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(C) Resources for data storage and anal-
ysis, including options for cloud-based and 
supercomputing services. 
(D) With respect to the Office of Marine 
and Aviation Operations, aircraft, vessels, and 
uncrewed systems, associated facility construc-
tion and repair needs, instrumentation, and re-
quirements to operate new and existing assets 
to reliably meet the mission needs of the Ad-
ministration. 
(6) UNFUNDED
PRIORITY.—The term ‘‘un-
funded priority’’ means a program or mission re-
quirement that— 
(A) has not been selected for funding in 
the applicable proposed budget; 
(B) is necessary to fulfill a statutory or 
mission requirement; and 
(C) the Administrator would have rec-
ommended for inclusion in the applicable pro-
posed budget had additional resources been 
available or had the requirement emerged be-
fore the budget was submitted. 
(b) UNFUNDED PRIORITIES LIST.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 15 days after 
the date on which the President submits to Congress 
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the budget of the President for a fiscal year pursu-
ant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, 
the Administrator, in consultation with the Assistant 
Administrator for each line office of the Administra-
tion, shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
Congress a report that includes a list of unfunded 
priorities of the Administration. 
(2) INCLUSIONS.—The list required by para-
graph (1) shall include unfunded priorities related to 
the needs of the Administration— 
(A) to meet statutory and mission require-
ments to— 
(i) protect human life, property, and 
the economy from the impacts of weather, 
water, and space weather; 
(ii) manage the Nation’s fisheries and 
ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources; 
and 
(iii) manage, steward, and make im-
provements to data storage, accessibility, 
interoperability, and utilization; 
(B) with respect to infrastructure and as-
sets to satisfy statutory and mission require-
ments, including— 
(i) needs with respect to— 
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(I) repair and construction of in-
frastructure, facilities, and labora-
tories; 
(II) scientific support equipment 
and instrumentation; and 
(III) resources for data storage 
and analysis, including options for 
cloud-based and supercomputing serv-
ices; and 
(ii) with respect to the Office of Ma-
rine and Aviation Operations, in coordina-
tion with the Assistant Administrator for 
Marine and Aviation Operations, needs 
with respect to aircraft and vessels, associ-
ated facility construction and repair needs, 
and resources required to operate new and 
existing assets; 
(C) with respect to operational shortfalls 
that compromise the ability of the Administra-
tion to satisfy the statutory and mission re-
quirements described in subparagraph (A), in-
cluding by compromising the ability of the Ad-
ministration to satisfy such requirements in a 
timely manner; 
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(D) with respect to mitigating fishery dis-
asters, including in accordance with the require-
ments under the heading ‘‘FISHERIES DIS-
ASTER ASSISTANCE’’ in title II of the Dis-
aster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
2023 (division N of Public Law 117–328); and 
(E) with respect to transitioning successful 
experimental programs under the Office of Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Research as of the date 
of the enactment of this Act into an operational 
capacity under another office of the Administra-
tion. 
(3) PRIORITIZATION.—The list required by 
paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) present the unfunded priorities of the 
Administration in order from highest to lowest 
priority, as determined by the Administrator; 
and 
(B) with respect to each unfunded priority, 
include— 
(i) a brief description of the unfunded 
priority and its relationship to the statu-
tory and mission requirements of the Ad-
ministration; 
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(ii) an estimate of the funding level 
required; and 
(iii) an assessment of the status of the 
design or acquisition program, if applica-
ble. 
(c) CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date on which the President submits to Congress 
the budget of the President for a fiscal year pursu-
ant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, 
the Administrator, in consultation with the Assistant 
Administrator for Marine and Aviation Operations 
and the Assistant Administrators for the line offices 
of the Administration, as appropriate, shall submit 
to the appropriate committees of Congress a future- 
years capital investment plan. 
(2) INCLUSIONS.—The plan required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) The fleet replacement and moderniza-
tion plan required by section 604 of the NOAA 
Fleet Modernization Act (33 U.S.C. 891b). 
