A bill to require the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere to identify a consistent, Federal set of best available forward-looking meteorological information and to require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to convene an effort to make such set available, with advice and technical assistance, to standards-developing organizations, and for other purposes.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

2026-04-29

The federal government would establish a standardized set of the best weather forecasting methods and data available, then help organizations that create industry standards access and use this information. This would make weather predictions more consistent and reliable across different sectors like aviation, shipping, and emergency management that depend on accurate forecasts. The Commerce Department and the National Institute of Standards and Technology would work together to coordinate this effort.