(a) Office
The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
shall establish an office in the Agency to establish specific
criteria of grant recipients and to administer grants under this
section.
(b) Safety organization grants
The Administrator may make grants, on a competitive basis, to
safety organizations that have experience in conducting burn safety
programs for the purpose of assisting those organizations in
conducting burn prevention programs or augmenting existing burn
prevention programs.
(c) Hospital grants
The Administrator may make grants, on a competitive basis, to
hospitals that serve as regional burn centers to conduct acute burn
care research.
(d) Other grants
The Administrator may make grants, on a competitive basis, to
governmental and nongovernmental entities to provide after-burn
treatment and counseling to individuals that are burn victims.
(e) Report
(1) In general
The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
shall submit a report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives on the results
of the grants provided under this section.
(2) Content
The report shall contain the following:
(A) A list of the organizations, hospitals, or other entities
to which the grants were provided and the purpose for which
those entities were provided grants.
(B) Efforts taken to ensure that potential grant applicants
are provided with information necessary to develop an effective
application.
(C) The Administrator's assessment regarding the appropriate
level of funding that should be provided annually through the
grant program.
(D) The Administrator's assessment regarding the appropriate
purposes for such grants.
(E) Any other information the Administrator determines
necessary.
(3) Submission date
The report shall be submitted not later than February 1, 2002.
(f) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of this
section amounts as follows:
(1) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2001.
(2) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.
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