HR369-118

Reported

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 officials.

118th Congress Introduced Jan 17, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This 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 officials., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Technology, Science & Space.

Who Benefits and How

environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HB60513E6011040758152EC6568564A21: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the NIST Wildland Fire Communications and Information Dissemination Act.
  • Section HC949B48007B1473BA34D52FEEB5341A3: 2. Research on wildland fire communications and information dissemination Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director,...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This 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 officials., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Technology, Science & Space

Primary Purpose

This 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 officials., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Technology Science & Space

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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environmental regulators and natural-resource users: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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federal implementing agencies: ,
environmental regulators and natural-resource users: ,

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
Sep 1, 2023

Additional sponsors: Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Mike Garcia of California, …

Sep 1, 2023

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the …

Jan 17, 2023

Mrs. Kim of California (for herself, Ms. Stansbury, and Mr. …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Technology Science & Space
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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