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U.GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
118TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-60
NOAA WEATHER RADIO MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2023
MAY 16, 2023.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. LUCAS, from the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 1482]
The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, to whom was
referred the bill (H.R. 1482) to provide guidance for and investment
in the upgrade and modernization of the National Oceanic and At-
mospheric Administration Weather Radio All Hazards network,
and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favor-
ably thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do
pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Summary ............................................................................................ 1
Background and Need for Legislation .................................................................... 2
Legislative H istory ................................................................................................. 2
Committee Views .................................................................................................... 3
Section-by-Section .................................................................................................... 3
Committee Consideration ........................................................................................ 3
Roll Call Votes ......................................................................................................... 4
Application of Law to the Legislative Branch ....................................................... 6
Statement of Oversight Findings and Recommendations of the Committee ...... 6
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ................................... 6
Duplication of Federal Programs ............................................................................ 6
Federal Advisory Committee Act ............................................................................ 6
Unfunded Mandate Statement ............................................................................... 6
Earmark Identification ............................................................................................ 6
Committee Cost Estimate ....................................................................................... 6
New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures ............. 7
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate ......................................................... 7
PURPOSE AND SUMMARY
H.R. 1482 expands the coverage and increases reliability of the
NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) by upgrading technologies and in-
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