113 HR 5718 IH: Stockman Effect Act U.S. House of Representatives 2014-11-14 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5718 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 14, 2014 Mr. Stockman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology A BILL To study the effect of the Earth’s magnetic field on the weather.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Stockman Effect Act.

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Magnetic field study

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Findings

Congress finds as follows:(1)Prior to a magnetic polar shift, there is a decline in the Earth’s magnetic fields.(2)Decrease in magnetic fields could impact global temperatures.(3)There is a possibility that the reason Mars lost its atmosphere was because of the loss of its magnetic field.(b)

Magnetic field study

The director of the National Science Foundation shall commission a study on the impact that a shift in the Earth’s magnetic field could have on the weather.