,i #aaith ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #dbci ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,june #bg1 #bjbe,mr4 ,moran 7for himself and ,mr4 ,sorensen7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,science1 ,space1 and ,technology ,a ,,bill ,to require a study of rural weather monitoring systems4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,rural ,weather ,monitoring ,systems ,act4 #b4 ,study of rural weather monitoring systems 7a7 ,in general ,not later than #abj days after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 the ,comptroller ,general of the ,united ,states shall submit to the ,committee on ,science1 ,space1 and ,technology1 and the ,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation in the ,senate a study of rural weather monitoring systems4 7b7 ,contents ,the study required under subsection 7a7 shall include information relating to the following3 7#a7 ,the capacity of current rural weather monitoring systems4 7#b7 ,the geographical differences in availability and effectiveness of rural weather monitoring systems4 7#c7 ,the availability of resources for rural areas to produce better weather monitoring systems4 7#d7 ,the number of rural areas affected by unreliable or unavailable accurate rural weather monitoring systems4 7#e7 ,the need for updated weather monitoring for rural areas4 7#f7 ,the barriers that rural areas face obtaining and upgrading rural weather reporting systems4