#aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,s4   
#adad  ,,an ,,act  ,to improve the      
instant messaging service used by the   
,national ,weather ,service1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,national      
,weather ,service ,communications       
,improvement ,act4  #b4 ,national       
,weather ,service communications  7a7   
,in general ,title ,,iv of the ,weather 
,research and ,forecasting ,innovation  
,act of #bjag 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #heda et   
seq47 is amended by adding at the end   
the following3  #dae4 ,national ,weather
 ,service communications  7a7           
,improvement of instant messaging       
service  7#a7 ,in general ,the ,director
 of the ,national ,weather ,service     
shall improve the instant messaging     
service used by personnel of the        
,national ,weather ,service by          
implementing by ,october #a1 #bjbg1 a   
commercial off-the-shelf communications 
solution that replaces the instant      
messaging service commonly referred to  

as ,n,w,s,chat4  7#b7 ,requirements ,the
 communications solution implemented    
under paragraph 7#a7 shall-- 7,a7 be    
hosted on the public cloud2 and  7,b7   
satisfy requirements set forth by the   
,director to ensure that the solution-- 
7i7 best accommodates future growth2    
7ii7 performs successfully with         
increased numbers of users2  7iii7 is   
easy to use for the majority of users2  
and  7iv7 is similar to systems already 
in commercial use4  7#c7 ,definition of 
public cloud ,in this subsection1 the   
term public cloud means an information  
technology model in which service       
providers make computing services1      
including compute and storage and       
develop-and-deploy environments and     
applications1 available on-demand to    
organizations and individuals over the  
public internet4  7b7 ,no additional    
funds authorized ,funds to carry out    
this section may only come from amounts 
authorized to be appropriated to the    
,national ,oceanic and ,atmospheric     

,administration before the date of the  
enactment of the ,national ,weather     
,service ,communications ,improvement   
,act4  4  7b7 ,clerical amendment ,the  
table of contents in section #a7;b7 of  
the ,weather ,research and ,forecasting 
,innovation ,act of #bjag is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to    
section #dad the following3  ,sec4 #dae4
 ,national ,weather ,service            
communications4  4  ,passed the ,senate 
,december #ah1 #bjbc4,secretary