Sec. 403. The Wildland Dynamic Risk Mapping Program (Report Recommendation 118)
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Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall work jointly with the National Aeronautical and Space Agency, United States Geological Survey, United States Fire Administration, universities, and National Laboratories to— develop dynamic risk and hazard maps for the wildland and built environments in the United States; and ensure that such dynamic risk maps are updated as required to reflect each wildfire season— changes in the natural environment, such as postflood or fire alterations; rapidly changing environmental conditions; measure changes in fuels moisture on the temporal scale; and utilize both remote sensing technologies and on the ground monitoring.
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out this section $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029.