Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026
Official title: A bill to improve the weather research of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, support improvements in weather forecasting and prediction, and expand commercial opportunities for the provision of weather data.
Sponsor: Sen. Ted Cruz R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2026
- Committee actionMar 4, 2026
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 28, 2026 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 685.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 3923.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 3923, Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026” on October 16, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on September 28, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 16, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62862
- CBO publication date
- October 16, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3923, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/3923
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 16, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 119-154 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on September 28, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 28, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/SRPT/154
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3923, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/3923
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 16, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 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
11 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 11 cosponsors (55%) are from the other party.
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Ted Budd (R-NC), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), John Curtis (R-UT), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Tim Sheehy (R-MT), Dan Sullivan (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz.
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Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.