Us Code § 60506 - Sharing of climate related data

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§ 60506. Sharing of climate related data

The Administrator shall work to ensure that the Administration's policies on the sharing of climate related data respond to the recommendations of the Government Accountability Office's report on climate change research and data-sharing policies and to the recommendations on the processing, distribution, and archiving of data by the National Academies Earth Science Decadal Survey, "Earth Science and Applications from Space", and other relevant National Academies reports, to enhance and facilitate their availability and widest possible use to ensure public access to accurate and current data on global warming.

(Pub. L. 111–314, §3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3426.)

Historical and Revision Notes
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Section

Source (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
60506 42 U.S.C. 17825(c). Pub. L. 110–422, title XI, §1109(c), Oct. 15, 2008, 122 Stat. 4811.

CHAPTER 606—SPACE WEATHER

Sec.
60601.
Space weather.
60602.
Integrated strategy.
60603.
Sustaining and advancing critical space weather observations.
60604.
Research activities.
60605.
Space weather data.
60606.
Space weather knowledge transfer and information exchange.
60607.
Pilot program for obtaining commercial sector space weather data.
60608.
Space weather benchmarks.

        

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