(B) The NOAA Aircraft Recapitalization 
Plan and any plan developed to carry out sec-
tion 11708 of the Don Young Coast Guard Au-
thorization Act of 2022 (33 U.S.C. note prec. 
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851; enacted as part of subtitle A of title 
CXVII of division K of the James M. Inhofe 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2023; Public Law 117–263). 
(C) Any other plan the Administrator con-
siders appropriate. 
(3) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by para-
graph (1) shall identify, for each capital budgetary 
line item, the following: 
(A) The proposed funding level included in 
the applicable proposed budget. 
(B) The total estimated cost of completion. 
(C) Projected funding levels for each fiscal 
year for the next five fiscal years or until com-
pletion, whichever is earlier. 
(D) An estimated completion date at the 
projected funding levels. 
(E) Changes, if any, in the total estimated 
cost of completion or estimated completion date 
from previous future-years capital investment 
plans submitted under this subsection. 
SEC. 903. MISCELLANEOUS AUTHORITIES. 
(a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN THE PACIFIC.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of 
appropriations, and at the discretion of the Sec-
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retary of Commerce, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of State, the Under Secretary may provide to 
Pacific Island parties technical assistance and serv-
ices in line with the mission of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration. 
(2) REGIONAL CAPACITY.— 
(A) USE
OF
EXISTING
PROGRAMS, OF-
FICES, AND
SITES.—To implement this sub-
section, the Under Secretary shall primarily uti-
lize existing programs, offices, and sites of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion in the Pacific Islands region. 
(B) COOPERATIVE
INSTITUTE.—In order 
to further augment existing regional capacity in 
the Pacific Islands region, the Under Secretary 
may consider the formation of a cooperative in-
stitute to focus and advise on the unique needs 
of that region. 
(3) PACIFIC
ISLAND
PARTIES
DEFINED.—In 
this subsection, the term ‘‘Pacific Island parties’’ 
means the following: 
(A) The Trust Territories of the Pacific Is-
lands. 
(B) The Republic of Palau, the Republic of 
the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States 
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of Micronesia, which have each entered into a 
Compact of Free Association with the United 
States. 
(C) Such other parties as the Under Sec-
retary considers appropriate. 
(b) STATE ASSISTANCE.—The Under Secretary may 
provide technical assistance, data, and operational prod-
ucts or services in support of State governments, or enti-
ties and institutions partnering or collaborating with State 
governments, in the voluntary production of State climate 
or weather assessments. 
(c) INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary, acting 
through the Director of the National Weather Serv-
ice, may establish partnerships and other mutually 
beneficial relationships with national and regional 
weather services around the world to support the co- 
development and deployment of weather and climate 
observations and instrumentation. 
(2) EXISTING
AGREEMENTS
AND
PARTNER-
SHIPS.—Partnerships and other relationships estab-
lished in accordance with paragraph (1), including 
those provided by the international desks of the Na-
tional Centers for Environmental Prediction, shall 
build upon existing agreements and partnerships 
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with the Department of State and the World Mete-
orological Organization. 
(d) APP- OR WEB-BASED TOOLS.—The Under Sec-
retary may, in alignment with the 21st Century Integrated 
Digital Experience Act (Public Law 115–336; 44 U.S.C. 
3501 note) and the memorandum of the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget dated September 22, 
2023, and entitled ‘‘Delivering a Digital-First Public Ex-
perience’’ (M–23–22), implement mobile applications, 
modern application programming interfaces, or web-based 
tools to increase the utility of and access to data, services, 
and products of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration. 
(e) BRIEFING.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary 
shall provide the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Rep-
resentatives a briefing on the number and time commit-
ment of intra-agency and interagency meetings, councils, 
boards, and summits attended by each line office Assistant 
Administrator and Deputy Administrator of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 
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