[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4654 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4654

        To require a study of rural weather monitoring systems.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 14, 2023

Mr. Moran (for himself and Mr. Crawford) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

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                                 A BILL


 
        To require a study of rural weather monitoring systems.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Weather Monitoring Systems 
Act''.

SEC. 2. STUDY OF RURAL WEATHER MONITORING SYSTEMS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation in the Senate a 
study of rural weather monitoring systems.
    (b) Contents.--The study required under subsection (a) shall 
include information relating to the following:
            (1) The capacity of current rural weather monitoring 
        systems.
            (2) The geographical differences in availability and 
        effectiveness of rural weather monitoring systems.
            (3) The availability of resources for rural areas to 
        produce better weather monitoring systems.
            (4) The number of rural areas affected by unreliable or 
        unavailable accurate rural weather monitoring systems.
            (5) The need for updated weather monitoring for rural 
        areas.
            (6) The barriers that rural areas face obtaining and 
        upgrading rural weather reporting systems.
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