facility of the Administration, unless and until the 
Administrator has followed the procedures required 
by this section. 
(2) REVIEW
PROCESS.—The Administrator 
shall not close, consolidate, relocate, subdivide, or es-
tablish a facility of the Administration with an an-
nual operating budget of $5,000,000 or greater, or 
a National Weather Service field office, unless and 
until— 
(A) the Administrator has published in the 
Federal Register the proposed action and a de-
scription of the offices, personnel, and activities 
of the Administration that would be affected by 
the proposed change, and has provided for a 
minimum of 60 days for public comment; 
(B) if the proposed change involves a 
science facility of the Administration, the 
Science Advisory Board has reviewed the pro-
posed change and provided to the Administrator 
written findings regarding the proposed change; 
(C) if the proposed change involves a Na-
tional Weather Service field office, the Adminis-
trator has prepared a report including— 
(i) a description of local weather char-
acteristics and weather-related concerns 
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which affect the weather services provided 
within the service area; 
(ii) a detailed comparison of the serv-
ices provided within the service area and 
the services to be provided after the pro-
posed change; 
(iii) a description of any recent or ex-
pected modernization of National Weather 
Service operations which will enhance serv-
ices in the service area; 
(iv) an identification of any area with-
in any State which would not receive cov-
erage (at an elevation of 10,000 feet) due 
to the proposed change; and 
(v) evidence, based on operational 
demonstration of National Weather Service 
operations, which was considered in reach-
ing the conclusion that no degradation in 
service will result from the proposed 
change; 
(D) the Administrator has prepared an 
analysis of the anticipated costs and savings as-
sociated with the proposed facility change, in-
cluding both costs and savings in the first fiscal 
year following the change, and changes in oper-
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ations and maintenance costs and savings over 
a ten-year period; and 
(E) the Administrator has prepared an 
analysis of the effects of the facility change on 
operations and research of the Administration, 
and the potential impacts on cooperative insti-
tutes, other external Administration partner-
ships, partnerships with other Federal agencies, 
and any State and local partnerships. 
(3) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—(A) The Adminis-
trator shall provide to Congress, at least 90 days be-
fore any closure, consolidation, relocation, subdivi-
sion, or establishment of a facility of the Adminis-
tration with an annual budget of $5,000,000 or 
greater, or any National Weather Service field office, 
a summary of the public comments received pursu-
ant to paragraph (2)(A), any written findings pre-
pared under paragraph (2)(B), any report prepared 
under paragraph (2)(C), and the analyses prepared 
under paragraph (2)(D) and (E). 
(B) The Administrator shall provide to Con-
gress, at least 90 days before any closure, consolida-
tion, relocation, subdivision, or establishment of a 
facility of the Administration not described in sub-
paragraph (A), written notification of the planned 
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closure, consolidation, relocation, subdivision, or es-
tablishment. 
(b) WEATHER SERVICE MODERNIZATION.—Nothing 
in this Act shall be construed to alter the Weather Service 
Modernization Act (15 U.S.C. 313 note). 
(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘facility’’ means a laboratory, op-
erations office, administrative service center, or 
other establishment of the Administration; and 
(2) the term ‘‘field office’’ has the same mean-
ing given that term in section 702 of the Weather 
Service Modernization Act. 
SEC. 15. BUDGET REPROGRAMMING. 
Whenever the Administrator transmits a budget re-
programming request to the Appropriations Committees 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Ad-
ministrator shall simultaneously submit a copy of the re-
quest to the Committee on Science and the Committee on 
Resources of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate. 
SEC. 16. BASELINES AND COST CONTROLS. 
(a) CONDITIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administration shall 
not enter into a contract for the development of a 
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major program unless the Administrator determines 
that— 
(A) the technical, cost, and schedule risks 
of the program are clearly identified and the 
program has developed a plan to manage those 
risks; 
(B) the technologies required for the pro-
gram have been demonstrated in a relevant lab-
oratory or test environment; and 
(C) the program complies with all relevant 
policies, regulations, and directives of the Ad-
ministration. 
(2) REPORT.—The Administrator shall trans-
mit a report describing the basis for the determina-
tion required under paragraph (1) to the Committee 
on Science of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate at least 30 days before entering 
into a contract for development under a major pro-
gram. 
(3) NONDELEGATION.—The Administrator may 
not delegate the determination requirement under 
this subsection, except in cases in which the Admin-
istrator has a conflict of interest. 
(b) MAJOR PROGRAM ANNUAL REPORTS.— 
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