Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
Official title: To improve the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's weather research, support improvements in weather forecasting and prediction, expand commercia… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To improve the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's weather research, support improvements in weather forecasting and prediction, expand commercial opportunities for the provision of weather data, and for other purposes.
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Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2025 or the Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
This bill reauthorizes, revises, and establishes several programs related to weather forecasting, monitoring, and research.
For example, the bill reauthorizes through FY2030 programs that are administered by the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), including the U.S. Weather Research Program. It also provides statutory authority for NOAA's Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment (known as VORTEX-USA).
The bill also requires NOAA to establish programs that support weather forecasting technology, including improvements to radar accuracy, weather forecasting in underserved areas, and coastal flooding forecasting. NOAA must also acquire weather-related data from the private sector and establish a pilot program to test the compatibility of this data with NOAA infrastructure.
In addition, NOAA must improve weather-related communication systems, including those related to hazardous weather events, through system upgrades that use more modern technology (e.g., cloud-based services) and that allow for expanded coverage (e.g., in rural areas).
Finally, NOAA must administer programs that support weather forecasting for agricultural and water management, including pilot programs to improve precipitation forecasts in the western and central states and a soil moisture monitoring network.
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- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES
- LIBERTY MUTUAL GROUP
- ESP ADVISORS, LLC
- BAE SYSTEMS, INC.
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
- OCEAN CONSERVANCY
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
- Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
- Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)
- State, Dept of (DOS)
- Defense, Dept of (DOD)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5089: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5089/
"H.R. 5089: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5089/.
H.R. 5089, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5089/.
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