between OAR’s world-class scientists and NWS’s oper-
ational staff. 
(c) ELEMENTS.—The program shall allow no fewer 
than 5 and no more than 15 OAR staff to spend up to 1 
year on detail to the NWS. Such detail shall be at any of 
the National Centers for Environmental Prediction or at 
any of the Regional Forecast Offices where such interaction 
could be productive in improving forecasting capabilities. 
Candidates shall be jointly selected by the Assistant Admin-
istrator for OAR and the Assistant Administrator for NWS. 
(d) REPORT.—The Under Secretary shall report annu-
ally to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on 
participation in such program and shall highlight any in-
novations that come from this interaction. 
SEC. 14. VISITING FELLOWS AT NWS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Administrator for 
NWS may establish a program to host postdoctoral fellows 
and academic researchers at any of the National Centers 
for Environmental Prediction. 
(b) GOAL.—This program shall be designed to provide 
direct interaction between forecasters and talented academic 
and private sector researchers in an effort to bring innova-
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tion to forecasting tools and techniques available to the 
NWS. 
(c) SELECTION
AND
APPOINTMENT.—Such fellows 
shall be competitively selected and appointed for a term not 
to exceed 1 year. 
SEC. 15. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) AOA.—The term ‘‘AOA’’ means an Analysis 
of Alternatives. 
(2) NESDIS.—The term ‘‘NESDIS’’ means the 
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Infor-
mation Service. 
(3) NOAA.—The term ‘‘NOAA’’ means the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 
(4) NWS.—The term ‘‘NWS’’ means the Na-
tional Weather Service. 
(5) OAR.—The term ‘‘OAR’’ means the Office of 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. 
(6) OSE.—The term ‘‘OSE’’ means an Observ-
ing System Experiment. 
(7) OSSE.—The term ‘‘OSSE’’ means an Ob-
serving System Simulation Experiment. 
(8) UNDER SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Under Sec-
retary’’ means the Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Oceans and Atmosphere. 
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SEC. 16. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2014.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated for fiscal year 2014— 
(1) out of funds made available for operations, 
research, and facilities in OAR, $83,000,000 to carry 
out section 3, of which— 
(A) $65,000,000 is authorized for weather 
laboratories and cooperative institutes; and 
(B) $18,000,000 is authorized for weather 
and air chemistry research programs; and 
(2) out of funds made available for research and 
development in NWS, an additional amount of 
$14,000,000 for OAR to carry out the joint technology 
transfer initiative described in section 3(b)(4). 
(b) ALTERNATIVE FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014.— 
If the Budget Control Act of 2011 (Public Law 112–25) is 
repealed or replaced with an Act that increases allocations, 
subsection (a) shall not apply, and there are authorized to 
be appropriated for fiscal year 2014— 
(1) out of funds made available for operations, 
research, and facilities in OAR, $96,500,000 to carry 
out section 3, of which— 
(A) $77,500,000 is authorized for weather 
laboratories and cooperative institutes; and 
(B) $19,000,000 is authorized for weather 
and air chemistry research programs; and 
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(2) out of funds made available for research and 
development in NWS, an additional amount of 
$16,000,000 for OAR to carry out the joint technology 
transfer initiative described in section 3(b)(4). 
(c) FISCAL YEARS 2015 THROUGH 2017.—Out of 
funds made available for operations, research, and facilities 
in OAR for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2017, there 
are authorized to be appropriated— 
(1) $100,000,000 to carry out section 3, of 
which— 
(A) $80,000,000 is authorized for weather 
laboratories and cooperative institutes; and 
(B) $20,000,000 is authorized for weather 
and air chemistry research programs; and 
(2) an additional amount of $20,000,000 for the 
joint technology transfer initiative described in sec-
tion 3(b)(4). 
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Union Calendar No. 285 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2413 
[Report No. 113–383] 
A BILL 
To prioritize and redirect NOAA resources to a fo-
cused program of investment on near-term, af-
fordable, and attainable advances in observa-
tional, computing, and modeling capabilities to 
deliver substantial improvement in weather fore-
casting and prediction of high impact weather 
events, such as tornadoes and hurricanes, and for 
other purposes. 
MARCH 21, 2014 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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