The Wildland Dynamic Risk Mapping Program

(a) In general Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall work jointly with the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Director of the United States Geological Survey, the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration, and the National Laboratories (as such term is defined in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801)) and seek to work with institutions of higher education (as such term is defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)), to carry out the following: (1) Develop dynamic risk and hazard maps for the wildland and built environments in the United States. (2) Ensure the following: (A) Such maps are updated each wildfire season to reflect changes in the natural environment, such as postflood or fire alterations, and rapidly changing environmental conditions. (B) Such maps measure changes in fuels moisture on the temporal scale. (C) Such maps utilize remote sensing technology and on-the-ground monitoring. (b) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out this section $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2036.