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H.R. 3966 118th Congress House

Improving Atmospheric River Forecasts Act

Official title: To accelerate subseasonal to seasonal prediction skills related to precipitation forecasts for water management in the western United States, improve atmospher… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To accelerate subseasonal to seasonal prediction skills related to precipitation forecasts for water management in the western United States, improve atmospheric river forecasts across the country, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 11, 2024 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Jun 9, 2023
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 9, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Improving Atmospheric River Forecasts Act 

This bill requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to establish programs that support atmospheric river forecasts.

Specifically, NOAA must establish at least one pilot program to support subseasonal and seasonal precipitation forecasts for water management in the western region of the United States, including improvements with respect to atmospheric river modeling.

NOAA must also establish an atmospheric river forecast improvement program to reduce the loss of life and economic losses from atmospheric rivers. The program must evaluate the value of innovative observation methods, such as uncrewed aircrafts and other emerging technology.

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 Lobbying activity 6

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • PHLOW CORPORATION
    for PHLOW CORPORATION · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
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    for PHLOW CORPORATION · Virginia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
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    for PHLOW CORPORATION · Virginia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
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    for PHLOW CORPORATION · Virginia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
  • PHLOW CORPORATION
    for PHLOW CORPORATION · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)
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    for PHLOW CORPORATION · Virginia · 2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30)

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 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Correa, J. Luis
California · Sep 11, 2024
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Obernolte, Jay
California · Jun 9, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3966: Improving Atmospheric River Forecasts Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3966/
MLA
"H.R. 3966: Improving Atmospheric River Forecasts Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3966/.
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H.R. 3966, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3966/.
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[H.R. 3966: Improving Atmospheric River Forecasts Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3966/)
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