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106th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1553
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 20, 1999
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000 and fiscal year 2001
for the National Weather Service, Atmospheric Research, and National
Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service activities of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Weather Service and Related
Agencies Authorization Act of 1999''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act, the term--
(1) ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
(2) ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Commerce.
SEC. 3. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
(a) Operations, Research, and Facilities.--There are authorized to
be appropriated to the Secretary to enable the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration to carry out the Operations, Research, and
Facilities activities of the National Weather Service $617,897,000 for
fiscal year 2000 and $617,897,000 for fiscal year 2001, to remain
available until expended. Of such amounts--
(1) $449,441,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $450,411,000 for
fiscal year 2001 shall be for Local Warnings and Forecasts;
(2) $2,200,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $2,200,000 for
fiscal year 2001 shall be for Advanced Hydrological Prediction
System;
(3) $619,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $619,000 for fiscal
year 2001 shall be for Susquehanna River Basin Flood Systems;
(4) $35,596,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $35,596,000 for
fiscal year 2001 shall be for Aviation Forecasts;
(5) $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $4,000,000 for
fiscal year 2001 shall be for Weather Forecast Offices (WFO)
Facilities Maintenance;
(6) $37,081,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $37,081,000 for
fiscal year 2001 shall be for Central Forecast Guidance;
(7) $3,090,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $3,090,000 for
fiscal year 2001 shall be for Atmospheric and Hydrological
Research;
(8) $39,325,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $39,325,000 for
fiscal year 2001 shall be for Next Generation Weather Radar
(NEXRAD);
(9) $7,573,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $7,573,000 for
fiscal year 2001 shall be for Automated Surface Observing
System (ASOS);
(10) $38,002,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $38,002,000 for
fiscal year 2001 shall be for Advanced Weather Interactive
Processing System (AWIPS); and
(11) $970,000 for fiscal year 2000 shall be for two 1,000-
watt National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Weather
Radio transmitters, to be located in Jasper and Marion
Counties, Illinois, and nine 300-watt National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration Weather Radio transmitters, to be
installed in appropriate locations throughout the State of
Illinois, and for maintenance costs related thereto.
(b) Procurement, Acquisition, and Construction.--There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to enable the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out the Procurement,
Acquisition, and Construction activities of the National Weather
Service $69,632,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $70,120,000 for fiscal
year 2001, to remain available until expended. Of such amounts--
(1) $9,560,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $9,060,000 for
fiscal year 2001 shall be for Next Generation Weather Radar
(NEXRAD);
(2) $4,180,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $6,125,000 for
fiscal year 2001 shall be for Automated Surface Observing
System (ASOS);
(3) $22,575,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $21,525,000 for
fiscal year 2001 shall be for Advanced Weather Interactive
Processing System (AWIPS);
(4) $11,100,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $12,835,000 for
fiscal year 2001 shall be for Computer Facilities Upgrades;
(5) $8,350,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $8,350,000 for
fiscal year 2001 shall be for Radiosonde Replacement;
(6) $500,000 for fiscal year 2000 shall be for National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Operations Center
Rehabilitation; and
(7) $13,367,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $12,225,000 for
fiscal year 2001 shall be for Weather Forecast Office (WFO)
Construction.
(c) Duties of the National Weather Service.--
(1) In general.--To protect life and property (in all 50
States, the District of Columbia, and the Territories), the
Secretary, through the National Weather Service, except as
provided in paragraph (2), shall be responsible for--
(A) forecasts and shall serve as the sole official
source of weather and flood warnings;
(B) the issuance of storm warnings;
(C) the collection, exchange, and distribution of
meteorological, hydrological, climatic, and
oceanographic data and information;
(D) the preparation of hydrometeorological guidance
and core forecast information; and
(E) the issuance of marine and aviation forecasts
and warnings.
(2) Competition with private sector.--The National Weather
Service shall not provide, or assist other entities to provide,
a service if that service is currently provided or can be
provided by commercial enterprise, unless--
(A) the service provides vital weather warnings and
forecasts for the protection of life and property of
the general public; or
(B) the United States Government is obligated to
provide such service under international aviation
agreements to provide meteorological services and
exchange meteorological information.
(3) Amendments.--The Act of October 1, 1890 (26 Stat. 653)
is amended--
(A) by striking section 3 (15 U.S.C. 313); and
(B) in section 9 (15 U.S.C. 317), by striking ``,
and it shall be'' and all that follows, and inserting a
period.
(4) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the
Committee on Science of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the
Senate a report detailing all National Weather Service
activities which do not conform to the requirements of this
subsection and outlining a timetable for their termination.
(d) Closing of Local Weather Service Offices.--It is the sense of
the Congress that the National Weather Service must fully take into
account the dangerous and life threatening nature of weather patterns
in Wind Zone IV, otherwise known as tornado alley, before making any
determination on the closure of any of its local weather service
offices.
SEC. 4. ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH.
(a) Operations, Research, and Facilities.--
(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated to
the Secretary to enable the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration to carry out the Atmospheric Research
Operations, Research, and Facilities environmental research and
development activities of the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric
Research $173,250,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $173,250,000 for
fiscal year 2001, to remain available until expended.
