§ 5851. — Short title and purposes.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC5851]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 88--RESEARCH
SUBCHAPTER III--NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL WEATHER INFORMATION SYSTEM
Sec. 5851. Short title and purposes
(a) Short title
This subchapter may be cited as the ``National Agricultural Weather
Information System Act of 1990''.
(b) Purposes
The purposes of this subchapter are--
(1) to provide a nationally coordinated agricultural weather
information system, based on the participation of universities,
State programs, Federal agencies, and the private weather consulting
sector, and aimed at meeting the weather and climate information
needs of agricultural producers;
(2) to facilitate the collection, organization, and
dissemination of advisory weather and climate information relevant
to agricultural producers, through the participation of the private
sector and otherwise;
(3) to provide for research and education on agricultural
weather and climate information, aimed at improving the quality and
quantity of weather and climate information available to
agricultural producers, including research on short-term forecasts
of thunderstorms and on extended weather forecasting techniques and
models;
(4) to encourage, where feasible, greater private sector
participation in providing agricultural weather and climate
information, to encourage private sector participation in educating
and training farmers and others in the proper utilization of
agricultural weather and climate information, and to strengthen
their ability to provide site-specific weather forecasting for
farmers and the agricultural sector in general; and
(5) to ensure that the weather and climate data bases needed by
the agricultural sector are of the highest scientific accuracy and
thoroughly documented, and that such data bases are easily
accessible for remote computer access.
(Pub. L. 101-624, title XVI, Sec. 1637, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3747.)
