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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · S. 1284 (Introduced in Senate) — To improve forecasting and understanding of tornadoes and other hazardous weather, and for other purposes. · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Definitions

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In this Act: The term hazardous weather and water events means weather and water events that have a high risk of loss of life or property, including— severe storms, such as hurricanes and short-fused, small-scale hazardous weather or hydrologic events produced by thunderstorms, including large hail, damaging winds, tornadoes, and flash floods; winter storms, such as freezing or frozen precipitation (including freezing rain, sleet, and snow), or combined effects of freezing or frozen precipitation and strong winds; and other weather hazards, such as extreme heat or cold, wildfire, drought, dense fog, high winds, river flooding and lakeshore flooding.
The term historically Black college or university has the meaning given the term part B institution in section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1061 ). The term institution of higher education has the meaning given the term in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001(a) ). The term National Laboratory has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 15801 ). The term Tribal government means the recognized governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, component band, or component reservation, individually identified (including parenthetically) in the list published most recently as of the date of enactment of this Act pursuant to section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 ( 25 U.S.C. 5131 ).
The term Under Secretary means the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere.
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