(2) Climate and air quality research.--Of the amounts
authorized under paragraph (1), $126,200,000 for fiscal year
2000 and $126,200,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for Climate
and Air Quality Research, of which--
(A) $16,900,000 for fiscal year 2000 and
$16,900,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for
Interannual and Seasonal Climate Research;
(B) $34,600,000 for fiscal year 2000 and
$34,600,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for Long-Term
Climate and Air Quality Research;
(C) $69,700,000 for fiscal year 2000 and
$69,700,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for Climate
and Global Change; and
(D) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $5,000,000
for fiscal year 2001 shall be for Global Learning and
Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE).
(3) Atmospheric programs.--Of the amounts authorized under
paragraph (1), $47,050,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $47,050,000
for fiscal year 2001 shall be for Atmospheric Programs, of
which--
(A) $36,600,000 for fiscal year 2000 and
$36,600,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for Weather
Research;
(B) $4,350,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $4,350,000
for fiscal year 2001 shall be for Wind Profiler; and
(C) $6,100,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $6,100,000
for fiscal year 2001 shall be for Solar-Terrestrial
Services and Research.
(b) Procurement, Acquisition, and Construction.--There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to enable the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out the Atmospheric
Research Procurement, Acquisition, and Construction environmental
research and development activities of the Office of Oceanic and
Atmospheric Research $10,040,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $14,160,000
for fiscal year 2001, to remain available until expended. Of such
amounts--
(1) $5,700,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $8,000,000 for
fiscal year 2001 shall be for the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
Laboratory Supercomputer; and
(2) $4,340,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $6,160,000 for
fiscal year 2001 shall be for the Advanced Composition Explorer
(ACE) Follow-On Satellite/GEOSTORM.
SEC. 5. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE, DATA AND INFORMATION SERVICE.
(a) Operations, Research, and Facilities.--
(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated to
the Secretary to enable the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration to carry out the Operations, Research, and
Facilities environmental research and development and related
activities of the National Environmental Satellite, Data and
Information Service $103,092,000 for fiscal year 2000 and
$103,092,000 for fiscal year 2001, to remain available until
expended.
(2) Satellite observing systems.--Of the amounts authorized
under paragraph (1), $59,236,000 for fiscal year 2000 and
$59,236,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for Satellite
Observing Systems, of which--
(A) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $2,000,000
for fiscal year 2001 shall be for Global Disaster
Information Network (GDIN);
(B) $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $4,000,000
for fiscal year 2001 shall be for Ocean Remote Sensing;
and
(C) $53,236,000 for fiscal year 2000 and
$53,236,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for
Environmental Observing Services.
(3) Environmental data management systems.--Of the amounts
authorized under paragraph (1), $43,856,000 for fiscal year
2000 and $43,856,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for
Environmental Data Management Systems, of which--
(A) $31,521,000 for fiscal year 2000 and
$31,521,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for Data and
Information Services; and
(B) $12,335,000 for fiscal year 2000 and
$12,335,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for
Environmental Data Systems Modernization.
(b) Procurement, Acquisition, and Construction.--
(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated to
the Secretary to enable the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration to carry out the Procurement, Acquisition, and
Construction environmental research and development and related
activities of the National Environmental Satellite, Data and
Information Service $413,657,000 for fiscal year 2000 and
$476,183,000 for fiscal year 2001, to remain available until
expended.
(2) Systems acquisition.--Of the amounts authorized under
paragraph (1), $410,612,000 for fiscal year 2000 and
$473,803,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for Systems
Acquisition, of which--
(A) $140,979,000 for fiscal year 2000 and
$114,594,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for the
procurement and launch of, and supporting ground
systems for, Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites
(POES), K, L, M, N, and N';
(B) $80,100,000 for fiscal year 2000 and
$113,600,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for the
procurement and launch of, and supporting ground
systems for, the National Polar-Orbiting Operational
Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS); and
(C) $189,533,000 for fiscal year 2000 and
$245,609,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for the
procurement and launch of, and supporting ground
systems for, Geostationary Operational Environmental
NEXT follow-on Satellites (GOES N-Q).
(3) Construction.--Of the amounts authorized under
paragraph (1), $3,045,000 for fiscal year 2000 and $2,380,000
for fiscal year 2001 shall be for National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration Operations Center Rehabilitation
Construction.
SEC. 6. FACILITIES.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to enable
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out the
Operations, Research, and Facilities environmental research and
development and related activities required to meet recurring
facilities operations costs associated with the David Skaggs Research
Center in Boulder, Colorado, $3,850,000 for fiscal year 2000 and
$3,850,000 for fiscal year 2001.
SEC. 7. ELIGIBILITY FOR AWARDS.
(a) In General.--The Administrator shall exclude from consideration
for grant agreements made after fiscal year 1999 by the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, under the activities for which
funds are authorized under this Act, any person who received funds,
other than those described in subsection (b), appropriated for a fiscal
year after fiscal year 1999, under a grant agreement from any Federal
funding source for a project that was not subjected to a competitive,
merit-based award process, except as specifically authorized by this
Act. Any exclusion from consideration pursuant to this section shall be
effective for a period of 5 years after the person receives such
Federal funds.
(b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to the receipt of
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