RESEARCH AGENDA

SEC. 104. RESEARCH AGENDA (a) Requirement.—Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration, in consultation with the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, representatives of trade, professional, and non-profit associations, State and local firefighting services, and other appropriate entities, shall prepare and transmit to the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report describing the United States Fire Administration’s research agenda and including a plan for implementing that agenda. (b) Contents of Report.—The report required by subsection (a) shall— (1) identify research priorities; (2) describe how the proposed research agenda will be coordinated and integrated with the programs and capabilities of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Department of Defense, and other Federal agencies; (3) identify potential roles of academic, trade, professional, and non-profit associations, and other research institutions in achieving the research agenda; (4) provide cost estimates, anticipated personnel needs, and a schedule for completing the various elements of the research agenda; (5) describe ways to leverage resources through partnerships, cooperative agreements, and other means; and (6) discuss how the proposed research agenda will enhance training, improve State and local firefighting services, impact standards and codes, increase firefighter and public safety, and advance firefighting techniques. (c) Use in Preparing Strategic Plan.—The research agenda prepared under this section shall be used in the preparation of the strategic plan required by section 103.114 STAT. 2301