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51 U.S.C. § 60504 — Tornadoes and other severe storms

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51 U.S.C. § 60504 — Tornadoes and other severe storms

The Administrator shall ensure that the Administration gives high priority to those parts of its existing cooperative activities with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that are related to the study of tornadoes and other severe storms, tornado-force winds, and other factors determined to influence the development of tornadoes and other severe storms, with the goal of improving the Nation’s ability to predict tornados and other severe storms. Further, the Administrator shall examine whether there are additional cooperative activities with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that should be undertaken in the area of tornado and severe storm research.

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The Administrator shall ensure that the Administration gives high priority to those parts of its existing cooperative activities with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that are related to the study of tornadoes and other severe storms, tornado-force winds, and other factors determined to influence the development of tornadoes and other severe storms, with the goal of improving the Nation’s ability to predict tornados and other severe storms. Further, the Administrator shall examine whether there are additional cooperative activities with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that should be undertaken in the area of tornado and severe storm research.

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42 U.S.C. § 17714 — Repealed or Omitted

### Statutory Notes #### Codification Section 17712, Pub. L. 110–422, title II, § 204, Oct. 15, 2008, 122 Stat. 4785, which related to transitioning experimental research into operational services, was repealed in part and omitted in part. Subsecs. (b), (c), and (d) were repealed and reenacted as subsecs. (a), (b), and (c), respectively, of [section 60502 of Title 51](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title51-section60502&num=0&edition=prelim), National and Commercial Space Programs, by Pub. L. 111–314, §§ 3, 6, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3328, 3444, which Act enacted Title 51. Subsec. (a), which provided sense of Congress regarding such transitioning, was omitted from the Code following the enactment of Title 51. Section 17713, Pub. L. 110–422, title II, § 206, Oct. 15, 2008, 122 Stat. 4785, which related to reauthorization of Glory Mission examining effect of aerosols and solar energy on climate, was repealed in part and omitted in part. Subsec. (a) was repealed and reenacted as [section 60503 of Title 51](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title51-section60503&num=0&edition=prelim), National and Commercial Space Programs, by Pub. L. 111–314, §§ 3, 6, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3328, 3444, which Act enacted Title 51. Subsec. (b), which required baseline report no later than 90 days after Oct. 15, 2008, was omitted from the Code following the enactment of Title 51.

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42 U.S.C. § 17721, 17722 — Repealed. Pub. L. 111–314, § 6, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3444

### Statutory Notes Section, Pub. L. 110–422, title II, § 208, Oct. 15, 2008, 122 Stat. 4786, related to cooperative activities with NOAA to study tornadoes and other severe storms. See [section 60504 of Title 51](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title51-section60504&num=0&edition=prelim), National and Commercial Space Programs.

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51 U.S.C. § 60504 — Tornadoes and other severe storms

Page 160 TITLE 51—NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS § 60502 ‘‘(2) to achieve the goal of the Earth Science Pro- gram set forth in section 60501 of title 51, United States Code. ‘‘(e) SURVEY OF USE OF EARTH OBSERVATION DATA BY STATES, TRIBES, AND TERRITORIES.— ‘‘(1) SURVEY.—The Administrator shall arrange for the conduct of a survey of the use of NASA [National Aeronautics and Space Administration] Earth obser- vation data by States, Tribal organizations, and ter- ritories. ‘‘(2) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 9, 2022], the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress [Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and Com- mittee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives] the results of the survey conducted under paragraph (1). ‘‘(f) CLIMATE ARCHITECTURE PLAN.—The Adminis- trator shall— ‘‘(1) maintain a comprehensive, strategic Climate Architecture Plan for Earth Observations and Appli- cations from Space that describes an integrated and balanced program of Earth science and applications observations to advance science, policy, and applica- tions and societal benefits; and ‘‘(2) update such plan every 5 years so as to align with the release of the decadal surveys in Earth science and applications from space and the mid-dec- ade assessments of the National Academics of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine [probably should be ‘‘National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’’].’’ CARBON CYCLE REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS RESEARCH Pub. L. 106–391, title III, § 315, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1595, provided that: ‘‘(a) CARBON CYCLE REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS RESEARCH PROGRAM.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator [o

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