A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to ensure that at least an equivalent level of service will be supplied to the public and affected agencies before closing National Weather Service field stations.

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Amends the Weather Service Modernization Act to prohibit the Secretary of Commerce from closing or relocating any National Weather field office that is located in, or serves, an area identified as an area of geographic concern in a specified report by the National Research Council, unless, prior to closing or relocating the field office, the Secretary: (1) evaluates, as part of the certification process, the effect of that closing or relocation on all weather information and services provided to users served by that field office (including State and affected agencies, farmers, and other local citizens); and (2) certifies that, after the closing or relocation, the level of weather services provided to the users will be at least equivalent to the level provided before such closing.

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  Introduced in Senate · EN · 5 February 1997

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