Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3923 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3923 To improve the weather research of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, support improvements in weather forecasting and prediction, and expand commercial opportunities for the provision of weather data. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 25, 2026 Mr. Cruz (for himself, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Sullivan, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. Moran, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Sheehy, and Ms. Rosen) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To improve the weather research of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, support improvements in weather forecasting and prediction, and expand commercial opportunities for the provision of weather data. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. TITLE I--REAUTHORIZATION OF THE WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING INNOVATION ACT OF 2017 Sec. 101. Public safety priority. Sec. 102. United States weather research and forecasting. Sec. 103. Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment-United States of America (VORTEX-USA). Sec. 104. Hurricane forecast improvement program. Sec. 105. Tsunami Warning and Education Act reauthorization. Sec. 106. Observing system planning. Sec. 107. Observing system simulation experiments. Sec. 108. Computing resources prioritization. Sec