1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Smoke Planning and Research Act of 2019 . 2. Research on wildfire smoke (a) Centers of excellence (1) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (referred to in this section as the Administrator ) shall establish at institutions of higher education 4 centers, each of which shall be known as a Center of Excellence for Wildfire Smoke , to carry out research relating to— (A) the effects on public health of smoke emissions from wildland fires; and (B) means by which communities can better respond to the impacts of emissions from wildland fires. (2) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to carry out this subsection $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter. (b) Research (1) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall carry out research— (A) to study the health effects of smoke emissions from wildland fires; (B) to develop and disseminate personal and community-based interventions to reduce exposure to and adverse health effects of smoke emissions from wildland fires; (C) to increase the quality of smoke monitoring and prediction tools and techniques