Weather Modification Operations and Research Board
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The Weather Modification Operations and Research Board was a proposed agency of the United States government, intended to promote research into weather control
. A bill
creating of the board was introduced in the U.S. Senate on two occasions by Texas
Senator
Kay Bailey Hutchinson, the first on March 4, 2004, and the second on March 3, 2005. The bill did not become law.
In the US, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
regulates weather control projects, under authority of Public Law 205 of the 92nd Congress. This agency does not
perform research into weather modification.
Weather control
Weather control is the act of manipulating or altering certain aspects of the environment to produce desirable changes in weather. Weather control can have the goal of preventing damaging weather, such as hurricanes or tornadoes, from occurring; of causing beneficial weather, such as rainfall in...
. A bill
Bill (proposed law)
A bill is a proposed law under consideration by a legislature. A bill does not become law until it is passed by the legislature and, in most cases, approved by the executive. Once a bill has been enacted into law, it is called an act or a statute....
creating of the board was introduced in the U.S. Senate on two occasions by Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
Senator
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
Kay Bailey Hutchinson, the first on March 4, 2004, and the second on March 3, 2005. The bill did not become law.
In the US, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , pronounced , like "noah", is a scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce focused on the conditions of the oceans and the atmosphere...
regulates weather control projects, under authority of Public Law 205 of the 92nd Congress. This agency does not
perform research into weather modification.