15 USC § 8549 - Hurricane hunter aircraft

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s8549"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "15 USC § 8549 - Hurricane hunter aircraft"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "8549"
section_name: "Hurricane hunter aircraft"
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, § 413, Apr. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 114.)"
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# § 8549. Hurricane hunter aircraft

**(a)** **Backup capability** The Under Secretary shall acquire backup for the capabilities of the WP–3D Orion and G–IV hurricane aircraft of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that is sufficient to prevent a single point of failure.

**(b)** **Authority to enter agreements** In order to carry out subsection (a), the Under Secretary shall negotiate and enter into 1 or more agreements or contracts, to the extent practicable and necessary, with governmental and non-governmental entities.

**(c)** **Future technology** The Under Secretary shall continue the development of Airborne Phased Array Radar under the United States Weather Research Program.

**(d)** **Authorization of appropriations** For each of fiscal years 2017 through 2020, support for implementing subsections (a) and (b) is authorized out of funds appropriated to the Office of Marine and Aviation Operations.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 115–25, title IV, § 413, Apr. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 114.)