Sec. 102. Fireshed center

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The Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service and the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey, shall jointly establish a Fireshed Center (hereinafter referred to as the Center ) comprised of at least one career representative from each of the following: The Forest Service. The Bureau of Land Management. The National Park Service. The Bureau of Indian Affairs. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The U.S. Geological Survey.

The Department of Defense. The Department of Homeland Security. The Department of Energy. The Federal Emergency Management Agency. The National Science Foundation. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The National Institute of Standards and Technology. The Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service and the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey, shall jointly appoint a Director of the Center, who— shall be an employee of the U.S.

Geological Survey or the Forest Service; shall serve an initial term of not more than 7 years; and may serve one additional term of not more than 7 years after the initial term described in subparagraph (B). The Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service and the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey, may jointly appoint additional representatives of Federal agencies to the Center, as the Secretaries determine necessary.

The purposes of the Center are to— comprehensively assess and predict fire in the wildland and built environment interface through data aggregation and science-based decision support services; reduce fragmentation and duplication across Federal land management agencies with respect to predictive service and decision support functions related to wildland fire; promote interorganizational coordination and sharing of data regarding wildland fire decision making; streamline procurement processes and cybersecurity systems related to addressing wildland fire; provide publicly accessible data, models, technologies, assessments, and fire weather forecasts to support short- and long-term planning regarding wildland fire and post-fire recovery; and maintain the Fireshed Registry established under section 103.

The Center may enter into memorandums of understanding with State governments, Indian Tribes, local governments, academic or research institutions, and private entities to improve the information and operations of the Center. The Secretary of the Interior shall make personnel of the U.S. Geological Survey available to the Center for such administrative support, technical services, and development and dissemination of data as the Secretary determines necessary to carry out this section.

The Secretary shall make personnel of the Forest Service available to the Center for such administrative support, technical services, and the development and dissemination of information related to fireshed management and the Fireshed Registry as the Secretary determines necessary to carry out this section.