (B)(ii)(II). 6 |
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| 448 | 448 | | (B) E |
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| 449 | 449 | | LECTED MEMBERSHIP .— 7 |
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| 450 | 450 | | (i) T |
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| 451 | 451 | | RIBAL MEMBERSHIP.— 8 |
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| 452 | 452 | | (I) S |
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| 453 | 453 | | UBCOMMITTEE.—Each Re-9 |
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| 454 | 454 | | gional Advisory Board shall solicit and 10 |
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| 455 | 455 | | approve, on at least an annual basis, 11 |
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| 456 | 456 | | nominations for individuals from orga-12 |
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| 457 | 457 | | nizations specified in subparagraph 13 |
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| 458 | 458 | | (A)(iv) to serve as a representative on 14 |
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| 459 | 459 | | a subcommittee to the Regional Advi-15 |
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| 460 | 460 | | sory Board for the purposes of sub-16 |
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| 461 | 461 | | clause (II). 17 |
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| 462 | 462 | | (II) E |
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| 463 | 463 | | LECTION.—The sub-18 |
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| 464 | 464 | | committee described in subclause (I) 19 |
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| 465 | 465 | | for a Regional Advisory Board shall 20 |
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| 466 | 466 | | elect, on an annual basis, one member 21 |
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| 467 | 467 | | of the subcommittee to serve as a 22 |
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| 468 | 468 | | member of the Regional Advisory 23 |
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| 469 | 469 | | Board under subparagraph (A)(iv) for 24 |
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| 470 | 470 | | an annual term. 25 |
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| 474 | 474 | | (ii) ADDITIONAL MEMBERS .— 1 |
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| 475 | 475 | | (I) S |
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| 476 | 476 | | UBCOMMITTEE.—Each Re-2 |
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| 477 | 477 | | gional Advisory Board shall solicit and 3 |
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| 478 | 478 | | approve, on at least an annual basis, 4 |
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| 479 | 479 | | nominations for individuals with oper-5 |
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| 480 | 480 | | ational expertise in wildland fire miti-6 |
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| 481 | 481 | | gation and management to serve as a 7 |
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| 482 | 482 | | representative on a subcommittee to 8 |
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| 483 | 483 | | the Regional Advisory Board for the 9 |
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| 484 | 484 | | purposes of subclause (II), including 10 |
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| 485 | 485 | | representatives from, as applicable— 11 |
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| 486 | 486 | | (aa) institutions of higher 12 |
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| 487 | 487 | | education or land-grant colleges 13 |
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| 488 | 488 | | and universities; 14 |
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| 489 | 489 | | (bb) nongovernmental orga-15 |
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| 490 | 490 | | nizations; 16 |
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| 491 | 491 | | (cc) private industry; 17 |
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| 492 | 492 | | (dd) the wildland firefighter 18 |
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| 493 | 493 | | community, including organiza-19 |
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| 494 | 494 | | tions that represent the interests 20 |
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| 495 | 495 | | of wildland firefighters; and 21 |
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| 496 | 496 | | (ee) Southwest Ecological 22 |
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| 497 | 497 | | Restoration Institutes established 23 |
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| 498 | 498 | | under section 5(a) of the South-24 |
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| 499 | 499 | | west Forest Health and Wildfire 25 |
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| 504 | 504 | | U.S.C. 6704(a)). 2 |
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| 505 | 505 | | (II) E |
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| 506 | 506 | | LECTION.—The sub-3 |
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| 507 | 507 | | committee described in subclause (I) 4 |
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| 508 | 508 | | for a Regional Advisory Board may 5 |
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| 509 | 509 | | elect a member or members of the 6 |
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| 510 | 510 | | subcommittee to serve as a member of 7 |
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| 511 | 511 | | the Regional Advisory Board under 8 |
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| 512 | 512 | | subparagraph (A)(v) for an annual 9 |
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| 513 | 513 | | term. 10 |
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| 514 | 514 | | (3) C |
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| 515 | 515 | | OMPENSATION.—Each member of a Re-11 |
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| 516 | 516 | | gional Advisory Board shall serve on a voluntary 12 |
