National Weather Service Communications Improvement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1496.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1496, National Weather Service Communications Improvement Act” on May 11, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on March 29, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 11, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59158

  CBO publication date

  May 11, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1496, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1496

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  16bb54fd3c421503071f81a1ef42fffb2c1da870e049b6d717c953cb605968c6

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-61 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on May 16, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 16, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/61

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1496, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1496

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  16bb54fd3c421503071f81a1ef42fffb2c1da870e049b6d717c953cb605968c6

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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. FEENSTRA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 45, March 9, 2023, Page H1250):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To upgrade the communications service used by the National Weather Service by implementing a commercial off-the-shelf communications solution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 9, 2023 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  230 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1496, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1496

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  16bb54fd3c421503071f81a1ef42fffb2c1da870e049b6d717c953cb605968c6

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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