§ 703. NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
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National Implementation Plan .— As part of the budget justification documents submitted to Congress in support of the annual budget request for the Department of Commerce, the Secretary shall include a National Implementation Plan for modernization of the National Weather Service for each fiscal year following fiscal year 1993 until such modernization is complete. The Plan shall set forth the actions, during the 2-year period beginning with the fiscal year for which the budget request is made, that will be necessary to accomplish the objectives described in the Strategic Plan, and shall include— detailed requirements for new technologies, facilities, staffing levels and positions, and funding, in accordance with the overall schedule for modernization; notification of any proposed action to change operations at a field office and the intended date of such operational change; identification of any field office that the Secretary intends to certify under section 706, including the intended date of such certification; special measures to test, evaluate, and demonstrate key elements of the modernized National Weather Service operations prior to national implementation, including a multistation operational demonstration which tests the performance of the modernization in an integrated manner for a sustained period; detailed plans and funding requirements for meteorological research to be accomplishment [sic] under this title to assure that new techniques in forecasting will be developed to utilize the new technologies being implemented in the modernization; and training and education programs to ensure that employees gain the necessary expertise to utilize the new technologies and to minimize employee displacement as a consequence of modernization.
Transmittal to Committee .— The Secretary shall transmit a copy of each annual Plan to the Committee. Consultation .— In developing the Plan, the Secretary shall consult, as appropriate, with the Committee and public entities responsible for providing or utilizing weather services.