,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ciae  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #g1 #bjbc,mr4  
,mc,cormick introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,science1 ,space1 and     
,technology  ,a ,,bill  ,to improve the 
,national ,weather ,service's           
forecasting of turbulence and           
acquisition of aviation weather data1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,aviation ,weather ,improvement ,act4   
#b4 ,aviation weather and data          
innovation  7a7 ,program ,the ,director 
of the ,national ,weather ,service shall
 maintain an aircraft-based observation 
program 7in this section referred to as 
the program7 to partner with the weather
 industry for the deployment on aircraft
 of critical atmospheric sensors4  7b7  
,activities ,the program shall include  
activities that carry out the following3
 7#a7 ,procurement of weather data from 
commercial aircraft1 including ,mode ,s 

data1 water vapor data1 or data from    
,aircraft ,meteorological ,data ,relay  
or ,tropospheric ,airborne              
,meteorological ,data ,reporting        
systems4  7#b7 ,acquisition of          
additional vertical profile observations
 that provide the spatial and temporal  
density required for numerical weather  
prediction systems4  7c7 ,budget ,the   
,director of the ,national ,weather     
,service shall1 not less frequently than
 annually1 submit to ,congress a        
proposed budget corresponding with the  
activities described in subsection 7b74 
7d7 ,authorization of appropriations    
,there is authorized to appropriated to 
the ,operations1 ,research1 and         
,facilities account of the ,national    
,weather ,service up to #aj1jjj1jjj for 
each fiscal years #bjbd through #bjbh to
 carry out this section4  7e7           
,definition ,in this section1 the term  
weather industry has the meaning given  
such term in section #b of the ,weather 
,research and ,forecasting ,innovation  

,act of #bjag 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #heja74    
#c4 ,aviation weather and turbulence    
forecasting coordination  7a7 ,in       
general ,the ,director of the ,national 
,weather ,service shall include         
turbulence events or phenomena in the   
forecasting capabilities of the         
,national ,weather ,service's ,aviation 
,weather ,center1 and deliver           
consistent1 timely1 and accurate weather
 and turbulence information for the     
world airspace system and the protection
 of lives and property4  7b7            
,coordination ,in carrying out          
subsection 7a71 the ,director of the    
,national ,weather ,service shall       
coordinate with the ,administrator of   
the ,federal ,aviation ,administration  
to improve weather and turbulence       
forecasting capabilities1 including the 
following3  7#a7 ,establishing within   
the ,federal ,government an interagency 
working group to determine weather and  
environmental data or observation       
requirements1 needs1 and potential      

solutions related to aviation weather   
and turbulence forecasting4  7#b7       
,identifying current and future         
potential data gaps related to          
turbulence events or phenomena that     
can--  7,a7 identify or inform route    
specific flight planning2 and  7,b7 be  
supplemented or filled by commercial    
aviation tools4  7#c7 ,transitioning    
research initiatives and pilot programs1
 including a pilot program of           
instrumentation for observing greenhouse
 gases and other atmospheric factors    
deployed on commercial aircraft and     
supporting the evaluation of a sustained
 observing network using such platforms1
 into operations that improve the       
forecasting missions of the ,aviation   
,weather ,center4  #d4 ,next generation 
aviation research ,paragraph 7#c7 of    
section #ajb7;b7 of the ,weather        
,research and ,forecasting ,innovation  
,act of #bjag 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #heab7;b771
 is amended--  7#a7 by redesignating    
subparagraphs 7,f7 and 7,g7 as          

subparagraphs 7,g7 and 7,h71            
respectively2 and  7#b7 by inserting    
after subparagraph 7,e7 the following   
new subparagraph3  7,f7 aviation        
weather1 contrails1 atmospheric         
composition1 and turbulence events or   
phenomena to improve scientific         
understanding and forecast capabilities 
for the world airspace system2  4