---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 313b"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "313b"
heading: "Institute for Aviation Weather Prediction"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/313b"
units:
  - "Chapter 9 — National Weather Service"
---

# §313b. Institute for Aviation Weather Prediction


The [Administrator](/usc/15/636e.md?p=1) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric [Administration](/usc/15/636e.md?p=1) shall establish an Institute for Aviation Weather Prediction. The Institute shall provide forecasts, weather warnings, and other weather services to the United States aviation community. The Institute shall expand upon the activities of the aviation unit currently at the National Severe Storms Forecast Center in Kansas City, Missouri, and shall be established in the Kansas City[^1] Missouri[^1] area. The [Administrator](/usc/15/636e.md?p=1) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric [Administration](/usc/15/636e.md?p=1) shall provide a full and fair opportunity for employees at the National Severe Storms Center to assume comparable duties and responsibilities within the Institute.


## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 102–588, title II, § 222, Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5119.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Similar Provisions

Similar provisions were contained in Pub. L. 102–567, title I, § 112, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4278.