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U.GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
118TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-61
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COMMUNICATIONS
IMPROVEMENT ACT
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. 1496]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, to whom was
referred the bill (H.R. 1496) to upgrade the communications service
used by the National Weather Service, and for other purposes, hav-
ing considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amend-
ment and recommends that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Sum m ary ............................................................................................ 2
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 2
Legislative H istory ................................................................................................. 2
C om m ittee V iew s .................................................................................................... 2
Section-by-Section .................................................................................................... 2
Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................ 3
R oll C all V otes ......................................................................................................... 3
Application of Law to the Legislative Branch ....................................................... 5
Statement of Oversight Findings and Recommendations of the Committee ...... 5
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ................................... 5
Duplication of Federal Program s ............................................................................ 5
Federal Advisory Com m ittee Act ............................................................................ 5
Unfunded M andate Statem ent ............................................................................... 5
Earm ark Identification ............................................................................................ 5
Com m ittee Cost Estim ate ....................................................................................... 5
New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures ............. 6
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate ......................................................... 6
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 7
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