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| 517 | 517 | | basis without compensation. 13 |
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| 518 | 518 | | (4) D |
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| 519 | 519 | | UTIES.—Each Regional Advisory Board 14 |
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| 520 | 520 | | shall— 15 |
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| 521 | 521 | | (A) ensure and support the coordination of 16 |
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| 522 | 522 | | wildland fire research between the relevant re-17 |
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| 523 | 523 | | gional center and Federal and State land man-18 |
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| 524 | 524 | | agement agencies in that region; 19 |
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| 525 | 525 | | (B) communicate the operational needs of 20 |
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| 526 | 526 | | Federal and State land management agencies 21 |
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| 527 | 527 | | and wildland fire management agencies in that 22 |
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| 528 | 528 | | region to the relevant regional center and to the 23 |
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| 529 | 529 | | Board; 24 |
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| 533 | 533 | | (C) advise, in coordination with the rel-1 |
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| 534 | 534 | | evant regional center, on research goals and ob-2 |
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| 535 | 535 | | jectives; and 3 |
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| 536 | 536 | | (D) assist the relevant regional center with 4 |
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| 537 | 537 | | the dissemination of research outputs and data 5 |
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| 538 | 538 | | to Federal and State land management agencies 6 |
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| 539 | 539 | | and wildland fire management agencies in that 7 |
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| 540 | 540 | | region. 8 |
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| 541 | 541 | | (5) M |
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| 542 | 542 | | EETINGS.—Each Regional Advisory Board 9 |
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| 543 | 543 | | shall meet quarterly in conjunction with the Board 10 |
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| 544 | 544 | | meeting under subsection (c)(4)(A). 11 |
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| 545 | 545 | | (6) T |
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| 546 | 546 | | ERM.—Unless specified otherwise, a mem-12 |
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| 547 | 547 | | ber of a Regional Advisory Board shall serve for a 13 |
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| 548 | 548 | | term of 4 years. 14 |
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| 549 | 549 | | (7) V |
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| 550 | 550 | | ACANCIES.— 15 |
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| 551 | 551 | | (A) I |
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| 552 | 552 | | N GENERAL.—A vacancy on a Re-16 |
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| 553 | 553 | | gional Advisory Board— 17 |
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| 554 | 554 | | (i) shall not affect the powers of the 18 |
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| 555 | 555 | | Regional Advisory Board; and 19 |
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| 556 | 556 | | (ii) shall be filled in the same manner 20 |
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| 557 | 557 | | as the original appointment was made by 21 |
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| 558 | 558 | | not later than 180 days after the date on 22 |
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| 559 | 559 | | which the vacancy occurs. 23 |
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| 560 | 560 | | (B) F |
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| 561 | 561 | | ILLING UNEXPIRED TERM .—An indi-24 |
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| 562 | 562 | | vidual chosen to fill a vacancy shall be ap-25 |
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| 566 | 566 | | pointed for the unexpired term of the member 1 |
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| 567 | 567 | | replaced. 2 |
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| 568 | 568 | | (e) R |
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| 569 | 569 | | EPORT ONWILDLANDFIRERESEARCH.—Not 3 |
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| 570 | 570 | | later than each of 2 years and 4 years after the date of 4 |
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| 571 | 571 | | the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Council, 5 |
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| 572 | 572 | | in consultation with the Board, shall submit to the appro-6 |
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| 573 | 573 | | priate committees of Congress a report describing— 7 |
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| 574 | 574 | | (1) the progress each regional center has made 8 |
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| 575 | 575 | | in the development of wildland fire research; and 9 |
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| 576 | 576 | | (2) recommendations to improve wildland fire 10 |
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| 577 | 577 | | research. 11 |
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| 578 | 578 | | (f) C |
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| 579 | 579 | | ONSULTATION.—In carrying out the require-12 |
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| 580 | 580 | | ments of this section, the Secretary shall consult with— 13 |
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| 581 | 581 | | (1) Federal science agencies; 14 |
