Stockman Effect Act

Bill: 113-hr-5718
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Stockman, Steve [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2014-11-14
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Atmospheric science and weather

Earth sciences
Latest action: action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-11-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Stockman Effect Act - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study the impact that a shift in the Earth's magnetic field could have on the weather. </p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5718 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 14, 2014 Mr. Stockman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology A BILL To study the effect of the Earth’s magnetic field on the weather.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stockman Effect Act . 2. Magnetic field study (a) Findings Congress finds as follows: (1) Prior to a magnetic polar shift, there is a decline in the Earth’s magnetic fields. (2) Decrease in magnetic fields could impact global temperatures. (3) There is a possibility that the reason Mars lost its atmosphere was because of the loss of its magnetic field. (b) Magnetic field study The director of the National Science Foundation shall commission a study on the impact that a shift in the Earth’s magnetic field could have on the weather.