Editing Weather modification (section)

==In law==
===US and Canada agreement===
In 1975, the US and Canada entered into an agreement under the auspices of the United Nations for the exchange of information on weather modification activity.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://untreaty.un.org/unts/1_60000/27/20/00052955.pdf |title=Agreement Relating to the Exchange of Information on Weather Modification Activities |access-date=2011-06-04 |archive-date=August 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816050757/http://untreaty.un.org/unts/1_60000/27/20/00052955.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

===1977 UN Environmental Modification Convention===
{{Main|Environmental Modification Convention}}
Weather modification, particularly hostile [[weather warfare]], was addressed by the "United Nations General Assembly Resolution 31/72, TIAS 9614 Convention<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fas.org/nuke/control/enmod/text/environ2.htm |title=Environmental Modification Convention |publisher=Fas.org |access-date=2011-06-04 |archive-date=July 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718065722/http://fas.org/nuke/control/enmod/text/environ2.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques." The Convention was signed in [[Geneva]] on May 18, 1977; entered into force on October 5, 1978; ratified by U.S. President Jimmy Carter on December 13, 1979; and the U.S. ratification deposited in New York on January 17, 1980.<ref name="dos">{{cite news |title=Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques |publisher=[[United States Department of State]] |url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/t/ac/trt/4783.htm |access-date=2007-09-28 |archive-date=November 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114003418/https://2001-2009.state.gov/t/ac/trt/4783.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

===US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration===
In the US, the [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] keeps records of weather modification projects on behalf of the Secretary of Commerce, under the authority of Public Law 92-205, 15 USC § 330B, enacted in 1971.<ref name="Cornell">{{cite web | url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/chapter-9A | title=15 USC CHAPTER 9A – WEATHER MODIFICATION ACTIVITIES OR ATTEMPTS; REPORTING REQUIREMENT | access-date=April 18, 2012 | archive-date=April 9, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120409061034/http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/chapter-9A | url-status=live }}</ref>

===Proposed US legislation===

U.S. Senate Bill 517<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s109-517 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105143638/http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s109-517 |archive-date=January 5, 2012 |title=S. 517 [109th]: Weather Modification Research and Development Policy Authorization Act of 200}} Proposed by [[U.S. Senator]] [[Kay Bailey Hutchison]] of [[Texas]] and then [[U.S. Representative]] (later Senator) [[Mark Udall]] of [[Colorado]]</ref> and U.S. House Bill 2995<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-2995 |title=H.R. 2995 [109th]: Weather Modification Research and Technology Transfer Authorization Act of 2005 |publisher=GovTrack.us |access-date=2011-06-04 |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930033337/http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-2995 |url-status=live }}</ref> were two bills proposed in 2005 that would have expanded experimental weather modification, to establish a Weather Modification Operations and Research Board, and implemented a national weather modification policy. Neither was made into law.

Senate Bill 1807 and House Bill 3445, identical bills introduced July 17, 2007, proposed to established a Weather Mitigation Advisory and Research Board to fund weather modification research<ref>{{Cite journal|last=DiLorenzo|first=Stephen|date=15 January 2008|title=Weather Modification Law and Technology in the United States: A Need for Further Research|url=http://tlp.law.pitt.edu/SP_DiLorenzo_Weather_Modification|url-status=dead|journal=Journal of Technology Law & Policy: Currents|publisher=University of Pittsburgh|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080405023358/http://tlp.law.pitt.edu/SP_DiLorenzo_Weather%20Modification.htm|archive-date=5 April 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s110-1807 |title=S. 1807 [110th]: Weather Mitigation Research and Development Policy Authorization Act of 2007 |publisher=GovTrack.us |access-date=2011-06-04 |archive-date=May 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515184112/http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s110-1807 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Passed Tennessee legislation ===
Tennessee bill HB 2063/SB 2691 was signed into law on April 11, 2024. This bill bans the "intentional injection, release, or dispersion" of chemicals within Tennessee "with the express purpose of affecting temperature, weather, or the intensity of the sunlight".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tennessee lawmakers give final approval to 'chemtrails' bill |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2024/04/01/tennessee-lawmakers-give-final-approval-to-chemtrails-bill/73172626007/ |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=The Tennessean |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tennessee General Assembly Legislation |url=https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2691&GA=113 |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=wapp.capitol.tn.gov}}</ref>

The text of the bill doesn't explicitly reference the [[Chemtrail conspiracy theory|chemtrail]] conspiracy theory, but the sponsor of the bill, Sen. Steve Southerland said that it is one of the intended targets of the bill.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stockard |first=Sam |date=2024-03-26 |title="Chemtrail" bill set for House circuit described as "nonsense" • Tennessee Lookout |url=https://tennesseelookout.com/2024/03/26/chemtrail-bill-set-for-house-circuit-described-as-nonsense/ |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=Tennessee Lookout |language=en-US}}</ref>