A bill regarding the modernization program of the National Weather Service.

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Prohibits the Secretary of Commerce from closing, consolidating, automating, or relocating any National Weather Service Office or National Weather Service Forecast Office without certification to specified congressional committees that the action will not result in any degradation of weather services to the affected area and that the affected area will receive complete coverage at 10,000 feet by the NEXRAD doppler network. Prohibits the Secretary from taking such actions regarding either type of office located at an airport without first conducting an air safety appraisal and certifying that the action will not result in a decrease in aircraft safety. Prohibits the Secretary from taking such actions regarding any National Weather Service Office which is the only office in a State without first evaluating the effect on weather services to in-State users and certifying that a comparable level of weather services will remain.

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 24 April 1991

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