118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 3915Aviation Weather Improvement Act

To improve the National Weather Service's forecasting of turbulence and acquisition of aviation weather data, and for other purposes.

Science, technology, communications
Introduced Jun 7, 2023
Last action Sep 21, 2023
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Committee
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House floor
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill requires the National Weather Service (NWS) to establish certain programs to improve weather forecasts for aircrafts. Specifically, the NWS must establish an aircraft-based observation program. Under the program, the NWS must partner with the weather industry to deploy critical atmospheric sensors on aircrafts to support certain weather data collection. Additionally, the NWS' Aviation Weather Center must incorporate turbulence events into its forecasting capabilities and timely deliver this information to the world airspace system. The NWS must also work with the Federal Aviation Administration to improve weather and turbulence forecasting, such as through identifying data gaps th...

Provisions · 4 sectionsReported to House
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Sep 21, 2023
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 118-211.
Sep 21, 2023
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 171.
Jul 27, 2023
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Jul 27, 2023
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 35 - 0.
Jun 7, 2023
Introduced in House
Jun 7, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.