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Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Chapter 111 — Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation

§ 8511. Public safety priority

Statutory text

In conducting research, the Under Secretary shall prioritize improving weather data, modeling, computing, forecasting, and warnings for the protection of life and property and for the enhancement of the national economy.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017

    Pub. L. 115–25 title I § 101 · 131 Stat. 91

    Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 8511

    (Pub. L. 115–25, title I, § 101, Apr. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 92.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 115–25, title I, § 101, Apr. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 92.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 101. PUBLIC SAFETY PRIORITY.   In conducting research, the Under Secretary shall prioritize improving weather data, modeling, computing, forecasting, and warnings for the protection of life and property and for the enhancement of the national economy.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 115–25, title I, § 101, , 131 Stat. 92.)

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