15 USC § 9703 - Observations and modeling for total water prediction

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s9703"
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title: "15 USC § 9703 - Observations and modeling for total water prediction"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "9703"
section_name: "Observations and modeling for total water prediction"
chapter_number: 121
chapter_name: "FLOOD LEVEL OBSERVATION, OPERATIONS, AND DECISION SUPPORT"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 117–316, § 4, Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4408.)"
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# § 9703. Observations and modeling for total water prediction

**(a)** **Partnerships**

**(1)** **In general** section 1001 of title 20

The Administrator shall establish partnerships with 1 or more institutions of higher education (as defined in ) to evaluate observations that would improve total water prediction.

**(2)** **Priority observations** In establishing partnerships under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall prioritize partnerships to evaluate observations from uncrewed aerial systems.

**(b)** **Maintained observations** If the Administrator determines that incorporating additional observations improves total water prediction, the Administrator shall, to the extent practicable, continue incorporating those observations.

**(c)** **Modeling improvements** The Administrator shall advance geographic coverage, resolution, skill, and efficiency of coastal oceanographic modeling, including efforts that improve the coupling of and interoperability between hydrological models and coastal ocean models.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 117–316, § 4, Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4408.)