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moisture information delivery, from data provision to 
end-user decisionmaking. 
SEC. 505. NATIONAL WATER CENTER. 
Section 301 of the Coordinated Ocean Observations 
and Research Act of 2020 (42 U.S.C. 10371) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A)— 
(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 
by inserting ‘‘, within the Office of Water 
Prediction of the National Weather Serv-
ice,’’ after ‘‘shall establish’’; 
(ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(iii) in clause (ii), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iv) by adding at the end the following 
new clause: 
‘‘(iii) to lead the transition of water 
research by the Federal Government, in-
cluding model development, into operations 
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration and the National Weather 
Service.’’; and 
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(B) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(F) Serving as the primary Center within 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin-
istration for research, development, collabora-
tion, and coordination of the water research 
and forecast activities of the Administration 
and other centers and networks of the Federal 
Government, including those of the Department 
of Agriculture, the Army Corps of Engineers, 
the Bureau of Reclamation, the United States 
Geological Survey, and the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency. 
‘‘(G) Integrating and promoting consist-
ency among national and regional hydrological 
forecast operations and service delivery.’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) INCORPORATION INTO UNIFIED FORECAST 
SYSTEM.—The Under Secretary shall use the Weath-
er and Climate Operational Supercomputing System, 
or any other successor system, to support the devel-
opment and implementation of advanced water re-
sources modeling capabilities under paragraph 
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(2)(B) and shall incorporate those modeling capabili-
ties into the unified forecast system.’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (b); 
(3) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (b); 
(4) by inserting after subsection (b), as redesig-
nated by paragraph (3), the following: 
‘‘(c) ORGANIZATION.—The Under Secretary, acting 
through the Director of the Office of Water Prediction of 
the National Weather Service, shall carry out the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) Supervise and oversee the administration, 
management, and operations of each River Forecast 
Center of the National Weather Service and coordi-
nate such administration, management, and oper-
ations with the National Water Center. 
‘‘(2) Administer the duties and activities of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
related to the Cooperative Institute for Research to 
Operations in Hydrology, or any successor entity, 
and coordinate the activities of the Institute with the 
National Water Center.’’; and 
(5) in subsection (d)(4), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 
2024’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 2026 
through 2030’’. 
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SEC. 506. SATELLITE TRANSFERS BRIEFING. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall brief 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology of the House of Representatives on the De-
partment of Commerce’s authorities and policies, and Fed-
eral Government-wide policies, related to transferring any 
portion of the weather satellite systems operated by the 
Department of Commerce to any other Federal depart-
ment or agency, including the following: 
(1) A description of the process for decommis-
sioning a Department of Commerce operational 
weather satellite, any existing agreements related to 
transfers of weather satellites, whether decommis-
sioned or not, and any reimbursable agreements re-
lated to the transfer of physical property or the op-
eration of Department of Commerce weather sat-
ellites on behalf of any other Federal department or 
agency. 
(2) A summary of any Department of Com-
merce plans for potential transfer of existing or fu-
ture weather satellite systems to any other Federal 
department or agency. 
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TITLE 
VI—HARMFUL 
ALGAL 
BLOOM 
AND 
HYPOXIA 
RE-
SEARCH AND CONTROL 
SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Harmful Algal Bloom 
and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 
2025’’. 
SEC. 602. AMENDMENTS TO THE HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS 
AND HYPOXIA RESEARCH AND CONTROL ACT 
OF 1998. 
(a) ASSESSMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 603 of the Harmful 
Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control 
Act of 1998 (33 U.S.C. 4001) is amended— 
(A) in the section heading, by striking 
‘‘ASSESSMENTS’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘TASK 
FORCE, 
ASSESSMENTS, 
AND
ACTION 
STRATEGY’’; 
(B) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by redesignating paragraphs (13) 
and (14) as paragraphs (14) and (15), re-
spectively; and 
(ii) by inserting after paragraph (12) 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(13) the Department of Energy;’’; 
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(C) by striking subsections (b), (c), (d), 
(e), (g), (h), and (i); 
(D) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (b); 
(E) in subsection (b), as so redesignated— 
(i) in paragraph (1), in the first sen-
tence, by striking ‘‘coastal waters including 
the Great Lakes’’ and inserting ‘‘marine, 
estuarine, and freshwater systems’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) by amending subparagraph 
(A) to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) examine— 
‘‘(i) the causes and ecological con-
sequences of hypoxia on marine and aquat-
ic species in their environments; and 
‘‘(ii) the costs of hypoxia, including 
impacts on food safety and security;’’; 
(II) by redesignating subpara-
graphs (B), (C), and (D) as subpara-
graphs (D), (E), and (F), respectively; 
(III) by inserting after subpara-
graph (A) the following new subpara-
graphs: 
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