National Hurricane Research Initiative Act of 2007
Latest action · May 9, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 29, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Hurricane Research Initiative Act of 2007 - Requires the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere of the Department of Commerce and the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish a National Hurricane Research Initiative and to cooperate with other specified federal agencies to carry it out.
Requires such Initiative to set research objectives (based on a National Science Board report on the need for such Initiative) to: (1) make recommendations to the Board; (2) assemble the expertise of U.S. science and engineering capabilities through a multi-agency effort focused on infrastructure, the natural environment, and improving understanding of hurricane prediction, intensity, and mitigation on coastal populations; and (3) make grants for hurricane research, including regarding hurricane dynamics, modification, and observation, air-sea interaction, relationships between hurricanes and climate, predicting flooding and storm surge, coastal infrastructure, building construction, emergency communication networks, information utilization by public officials, and sharing computational capability.
Directs the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, through the National Science and Technology Council, to coordinate U.S. activities related to the Initiative as a formal program with a well-defined organizational structure and execution plan.
Directs the Under Secretary and the Director to: (1) establish a National Infrastructure Database to catalog infrastructure, provide information to improve information public policy related to hurricanes, and provide data to improve researchers' abilities to measure hurricane impacts in order to improve building codes and urban planning; and (2) develop a National Hurricane Research Model to conduct integrative research and facilitate the transfer of research knowledge to operational applications.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 29, 2007.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Allen Boyd | Original | Mar 29, 2007 |
| R-FL | Connie Mack | Original | Mar 29, 2007 |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Original | Mar 29, 2007 |
| R-FL | Lincoln Diaz-Balart | Original | Mar 29, 2007 |
| R-FL | Ric Keller | Original | Mar 29, 2007 |
| R-FL | Vern Buchanan | Original | Mar 29, 2007 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 9, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
- May 8, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education.
- Mar 29, 2007Introduced in House
- Mar 29, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 931 | National Hurricane Research Initiative Act of 2007 | Identical bill | Mar 20, 2007 |
| HR 2407 | National Hurricane Research Initiative Act of 2007 | Related bill | Jun 26, 2008 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
- Building construction
- Building laws
- Climate
- Coastal zone
- Computers
- Conferences
- Data banks
- Economics and Public Finance
- Ecosystem management
- Emergency communication systems
- Emergency Management
- Engineering
- Evacuation of civilians
- Federal aid to research
- Flood damage prevention
- Floods
- Government Operations and Politics
- Hurricanes
- Infrastructure
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Meteorological research
- Oceanographic research
- Policy sciences
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Research grants
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Storms
- Technological innovations
- Urban affairs
- Urban planning
- Water Resources Development
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 29, 2007Introduced in House
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