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15 U.S.C. § 8512 — Public safety priority
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In conducting research, the Under Secretary shall prioritize improving weather data, modeling, computing, forecasting, and warnings for the protection of life and property and for the enhancement of the national economy.
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In conducting research, the Under Secretary shall prioritize improving weather data, modeling, computing, forecasting, and warnings for the protection of life and property and for the enhancement of the national economy.
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Administration** — The term “Administration” means the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(2) **Administrator** — The term “Administrator” means the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(3) **Earth Prediction Innovation Center** — The term “Earth Prediction Innovation Center” means the community global weather research modeling system described in paragraph (5)(E) of [section 8512(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section8512/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
(4) **Model** — The term “model” means any vetted numerical model and associated data assimilation of the Earth’s system or its components—
(A) developed, in whole or in part, by scientists and engineers employed by the Administration; or
(B) otherwise developed, in whole or in part, using Federal funds.
(5) **Open license** — The term “open license” has the same meaning given such term in [section 3502(21) of title 44](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title44-section3502/21&num=0&edition=prelim).
(6) **Operational model** — The term “operational model” means any model that has an output used by the Administration for operational functions.
(7) **Suitable model** — The term “suitable model” means a model that meets the requirements described in paragraph (5)(E)(ii) of [section 8512(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section8512/b&num=0&edition=prelim), as determined by the Administrator.
**(b) Purposes** The purposes of this section are—
(1) to support innovation in modeling by allowing interested stakeholders to have easy and comple
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Not later than 1 year after April 18, 2017, and not less frequently than once each year thereafter, the Under Secretary, acting through the Assistant Administrator for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research and in coordination with the Director of the National Weather Service and the Assistant Administrator for Satellite and Information Services, shall issue a research and development and research to operations plan to restore and maintain United States leadership in numerical weather prediction and forecasting that—
(1) describes the forecasting skill and technology goals, objectives, and progress of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in carrying out the program conducted under [section 8512 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section8512&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) identifies and prioritizes specific research and development activities, and performance metrics, weighted to meet the operational weather and flood-event mission of the National Weather Service to achieve a weather-ready Nation;
(3) describes how the program will collaborate with stakeholders, including the United States weather industry and academic partners; and
(4) identifies, through consultation with the National Science Foundation, the United States weather industry, and academic partners, research necessary to enhance the integration of social science knowledge into weather forecast and warning processes, including to improve the communication of threat information necessary to enable improved severe weather planning and decisionmaking on the part of individuals and communities.
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 8512
Sec.
8532.
Commercial weather data.
8533.
Unnecessary duplication.
SUBCHAPTER III—FEDERAL WEATHER
COORDINATION
8541.
Environmental Information Services Working
Group.
8542.
Interagency weather research and forecast in-
novation coordination.
8543.
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
and National Weather Service exchange
program.
8544.
Visiting fellows at National Weather Service.
8545.
Warning
coordination
meteorologists
at
weather forecast offices of National Weath-
er Service.
8546.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration Weather Ready All Hazards Award
Program.
8547.
Report on contract positions at National
Weather Service.
8548.
Weather enterprise outreach.
8549.
Hurricane hunter aircraft.
8550.
Improvements to Cooperative Observer Pro-
gram of National Weather Service.
SUBCHAPTER IV—IMPROVING FEDERAL
PRECIPITATION INFORMATION
8561.
Study on precipitation estimation.
8562.
Improving probable maximum precipitation
estimates.
8563.
Definitions.
§ 8501. Definitions
In this chapter:
(1) Seasonal
The term ‘‘seasonal’’ means the time range
between 3 months and 2 years.
(2) State
The term ‘‘State’’ means a State, a terri-
tory, or possession of the United States, in-
cluding a Commonwealth, or the District of
Columbia.
(3) Subseasonal
The term ‘‘subseasonal’’ means the time
range between 2 weeks and 3 months.
(4) Under Secretary
The term ‘‘Under Secretary’’ means the
Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and
Atmosphere.
(5) Weather industry and weather enterprise
The terms ‘‘weather industry’’ and ‘‘weather
enterprise’’ are interchangeable in this chap-
ter, and include individuals and organizations
from public, private, and academic sectors
that c
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