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 106 STAT. 4278 PUBLIC LAW 102-567—OCT. 29, 1992 (2) Rental costs for the space leased under paragraph (1) shall not exceed fair annual rental value as established by governmental appraisal. (b) ALTERATIONS.—The Administrator is authorized to expend funds to make all necessary alterations to the space to allow for operation of a Weather Forecast OfiEice. (c) OPERATIONS.—The Administrator is authorized to carry out the operations of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admimstration in such facility. Establishment. SEC. 112. DESTITUTE FOR AVIATION WEATHER PREDICTION. The Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall establish an Institute for Aviation Weather Prediction. The Institute shall provide forecasts, weather warnings, and other weather services to the United States aviation community. The Institute shall expand upon the activities of the aviation unit ciurently at the National Severe Storms Forecast Center in Kansas City, Missouri, and shall be established in the Kansas City, Missouri area. The Administrator shall provide a full and fair opportunity for employees at the National Severe Storms Forecast Center to assume comparable duties and responsibilities within the Institute. SEC. 113. WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN OKLAHOMA. (a) FACILITY ACQUISITION. — (1) The Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to lease building and associated space to be constructed by the University of Oklahoma, Norman, for the operation of the National Severe Storms Laboratory, Weather Forecast Office, NEXRAD Operational Support Facility, and National Institute for Storm Prediction as part of the implementation of the Next Generation Weather Radar and National Weather Service Modernization Program, for a term of up to 20 years. This authorization is subject to the availability of appropriations provided in advance for the purpose stated in this paragraph. (2) Rental costs for the space leased under paragraph (1) shall not exceed fair annual rental value as established by governmental appraisal. (b) ALTERATIONS.—The Administrator is authorized to expend funds to make all necessary alterations to the space to allow for operations listed in subsection (a)(D. (c) OPERATIONS.—The Administrator is authorized to carry out the operations of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in such facility. SEC. 114. TRANSFER OF DATA ARCHIVING RESPONSmiliTY. (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that— (1) section 602 of the Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4272) directs the Secretary of Commerce to provide for the archiving of land remote-sensing data for historical, scientific, and technical purposes, including long-term global environmental monitoring; (2) the Secretary of Commerce currently provides for the archiving of Landsat data at the Department of the Interior's EROS Data Center, which is consistent with the requirement of section 602(g) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 4272(g)) to use existing Federal Government facilities to the extent practicable in carry- ing out this archiving responsibility;

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