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US HB5002
Bill
Status
8/19/2025
Primary Sponsor
Joseph Neguse
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AI Summary
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Requires the Secretary of Commerce within 30 days to fully staff NOAA and the National Weather Service and reinstate any employees involuntarily terminated between January 20, 2025 and the bill's enactment who elect to return
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Mandates continuation of all NOAA programs supporting state and local extreme weather preparedness and prohibits changes to congressionally mandated programs that would reduce access to weather resources
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Requires immediate reinstatement of three specific NOAA products: the Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters tracker, the Marine Environmental Buoy Database, and the Global Ocean Currents Database
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Appropriates $6,756,300,000 for NOAA expenses for fiscal year 2026
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Cites findings that weather and climate disasters cost the U.S. over $746.7 billion and caused 2,520 deaths from 2020 to 2024
Legislative Description
Protect Americans from Climate Disasters Act
Emergency management
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
8/19/2025