106 STAT. 4278 PUBLIC LAW 102-567—OCT. 29, 1992

(2) Rental costs for the space leased under paragraph (1) shall
not exceed fair annual rental value as established by governmental
appraisal.

(b) ALTERATIONS.—The Administrator is authorized to expend
funds to make all necessary alterations to the space to allow for
operation of a Weather Forecast Office.

(c) OPERATIONS.—The Administrator is authorized to carry out
the operations of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion in such facility.

Establishment. SEC. 112. INSTITUTE FOR AVIATION WEATHER PREDICTION.

15 use 3i3b. ,j^e Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration shall establish an Institute for Aviation Weather
Prediction. The Institute shall provide forecasts, weather warnings,
and other weather services to the United States aviation commu-
nity. The Institute shall expand upon the activities of the aviation
unit currently at the National Severe Storms Forecast Center in
Kansas City, Missouri, and shall be established in the Kansas
City, Missouri area. The Administrator shall provide a full and
fair opportunity for employees at the National Severe Storms Fore-
cast Center to assume comparable duties and responsibilities within
the Institute.

SEC. 113. WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN OKLAHOMA

(a) FACILITY ACQUISITION.—(1) The Administrator of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is authorized
to lease building and associated space to be constructed by the
University of Oklahoma, Norman, for the operation of the National
Severe Storms Laboratory, Weather Forecast Office, NEXRAD Oper-
ational Support Facility, and National Institute for Storm Prediction
as part of the implementation of the Next Generation Weather
Radar and National Weather Service Modernization Program, for
a term of up to 20 years. This authorization is subject to the
availability of appropriations provided in advance for the purpose
stated in this paragraph.

(2) Rental costs for the space leased under paragraph (1) shall
not exceed fair annual rental value as established by governmental
appraisal.

(b) ALTERATIONS.—The Administrator is authorized to expend
funds to make all necessary alterations to the space to allow for
operations listed in subsection (aXD.

(c) OPERATIONS.—The Administrator is authorized to carry out
the operations of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion in such facility.

SEC. 114. TRANSFER OF DATA ARCHIVING RESPONSIBILITY.

(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—

(1) section 602 of the Land Remote-Sensing Commercializa-
tion Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4272) directs the Secretary of
Commerce to provide for the archiving of land remote-sensing
data for historical, scientific, and technical purposes, including
long-term global environmental monitoring;

(2) the Secretary of Commerce currently provides for the
archiving of Landsat data at the Department of the Interior's
EROS Data Center, which is consistent with the requirement
of section 602(g) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 4272(g)) to use existing
Federal Government facilities to the extent practicable in carry-
ing out this archiving responsibility;