House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
Official title: To improve the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's weather research, support improvements in weather forecasting and prediction, expand commercial opportunities for the provision of weather data, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Frank Lucas R-OKWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 2, 2025
- Committee actionSep 10, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 10, 2025 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5089.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LUCAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 143, September 2, 2025, Page H3757):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 foregoing 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 September 2, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 305 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5089, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5089
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 1, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 2, 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 October 1, 2026). 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
26 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 14 Democrats
14 of 26 cosponsors (54%) are from the other party.
Gabe Amo (D-RI), Brian Babin (R-TX), James Baird (R-IN), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Mike Bost (R-IL), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Laura Friedman (D-CA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Mike Haridopolos (R-FL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Sarah McBride (D-DE), April McClain Delaney (D-MD), Richard McCormick (R-GA), Max Miller (R-OH), Tim Moore (R-NC), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Deborah Ross (D-NC), David Rouzer (R-NC), Haley Stevens (D-MI), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Eugene Vindman (D-VA), Randy Weber (R-TX), George Whitesides (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Frank Lucas.
- H.R. 1713 (119th) Agricultural Risk Review Act of 2025
- H.R. 1531 (119th) PROTECT Taiwan Act
- H.R. 1326 (119th) DOE and USDA Interagency Research Act
- H.R. 1325 (119th) Commercial Remote Sensing Amendment Act of 2025
- H.R. 1013 (119th) Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025
- H.R. 6967 (119th) Public Company Advisory Committee Act of 2026
Related bills
- S. 1626 (119th) National Landslide Preparedness Act Reauthorization Act of 2025Related bill
- H.R. 2250 (119th) National Landslide Preparedness Act Reauthorization Act of 2025Related bill
- H.R. 4073 (119th) Tsunami Warning, Research, and Education Act of 2025Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 2, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.