Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Fog Observations and Geographic Forecasting Act
Official title: A bill 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.
Sponsor: Sen. Ted Cruz R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 3, 2025
- Committee actionApr 30, 2025
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 21, 2025 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 197.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1278.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1278, Fog Observations and Geographic Forecasting Act” on August 1, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on April 30, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 1, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61631
- CBO publication date
- August 1, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1278, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/1278
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 119-86 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on October 21, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/SRPT/86
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1278, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/1278
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz.
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.