; and (3) developing artificial intelligence weather forecasting applications. (b) Use of existing datasets In order to speed the development of the Earth system reanalysis dataset required under subsection (a), the Administrator shall assess, and to the greatest extent practicable build on, existing Earth system reanalysis datasets of the Federal Government. (c) Artificial intelligence weather model (1) In general In carrying out this section, the Administrator, in consultation with the Environmental Information Services Working Group, may develop and test a national weather model based on artificial intelligence technologies. (2) Report Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than annually thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives a report on the activities conducted under paragraph (1). (d) Cooperative institutes and contracting authority In carrying out this section, subject to the availability of appropriations, the Administrator may competitively award contracts, increase the scope of existing cooperative institutes of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or competitively award a new cooperative institute. (e) Public access Subject to section 109, the Administrator shall 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 Earth system reanalysis dataset developed under subsection (a) and the code for the artificial intelligence weather model developed under subsection (c). (f) Environmental impact The Administrator shall develop and disseminate best practices to minimize environmental impacts from the use of artificial intelligence technology to carry out this section. (g) Continued support for observations, basic research, and numerical weather models Notwithstanding the