15 USC § 8544 - Visiting fellows at National Weather Service

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title: "15 USC § 8544 - Visiting fellows at National Weather Service"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "8544"
section_name: "Visiting fellows at National Weather Service"
chapter_number: 111
chapter_name: "WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING INNOVATION"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL WEATHER COORDINATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 115–25, title IV, § 404, Apr. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 107.)"
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# § 8544. Visiting fellows at National Weather Service

**(a)** **In general** The Director of the National Weather Service may establish a program to host postdoctoral fellows and academic researchers at any of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction.

**(b)** **Goal** This program shall be designed to provide direct interaction between forecasters and talented academic and private sector researchers in an effort to bring innovation to forecasting tools and techniques to the National Weather Service.

**(c)** **Selection and appointment** Such fellows shall be competitively selected and appointed for a term not to exceed 1 year.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 115–25, title IV, § 404, Apr. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 107.)