On the recordOctober 15, 2019
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 2597 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Learning Excellence and Good Examples from New Developers Act of 2019'' or the ``LEGEND Act of 2019''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Administration.--The term ``Administration'' means the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (2) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (3) Model.--The term ``model'' means any numerical model of the Earth's system or its components produced by scientists employed by the Administration. (4) Operational model.--The term ``operational model'' means any model that has an output used by the Administration for operational or public service functions. (5) Open source code.--The term ``open source code'' means computer code or programming language that is available for public use or modification. SEC. 3. PURPOSES.…





