HR 3086 · 115th Congress · Science, Technology, Communications

Space Weather Research and Forecasting Act

Introduced 2017-06-27· Sponsored by Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space.(2018-05-22)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Space Weather Research and Forecasting Act This bill directs the Office of Science and Technology Policy to: coordinate the development and implementation of federal government activities to improve the nation's ability to prepare, avoid, mitigate, respond to, and recover from potentially devastating impacts of space weather events; coordinate the activities of an interagency working group on space weather to be established by the National Science and Technology Council to continue coordination of executive branch efforts to understand, prepare, coordinate, and plan for space weather; and develop an integrated strategy for space and ground-based space weather observations. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shall enter interagency agreements providing for cooperation and collaboration in the development of space weather spacecraft, instruments, and technologies and in the transition of research to operations. NASA shall: (1) maintain operations of the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory/Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph (SOHO/LASCO) for as long as the satellite continues to deliver quality o…

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Cosponsors (7)

5 Democrats2 Republicans