House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Fog Observations and Geographic Forecasting Act
Official title: To require the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere to conduct a project to improve forecasts of coastal marine fog, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 4, 2025
- Committee actionJun 11, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 11, 2025 — Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 35 - 0.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3705.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3705, Fog Observations and Geographic Forecasting Act” on August 19, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on June 11, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 19, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61693
- CBO publication date
- August 19, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3705, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3705
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 18, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. BABIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 95, June 4, 2025, Page H2469):U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: ``The Congress shall have Power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the forgoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 323 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3705, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3705
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 18, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b1c99d816c42e5b65429545a80ef3dd51b505ad4541b0606b74ea0b7405760a5
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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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
3 of 3 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Donald Davis (D-NC), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brian Babin.
- H.R. 3179 (119th) To rename the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge located in the State of Texas as the "Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge".
- H.R. 7813 (119th) NOAA Weather Radio Modernization Act
- H.R. 7273 (119th) NASA Reauthorization Act of 2026
- H.R. 3706 (119th) SUSHI Act
- H.R. 2984 (119th) ASTRO Act
- H.R. 9341 (119th) AI-Ready Federal Data Guidelines Act
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.