Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
TORNADO Act
Official title: A bill to improve forecasting and understanding of tornadoes and other hazardous weather, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Roger Wicker R-MSWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 27, 2025
- Committee actionFeb 5, 2025
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 2, 2025 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 88.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 258.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 258, TORNADO Act” on March 17, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on February 5, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61253
- CBO publication date
- March 17, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 258, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/258
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
04a5976ec98eafd028d69c5ff838dc4120a454ff1d55b6f553e3996804567eb3
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 119-26 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on June 2, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 2, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/SRPT/26
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 258, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/258
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
04a5976ec98eafd028d69c5ff838dc4120a454ff1d55b6f553e3996804567eb3
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 258, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 12, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
9 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 9 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Gary Peters (D-MI), Tim Sheehy (R-MT), Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Todd Young (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Roger Wicker.
- S. 4138 (119th) A bill to waive the 60-day notice requirement for the posthumous honorary promotion of Captain Cody Khork, United States Army.
- S. 3266 (119th) USMMA Athletics Act of 2026
- S. 2296 (119th) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
- S.Res. 446 (119th) A resolution recognizing the 250th birthday of the United States Navy.
- S.Res. 824 (119th) A resolution designating August 1, 2026, as "Gold Star Children's Day".
- S. 4164 (119th) A bill to make technical corrections to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026.
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.