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Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025

Introduced: September 2, 2025 Introduced by: Lucas, Frank D. Republican · Oklahoma See on congress.gov

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Sep 10, 2025

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

Sep 10, 2025

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Sep 2, 2025

Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Sep 2, 2025

Introduced in House

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now September 10, 2025

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Hearings & markups 1

SST Full Committee Markup
Markup Rescheduled Sep 10, 2025 · 10:00 AM EDT · Science, Space, and Technology Committee

Related & companion bills 3

Bill text 1 version

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Committees of jurisdiction 2

Natural Resources Committee
House of Representatives
Science, Space, and Technology Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 37

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

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
for AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
OCEAN CONSERVANCY
for OCEAN CONSERVANCY · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
BECKER & POLIAKOFF, P.A.
for AMERICAN WEATHER ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION · Virginia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
GREEN CAPITOL LLC
for TOMORROW.IO · Massachusetts · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
LIBERTY MUTUAL GROUP
for LIBERTY MUTUAL GROUP · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
BAE SYSTEMS, INC.
for BAE SYSTEMS INC · Virginia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026

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Cosponsors 26

Baird, James R.

Indiana · Oct 3, 2025

Norton, Eleanor Holmes

District of Columbia · Oct 3, 2025

Vindman, Eugene Simon

Virginia · Oct 3, 2025

Bost, Mike

Illinois · Sep 19, 2025

Gillen, Laura

New York · Sep 10, 2025

Moore, Tim

North Carolina · Sep 8, 2025

McCormick, Richard

Georgia · Sep 3, 2025

Amo, Gabe

Rhode Island · Sep 2, 2025

Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck"

Tennessee · Sep 2, 2025

Foushee, Valerie P.

North Carolina · Sep 2, 2025

Franklin, Scott

Florida · Sep 2, 2025

Friedman, Laura

California · Sep 2, 2025

Frost, Maxwell

Florida · Sep 2, 2025

Haridopolos, Mike

Florida · Sep 2, 2025

Lofgren, Zoe

California · Sep 2, 2025

McBride, Sarah

Delaware · Sep 2, 2025

McClain Delaney, April

Maryland · Sep 2, 2025

Miller, Max L.

Ohio · Sep 2, 2025

Ross, Deborah K.

North Carolina · Sep 2, 2025

Rouzer, David

North Carolina · Sep 2, 2025

Stevens, Haley M.

Michigan · Sep 2, 2025

Tenney, Claudia

New York · Sep 2, 2025

Weber, Randy K. Sr.

Texas · Sep 2, 2025

Whitesides, George

California · Sep 2, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5089: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5089/

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"H.R. 5089: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5089/.

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