,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #ead #aafth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,s4 #beig ,report ,no4 #aaf-bec ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,october #ae1 #bjai,mr4 ,thune 7for himself and ,mr4 ,schatz7 introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation ,august #ab1 #bjbj,reported by ,mr4 ,wicker1 with an amendment,omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic ,a ,,bill ,to require the ,national ,oceanic and ,atmospheric ,administration to make certain operational models available to the public1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,learning ,excellence and ,good ,examples from ,new ,developers ,act of #bjai or the ,,legend ,act of #bjai4 #b4 ,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7 ,administration ,the term ,administration means the ,national ,oceanic and ,atmospheric ,administration4 7#b7 ,administrator ,the term ,administrator means the ,under ,secretary of ,commerce for ,oceans and ,atmosphere and ,administrator of the ,national ,oceanic and ,atmospheric ,administration4 7#c7 ,model ,the term model means any numerical model of the ,earth's system or its components produced by scientists employed by the ,administration4 7#d7 ,operational model ,the term operational model means any model that has an output used by the ,administration for operational or public service functions4 7#e7 ,open source code ,the term open source code means computer code or programming language that is available for public use or modification4 #c4 ,purposes ,the purposes of this ,act are-- 7#a7 to support innovation in modeling by allowing interested stakeholders to have easy and complete access to the models used by the ,administration2 and 7#b7 to use vetted innovations arising from access provided under paragraph 7#a7 to improve modeling by the ,administration4 #d4 ,requirement to make certain operational models available to the public 7a7 ,in general ,the ,administrator shall make available to the public the following3 7#a7 ,current and future operational models developed by the ,administration1 in the form of open source code for a period consistent with applicable records retention requirements4 7#b7 ,all ,government-owned data1 subject to redistribution rights1 associated with such models and used in operational forecasting by the ,administration1 including-- 7,a7 relevant metadata2 7,b7 data used for current operational forecasts2 and 7,c7 a description of intended model outputs4 7b7 ,discretion ,to make experimental or development models available ,the ,administrator may make experimental or developmental models associated with development projects funded by the ,administration available to the public as open source code4 7c7 ,platform ,in carrying out subsections 7a7 and 7b71 the ,administrator may use government servers1 contracts or agreements with a private vendor1 or any other platform consistent with the purpose of this ,act4 7d7 ,technical correction ,section #ajb7;b7 of the ,weather ,research ,forecasting and ,innovation ,act of #bjag 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #heab7;b77 is amended by redesignating the second paragraph 7#d7 7as added by section #d7;a7 of the ,national ,integrated ,drought ,information ,system ,reauthorization ,act of #bjah 7,public ,law #aae-dbc77 as paragraph 7#e74 7e7 ,phased implementation 7#a7 ,immediate effect for certain models ,for operational models that1 as of the date of the enactment of this ,act1 meet the requirements described in paragraph 7#e77;,e77ii7 of section #ajb7;b7 of the ,weather ,research ,forecasting and ,innovation ,act of #bjag 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #heab7;b771 as redesignated by subsection 7d71 the ,administrator shall implement the requirements of subsection 7a7 as soon as practicable after such date of enactment4 7#b7 ,new models ,for operational models that meet the requirements described in paragraph 7#a7 and are created or substantially updated after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 the ,administrator shall implement the requirements of subsection 7a7 not later than #a year after such date of enactment4 #e4 ,requirement to review models and leverage innovations ,the ,administrator shall-- 7#a7 consistent with the mission of the ,earth ,prediction ,innovation ,center1 periodically review innovations and improvements made by persons outside the ,administration to the operational models made available to the public under section #d in order to improve the accuracy and timeliness of forecasts of the ,administration2 and 7#b7 if the ,administrator identifies an innovation for such a model the ,administrator considers suitable1 develop and implement a plan to use the innovation to improve the model4 #f4 ,report on implementation 7a7 ,in general ,not later than #a year after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 the ,administrator shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the implementation of this ,act that includes a description of-- 7#a7 how operational models have been made publicly available as required by section #d7;a72 and 7#b7 the process of the ,administration under section #e-- 7,a7 for engaging with interested stakeholders to learn what innovations those stakeholders have found2 7,b7 for reviewing those innovations2 and 7,c7 for operationalizing innovations the ,administrator considers suitable4 7b7 ,appropriate congressional committees defined ,in this section1 the term appropriate congressional committees means-- 7#a7 the ,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation and the ,committee on ,appropriations of the ,senate2 and 7#b7 the ,committee on ,science1 ,space1 and ,technology and the ,committee on ,appropriations of the ,house of ,representatives4 #g4 ,protection of national security interests 7a7 ,in general ,notwithstanding any other provision of this ,act1 the ,administrator may withhold models or data used in operational weather forecasting if the ,administrator determines doing so to be necessary to protect the national security interests of the ,united ,states4 7b7 ,rule of construction ,nothing in this ,act shall be construed to supersede any other provision of law governing the protection of the national security interests of the ,united ,states4 #h4 ,authorization of appropriations ,there are authorized to be appropriated to the ,administration for each of fiscal years #bjba through #bjbf such sums as may be necessary to carry out this ,act4 #h4 ,funding ,the ,administrator shall carry out this ,act using amounts available to the ,administrator for fiscal years #bjba through #bjbf4 ,august #ab1 #bjbj,reported with an amendment