Pub. L. 100-685, tit. IV, sec. 408

Sec. 408. (a) The Secretary shall not close, consolidate, automate, or relocate any Weather Service Office or Weather Service Forecast Office pursuant to the implementation of the strategic plan required by section 407, except in accordance with this section. (b) The Secretary may not close, consolidate, automate, or relocate any such office unless the Secretary has certified to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives that such action will not result in any degradation of weather services provided to the affected area. Such certification shall include— (1) a detailed comparison of the services provided to the affected area and the services to be provided after such action; (2) any recent or expected modernization of National Weather Service operations which will enhance services in the affected area; and (3) evidence, based upon operational demonstration of modernized National Weather Service operations, which supports the conclusion that no degradation in services will result from such action.