,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dejj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #aa1     
#bjbd,mrs4 ,britt 7for herself and ,mr4 
,welch7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and 
,transportation  ,a ,,bill  ,to modify  
operations of the ,national ,water      
,center of the ,national ,oceanic and   
,atmospheric ,administration1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,water         
,research ,optimization ,act of #bjbd4  
#b4 ,modification of operations of      
,national ,water ,center ,section #cja  
of the ,coordinated ,ocean ,observations
 and ,research ,act of #bjbj 7#db       
,u4,s4,c4 #ajcga7 is amended-- 7#a7 in  
subsection 7a7-- 7,a7 in paragraph      
7#a77;,a7-- 7i7 in the matter preceding 
clause 7i71 by inserting 1 within the   
,office of ,water ,prediction of the    
,national ,weather ,service1 after shall
 establish2  7ii7 in clause 7i71 by     

striking and after the semicolon2  7iii7
 in clause 7ii71 by striking the period 
and inserting 2 and2 and  7iv7 by adding
 at the end the following new clause3   
7iii7 to lead the transition of water   
research by the ,federal ,government1   
including model development1 into       
operations of the ,national ,oceanic and
 ,atmospheric ,administration and the   
,national ,weather ,service4  2  7,b7 in
 paragraph 7#b71 by adding at the end   
the following3  7,f7 ,serving as the    
primary center within the ,national     
,oceanic and ,atmospheric               
,administration for research1           
development1 collaboration1 and         
coordination of the water research and  
operational activities of the           
,administration and other centers and   
networks of the ,federal ,government1   
including those of the ,department of   
,agriculture1 the ,army ,corps of       
,engineers1 the ,bureau of ,reclamation1
 the ,united ,states ,geological        
,survey1 and the ,federal ,emergency    

,management ,agency4  7,g7 ,integrating 
and promoting consistency among national
 and regional hydrological operations4  
2 and  7,c7 by adding at the end the    
following3  7#c7 ,incorporation into    
unified forecast system ,the ,under     
,secretary shall use the ,weather and   
,climate ,operational ,supercomputing   
,system1 or any successor system1 to    
support the development and             
implementation of advanced water        
resources modeling capabilities under   
paragraph 7#b77;,b7 and shall           
incorporate those modeling capabilities 
into the unified forecast system4  2    
7#b7 by striking subsection 7b72  7#c7  
by redesignating subsections 7c71 7d71  
and 7e7 as subsections 7b71 7e71 and    
7f71 respectively2  7#d7 by inserting   
after subsection 7b71 as redesignated by
 paragraph 7#c71 the following3  7c7    
,organization with river forecast       
centers ,the ,under ,secretary1 acting  
through the ,director of the ,office of 
,water ,prediction of the ,national     

,weather ,service1 shall supervise and  
oversee the administration1 management1 
and operations of each ,river ,forecast 
,center of the ,national ,weather       
,service and coordinate those operations
 with the ,national ,water ,center4  7d7
 ,administration and management of      
,cooperative ,institute for ,research to
 ,operations in ,hydrology ,the ,under  
,secretary1 acting through the ,director
 of the ,office of ,water ,prediction of
 the ,national ,weather ,service1 shall 
administer the duties and activities of 
the ,national ,oceanic and ,atmospheric 
,administration related to the          
,cooperative ,institute for ,research to
 ,operations in ,hydrology1 or any      
successor entity1 and coordinate the    
activities of the ,institute with the   
,national ,water ,center4  2 and  7#e7  
in subsection 7e77#d71 as redesignated  
by paragraph 7#c71 by striking fiscal   
year #bjbd and inserting each of fiscal 
years #bjbd through #bjbh4