Sec. 303. Public-private wildfire technology deployment and testbed partnership
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In this section: The term covered agency means— each Federal land management agency (as such term is defined in the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act ( 16 U.S.C. 6801 )); the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; the United States Fire Administration; the Federal Emergency Management Agency; the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; the Bureau of Indian Affairs; the Department of Defense; and any other Federal agency involved in wildfire response. The term covered entity means— a private entity; a nonprofit organization; or an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 )).
Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretaries, in coordination with the heads of the covered agencies, shall establish a deployment and testbed pilot program (in this section referred to as Pilot Program ) for new and innovative wildfire prevention, detection, communication, and mitigation technologies. In carrying out the Pilot Program, the Secretaries shall— incorporate the Pilot Program into existing interagency coordinating groups on wildfires; in consultation with the heads of covered agencies, identify and advance key technology priority areas with respect to wildfire prevention, detection, communication, and mitigation technologies, including— hazardous fuels reduction treatments or activities; dispatch communications; remote sensing, detection, and tracking; safety equipment; and common operating pictures or operational dashboards; and connect each covered entity selected to participate in the Pilot Program with the appropriate covered agency to coordinate real-time and on-the-ground testing of technology during wildland fire mitigation activities and training.
To be eligible to be selected to participate in the Pilot Program, a covered entity shall submit to the Secretaries an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretaries may require, including a proposal to test technologies specific to the key technology priority areas identified pursuant to subsection (c)(2). In selecting covered entities to participate in the Pilot Program, the Secretaries shall give priority to covered entities developing and applying emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, quantum sensing, computing and quantum-hybrid applications, augmented reality, and 5G private networks and device-to-device communications supporting nomadic mesh networks, for wildfire mitigation.
The Secretaries, in coordination with the heads of covered agencies, shall make public the key technology priority areas identified pursuant to subsection (c)(2) and invite covered entities to apply under subsection
(d)to test and demonstrate their technologies to address such priority areas. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for the duration of the Pilot Program, the Secretaries shall submit to the relevant Congressional Committees, the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report that includes, with respect to the Pilot Program, the following: A list of participating covered entities. A brief description of the technologies tested by each such covered entity. An estimate of the cost of acquiring each such technology and applying the technology at scale. Outreach efforts by Federal agencies to covered entities developing wildfire technologies. Assessments of, and recommendations relating to, new technologies with potential adoption and application at-scale in Federal land management agencies’ wildfire prevention, detection, communication, and mitigation efforts. The authority to carry out this section shall terminate on the date that is 7 years after the date of enactment of this Act.
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