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15 U.S.C. § 8520 — Authorization of appropriations
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**(a) In general** There are authorized to be appropriated to the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research to carry out this subchapter—
(1) $136,516,000 for fiscal year 2019, of which—
(A) $85,758,000 is authorized for weather laboratories and cooperative institutes;
(B) $30,758,000 is authorized for weather and air chemistry research programs; and
(C) $20,000,000 is authorized for the joint technology transfer initiative described in [section 8512(b)(4) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section8512/b/4&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) $148,154,000 for fiscal year 2020, of which—
(A) $87,258,000 is authorized for weather laboratories and cooperative institutes;
(B) $40,896,000 is authorized for weather and air chemistry research programs; and
(C) $20,000,000 is authorized for the joint technology transfer initiative described in [section 8512(b)(4) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section8512/b/4&num=0&edition=prelim);
(3) $150,154,000 for fiscal year 2021, of which—
(A) $88,758,000 is authorized for weather laboratories and cooperative institutes;
(B) $41,396,000 is authorized for weather and air chemistry research programs; and
(C) $20,000,000 is authorized for the joint technology transfer initiative described in [section 8512(b)(4) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section8512/b/4&num=0&edition=prelim);
(4) $152,154,000 for fiscal year 2022, of which—
(A) $90,258,000 is authorized for weather laboratories and cooperative institutes;
(B) $41,896,000 is authorized for weather and air chemistry research programs; and
(C) $20,000,000 is authorized for the joint technology transfer init
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**(a) In general** There are authorized to be appropriated to the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research to carry out this subchapter—
(1) $136,516,000 for fiscal year 2019, of which—
(A) $85,758,000 is authorized for weather laboratories and cooperative institutes;
(B) $30,758,000 is authorized for weather and air chemistry research programs; and
(C) $20,000,000 is authorized for the joint technology transfer initiative described in [section 8512(b)(4) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section8512/b/4&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) $148,154,000 for fiscal year 2020, of which—
(A) $87,258,000 is authorized for weather laboratories and cooperative institutes;
(B) $40,896,000 is authorized for weather and air chemistry research programs; and
(C) $20,000,000 is authorized for the joint technology transfer initiative described in [section 8512(b)(4) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section8512/b/4&num=0&edition=prelim);
(3) $150,154,000 for fiscal year 2021, of which—
(A) $88,758,000 is authorized for weather laboratories and cooperative institutes;
(B) $41,396,000 is authorized for weather and air chemistry research programs; and
(C) $20,000,000 is authorized for the joint technology transfer initiative described in [section 8512(b)(4) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section8512/b/4&num=0&edition=prelim);
(4) $152,154,000 for fiscal year 2022, of which—
(A) $90,258,000 is authorized for weather laboratories and cooperative institutes;
(B) $41,896,000 is authorized for weather and air chemistry research programs; and
(C) $20,000,000 is authorized for the joint technology transfer initiative described in [section 8512(b)(4) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section8512/b/4&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(5) $154,154,000 for fiscal year 2023, of which—
(A) $91,758,000 is authorized for weather laboratories and cooperative institutes;
(B) $42,396,000 is authorized for weather and air chemistry research programs; and
(C) $20,000,000 is authorized for the joint technology transfer initiative described in [section 8512(b)(4) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section8512/b/4&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Limitation** No additional funds are authorized to carry out this subchapter and the amendments made by this title.11 See References in Text note below.
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The Secretary of Commerce shall have charge of the forecasting of weather, the issue of storm warnings, the display of weather and flood signals for the benefit of agriculture, commerce, and navigation, the gauging and reporting of rivers, the maintenance and operation of seacoast telegraph lines and the collection and transmission of marine intelligence for the benefit of commerce and navigation, the reporting of temperature and rain-fall conditions for the cotton interests, the display of frost and cold-wave signals, the distribution of meteorological information in the interests of agriculture and commerce, and the taking of such meteorological observations as may be necessary to establish and record the climatic conditions of the United States, or as are essential for the proper execution of the foregoing duties.
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 8520
§ 8520. United States Weather Research Program
(a) Establishment
The Secretary of Commerce, in cooperation
with the Federal Coordinating Council for
Science, Engineering, and Technology through
the Committee on Earth and Environmental
Sciences, shall establish a United States Weath-
er Research Program to—
(1) increase benefits to the Nation from the
substantial investment in modernizing the
public weather warning and forecast system in
the United States;
(2) improve local and regional weather fore-
casts and warnings;
(3) address critical weather-related scientific
issues;
(4) coordinate governmental, university, and
private-sector efforts;
(5) submit to the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate and
the Committee on Science, Space, and Tech-
nology of the House of Representatives, not
less frequently than once each year, a report,
including—
(A) a list of ongoing research projects;
(B) project goals and a point of contact for
each project;
(C) the five projects related to weather ob-
servations, short-term weather, or subsea-
sonal forecasts within Office of Oceanic and
Atmospheric Research that are closest to
operationalization;
(D) for each project referred to in subpara-
graph (C)—
(i) the potential benefit;
(ii) any barrier to operationalization;
and
(iii) the plan for operationalization, in-
cluding which line office will financially
support the project and how much the line
office intends to spend;
(6) establish teams with staff from the Office
of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research and the
National Weather Service to oversee the
operationalization of research products devel-
oped by the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric
Research;
(7) develop mechanisms for res
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