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U.GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
118TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-306
WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING INNOVATION
REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2023
DECEMBER 11, 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. 6093]
The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, to whom was
referred the bill (H.R. 6093) to improve the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration's weather research, support improve-
ments in weather forecasting and prediction, expand commercial
opportunities for the provision of weather data, and for other pur-
poses, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with
an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Sum m ary ............................................................................................ 42
Background and Need for Legislation .................................................................... 43
Legislative History .................................................................................................. 43
Committee Views ..................................................................................................... 44
Section-by-Section .................................................................................................... 45
Related Com m ittee H earings .................................................................................. 54
Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................ 55
Roll Call Votes ......................................................................................................... 55
Application of Law to the Legislative Branch ....................................................... 57
Statement of Oversight Findings and Recommendations of the Committee ...... 57
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 57
Duplication of Federal Program s ............................................................................ 57
Federal Advisory Com m ittee Act ............................................................................ 57
Unfunded M andate Statem ent ............................................................................... 57
Earmark Identification ............................................................................................ 57
Com m ittee Cost Estim ate ....................................................................................... 57
New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures ............. 58
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate .......................................................... 58
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 58
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
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