House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Weather Forecasting Improvement Act of 2014
Sponsor: Rep. Jim Bridenstine R-OKWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 18, 2013
- Committee actionDec 5, 2013
- Passed HouseApr 1, 2014 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 2, 2014 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2413.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2413, Weather Forecasting Improvement Act of 2013” on January 14, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on December 5, 2013”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 14, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45016
- CBO publication date
- January 14, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2413, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2413
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9c989408405a267af049dbf37baebdc522471b1ee228bb2ac1c425c940a27304
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2413, Weather Forecasting Improvement Act of 2014” on March 27, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As revised and posted on the website of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on March 24, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 27, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45222
- CBO publication date
- March 27, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2413, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2413
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9c989408405a267af049dbf37baebdc522471b1ee228bb2ac1c425c940a27304
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-383 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on March 21, 2014.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 21, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/383
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2413, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2413
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9c989408405a267af049dbf37baebdc522471b1ee228bb2ac1c425c940a27304
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BRIDENSTINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3759):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 66 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2413, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2413
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9c989408405a267af049dbf37baebdc522471b1ee228bb2ac1c425c940a27304
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
20 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 20 cosponsors (35%) are from the other party.
Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Paul Broun (R-GA), Chris Collins (R-NY), Alan Grayson (D-FL), Andy Harris (R-MD), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Daniel Maffei (D-NY), Ted Poe (R-TX), David Roe (R-TN), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Matt Salmon (R-AZ), Lamar Smith (R-TX), Chris Stewart (R-UT), Marlin Stutzman (R-IN), Mark Takano (D-CA), Ted Yoho (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jim Bridenstine.
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- H.R. 4382 (113th) To streamline the collection and distribution of government information.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.