,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bbif  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bd1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,feenstra 7for himself1 ,mrs4 ,hinson1 
,mr4 ,sorensen1 ,mr4 ,graves1 ,mr4      
,haridopolos1 ,mr4 ,crenshaw1 ,ms4      
,craig1 ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1 ,ms4         
,mc,bride1 ,ms4 ,ross1 ,mrs4 ,radewagen1
 ,mrs4 ,miller-,meeks1 ,mr4 ,moylan1    
,mr4 ,carbajal1 ,mrs4 ,mc,clain         
,delaney1 and ,mr4 ,moskowitz7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,science1
 ,space1 and ,technology  ,a ,,bill  ,to
 upgrade the communications 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   
,system upgrade ,the ,director of the   
,national ,weather ,service shall       
improve the instant messaging service   
used by personnel of the ,national      

,weather ,service by implementing1 not  
later than ,october #a1 #bjbg1 a        
commercial off-the-shelf communications 
solution that replaces the instant      
messaging service commonly referred to  
as ,n,w,s,chat4  7b7 ,requirements ,the 
communications solution implemented     
under subsection 7a7 shall-- 7#a7 be    
hosted on the public cloud2 and  7#b7   
satisfy requirements set forth by the   
,director of the ,national ,weather     
,service to ensure such solution-- 7,a7 
best accommodates future growth2  7,b7  
performs successfully with increased    
numbers of users2  7,c7 is easy to use  
for the majority of users2 and  7,d7 is 
similar to systems already in commercial
 use4  7c7 ,funding ,from amounts made  
available for ,operations1 ,research1   
and ,facilities1 the ,director of the   
,national ,weather ,service shall       
allocate up to #c1jjj1jjj for each of   
fiscal years #bjbf through #bjbi to     
carry out subsection 7a74  7d7          
,limitation on funding ,amounts made    

available to carry out subsection 7a7   
shall be derived from amounts           
appropriated or otherwise made available
 to the ,national ,weather ,service4