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H.R. 7361 · 117th Congress

National Weather Service Communications Improvement Act

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Passed the House without a recorded vote, then expired. It passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record how each member voted, but didn't become law before the 117th Congress ended.

RFR FeenstraSponsor
11 cosponsors · 4 D, 7 R
CAD Axne CGR Gimenez AHR Hinson MMR Miller-Meeks JER Ellzey PMR Meijer SBD Bonamici MCR Carey JLR LaTurner SCD Carbajal JGD Gottheimer

4 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

  1. House Introduced Apr 1, 2022
  2. House Passed Jul 27, 2022

This bill directs the National Weather Service (NWS) to improve the instant messaging service used by NWS personnel by implementing a commercial, off-the-shelf communications solution hosted on the public cloud to serve as a replacement for the communications system in use, commonly referred to as NWSChat.

What it does: CRS summary · Passed House · Jul 27, 2022

National Weather Service Communications Improvement Act

This bill directs the National Weather Service (NWS) to improve the instant messaging service used by NWS personnel by implementing a commercial, off-the-shelf communications solution hosted on the public cloud to serve as a replacement for the communications system in use, commonly referred to as NWSChat.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: National Weather Service Communications Improvement Act

Latest action (Jul 28, 2022): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications · Origin: House · Introduced: Apr 1, 2022

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

  1. House Introduced Apr 1, 2022
  2. House Passed Jul 27, 2022

No recorded floor vote found.