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legal/us/code/title-15/chapter-111/section-8548.md

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+title: "15 U.S.C. § 8548"
+description: "Weather enterprise outreach"
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+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 15
+title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
+chapter_number: "111"
+chapter_name: "WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING INNOVATION"
+section: "8548"
+citation: "15 U.S.C. § 8548"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
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+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s8548"
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+---
+
+# 15 U.S.C. § 8548 - Weather enterprise outreach
+
+## Text
+
+(a) In general The Under Secretary may establish mechanisms for outreach to the weather enterprise—
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+(1) to assess the weather forecasts and forecast products provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
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+(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:
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+(1) State or local emergency management agencies.
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+(2) State agriculture agencies.
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+(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.
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+(5) The private earth observing industry.
+
+(6) The operational forecasting community.
+
+(7) The academic community.
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+(8) Professional societies that focus on meteorology.
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+(9) Such other stakeholder groups as the Under Secretary considers appropriate.
+
+(Pub. L. 115–25, title IV, § 412, Apr. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 113.)