Sec. 704. Extreme weather and climate outreach to insular areas
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The Administrator shall provide technical assistance and outreach to insular areas of the United States through the San Juan, Tiyan, and Pago Pago Weather Forecast Offices of the National Weather Service. For the purposes of this section, the Administrator may also employ other agency entities as the Administrator deems necessary, in order to improve weather data collection, produce more accurate tropical weather forecasts, and provide science, data, information, and impact-based decision support services to reduce hurricane and typhoon impacts in the Territories and Freely Associated States.
To carry out this subsection there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025. The Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator, may provide grants to academic, nonprofit, and local entities to conduct climate change research in the Territories and Freely Associated States. The purpose of a grant under this subsection may include research on oceanic heat content to assess past and future hurricane and typhoon trends.
To carry out this subsection there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025.