To improve the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s weather research, support improvements in weather forecasting and prediction, expand commercial opportunities for the provision of weather data, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To improve the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s weather research, support improvements in weather forecasting and prediction, expand commercial opportunities for the provision of weather data, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Technology, Science & Space.
Who Benefits and How
federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H7B7999A472CC440B91249DAD6D7CBDEB: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2023 or the Weather Act...
- Section H0A8832241F8944DEAF38492257E6C5A8: 2. Definitions In this Act, the terms seasonal, State, subseasonal, Under Secretary, weather enterprise, weather data, and weather industry have the meanings...
- Section H035DF0D6C21C4421B0D31EA970E2DDF3: 101. Public safety priority Section 101 of the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 (15 U.S.C. 8511) is amended by adding at the end the...
- Section H78A53A29E53F4F569780E2D1789A994D: 102. United States weather research and forecasting Section 110 of the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 (15 U.S.C. 8519) is amended to...
- Section HEF5CB396B5784A098DBD34E2F224B81A: 110. Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated to the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research to carry out this title the...
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To improve the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s weather research, support improvements in weather forecasting and prediction, expand commercial opportunities for the provision of weather data, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Technology, Science & Space
Primary Purpose
This bill, To improve the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s weather research, support improvements in weather forecasting and prediction, expand commercial opportunities for the provision of weather data, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- federal agencies and legislative administrators
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- federal implementing agencies
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedAdditional sponsors: Mr. Feenstra, Mr. Moran, Mr. Crawford, Ms. Bonamici, …
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the …
Mr. Lucas (for himself, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Miller of Ohio, …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
AI and data integration providers, Cloud and data lake providers, Cloud and data platform providers
Department of Commerce, GAO, NOAA
Positive-direction: NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, NOAA administrative staff, NOAA drought programs, NWS forecasters, USGS landslide programs
Negative-direction: Department of Commerce, GAO, NOAA, NOAA National Water Center, NOAA Research Office, National Weather Service
Climate modeling researchers, Drought research institutions, Earth system modeling researchers
Radio broadcast equipment manufacturers, Soil moisture sensor manufacturers, Weather radar manufacturers
Academic disaster research programs, HAB research universities, Weather research cooperatives
Commercial airlines with weather sensors, Commercial shipping operators
Commercial satellite companies, Commercial satellite operators
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_administrator"
- → The Administrator identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_energy"
- → Secretary of Energy
- "secretary_of_commerce"
- → Secretary of Commerce
- "secretary_of_transportation"
- → Secretary of Transportation
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
radar signal reflectivity or velocity return errors in radar data due to the proximity of an interference. The term interference includes the following: a wind turbine that could limit the effectiveness of a weather radar system
a harmful algal bloom or hypoxia event that has had or will likely have significant detrimental environmental, economic, social, subsistence use, or public health impacts
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