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HR 1008 115th Congress House Science, Technology, Communications Atmospheric science and weather Aviation and airports Natural disasters

Ensuring the Reliability of Our Hurricane Hunter Aircraft Act

Introduced: February 13, 2017 Introduced by: Soto, Darren Democratic · Florida See on congress.gov
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Apr 25, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Feb 13, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Feb 13, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ensuring the Reliability of Our Hurricane Hunter Aircraft Act

This bill directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to maintain secondary backup capability for each class of hurricane reconnaissance, research, surveillance, and response aircraft sufficient to prevent a single point of failure.

What's happening now April 25, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1008: Ensuring the Reliability of Our Hurricane Hunter Aircraft Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1008/
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"H.R. 1008: Ensuring the Reliability of Our Hurricane Hunter Aircraft Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1008/.
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H.R. 1008, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1008/.
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