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| Long title | Tornado Research Act of 2004 |
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| Announced in | the 108th United States Congress |
| Sponsored by | Bud Cramer (D‑AL) |
| Number of co-sponsors | 0 |
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The Tornado Research Act of 2004 was a failed legislation introduced to the to the 108th United States Congress by the Alabama Representative Bud Cramer, on April 2, 2004, to create a new tornado research branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The research branch would have been tasked with understanding how tornadoes form, research how tornado warnings are issued, and insert real-time research on tornadoes into warnings. The act would have provided $2 million for research funds in 2005, $4 million in 2006, and $5 million between 2007 and 2008. The act was sent to the House Science Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards for discussion on April 14, which led to the legislation dying in committee and not being voting on by the full House of Representatives. [1] This act was proposed as a result of the tornado outbreak of May 6, 2003. [2]