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Code · U.S. Code · Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE · CHAPTER 111— WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING INNOVATION · SUBCHAPTER III— FEDERAL WEATHER COORDINATION · § 8549

§ 8549. Hurricane hunter aircraft

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(a)Backup capability The Under Secretary shall acquire backup for the capabilities of the WP–3D Orion and G–IV hurricane aircraft of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that is sufficient to prevent a single point of failure.
(b)Authority to enter agreements In order to carry out subsection (a), the Under Secretary shall negotiate and enter into 1 or more agreements or contracts, to the extent practicable and necessary, with governmental and non-governmental entities.
(c)Future technology The Under Secretary shall continue the development of Airborne Phased Array Radar under the United States Weather Research Program.
(d)Authorization of appropriations For each of fiscal years 2017 through 2020, support for implementing subsections
(a)and
(b)is authorized out of funds appropriated to the Office of Marine and Aviation Operations.
(Pub. L. 115–25, title IV, § 413, Apr. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 114.)
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