Strengthening the Cooperative Observer Program Act of 2018
Latest action · Nov 14, 2018 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 644.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 23, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Strengthening the Cooperative Observer Program Act of 2018
This bill directs the National Weather Service (NWS) to make improvements to the Cooperative Observer Program, including by:
- furnishing support to state-coordinated programs relating to the program and states and regions where observations provided through the program are scarce;
- working with state weather service headquarters to increase participation in the program and to add stations in such states and regions;
- prioritizing the recruitment of new program volunteers; and
- ensuring that integrated reporting is available for qualitative observations that cannot be automated, such as snow observations and hazardous weather events so that they can be reported and uploaded quickly and easily.
The NWS must coordinate with state and regional offices regarding the status of program stations at least every 180 days.
The NWS shall also coordinate with other federal agencies, including the Forest Service, the Department of Agriculture, and the U.S. Geological Survey, in leveraging opportunities to expand the program and to more effectively use its existing infrastructure, weather stations, and staff.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 27, 2018.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CO | Cory Gardner | Jun 27, 2018 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 14, 2018Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-357.
- Nov 14, 2018Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 644.
- Jun 27, 2018Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- May 23, 2018Introduced in Senate
- May 23, 2018Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2951 | ESCAPE Act | Identical bill | May 24, 2018 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 14, 2018Reported to Senate
- May 23, 2018Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov.
