A bill in the U.S. Senate would prohibit the National Weather Service from issuing routine forecasts and related services, according to opponents of the proposed legislation. They contend it would prevent the NWS from issuing forecasts if private weather services could provide the same service for a fee. The bill's author says it is aimed mainly at clarifying NWS's role. Opponents say it is contradictory and unclear. "I'm not at all clear as to exactly what information the NWS would be prohibited from releasing to the public," Wayne State law professor David Moran told the publication Information Week. "How is the NWS supposed to issue to the public all its data without thereby providing a service that would compete with private entities?"