12 2 STA T .4058PUBLIC LA W 110 –376—O CT. 8 , 2008 recogniz e d org a niza t ion s t h at ha v e esta bl ished on - site training p rogra m s that compl yw ith national vol u ntary consensus stand- ards f or fire service personnel to facilitate the delivery of the education and training programs outlined in subsection ( d ) ( 1 ) directly to fire service personnel .‘ ‘( 2 ) LIM I TA TI ON . — ‘‘( A ) I N GE NE R A L .— T he Administrator may not enter into a contract with an organization described in paragraph (1) unless such organization provides training that— ‘‘(i) leads to certification by a program that is accredited by a nationally recognized accreditation organization
or ‘‘(ii) the Administrator determines is of e q uivalent quality to a fire service training program described by clause (i). ‘‘( B )A P PRO V ALO FU NA C CRE D ITED FIRE S ERVICE TRAINING PROGRAMS.—The Administrator may consider the fact that an organization has provided a satisfactory fire service training program pursuant to a cooperative agree- ment with a F ederal agency as evidence that such program is of equivalent quality to a fire service training program described by subparagraph (A)(i). ‘‘( 3 ) R ESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS.—The amounts e x pended by the Administrator to carry out this subsection in any fiscal year shall not exceed 7 . 5 per centum of the amount authorized to be appropriated in such fiscal year pursu- ant to section 17. ’ ’. (c) TRIENNIAL REPORTS.— S uch section 7 (15 U .S. C . 22 06 )is further amended by adding at the end the following
‘‘(n) TRIENNIAL REPORT.—In the first annual report filed pursu- ant to section 16 for which the deadline for filing is after the expiration of the 1 8 -month period that begins on the date of the enactment of the United States Fire Administration Reauthorization Act of 2008 , and in every third annual report thereafter, the Administrator shall include information about changes made to the N ational Fire Academy curriculum, including— ‘‘(1) the basis for such changes, including a review of the incorporation of lessons learned by emergency response per- sonnel after significant emergency events and emergency preparedness exercises performed under the National E xercise P rogram; and ‘‘(2) the desired training outcome of all such changes.’’. (d) REPORT ON FEASI B ILIT Y OF PROVIDING INCIDENT COMMAND TRAINING FOR FIRES AT PORTS AND IN M ARINE ENVIRONMENTS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration shall submit to Congress a report on the feasibility of providing training in incident command for appropriate fire service personnel for fires at United States ports and in marine environments, including fires on the water and aboard vessels. (2) CONTENTS.—The report required by paragraph (1) shall include the following: (A) A description of the necessary curriculum for training described in paragraph (1). (B) A description of existing training programs related to incident command in port and maritime environments,
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