Weather Modification Operations and Research Board

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A bill to establish a Weather Modification Operations and Research Board, and for other purposes, was introduced on March 3, 2005, by Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. The text of the bill, with the resulting act to be cited as the Weather Modification Research and Technology Transfer Authorization Act of 2005, was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. The bill states that the act is to take effect October 1, 2005.

On June 19, 2005, Representative Mark Udall introduced H.R. 2995: To establish the Weather Modification Operations and Research Board, and for other purposes. The bill was referred on 26 June 2005, to the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards.

1 108th Congress, 2d Session, S. 2170
2 Purpose
3 Composition of the Board
4 Weather Control
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] 108th Congress, 2d Session, S. 2170

Senator Hutchison introduced the same bill March 4, 2004.

[edit] Purpose

The purpose of the act is "to develop and implement a comprehensive and coordinated national weather modification policy and a national cooperative Federal and State program of weather modification research and development."

[edit] Composition of the Board

The Board shall consist of 11 members appointed by the Secretary of Commerce, of whom

at least 1 shall be a representative of the American Meteorological Society;
at least 1 shall be a representative of the American Society of Civil Engineers;
at least 1 shall be a representative of the National Academy of Sciences;
at least 1 shall be a representative of the National Center for Atmospheric Research of the National Science Foundation;
at least 2 shall be representatives of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the Department of Commerce;
at least 1 shall be a representative of institutions of higher education or research institutes; and
at least 1 shall be a representative of a State that is currently supporting operational weather modification projects.

[edit] Weather Control

It should be noted that "weather control", as well as "weather tampering", is expressly forbidden dating from at least December 10, 1976, when the "United Nations General Assembly Resolution 31/72, TIAS 9614 Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques" was adopted.

The Convention was: Signed in Geneva May 18, 1977; Entered into force October 5, 1978; Ratification by U.S. President December 13, 1979; U.S. ratification deposited at New York January 17, 1980.