“To require a study of rural weather monitoring systems.”
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This section directs the Comptroller General of the United States to submit to the Senate Committees on Science, Space, and Technology and on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, a study of rural weather monitoring systems that addresses the following: (1) the capacity of current rural weather monitoring systems; (2) geographical differences in their availability and effectiveness; (3) the availability of resources for rural areas to produce better weather monitoring systems; (4) the number of rural areas affected by unreliable or unavailable accurate rural weather monitoring systems; (5) the need for updated weather monitoring for rural areas; and (6) barriers that rural areas face in obtaining and upgrading rural weather reporting systems.