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 94 STAT. 2260

Report to Congress.

PUBLIC LAW 96-472—OCT. 19, 1980

line item may exceed 10 per centum of the amount authorized for that line item in the amendment made by section 103(a) unless— (1) thirty calendar days have passed after the Director or his designee has transmitted to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to the President of the Senate, to the chairman of the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives, and to the chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a written report containing a full and complete explanation of the transfer involved and the reason for it, or (2) before the expiration of thirty calendar days both chairmen of the Committee on Science and Technology of the House and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate have written to the Director to the effect that they have no objection to the proposed transfer. TITLE n—FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL

Appropriation authorization.

15 USC 2210.

15 USC 278f.

SEC. 201. Section 17 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2216) is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following: "(c) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act, except as otherwise specifically provided with respect to the payment of claims under section 11 of this Act, an amount not to exceed $23,814,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, which amount includes— "(1) not less than $1,100,000 for the first year of a three-year concentrated demonstration program of nre prevention and control in two States with high fire death rates; "(2) not less than $2,575,000 for rural fire prevention and control; and "(3) not less than $4,255,000 for research and development for the activities under section 18 of this Act at the Fire Research Center of the National Bureau of Standards, of which not less than $250,000 shall be available for adjustments required by law in salaries, pay, retirement, and employee benefits. The funds authorized in paragraph (3) shall be in addition to funds authorized in any other law for research and development at the Fire Research Center.". SEC. 202. Section 16 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2215) is amended by deleting the words: "June 30 of the year following the date of enactment of this Act and each year thereafter" from the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof; "ninety calendar days following the year ending September 30, 1980 and similarly each year thereaftier". TITLEra—MULTIHAZARDRESEARCH, PLANNING, AND MITIGATION

50 USC app. 2251 note.

Studies.

SEC. 301. It is recognized that natural and manmade hazards may not be independent of one another in any given disaster. Furthermore, planning for and responding to different hazards have certain common elements. To make maximum use of these commonsdities, the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (hereinafter referred to as the "Director") is authorized and directed to: (1) initiate, within one year after the date of enactment of this Act, studies with the objective of defining and developing a

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