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To require the Secretary of Commerce to study the coverage gaps of the Next Generation Weather Radar of the National Weather Service and to develop a plan for improving radar coverage and hazardous weather detection and forecasting.
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(Sec. 1) This bill directs the Department of Commerce to complete, within 90 days after enactment of this bill, a study on gaps in the coverage of the Next Generation Weather Radar of the National Weather Service (NEXRAD). In conducting this study, Commerce shall identify areas in the United States with limited or no NEXRAD coverage below 6,000 feet above ground level of the surrounding terrain. For those areas identified, Commerce shall also: identify the key weather effects for which prediction would improve with improved radar detection; identify additional sources of observations for high impact weather available and operational for such areas, including Terminal Doppler Weather Radar, air surveillance radars of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and cooperative network observers; and assess the feasibility and advisability of efforts to integrate and upgrade federal radar capabilities in such areas that are not owned or controlled by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including radar capabilities of the FAA and the Department of Defense. In addition, under such study Commerce shall: assess the feasibility and advisability of incorporating state-operated and other nonfederal radars into the operations of the National Weather Service; identify options to improve radar coverage in all of the areas identified as having limited or no NEXRAD coverage; and estimate the cost of, and develop a timeline for, carrying out each of the options identified. After completing the study, Commerce shall submit a plan for improving radar coverage in the identified areas by integrating and upgrading, where practicable, additional observation solutions to improve hazardous weather detection and forecasting. Commerce shall seek third-party reviews on scientific methodology related to, and the feasibility and advisability of, implementing the plan to improve radar coverage, including the extent to which warning and forecast services of the National Weather Service would be improved by additional NEXRAD coverage.
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2016 · fourth_quarter · Telecommunications
Issues related to data security and consumer privacy; Mobile payment legislation; Cyber information sharing implementation (P.L. 114-113); data breach notification legislation (H.R. 1704, H.R. 580, S. 177); Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015 (H.R. 1770); issues related to Telephone Consumer Protection Act: The Data Security Act of 2015 (S. 961); Data Breach Notification and Punishing Cyber Criminals Act of 2015 (S. 1164); Data Security Act of 2015 (H.R. 2205); Warner discussion draft; S. 2058/H.R. 4460 Youth Sports Concussions Act; H.R. 5092 Reinforcing American-Made Products Act of 2016; H.R. 5510 - FTC Process and Transparency Reform Act; H.R. 5111 Consumer Review Fairness Act of 2016; H.R. 5104; Issues related to retail technology innovation.
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Received in the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent.
The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6679)
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6679-6680; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S6679)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 629.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-351.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
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Sources: Congress.gov
Client expense: $740,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Maritime Commission, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · fourth_quarter · Defense
H.R. 3538, S. 2058, Metropolitan Weather Hazards Protection Act of 2015; H.R. 5089, Reducing Americas Destructive Atmospheric Risks (RADAR) Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Telecommunications
Issues related to data security and consumer privacy; Mobile payment legislation; Cyber information sharing implementation (P.L. 114-113); data breach notification legislation (H.R. 1704, H.R. 580, S. 177); Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015 (H.R. 1770); issues related to Telephone Consumer Protection Act: The Data Security Act of 2015 (S. 961); Data Breach Notification and Punishing Cyber Criminals Act of 2015 (S. 1164); Data Security Act of 2015 (H.R. 2205); Warner discussion draft; S. 2058/H.R. 4460 Youth Sports Concussions Act; H.R. 5092 Reinforcing American-Made Products Act of 2016; H.R. 5510 - FTC Process and Transparency Reform Act; H.R. 5111 Consumer Review Fairness Act of 2016; H.R. 5104; Issues related to retail technology innovation.
Client expense: $730,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Maritime Commission, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · third_quarter · Defense
H.R. 3538, S. 2058, Metropolitan Weather Hazards Protection Act of 2015; H.R. 5089, Reducing Americas Destructive Atmospheric Risks (RADAR) Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Telecommunications
Issues related to data security and consumer privacy; Mobile payment legislation; Cyber information sharing implementation (P.L. 114-113); data breach notification legislation (H.R. 1704, H.R. 580, S. 177); Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015 (H.R. 1770); issues related to Telephone Consumer Protection Act: The Data Security Act of 2015 (S. 961); Data Breach Notification and Punishing Cyber Criminals Act of 2015 (S. 1164); Data Security Act of 2015 (H.R. 2205); Warner discussion draft; S. 2058/H.R. 4460 Youth Sports Concussions Act; H.R. 5092 Reinforcing American-Made Products Act of 2016; H.R. 5510 - FTC Process and Transparency Reform Act; H.R. 5111 Consumer Review Fairness Act of 2016; H.R. 5104; Issues related to retail technology innovation.
Client expense: $520,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Maritime Commission, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · third_quarter · Defense
H.R. 3538, S. 2058, Metropolitan Weather Hazards Protection Act of 2015; H.R. 5089, Reducing Americas Destructive Atmospheric Risks (RADAR) Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
2016 · second_quarter · Telecommunications
Issues related to data security and consumer privacy; Mobile payment legislation; Cyber information sharing implementation (P.L. 114-113); data breach notification legislation (H.R. 1704, H.R. 580, S. 177); Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015 (H.R. 1770); issues related to Telephone Consumer Protection Act: The Data Security Act of 2015 (S. 961); Data Breach Notification and Punishing Cyber Criminals Act of 2015 (S. 1164); Data Security Act of 2015 (H.R. 2205); Warner discussion draft; NTIA UAS privacy multistakeholder; NTIA facial recognition multistake holder; S. 2058/H.R. 4460 Youth Sports Concussions Act; H.R. 5092 Reinforcing American-Made Products Act of 2016; H.R. 5510 - FTC Process and Transparency Reform Act; H.R. 5111 Consumer Review Fairness Act of 2016; H.R. 5104.
Client expense: $750,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced in Senate
| Senate |
| Referred to |
| September 17, 2015 |
| September 17, 2015 |
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Maritime Commission, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office