House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Tornado Preparedness Act

H.R. 8846Introduced May 15, 2026Policy area: Emergency Management

Official title: To improve tornado detection, forecasting, warning dissemination, and community resilience, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep. Wesley Bell D-MO

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Where it went

IntroducedMay 15, 2026
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Latest action: May 15, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8846.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 83, May 15, 2026, Page H3551):
Article 1, Section 8
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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

No cosponsors.

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Wesley Bell.

Sponsor’s state and district

Missouri in Congress · MO-1 district

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