§313a — Title 15 Commerce and Trade | U.S. Code

Summary

Require the Secretary of Commerce to improve weather forecasts and make air navigation safer by creating an international weather-reporting network in the Arctic (Western Hemisphere). The Secretary must set up, run, and keep those stations working with the State Department, other U.S. agencies, foreign weather services, and air commerce partners.

Title 15, §313a

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In order to improve the weather forecasting service of the United States and to promote safety and efficiency in civil air navigation to the highest possible degree, the Secretary of Commerce shall, in addition to his other functions and duties, take such action as may be necessary in the development of an international basic meteorological reporting network in the Arctic region of the Western Hemisphere, including the establishment, operation, and maintenance of such reporting stations in cooperation with the State Department and other United States governmental departments and agencies, with the meteorological services of foreign countries and with persons engaged in air commerce.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Appropriations section 2 of act Feb. 12, 1946, authorized appropriation of necessary funds to carry out provisions of this section.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

Office of Chief of Weather Bureau abolished and functions transferred to Secretary of Commerce by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318. For further details, see notes set out under section 311 of this title.

§313a Establishment of Meteorological Observation Stations in the Arctic Region