§ 8514. Hurricane forecast improvement 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 § 104 · 131 Stat. 91

   Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 8514

   Pub. L. 115–25, title I, § 104, Apr. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 94

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 115–25, title I, § 104, Apr. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 94

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 104. HURRICANE FORECAST IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. (a) In General.— The Under Secretary, in collaboration with the United States weather industry and such academic entities as the Administrator considers appropriate, shall maintain a project to improve hurricane forecasting. (b) Goal.— The goal of the project maintained under subsection (a) shall be to develop and extend accurate hurricane forecasts and warnings in order to reduce loss of life, injury, and damage to the economy, with a focus on— (1) improving the prediction of rapid intensification and track of hurricanes; (2) improving the forecast and communication of storm surges from hurricanes; and (3) incorporating risk communication research to create more effective watch and warning products. (c) Project Plan.— Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary, acting through the Assistant Administrator for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research and in consultation with the Director of the National Weather Service, shall develop a plan for the project maintained under subsection (a) that details the specific research, development, and technology transfer activities, as well as corresponding resources and timelines, necessary to achieve the goal set forth in subsection (b).

2. 2022

   Flood Level Observation, Operations, and Decision Support Act

   Pub. L. 117–316 § 9 · 136 Stat. 4406

   Added · 15 U.S.C. § 8514(b)(4)

   Pub. L. 117–316 added par. (4)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 117–316 added par. (4).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 9. HURRICANE FORECAST IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.   Section 104(b) of the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 (15 U.S.C. 8514(b)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon; (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and (3) by adding at the end the following: “(4) evaluating and incorporating, as appropriate, innovative observations, including acoustic or infrasonic measurements.” .

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