Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 111 — Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation
§ 8516. Observing system planning
Statutory text
The Under Secretary shall—
develop and maintain a prioritized list of observation data requirements necessary to ensure weather forecasting capabilities to protect life and property to the maximum extent practicable;
consistent with section 8517 of this title, utilize Observing System Simulation Experiments, Observing System Experiments, Analyses of Alternatives, and other appropriate assessment tools to ensure continuous systemic evaluations of the observing systems, data, and information needed to meet the requirements of paragraph (1), including options to maximize observational capabilities and their cost-effectiveness;
identify current and potential future data gaps in observing capabilities related to the requirements listed under paragraph (1); and
determine a range of options to address gaps identified under paragraph (3).
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.
Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017
Pub. L. 115–25 title I § 106 · 131 Stat. 91
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 8516
(Pub. L. 115–25, title I, § 106, Apr. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 95.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 115–25, title I, § 106, Apr. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 95.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 106. OBSERVING SYSTEM PLANNING. The Under Secretary shall— (1) develop and maintain a prioritized list of observation data requirements necessary to ensure weather forecasting capabilities to protect life and property to the maximum extent practicable; (2) consistent with section 107, utilize Observing System Simulation Experiments, Observing System Experiments, Analyses of Alternatives, and other appropriate assessment tools to ensure continuous systemic evaluations of the observing systems, data, and information needed to meet the requirements of paragraph (1), including options to maximize observational capabilities and their cost-effectiveness; (3) identify current and potential future data gaps in observing capabilities related to the requirements listed under paragraph (1); and (4) determine a range of options to address gaps identified under paragraph (3).
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