Definition: In this task, you are given text for US Congressional and California state bills, your task is to generate a summary for this bill.
Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''United States Weather Research
Program Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. PROGRAM FOCUS.

The focus of the United States Weather Research Program, an
interagency program established under section 108 of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Authorization Act of 1992 (15
U.S.C. 313 note), shall be on--
(1) hurricanes, floods, and heavy precipitation, including
both snow and rain;
(2) building on existing investments, including those of
the National Weather Service modernization effort, to
dramatically accelerate improvement in weather forecasts;
(3) providing attention and resources in areas where
progress can be made quickly and where the impact will be
greatest;
(4) establishing goals that can be attained by leveraging
the resources of several agencies and through the collaborative
scientific efforts of the operational and research communities
in academia and government; and
(5) making research grants to universities and other
research institutions.

SEC. 3. PROGRAM RESEARCH PRIORITIES.

The research priorities of the United States Weather Research
Program shall be in the areas of--
(1) hurricanes, to improve--
(A) landfall location forecasts; and
(B) forecasts of hurricane strength;
(2) heavy precipitation, to improve forecasts of both
winter storms and rain storms through better prediction of
timing, location, and intensity;
(3) floods, to improve--
(A) flood forecasting by coupling precipitation
forecasts with hydrologic prediction; and
(B) forecasting and warning systems for inland
flooding related to tropical cyclones;
(4) two-to-fourteen day forecasting, to--
(A) improve short and medium range numerical
weather predictions and warnings of high-impact weather
events;
(B) conduct the Hemispheric Observing System
Research and Predictability Experiment (THORpex) to
fill observational gaps in the Northern Hemisphere; and
(C) test and evaluate advanced data assimilation
techniques in global models;
(5) societal and economic impacts, to--
(A) identify methods of delivering weather
information effectively and recommend ways to improve
weather communications;
(B) assess social and economic impacts of adverse
weather ranging from disastrous to routine;
(C) evaluate what weather information is most
useful to public and private decision makers; and
(D) perform research on societal and economic
impact to ensure a connection between weather research
and improvement of the human condition; and
(6) testing research concepts at United States Weather
Research Program-sponsored test bed centers in an environment
identical to those used by operational meteorologists, to
enable technology transfer to those operational meteorologists.

SEC. 4. INTERAGENCY PLANNING AND PROCESS.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as the lead
agency of the United States Weather Research Program, shall coordinate
and consult with the National Science Foundation, the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, other appropriate Federal
agencies, and other appropriate entities to develop, and annually
update, a five-year plan--
(1) describing how Federal agencies can best team with
universities and other research institutions;
(2) identifying social, economic, and military needs and
requirements for weather information, as well as defining the
research required to meet these needs;
(3) outlining methods for dissemination of weather
information to user communities; and
(4) describing best practices for transferring United
States Weather Research Program research results to forecasting
operations.

SEC. 5. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this
Act, and annually thereafter, the Administrator of the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration shall transmit to the Committee on
Science of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report which shall
include--
(1) the most recent five-year plan developed or updated
under section 4, including the roles and funding to be provided
by various Federal agencies in achieving the objectives of the
plan;
(2) a justification of any changes to the plan since the
last transmittal under this section; and
(3) a detailed assessment of the extent to which the
objectives of the plan have been achieved.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Office of
Atmospheric Research of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration for carrying out this Act--
(1) for fiscal year 2004, $15,000,000, of which at least 50
percent shall be for competitive, merit-reviewed grants to, or
contracts or cooperative agreements with, institutions of
higher education (as defined in section 101 of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001));
(2) for fiscal year 2005, $15,500,000, of which at least 50
percent shall be for competitive, merit-reviewed grants to, or
contracts or cooperative agreements with, institutions of
higher education (as defined in section 101 of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)); and
(3) for fiscal year 2006, $16,000,000, of which at least 50
percent shall be for competitive, merit-reviewed grants to, or
contracts or cooperative agreements with, institutions of
higher education (as defined in section 101 of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)).
Output:
United States Weather Research Program Act of 2003 - States that the United States Weather Research Program's priorities shall be in the areas of: (1) hurricanes, to improve landfall location and hurricane strength forecasts; (2) heavy precipitation, to improve winter and rain storm forecasts; (3) floods, to improve flood forecasting and forecasting and warning systems for inland flooding related to tropical cyclones; (4) two-to-fourteen day forecasting, to improve weather predictions and warnings of high-impact weather events, to conduct the Hemispheric Observing System Research and Predictability Experiment (THORpex) to fill observational gaps in the Northern Hemisphere, and to test and evaluate advanced data assimilation techniques in global models; (5) societal and economic impacts, to identify methods of delivering weather information effectively, to recommend ways to improve weather communications, to assess impacts of adverse weather, to evaluate what weather information is most useful, and to perform research on such impacts; and (6) testing research concepts at Program-sponsored test bed centers, to enable technology transfer to operational meteorologists.Directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to develop and annually update, and NOAA's Administrator to report to Congress on, a five-year plan: (1) describing how Federal agencies can best team with universities and other research institutions; (2) identifying social, economic, and military needs and requirements for weather information; (3) outlining methods for disseminating information to user communities; and (4) describing best practices for transferring Program research results to forecasting operations.