1. Short title This Act may be cited as the NIST Wildland Fire Communications and Information Dissemination Act . 2. Research on wildland fire communications and information dissemination (a) In general (1) Public safety research Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director, acting through the head of the Public Safety and Communications Research Division and in consultation with the Fire Research Division and technology manufacturers, shall carry out research on the following: (A) Public safety communication coordination standards among Federal, State, Tribal, and local wildland firefighters, fire management response officials, and member agencies. (B) Improving and integrating existing communications systems to transmit secure real-time data, alerts, and advisories to and from fire management response officials and wildland firefighters. (2) Field testing and measurement of information dissemination and technology The Public Safety and Communications Research Division, in consultation with the Fire Research Division and member agencies, shall conduct both live and virtual field testing of equipment, software, and other technologies to determine current times of information dissemination and develop standards for the delivery of useful and secure real-time data among member agencies, fire management response officials, and wildland firefighters, based on findings from research under subsection (a). (b) Recommendations (1) In general The Director shall develop and publish recommendations to improve public safety communication coordination standards among wildland first responders and fire management response officials. (2) Transmittal The Director shall transmit the recommendations under paragraph (1) to the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Science and Technology Policy for member agencies to implement. (3) Reporting requirements (A) In general The Director shall submit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the