To establish in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration a program to improve precipitation forecasts, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4416 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4416 To establish in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration a program to improve precipitation forecasts, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 15, 2025 Ms. Ross (for herself and Mr. Weber of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration a program to improve precipitation forecasts, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF NOAA PRECIPITATION FORECASTS PROGRAM. (a) Establishment.--There is established in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) a program to improve precipitation forecasts (in this section referred to as the ``program''). (b) Goal.--The goal of the program shall be to improve precipitation forecasts across all timescales through the research, development, and operational implementation of fully coupled Earth System Models. The program shall carry out the following: (1) Improve the understanding and prediction of precipitation extremes from a wide variety of weather systems and climate patterns. (2) Improve the development, production, management, assimilation, integration, availability, and curation of datasets for precipitation prediction. (3) Identify and improve observations and analyses necessary for precipitation prediction, including relating to water vapor, oceans, and boundary layers. (4) Utilize high performance computing and other technologies, as appropriate, to advance Earth System Models predictions skill of precipitation extreme phen