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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-304
PROVIDING RESEARCH AND ESTIMATES OF CHANGES IN
PRECIPITATION ACT
MAY 3, 2022.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the
Union and ordered to be printed
Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, from the Committee on
Science, Space, and Technology, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 1437]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, to whom was
referred the bill (H.R. 1437) to amend the Weather Research and
Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 to direct the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration to provide comprehensive and reg-
ularly updated Federal precipitation information, and for other
purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon
with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do
pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. A m en dm en t ............................................................................................... 2
II. P urpose of th e B ill ...................................................................................... 4
III. Background and Need for the Legislation .............................................. 4
IV . Com m ittee H earings ................................................................................. 5
V. Committee Consideration and Votes ......................................................... 5
VI. Summary of Major Provisions of the Bill .................................................. 6
VII. Section-by-Section Analysis (by Title and Section) ................................ 6
V III. C om m ittee V iew s ........................................................................................ 7
IX . C ost E stim ate .............................................................................................. 7
X. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate ............................................. 7
XI. Compliance with Public Law 104-4 (Unfunded Mandates) .................... 8
XII. Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations ........................... 8
XIII. Statement on General Performance Goals and Objectives .................... 8
XIV. Federal Advisory Committee Statement ................................................... 8
XV. Duplication of Federal Program s ............................................................. 9
XV I. E arm ark Identification ............................................................................. 9
XVII. Applicability to the Legislative Branch ................................................... 9
XVIII. Statement on Preemption of State, Local, or Tribal Law ...................... 9
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