Editing Weather modification (section)

===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>