In this section:
The term "Administration" means the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The term "Administrator" means the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The term "Earth Prediction Innovation Center" means the community global weather research modeling system described in paragraph (5)(E) of section 8512(b) of this title.
The term "model" means any vetted numerical model and associated data assimilation of the Earth's system or its components-
The term "open license" has the same meaning given such term in section 3502(21) of title 44.
The term "operational model" means any model that has an output used by the Administration for operational functions.
The term "suitable model" means a model that meets the requirements described in paragraph (5)(E)(ii) of section 8512(b) of this title, as determined by the Administrator.
The purposes of this section are-
The Administrator shall develop and implement a plan to make available to the public, at no cost and with no restrictions on copying, publishing, distributing, citing, adapting, or otherwise using under an open license, the following:
In developing and implementing the plan under paragraph (1), the Administrator may make such accommodations as the Administrator considers appropriate to ensure that the public release of any model, information, documentation, or data pursuant to the plan do1 not jeopardize-
In developing and implementing the plan under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall prioritize making available to the public the models described in paragraph (1)(A).
In developing and implementing the plan under subsection (a), the Administrator shall ensure that all requirements incorporated into any models described in paragraph (1)(A) ensure compliance with statistical laws and other relevant data protection requirements, including the protection of any personally identifiable information.
In developing and implementing the plan under paragraph (1), the Administrator may exclude models that the Administrator determines will be retired or superseded in fewer than 5 years after December 23, 2022.
In carrying out paragraphs (1) and (2), the Administrator may use government servers, contracts or agreements with a private vendor, or any other platform consistent with the purpose of this title.2
The Administrator shall plan for and establish a program to support infrastructure, including telecommunications and technology infrastructure of the Administration and the platforms described in paragraph (6), relevant to making operational models and data available to the public pursuant to the plan under subsection (a).
The Administrator shall-
Not later than 2 years after December 23, 2022, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the implementation of this section that includes a description of-
In this subsection, the term "appropriate congressional committees" means-
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, for models developed in whole or in part with the Department of Defense, the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, as appropriate, shall withhold any model or data if the Administrator or the Secretary of Defense determines doing so to be necessary to protect the national security interests of the United States.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to supersede any other provision of law governing the protection of the national security interests of the United States.
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
1So in original. Probably should be "does".
2See References in Text note below.
15 U.S.C. § 8512a
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTThis title, referred to in subsec. (c)(6), means title CVI of div. J of Pub. L. 117-263 which enacted this section and amended section 8512 of this title. Section 3719 of this title, referred to in subsec. (e)(1)(C), was in the original "section 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1990" and was translated as reading "section 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980", to reflect the probable intent of Congress.The Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Act, referred to in subsec. (e)(1)(C), is section 402 of title IV of Pub. L. 114-329, 130 Stat. 3019, which is classified to section 3724 of this title.
CODIFICATIONSection was enacted as part of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, and not as part of the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 which comprises this chapter.Section is comprised of section 10601 of div. J of Pub. L. 117-263. Subsec. (c)(8) of section 10601 of div. J of Pub. L. 117-263 amended section 8512 of this title.
- Under Secretary
- The term "Under Secretary" means the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere.
- Administration
- the terms "Administration" and "Administrator" mean the Small Business Administration and the Administrator thereof, respectively; and
- Administrator
- the terms "Administration" and "Administrator" mean the Small Business Administration and the Administrator thereof, respectively; and