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[CITE: 49USC44720]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                     SUBTITLE VII--AVIATION PROGRAMS
 
                     PART A--AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY
 
                           subpart iii--safety
 
                     CHAPTER 447--SAFETY REGULATION
 
Sec. 44720. Meteorological services

    (a) Recommendations.--The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall make recommendations to the Secretary of Commerce 
on providing meteorological services necessary for the safe and 
efficient movement of aircraft in air commerce. In providing the 
services, the Secretary shall cooperate with the Administrator and give 
complete consideration to those recommendations.
    (b) Promoting Safety and Efficiency.--To promote safety and 
efficiency in air navigation to the highest possible degree, the 
Secretary shall--
        (1) observe, measure, investigate, and study atmospheric 
    phenomena, and maintain meteorological stations and offices, that 
    are necessary or best suited for finding out in advance information 
    about probable weather conditions;
        (2) provide reports to the Administrator to persons engaged in 
    civil aeronautics that are designated by the Administrator and to 
    other persons designated by the Secretary in a way and with a 
    frequency that best will result in safety in, and facilitating, air 
    navigation;
        (3) cooperate with persons engaged in air commerce in 
    meteorological services, maintain reciprocal arrangements with those 
    persons in carrying out this clause, and collect and distribute 
    weather reports available from aircraft in flight;
        (4) maintain and coordinate international exchanges of 
    meteorological information required for the safety and efficiency of 
    air navigation;
        (5) in cooperation with other departments, agencies, and 
    instrumentalities of the United States Government, meteorological 
    services of foreign countries, and persons engaged in air commerce, 
    participate in developing an international basic meteorological 
    reporting network, including the establishment, operation, and 
    maintenance of reporting stations on the high seas, in polar 
    regions, and in foreign countries;
        (6) coordinate meteorological requirements in the United States 
    to maintain standard observations, to promote efficient use of 
    facilities, and to avoid duplication of services unless the 
    duplication tends to promote the safety and efficiency of air 
    navigation; and
        (7) promote and develop meteorological science and foster and 
    support research projects in meteorology through the use of private 
    and governmental research facilities and provide for publishing the 
    results of the projects unless publication would not be in the 
    public interest.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1201.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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44720(a)..............................  49 App.:1351.                    Aug. 2
3, 1958, Pub. L. 85-726, Secs.
                                                                          310, 
803, 72 Stat. 751, 783.
                                        49 App.:1655(c)(1).              Oct. 1
5, 1966, Pub. L. 89-670, Sec.
                                                                          6(c)(
1), 80 Stat. 938; Jan. 12, 1983,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 97-449, Sec.  7(b), 96 Stat.
                                                                          2444.
44720(b)..............................  49 App.:1463.
                                        49 App.:1655(c)(1).
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    In subsection (b), the title ``Secretary'' [of Commerce] is 
substituted for ``Chief of the Weather Bureau'' in section 803 of the 
Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (Public Law 85-726, 72 Stat. 783) because 
of sections 1 and 2 of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1965 (eff. July 13, 
1965, 79 Stat. 1318). Before clause (1), the words ``In order'' and ``in 
addition to any other functions or duties pertaining to weather 
information for other purposes'' are omitted as surplus. In clause (2), 
the words ``forecasts, warnings, and advices'' are omitted as being 
included in ``reports''. In clause (3), the words ``or employees 
thereof'' and ``establish and'' are omitted as surplus. The words ``with 
those persons'' are added for clarity. In clause (5), the words 
``departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the United States 
Government'' are substituted for ``governmental agencies of the United 
States'' for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of 
the United States Code.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 46301 of this title.
