§ 8515. Weather research and development planning

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 § 105 · 131 Stat. 91

   Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 8515

   Pub. L. 115–25, title I, § 105, Apr. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 95

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 115–25, title I, § 105, Apr. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 95

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 105. WEATHER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING.   Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than once each year thereafter, the Under Secretary, acting through the Assistant Administrator for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research and in coordination with the Director of the National Weather Service and the Assistant Administrator for Satellite and Information Services, shall issue a research and development and research to operations plan to restore and maintain United States leadership in numerical weather prediction and forecasting that— (1) describes the forecasting skill and technology goals, objectives, and progress of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in carrying out the program conducted under section 102; (2) identifies and prioritizes specific research and development activities, and performance metrics, weighted to meet the operational weather mission of the National Weather Service to achieve a weather-ready Nation; (3) describes how the program will collaborate with stakeholders, including the United States weather industry and academic partners; and (4) identifies, through consultation with the National Science Foundation, the United States weather industry, and academic partners, research necessary to enhance the integration of social science knowledge into weather forecast and warning processes, including to improve the communication of threat information necessary to enable improved severe weather planning and decisionmaking on the part of individuals and communities.

2. 2022

   Flood Level Observation, Operations, and Decision Support Act

   Pub. L. 117–316 § 10 · 136 Stat. 4406

   Inserted · 15 U.S.C. § 8515(2)

   Pub. L. 117–316 inserted “and flood-event” after “operational weather”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Par. (2). Pub. L. 117–316 inserted “and flood-event” after “operational weather”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 10. WEATHER AND WATER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING.   Section 105(2) of the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 (15 U.S.C. 8515(2)) is amended by inserting “and flood-event” after “operational weather”.

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