H.R. 3915 · 118th Congress
Aviation Weather Improvement Act
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This bill requires the National Weather Service (NWS) to establish certain programs to improve weather forecasts for aircrafts.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jun 7, 2023
Aviation Weather Improvement Act
This bill requires the National Weather Service (NWS) to establish certain programs to improve weather forecasts for aircrafts.
Specifically, the NWS must establish an aircraft-based observation program. Under the program, the NWS must partner with the weather industry to deploy critical atmospheric sensors on aircrafts to support certain weather data collection. Additionally, the NWS' Aviation Weather Center must incorporate turbulence events into its forecasting capabilities and timely deliver this information to the world airspace system. The NWS must also work with the Federal Aviation Administration to improve weather and turbulence forecasting, such as through identifying data gaps that can inform flight plans.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Aviation Weather Improvement Act
Latest action (Sep 21, 2023): Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 171.
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications · Origin: House · Introduced: Jun 7, 2023
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.