12 2 STA T .4057PUBLIC LA W 110 –3 7 6—O CT. 8, 2008 (7)Becaus e ofth e esse n t i a lr ole of the U nite dS tates F ire A d m inistration and the fire ser v ice communit y in p reparin g for and responding to national and man - made disasters , the United States Fire Administration should have a prominent place w ithin the Federal E mergency M anagement Agency and the D epartment of H omeland Security .SEC.3 . AUTHORIZ ATIO N O F A P PROPRIATIONS FOR UNITE D STATES FIRE AD M INISTRATION. Section 1 7(g)(1) of the Federal Fire P revention and C ontrol Actof1 9 7 4 (1 5 U.S.C. 2 21 6 (g)(1)) is amended — (1) in su b paragraph (C), by stri k ing ‘ ‘and ’ ’ after the semi- colon
(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and ( 3 ) by adding after subparagraph (D) the following
‘‘(E) $ 7 0 ,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, of which $2,520,000 shall be used to carry out section 8 (f); ‘‘(F) $72,100,000 for fiscal year 2010, of which $2,595,600 shall be used to carry out section 8(f); ‘‘( G ) $74,263,000 for fiscal year 2011, of which $2,673,468 shall be used to carry out section 8(f); and ‘‘(H) $76,490,890 for fiscal year 2012, of which $2,753,672 shall be used to carry out section 8(f).’’. SEC. 4 . NATIONA L FIRE ACADEM Y TRAININ G PROGRAM MODIFICA - TIONS AND REPORTS. (a) A MEND MEN TS T O F IR EA CA DEM YT RAININ G .—Section 7(d)(1) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2206(d)(1)) is amended— (1) by amending subparagraph (H) to read as follows: ‘‘(H) tactics and strategies for dealing with natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disas- ters;’’; (2) in subparagraph ( K ), by striking ‘‘forest’’ and inserting ‘‘wildland’’; (3) in subparagraph (M), by striking ‘‘response’’; (4) by redesignating subparagraphs ( I ) through ( N ) as sub- paragraphs (M) through ( R ), respectively; and (5) by inserting after subparagraph (H) the following: ‘‘(I) tactics and strategies for fighting large-scale fires or multiple fires in a general area that cross j urisdictional boundaries; ‘‘( J ) tactics and strategies for fighting fires occurring at the wildland-urban interface; ‘‘(K) tactics and strategies for fighting fires involving ha z ardous materials; ‘‘( L ) advanced emergency medical services training;’’. (b) O N-SITE TRAINING.—Section 7 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 2206) is amended— (1) in subsection (c)(6), by inserting ‘‘, including on-site training’’ after ‘‘United States’’; (2) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘4 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘7.5 percent’’; and (3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(m) ON-SITE TRAINING.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERA L .—E x cept as provided in paragraph (2), the Administrator may enter into a contract with nationally
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