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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · H.R. 1496 (Reported in House) — To upgrade the communications service used by the National Weather Service, and for other purposes. · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. National Weather Service communications

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Title IV of the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 ( 15 U.S.C. 8541 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: The Director of the National Weather Service shall improve the instant messaging service used by National Weather Service personnel by implementing a commercial off-the-shelf communications solution hosted on the public cloud to serve as a replacement for the communications system in use as of the date of the enactment of this section (commonly referred to as NWSChat ).
Such communications solution shall satisfy requirements set forth by the Director to best accommodate future growth and perform successfully with increased numbers of users. From amounts made available for Operations, Research, and Facilities, the Director of the National Weather Service shall allocate up to $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2027 to carry out subsection (a). Amounts made available to carry out subsection
(a)shall be derived from amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to the National Weather Service. . The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 414 the following new item: Sec. 415. National Weather Service communications. .
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