H.R. 8365 · 116th Congress
Accurate Weather for Public Safety Act
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This bill requires a strategy and studies to address obstructions to accurate weather observations forecasting.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Sep 23, 2020
Accurate Weather for Public Safety Act
This bill requires a strategy and studies to address obstructions to accurate weather observations forecasting.
The bill expands notice requirements relating to structures that interfere with air commerce or national security to require public notice of the construction or expansion of a structure or sanitary landfill when such notice will promote the ability of any federal agency engaged in meteorological or atmospheric observations to accurately forecast weather.
The Department of Commerce must designate a senior official of the National Weather Service (NWS) and a lead organization of the NWS to serve as (1) the executive agent to carry out the strategy for addressing the weather forecasting and public safety impacts of certain Department of Transportation (DOT) projects, and (2) a clearinghouse to coordinate Commerce review of applications for such projects.
Commerce must develop a comprehensive strategy for addressing the weather forecasting and public safety impacts of such DOT projects.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Accurate Weather for Public Safety Act
Latest action (Sep 24, 2020): Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications · Origin: House · Introduced: Sep 23, 2020
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.