; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. Sec. 3. National Integrated Flood Information System. Sec. 4. Observations and modeling for total water prediction. Sec. 5. Service coordination hydrologists at River Forecast Centers of the National Weather Service. Sec. 6. Improving National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration communication of future flood risks and hazardous flash flood events. Sec. 7. Freshwater monitoring along the coast. Sec. 8. Tornado warning improvement. Sec. 9. Hurricane forecast improvement program. Sec. 10. Weather and water research and development planning. Sec. 11. Forecast communication coordinators. Sec. 12. Estimates of precipitation frequency in the United States. Sec. 13. Interagency Coordinating Committee on Water Management. Sec. 14. National Weather Service hydrologic research fellowship program. Sec. 15. Identification and support of consistent, Federal set of forward-looking, long-term meteorological information. Sec. 16. Gap analysis on availability of snow-related data to assess and predict flood and flood impacts. Sec. 17. Availability to the public of flood-related data. 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) State The term State means each State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands of the United States, and any other territory or possession of the United States. (2) Under Secretary The term Under Secretary means the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere. 3. National Integrated Flood Information System (a) In general The Under Secretary shall establish a system, to be known as the National Integrated Flood Information System , to better inform and provide for more timely decision making to reduce flood-related effects and costs. (b) System functions The Under Secretary, through the National Integrated Flood Information System, shall— (1) provide an effective flood early warning system that— (A) collects and integrates information on