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| 582 | 582 | | (2) the Office of Science and Technology Policy; 15 |
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| 583 | 583 | | and 16 |
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| 584 | 584 | | (3) the Council. 17 |
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| 585 | 585 | | (g) A |
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| 586 | 586 | | UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.— 18 |
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| 587 | 587 | | (1) I |
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| 588 | 588 | | N GENERAL.— 19 |
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| 589 | 589 | | (A) R |
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| 590 | 590 | | EGIONAL CENTERS .—For estab-20 |
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| 591 | 591 | | lishing and administering the regional centers 21 |
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| 592 | 592 | | established under subsection (a), there is au-22 |
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| 593 | 593 | | thorized to be appropriated— 23 |
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| 594 | 594 | | (i) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; 24 |
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| 595 | 595 | | (ii) $61,000,000 for fiscal year 2027; 25 |
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| 599 | 599 | | (iii) $62,000,000 for fiscal year 2028; 1 |
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| 600 | 600 | | (iv) $63,000,000 for fiscal year 2029; 2 |
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| 601 | 601 | | and 3 |
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| 602 | 602 | | (v) $64,000,000 for fiscal year 2030. 4 |
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| 603 | 603 | | (B) B |
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| 604 | 604 | | OARD.—For the Board established 5 |
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| 605 | 605 | | under subsection (c), there is authorized to be 6 |
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| 606 | 606 | | appropriated $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 7 |
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| 607 | 607 | | 2026 through 2030. 8 |
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| 608 | 608 | | (2) E |
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| 609 | 609 | | LIGIBLE USE OF FUNDS .—A regional cen-9 |
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| 610 | 610 | | ter may use amounts appropriated pursuant to an 10 |
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| 611 | 611 | | authorization of appropriations under paragraph 11 |
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| 612 | 612 | | (1)(A) for construction or the acquisition of equip-12 |
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| 613 | 613 | | ment necessary to carry out the requirements of this 13 |
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| 614 | 614 | | Act. 14 |
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| 615 | 615 | | (3) F |
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| 616 | 616 | | LEXIBILITY.— 15 |
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| 617 | 617 | | (A) I |
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| 618 | 618 | | N GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-16 |
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| 619 | 619 | | graph (B), the Secretary shall adjust appropria-17 |
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| 620 | 620 | | tions under paragraph (1) between the regional 18 |
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| 621 | 621 | | centers established under subsection (a) as 19 |
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| 622 | 622 | | needed to account for differences in administra-20 |
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| 623 | 623 | | tive costs and research challenges specific to a 21 |
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| 624 | 624 | | particular region. 22 |
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| 625 | 625 | | (B) N |
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| 626 | 626 | | OTICE.—Before adjusting appropria-23 |
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| 627 | 627 | | tions under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year, 24 |
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| 628 | 628 | | the Administrator shall— 25 |
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| 632 | 632 | | (i) include that adjustment in the 1 |
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| 633 | 633 | | budget justification materials submitted by 2 |
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| 634 | 634 | | the Administrator and the Chief in support 3 |
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| 635 | 635 | | of the budget of the President (as sub-4 |
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| 636 | 636 | | mitted to Congress under section 1105 of 5 |
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| 637 | 637 | | title 31, United States Code) for that fiscal 6 |
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| 638 | 638 | | year; and 7 |
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| 639 | 639 | | (ii) provide notice of that adjustment 8 |
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| 640 | 640 | | to the appropriate committees of Congress. 9 |
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| 641 | 641 | | (4) T |
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| 642 | 642 | | RANSFER OF FUNDS .—A Federal science 10 |
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| 643 | 643 | | agency may transfer, as necessary, additional appro-11 |
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| 644 | 644 | | priated amounts to a regional center for the purpose 12 |
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| 645 | 645 | | of carrying out wildland fire research described in 13 |
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| 646 | 646 | | subsection (b)(3)(B). 14 |
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