Pub. L. 100-685, tit. IV, sec. 407

Sec. 407. (a) The Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Congress, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this 102 STAT. 4099Act, a 10-year strategic plan for the comprehensive modernization of the National Weather Service. The strategic plan shall set forth basic service improvement objectives of the modernization as well as the critical new technological components and the associated operational changes necessary to fulfill the objectives of weather and flood warning service improvements. (b) The Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Congress, by the banning of the fiscal year immediately following the fiscal year in which the strategic plan required by subsection (a) of this section is submitted, a National Implementation Plan for modernization of the National Weather Service. The National Implementation Plan shall set forth the schedules for necessary actions to accomplish the objectives described in the strategic plan, and the National Implementation Plan shall include— (1) detailed requirements for new technologies, facilities, staffing levels, and funding, for each of the two fiscal years immediately following the fiscal year in which such National Implementation Plan is submitted, in accordance with the overall schedule for modernization; (2) special measures to test, evaluate, and demonstrate key elements of the Modernized National Weather Service operations prior to national implementation, including a multistation operational demonstration which tests the performance of all components of the modernization in an integrated manner for a sustained period; and (3) detailed plans and funding for meteorological research to be accomplished under this title to assure that new techniques in forecasting will be developed to utilize the new technologies being implemented in the modernization. (c) The Secretary shall submit a revised National Implementation Plan to the Congress at the banning of each successive fiscal year after the fiscal year in which the initial National Implementation Plan is submitted. (d) In reviewing and revising the National Implementation Plan, the Secretary shall consult, as appropriate, with other Federal and public agencies responsible for providing or utilizing weather services.