15 USC § 8548 - Weather enterprise outreach

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s8548"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "15 USC § 8548 - Weather enterprise outreach"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "8548"
section_name: "Weather enterprise outreach"
chapter_number: 111
chapter_name: "WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING INNOVATION"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL WEATHER COORDINATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 115–25, title IV, § 412, Apr. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 113.)"
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# § 8548. Weather enterprise outreach

**(a)** **In general** The Under Secretary may establish mechanisms for outreach to the weather enterprise—

**(1)** to assess the weather forecasts and forecast products provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and

**(2)** to determine the highest priority weather forecast needs of the community described in subsection (b).

**(b)** **Outreach community** In conducting outreach under subsection (a), the Under Secretary shall contact leading experts and innovators from relevant stakeholders, including the representatives from the following:

**(1)** State or local emergency management agencies.

**(2)** State agriculture agencies.

**(3)** Indian tribes (as defined in section 5304 of title 25) and Native Hawaiians (as defined in section 7517 of title 20).

**(4)** The private aerospace industry.

**(5)** The private earth observing industry.

**(6)** The operational forecasting community.

**(7)** The academic community.

**(8)** Professional societies that focus on meteorology.

**(9)** Such other stakeholder groups as the Under Secretary considers appropriate.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 115–25, title IV, § 412, Apr. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 113.)