,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ciab  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #be1 
#bjbf,mr4 ,sheehy introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
  ,a ,,bill  ,to reauthorize the        
,national ,integrated ,drought          
,information ,system ,act of #bjjf1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,,nidis  
,reauthorization ,act of #bjbf4  #b4    
,national ,integrated ,drought          
,information ,system  7a7 ,in general   
,section #c of the ,national ,integrated
 ,drought ,information ,system ,act of  
#bjjf 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #cac;d7 is         
amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a71 by    
striking 1 through the ,national        
,weather ,service and other appropriate 
weather and climate programs in the     
,national ,oceanic and ,atmospheric     
,administration12  7#b7 in subsection   
7b7-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#a7-- 7i7 in   

subparagraph 7,a71 by striking and after
 the semicolon2  7ii7 in subparagraph   
7,b71 by inserting and after the        
semicolon2 and  7iii7 by adding at the  
end the following3  7,c7 incorporates   
flash drought research and tools to     
enhance timely response2  2  7,b7 in    
paragraph 7#e71 by striking improvements
 in seasonal precipitation and          
temperature1 subseasonal precipitation  
and temperature1 and low flow water     
prediction2 and and inserting support   
improvements in subseasonal to seasonal 
precipitation and temperature1 and low  
flow water prediction22 and  7,c7 by    
striking paragraph 7#f7 and inserting   
the following3  7#f7 continue ongoing   
research and monitoring activities      
related to drought1 including research  
activities relating to the prediction1  
length1 severity1 and impacts of drought
 and the role of weather events and     
subseasonal to seasonal variability in  
drought2  7#g7 advance and deploy       
next-generation technologies related to 

drought1 such as monitoring1            
preparedness1 and forecasting           
capabilities utilizing artificial       
intelligence1 machine learning1 and     
cloud technologies2  7#h7 use           
observational networks1 including the   
,national ,weather ,service cooperative 
observer program and ,state or regional 
hydrological monitoring projects2  7#i7 
refine drought indicators across        
multiple spatial and temporal scales2   
7#aj7 improve decision support products2
  7#aa7 optimize data and resources from
 across the ,federal ,government2  7#ab7
 investigate and address data gaps1     
including snowpack monitoring1          
space-based or in-situ soil moisture    
monitoring1 groundwater data1 and data  
related to rapid intensification events2
 and  7#ac7 engage with1 and leverage   
the resources of1 entities within the   
,national ,oceanic and ,atmospheric     
,administration in existence as of the  
date of the enactment of the ,,nidis    
,reauthorization ,act of #bjbf to       

improve coordination of water           
monitoring1 forecasting1 and management4
  2  7#c7 in subsection 7c7-- 7,a7 in   
paragraph 7#b71 by striking and after   
the semicolon2  7,b7 in paragraph 7#c71 
by striking the period and inserting 2  
and2 and  7,c7 by adding at the end the 
following3  7#d7 in partnership with the
 ,national ,mesonet ,program1 establish 
memoranda of understanding to provide   
coordinated1 high-quality data4  2 and  
7#d7 by adding at the end the following3
  7g7 ,modeling update ,not later than  
#a year after the date of the enactment 
of the ,,nidis ,reauthorization ,act of 
#bjbf1 the ,under ,secretary1 acting    
through the ,national ,integrated       
,drought ,information ,system and the   
,national ,weather ,service1 shall      
develop a plan to incorporate existing  
drought products of the ,national       
,oceanic and ,atmospheric               
,administration and improved dynamical  
and statistical forecast modeling tools 
into probabilistic forecasts4  4  7b7   

,authorization of appropriations        
,section #d of the ,national ,integrated
 ,drought ,information ,system ,act of  
#bjjf 7,public ,law #aji-dcj2 #ae       
,u4,s4,c4 #cac;d note7 is amended to    
read as follows3  #d4 ,authorization of 
appropriations ,there are authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out this ,act--
 7#a7 #ae1jjj1jjj for fiscal year #bjbf4
  7#b7 #ae1ejj1jjj for fiscal year      
#bjbg4  7#c7 #af1jjj1jjj for fiscal year
 #bjbh4  7#d7 #af1ejj1jjj for fiscal    
year #bjbi4  7#e7 #ag1jjj1jjj for fiscal
 year #bjcj4  4