3.0.0 4146 2023-01-15T04:48:37Z 2023-01-15T04:48:37Z House H HR 2004-04-02 108 hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee House Standing hssy19 Technology Subcommittee Referred to 2004-04-14T15:40:27Z Referred to 2004-04-02T14:03:05Z 2004-04-14 hssy19 Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards. Committee 2004-04-02 Referred to the House Committee on Science. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee 2004-04-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2004-04-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C000868 Rep. Cramer, Robert E. (Bud), Jr. [D-AL-5] ROBERT CRAMER D AL E. 5 N Science, Technology, Communications Economics and Public Finance Education Emergency Management Federal aid to education Federal aid to research Higher education Meteorological research Meteorology Public Lands and Natural Resources Research grants Tornadoes Weather forecasting Science, Technology, Communications 00 2004-04-02 Introduced in House 2004-05-28T16:03:31Z Tornado Research Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a tornado research program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to be carried out in coordination with the National Weather Service, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, and any other appropriate Federal agencies.

Requires that the program: (1) include research aimed at understanding and predicting the natural processes that lead to the formation of tornadoes; (2) identify an array of factors that indicate tornado formation; (3) promote the incorporation of the results of such research into the methods used by meteorologists to predict the time and location of tornado formation; (4) provide resources and promote attention to tornado research areas with the greatest potential for improving the understanding of their formation; (5) maximize the effectiveness of the program by encouraging collaborative efforts by operational and research communities in academia and the Government; and (6) provide for the awarding of competitive research grants to, and the entering into of cooperative agreements with, institutions of higher education and other research institutions to conduct peer-reviewed research that may improve the forecast and identification of tornadoes.

]]> Tornado Research Act of 2004 Display Title Tornado Research Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced To establish a comprehensive research program aimed at understanding and predicting the natural processes that lead to the formation of tornadoes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Tornado Research Act of 2004 Introduced in House 2004-04-02T05:00:00Z 2004-04-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.