II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 153 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 17, 2017 Mr. Nelson introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To ensure reliable observation of hurricanes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring the Reliability of Our Hurricane Hunter Aircraft Act . 2. Hurricane Hunter aircraft The Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere of the Department of Commerce shall secure and maintain secondary backup capability for each class of hurricane reconnaissance, research, surveillance, and response aircraft sufficient to prevent a single point of failure. 3. Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.