106 STAT. 4276 PUBLIC LAW 102-567—OCT. 29, 1992

ing, ground sensing, research aircraft, and other technologies nec-
essary to accomplish the program established under this section,
(c) MANAGEMENT PLANS.—(1) The Secretary of Defense and
the Secretary of Commerce shall jointly develop and, within 120
days after the date of enactment of this Act, submit to the Congress
a management plan for the program established under this section,
which shall include organizational structure, goals, major tasks,
and funding profiles for the 5-year duration of the program.

(2) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Commerce,
in consultation with the Tropical Cyclone Research Advisory
Committee established by section 107(aX2), shall jointly develop
and, within 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act, submit
to the Congress a management plan providing for continued tropical
cyclone surveillance and reconnaissance which will adequately pro-
tect the citizens of the coastal areas of the United States.

(3) The management plans and programs required by this sec-
tion shall in every sense provide for at least the same degree
and quality of protection (such as early warning capability and
accuracy of fixing a storm's location) as currently exists with a
combination of satellite technology and manned reconnaissance
flights. Additionally, such plans and programs shall in no way
allow any reduction in the level, quality, timeliness, sustainability,
or area served (including the State of Hawaii) of both the existing
principal and back-up tropical cyclone reconnaissance and tracking
systems.

15 USC 313 note. SEC. 108. UNITED STATES WEATHER RESEARCH PROGRAM.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Commerce, hi coopera-
tion with the Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering,
and Technology through the Committee on Earth and Environ-
mental Sciences, shall establish a United States Weather Research
Program to—

(1) increase benefits to the Nation from the substantial
investment in modernizing the public weather warning and
forecast system in the United States;

(2) improve local and regional weather forecasts and ,
warnings;

(3) address critical weather-related scientific issues; and

(4) coordinate governmental, university, and private-sector
efforts.

(b) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not later than 90 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce, hi
cooperation with the Committee on Earth and Environmental
Sciences, shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on
Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives
a plan for implementation of the United States Weather Research
Program which shall—

(1) establish, for the 10-year period beginning in the year
the plan is submitted, the goals and priorities for Federal
weather research which most effectively advance the scientific
understanding of weather processes and provide information
to improve weather warning and forecast systems in the United
States;

(2) describe specific activities, including research activities,
data collection and data analysis requirements, predictive mod-
eling, participation in international research efforts, demonstra-