Sec. 213. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR THE WEATHER COMMON COMPONENT PROGRAM
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## SEC. 213 PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR THE WEATHER COMMON COMPONENT PROGRAM ###
(a)Prohibition None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2019 for research, development, test, and evaluation, Air Force, for weather service (PE 0305111F, Project 672738) for product development, test and evaluation, and management services associated with the Weather Common Component program may be obligated or expended. ###
(b)Report Required ####
(1)In general The Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on technologies and capabilities that— #####
(A)provide real-time or near real-time meteorological situational awareness data through the use of sensors installed on manned and unmanned aircraft; and #####
(B)were developed primarily using funds of the Department of Defense. ####
(2)Elements The report under paragraph
(1)shall include— #####
(A)a description of all technologies and capabilities described in paragraph
(1)that exist as of the date on which the report is submitted; #####
(B)a description of any testing activities that have been completed for such technologies and capabilities, and the results of those testing activities; #####
(C)the total amount of funds used by the Department of Defense for the development of such technologies and capabilities; #####
(D)a list of capability gaps or shortfalls in any major commands of the Air Force relating to the gathering, processing, exploitation, and dissemination of real-time or near real-time meteorological situational awareness data for unmanned systems; #####
(E)an explanation of how such gaps or shortfalls may be remedied to supplement the weather forecasting capabilities of the Air Force and to enhance the efficiency or effectiveness of combat air power; and #####
(F)a plan for fielding existing technologies and capabilities to mitigate such gaps or shortfalls.