WEATHER SERVICE FACILITIES IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

SEC. 110. WEATHER SERVICE FACILITIES IN SOUTH FLORIDA. (a) Construction of Facility.— The Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to construct, on land to be leased from Florida International University at the University’s Tamiami campus, a facility for the National Hurricane Center, a Weather Forecast Office, an upper air facility, and associated site improvements as part of the implementation of the Next Generation Weather Radar and National Weather Service Modernization Program for the South Florida area. This authorization is subject to the availability of appropriations provided in advance for the purpose stated in this subsection. (b) Operations.— The Administrator is authorized to carry out the operations of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in such facility.