[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 20 (Monday, February 24, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S1471]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mrs. BOXER:
  S. 344. A bill to require the relocation of a National Weather 
Service radar tower which is on Sulphur Mountain near Ojai, CA; to the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.


                  national weather service legislation

 Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
text of the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                 S. 344

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. RELOCATION OF RADAR TOWER.

       (a) Requirement To Relocate Radar Tower.--Not later than 18 
     months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary shall relocate the National Weather Service radar 
     tower which is located on Sulphur Mountain near Ojai, 
     California, to a site which complies with the criteria listed 
     in subsection (b).
       (b) Criteria for New Site.--The new site for the radar 
     tower referred to in subsection (a) shall be selected so that 
     the relocation--
       (1) will not result in degradation of service; and
       (2) will minimize the negative impact of the radar tower on 
     residential areas.
       (c) Report.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit a report 
     to Congress that includes--
       (1) an identification of the new site selected for the 
     radar tower; and
       (2) evidence which was considered in reaching the 
     conclusion that relocation of the radar tower to the site 
     selected meets the criteria listed in subsection (b).

     SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

       For the purposes of this Act--
       (1) the term ``degradation of service'' means any decrease 
     in or failure to maintain the quality and type of weather 
     services provided by the National Weather Service to the 
     public; and
       (2) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
     Commerce.
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