15 U.S.C. § 8548 — Weather enterprise outreach

(a) In general. The Under Secretary may set up ways to reach out to the broader weather enterprise. The goals are to assess NOAA's weather forecasts and forecast products, and to figure out the top forecast needs of the community described in subsection (b). (b) Outreach community. This outreach must include leading experts and innovators from: state and local emergency management agencies; state agriculture agencies; Indian tribes and Native Hawaiians; the private aerospace industry; the private earth-observing industry; the operational forecasting community; the academic community; professional meteorology societies; and any other stakeholder groups the Under Secretary thinks are appropriate.