S 1164
108th Congress
Senate
Science, Technology, Communications
Atmosphere
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental Protection
Environmental research
Federal aid to research
Geophysical prediction
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oceanographic research
Abrupt Climate Change Research Act of 2003
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5 steps
Introduced
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 13, 2004
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 514.
May 13, 2004
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator McCain without amendment. With written report No. 108-263.
Mar 9, 2004
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jun 2, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jun 2, 2003
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Abrupt Climate Change Research Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish within the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and carry out a scientific research program on abrupt climate change. Lists as purposes of the program: (1) to develop a global array of terrestrial and oceanographic indicators of paleoclimate in order to sufficiently identify and describe past instances of abrupt climate change; (2) to improve understanding of thresholds and nonlinearities in geophysical systems related to the mechanisms of abrupt climate change; (3) to incorporate such mechanisms into advanced geophysical models of climate change; and (4) to test the output of such models against an improved global array of records of past abrupt climate changes.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 514.
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