Senate bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
An act to require the Secretary of Commerce to study the coverage gaps of the Next Generation Weather Radar of the National Weather Service and to develop a plan for improving radar coverage and hazardous weather detection and forecasting.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 17, 2015
- Committee actionDec 9, 2015
- Passed SenateDec 1, 2016 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 2, 2016 — Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2058.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2058, Metropolitan Weather Hazards Protection Act of 2015” on April 12, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on December 9, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 12, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51462
- CBO publication date
- April 12, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2058, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/2058
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 114-351 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on September 15, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 15, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/351
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2058, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/2058
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a850dd93b90bd572d86c4e86adb57ee9353db0b9edefed9a36a8e4a7c222c195
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
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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.