House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
National Weather Service Communications Improvement Act
Official title: To upgrade the communications service used by the National Weather Service, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 24, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 24, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2296.
- 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. 171, No. 53, March 24, 2025, Page H1219):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 24, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2296, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2296
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- November 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of November 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
22 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 12 Democrats
12 of 22 cosponsors (55%) are from the other party.
Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Sam Graves (R-MO), Mike Haridopolos (R-FL), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Sarah McBride (D-DE), April McClain Delaney (D-MD), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), James Moylan (R-GU), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Eric Sorensen (D-IL), Thomas Suozzi (D-NY), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Randy Feenstra.
- H.R. 998 (119th) Internal Revenue Service Math and Taxpayer Help Act
- H.R. 997 (119th) National Taxpayer Advocate Enhancement Act of 2025
- H.R. 579 (119th) Recruiting Families Using Data Act of 2025
- H.R. 1301 (119th) Death Tax Repeal Act
- H.R. 1822 (119th) ACRE Act of 2025
- H.R. 2547 (119th) Secure Family Futures Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.