118 HR 4654 IH: Rural Weather Monitoring Systems Act U.S. House of Representatives 2023-07-14 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.

I118th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 4654IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJuly 14, 2023Mr. Moran (for himself and Mr. Crawford) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and TechnologyA BILLTo require a study of rural weather monitoring systems.

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Short title

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

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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.