National Weather Service Communications Improvement Act
Latest action · May 16, 2023 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 41.
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.
- IntroducedMar 9, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Weather Service Communications Improvement Act
This bill requires the National Weather Service (NWS) to replace NWSChat with a commercial, off-the-shelf communications solution that is hosted on the public cloud. (NWSChat is an instant messaging program used by NWS personnel to share, in real-time, critical warnings and other types of weather information.) The NWS shall allocate up to $3 million of its funding for FY2024-FY2027 on the replacement.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 9, 2023 to Apr 6, 2023; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IA | Ashley Hinson | Original | Mar 9, 2023 |
| R-AS | Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen | Original | Mar 9, 2023 |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Original | Mar 9, 2023 |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | Original | Mar 9, 2023 |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Original | Mar 9, 2023 |
| D-IL | Eric Sorensen | Original | Mar 9, 2023 |
| D-NC | Jeff Jackson | Original | Mar 9, 2023 |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Original | Mar 9, 2023 |
| R-IA | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | Original | Mar 9, 2023 |
| R-OH | Max L. Miller | Original | Mar 9, 2023 |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Original | Mar 9, 2023 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Mar 9, 2023 |
| D-NC | Valerie P. Foushee | Original | Mar 9, 2023 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Mar 27, 2023 | |
| R-OH | Mike Carey | Mar 27, 2023 | |
| D-PA | Summer L. Lee | Apr 6, 2023 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Mar 9, 2023Markup Mar 29, 2023Reported May 16, 2023 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 16, 2023Reported by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 118-61.
- May 16, 2023Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 41.
- Mar 29, 2023Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 29, 2023Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 36 - 0.
- Mar 9, 2023Introduced in House
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- May 11, 2023H.R. 1496, National Weather Service Communications Improvement ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on March 29, 2023
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 45, March 9, 2023, page H1250.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1414 | National Weather Service Communications Improvement Act | Related bill | Dec 22, 2023 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To upgrade the communications service used by the National Weather Service, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- National Weather Service Communications Improvement Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- National Weather Service Communications Improvement Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 16, 2023Reported in House
- Mar 9, 2023Introduced in House
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; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
