§ 8513. Tornado warning improvement and extension program

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. 2017

   Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017

   Pub. L. 115–25 title I § 103 · 131 Stat. 91

   Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 8513

   Pub. L. 115–25, title I, § 103, Apr. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 94

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 115–25, title I, § 103, Apr. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 94

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 103. TORNADO WARNING IMPROVEMENT AND EXTENSION PROGRAM. (a) In General.— The Under Secretary, in collaboration with the United States weather industry and academic partners, shall establish a tornado warning improvement and extension program. (b) Goal.— The goal of such program shall be to reduce the loss of life and economic losses from tornadoes through the development and extension of accurate, effective, and timely tornado forecasts, predictions, and warnings, including the prediction of tornadoes beyond 1 hour in advance. (c) Program Plan.— Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Administrator for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, in coordination with the Director of the National Weather Service, shall develop a program plan that details the specific research, development, and technology transfer activities, as well as corresponding resources and timelines, necessary to achieve the program goal. (d) Annual Budget for Plan Submittal.— Following completion of the plan, the Under Secretary, acting through the Assistant Administrator for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research and in coordination with the Director of the National Weather Service, shall, not less frequently than once each year, submit to Congress a proposed budget corresponding with the activities identified in the plan.

2. 2022

   Flood Level Observation, Operations, and Decision Support Act

   Pub. L. 117–316 § 8 · 136 Stat. 4406

   1. Added · 15 U.S.C. § 8513(c)(e)

      Pub. L. 117–316 added subsec. (c)

   2. Redesignated · 15 U.S.C. § 8513(c)(e)

      Pub. L. 117–316 redesignated former subsecs. (c) and (d) as (d) and (e), respectively

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsecs. (c) to (e). Pub. L. 117–316 added subsec. (c) and redesignated former subsecs. (c) and (d) as (d) and (e), respectively.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 8. TORNADO WARNING IMPROVEMENT.   Section 103 of the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 (15 U.S.C. 8513) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: “(c) Innovative Observations.— The Under Secretary shall ensure that the program periodically examines the value of incorporating innovative observations, such as acoustic or infrasonic measurements, observations from phased array radars, and observations from mesonets, with respect to the improvement of tornado forecasts, predictions, and warnings.” .

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