Revised NOAA Bill Keeps Commercial Weather Provisions Intact

摘要

Now out of draft form and up for formal consideration by a panel of U.S. House lawmakers, a Republican-authored bill that would create a tornado warning program and curtail climate research at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) would also open the door for commercialization of space-based weather observation. The Weather Forecasting Improvement Act of 2013 (H.R. 2413), which had not been scheduled for markup at press time, was filed June 18 by Rep. James Bridenstine (R-Okla.), the subcommittee's vice chairman, as a replacement for a draft bill that began making the rounds on Capitol Hill back in May.