,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #egb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #h1 #bjag,mr4
 ,burr 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,cantwell1 and
 ,mr4 ,tillis7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,commerce1         
,science1 and ,transportation  ,a ,,bill
  ,to require the ,secretary of         
,commerce to study the coverage gaps of 
the ,next ,generation ,weather ,radar of
 the ,national ,weather ,service and to 
develop a plan for improving radar      
coverage and hazardous weather detection
 and forecasting1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,study on gaps in        
,,nexrad coverage and requirement for   
plan to address such gaps  7a7 ,study on
 gaps in ,,nexrad coverage  7#a7 ,in    
general ,not later than #ij days after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,secretary of ,commerce shall       
complete a study on gaps in the coverage
 of the ,next ,generation ,weather      
,radar of the ,national ,weather        

,service 7referred to in this section as
 ,,nexrad74  7#b7 ,elements ,in         
conducting the study required under     
paragraph 7#a71 the ,secretary shall--  
7,a7 identify areas in the ,united      
,states with limited or no ,,nexrad     
coverage below #f1jjj feet above ground 
level of the surrounding terrain2  7,b7 
for the areas identified under          
subparagraph 7,a7-- 7i7 identify the key
 weather effects for which prediction   
would improve with improved radar       
detection2  7ii7 identify additional    
sources of observations for high impact 
weather that were available and         
operational for such areas on the day   
before the date of the enactment of this
 ,act1 including ,terminal ,doppler     
,weather ,radar 7commonly known as      
,,tdwr71 air surveillance radars of the 
,federal ,aviation ,administration1 and 
cooperative network observers2 and      
7iii7 assess the feasibility and        
advisability of efforts to integrate and
 upgrade ,federal radar capabilities    

that are not owned or controlled by the 
,national ,oceanic and ,atmospheric     
,administration1 including radar        
capabilities of the ,federal ,aviation  
,administration and the ,department of  
,defense2  7,c7 assess the feasibility  
and advisability of incorporating       
,state-operated and other non-,federal  
radars into the operations of the       
,national ,weather ,service2  7,d7      
identify options to improve radar       
coverage in the areas identified under  
subparagraph 7,a72 and  7,e7 estimate   
the cost of1 and develop a timeline for1
 carrying out each of the options       
identified under subparagraph 7,d74     
7#c7 ,report ,upon the completion of the
 study required under paragraph 7#a71   
the ,secretary shall submit to the      
,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and  
,transportation of the ,senate1 the     
,committee on ,appropriations of the    
,senate1 the ,committee on ,science1    
,space1 and ,technology of the ,house of
 ,representatives1 and the ,committee on

 ,appropriations of the ,house of       
,representatives a report on the        
findings of the ,secretary with respect 
to the study4  7b7 ,plan ,to improve    
radar coverage  7#a7 ,in general ,not   
later than #cj days after the date on   
which the ,secretary completes the plan 
required by subsection 7a77#a71 the     
,secretary of ,commerce shall submit to 
the congressional committees referred to
 in subsection 7a77#c7 a plan for       
improving radar coverage in the areas   
identified under subsection 7a77#b77;,a7
 by integrating and upgrading1 to the   
extent practicable1 additional          
observation solutions to improve        
hazardous weather detection and         
forecasting4  7#b7 ,requirement for     
third-party reviews ,the ,secretary     
shall seek third-party reviews on       
scientific methodology relating to1 and 
the feasibility and advisability of1    
implementing the plan submitted under   
paragraph 7#a71 including the extent to 
which warning and forecast services of  

the ,national ,weather ,service would be
 improved by additional ,,nexrad        
coverage4