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er industry and academic partners, and the role of 
each in advancing weather forecasting and commu-
nication; 
‘‘(4) identifies, through consultation with the 
National Science Foundation, the United States 
weather industry, and academic partners, research 
necessary to advance the scientific understanding of 
weather processes and provide information to im-
prove weather warning and forecast systems in the 
United States most effectively; and 
‘‘(5) describes how the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration is advancing community 
weather modeling.’’; 
(C) in section 403 (15 U.S.C. 8543)— 
(i) in subsection (a), by inserting 
‘‘the’’ after ‘‘Director of’’; and 
(ii) by amending subsection (d) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(d) ANNUAL BRIEFING.—Not less frequently than 
once each year, the Under Secretary shall brief the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Tech-
nology of the House of Representatives on participation 
in the program under subsection (a) and shall highlight 
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any innovations that come from the interaction described 
in subsection (b).’’; and 
(D) by striking sections 408 through 411 
and section 414 and redesignating sections 412 
and 413 as sections 408 and 409, respectively. 
(2) CLERICAL
AMENDMENTS.—The table of 
contents in section 1(b) of the Weather Research 
and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 is amended 
by striking the items relating to sections 408 
through 414 and inserting the following new items: 
‘‘Sec. 408. Weather enterprise outreach. 
‘‘Sec. 409. Hurricane hunter aircraft.’’. 
(b) NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMIN-
ISTRATION AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1992.—The National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Authorization 
Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–567) is amended— 
(1) in section 106, by striking subsection (c) 
(15 U.S.C. 1537); and 
(2) in section 108 (15 U.S.C. 8520)— 
(A) by striking subsection (b); and 
(B) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (b). 
SEC. 115. NATIONAL LANDSLIDE PREPAREDNESS ACT RE-
AUTHORIZATION. 
The National Landslide Preparedness Act (43 U.S.C. 
3101 et seq.) is amended— 
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(1) in section 3 (43 U.S.C. 3102)— 
(A) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘pro-
tect’’ and inserting ‘‘contribute to protecting’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)(1)(C)(ii), by striking 
‘‘implement’’ and inserting ‘‘disseminate’’; 
(C) in subsection (c)(2), by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(J) The Administrator of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration.’’; and 
(D) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘2024’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2029’’; and 
(2) in section 5 (43 U.S.C. 3104)— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting 
‘‘and derivative’’ after ‘‘3D elevation’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by insert-
ing ‘‘, process, and integrate’’ after ‘‘ac-
quire’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)(3)— 
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(D) and (E) as subparagraphs (E) and 
(F), respectively; and 
(ii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(C) the following: 
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‘‘(D) the 3D Hydrography Program Work-
ing Group;’’; 
(C) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ‘‘pub-
lically’’ and inserting ‘‘publicly’’; and 
(D) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2024’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2029’’. 
SEC. 116. AMENDMENTS TO HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM AND 
HYPOXIA RESEARCH AND CONTROL ACT OF 
1998. 
(a) ASSESSMENTS.—Section 603 of the Harmful 
Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 
1998 (33 U.S.C. 4001) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (13) and 
(14) as paragraphs (14) and (15); and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (12) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(13) the Department of Energy;’’; 
(2) by striking subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), (h), 
and (i) and redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as 
subsections (b) and (c), respectively; 
(3) in subsection (b), as so redesignated— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘coastal 
waters including the Great Lakes’’ and insert-
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ing ‘‘marine, estuarine, and freshwater sys-
tems’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by amending subparagraph (A) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(A) examine the causes and ecological con-
sequences of hypoxia on marine and aquatic species 
in their natural environments, and socio-cultural or 
economic costs of hypoxia, including impacts on food 
safety and security;’’; 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(B) through (D) as subparagraphs (D) 
through (F), respectively; 
(iii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(A) the following new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(B) examine the effect of other environmental 
stressors on hypoxia; 
‘‘(C) evaluate alternatives for reducing, miti-
gating, and controlling hypoxia and its environ-
mental impacts;’’; 
(iv) in subparagraph (D), as so redes-
ignated, by inserting ‘‘, social,’’ after ‘‘eco-
logical’’; and 
(v) in subparagraph (E), as so redes-
ignated, by striking ‘‘hypoxia modeling and 
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monitoring data’’ and inserting ‘‘hypoxia 
modeling, forecasting, and monitoring and 
observation data’’; and 
(4) in subsection (c), as so redesignated, to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(c) ACTION STRATEGY AND SCIENTIFIC ASSESS-
MENT FOR MARINE AND FRESHWATER HARMFUL ALGAL 
BLOOMS.— 
‘‘(1) Not less often than once every 5 years, the 
Task Force shall complete and submit to Congress 
an action strategy, including a scientific assessment, 
of harmful algal blooms in the United States (in this 
Act referred to as the ‘Action Strategy’). Each such 
Action Strategy, including scientific assessment, 
shall examine both marine and freshwater harmful 
algal blooms, including those in the Great Lakes and 
upper reaches of estuaries, those in freshwater lakes 
and rivers, and those that originate in freshwater 
lakes or rivers and migrate to coastal waters. 
‘‘(2) Each Action Strategy under this sub-
section shall— 
‘‘(A) examine the causes and ecological 
consequences, and the socio-cultural or eco-
nomic costs, including impacts food safety and 
security, of harmful algal blooms; 
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