Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-110

§8548 Weather Enterprise Outreach

Title 15 › CHAPTER 111 — WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING INNOVATION › SUBCHAPTER III — FEDERAL WEATHER COORDINATION › § 8548

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Under Secretary may set up outreach efforts to review NOAA’s weather forecasts and forecast products and to figure out the highest-priority forecast needs of the user community. When doing this outreach, the Under Secretary must talk with top experts and innovators from groups such as state and local emergency managers, state agriculture agencies, Indian tribes and Native Hawaiians, private aerospace and Earth‑observing companies, forecasters, universities, meteorology societies, and other relevant groups.

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Title 15, §8548

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(a)In general

The Under Secretary may establish mechanisms for outreach to the weather enterprise—

(1)to assess the weather forecasts and forecast products provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and

(2)to determine the highest priority weather forecast needs of the community described in subsection (b).

(b)Outreach community

In conducting outreach under subsection (a), the Under Secretary shall contact leading experts and innovators from relevant stakeholders, including the representatives from the following:

(1)State or local emergency management agencies.

(2)State agriculture agencies.

(3)Indian tribes (as defined in section 5304 of title 25) and Native Hawaiians (as defined in section 7517 of title 20).

(4)The private aerospace industry.

(5)The private earth observing industry.

(6)The operational forecasting community.

(7)The academic community.

(8)Professional societies that focus on meteorology.

(9)Such other stakeholder groups as the Under Secretary considers appropriate.

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 8548

Title 15, Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110