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[Senate Hearing 109-446] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] S. Hrg. 109-446 WEATHER MODIFICATION AND S. 517, THE WEATHER MODIFICATION RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2005 ======================================================================= HEARING before the SUBCOMMITTEES ON: SCIENCE AND SPACE; DISASTER PREVENTION AND PREDICTION OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION __________ NOVEMBER 10, 2005 __________ Printed for the use of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 28-211 WASHINGTON : 2006 _____________________________________________________________________________ For Sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512-1800; (202) 512�091800 Fax: (202) 512�092250 Mail: Stop SSOP, Washington, DC 20402�090001 SENATE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION TED STEVENS, Alaska, Chairman JOHN McCAIN, Arizona DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii, Co- CONRAD BURNS, Montana Chairman TRENT LOTT, Mississippi JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER IV, West KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, Texas Virginia OLYMPIA J. SNOWE, Maine JOHN F. KERRY, Massachusetts GORDON H. SMITH, Oregon BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota JOHN ENSIGN, Nevada BARBARA BOXER, California GEORGE ALLEN, Virginia BILL NELSON, Florida JOHN E. SUNUNU, New Hampshire MARIA CANTWELL, Washington JIM DeMINT, South Carolina FRANK R. LAUTENBERG, New Jersey DAVID VITTER, Louisiana E. BENJAMIN NELSON, Nebraska MARK PRYOR, Arkansas Lisa J. Sutherland, Republican Staff Director Christine Drager Kurth, Republican Deputy Staff Director David Russell, Republican Chief Counsel Margaret L. Cummisky, Democratic Staff Director and Chief Counsel Samuel E. Whitehorn, Democratic Deputy Staff Director and General Counsel Lila Harper Helms, Democratic Policy Director ------ SUBCOMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND SPACE KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, Texas, Chairman TED STEVENS, Alaska BILL NELSON, Florida, Ranking CONRAD BURNS, Montana JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER IV, West TRENT LOTT, Mississippi Virginia JOHN ENSIGN, Nevada BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota GEORGE ALLEN, Virginia E. BENJAMIN NELSON, Nebraska JOHN E. SUNUNU, New Hampshire MARK PRYOR, Arkansas SUBCOMMITTEE ON DISASTER PREVENTION AND PREDICTION JIM DeMINT, South Carolina, Chairman TED STEVENS, Alaska E. BENJAMIN NELSON, Nebraska, GORDON H. SMITH, Oregon Ranking DAVID VITTER, Louisiana MARIA CANTWELL, Washington BILL NELSON, Florida C O N T E N T S ---------- Page Hearing held on November 10, 2005................................ 1 Statement of Senator DeMint...................................... 1 Statement of Senator Hutchison................................... 18 Witnesses DeFelice, Dr. Thomas P., Past President, Weather Modification Association.................................................... 7 Prepared statement........................................... 8 Garstang, Michael, Ph.D., Professor, University of Virginia; Chair, Committee on Critical Issues in Weather Modification Research, National Research Council of the National Academies.. 10 Prepared statement........................................... 12 Golden, Dr. Joseph H., Senior Research Scientist, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado......................................... 3 Prepared statement........................................... 5 Appendix Marburger, III, John H., Director, Executive Office of the President, Office of Science and Technology Policy, letter, dated December 13, 2005 to Hon. Kay Bailey Hutchison........... 29 Nelson, Hon. E. Benjamin, U.S. Senator from Nebraska, prepared statement...................................................... 27 Response to written questions submitted to Dr. Thomas P. DeFelice by: Hon. Daniel K. Inouye........................................ 33 Hon. E. Benjamin Nelson...................................... 33 Hon. Bill Nelson............................................. 34 Response to written questions submitted to Michael Garstang, Ph.D., by: Hon. Daniel K. Inouye........................................ 35 Hon. E. Benjamin Nelson...................................... 35 Hon. Bill Nelson............................................. 35 Response to written questions submitted to Dr. Joseph H. Golden by: Hon. Daniel K. Inouye........................................ 30 Hon. E. Benjamin Nelson...................................... 31 Hon. Bill Nelson............................................. 32 Wilhite, Dr. Donald, Director, National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, prepared statement..... 27 WEATHER MODIFICATION AND S. 517, THE WEATHER MODIFICATION RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2005 ---------- THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2005 U.S. Senate, Subcommittees on: Science and Space; Disaster Prevent...

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