# 119-hr-4416: To establish in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration a program to improve precipitation forecasts, and for other purposes.

119-hr-4416, To establish in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration a program to improve precipitation forecasts, and for other purposes., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] (D-NC); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4416
- Congress: 119
- Title: To establish in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration a program to improve precipitation forecasts, and for other purposes.
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-07-15
- Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] (D-NC)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Improve precipitation forecasts using fully coupled Earth System Models across weather to decadal timescales.** This bill would create in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration a program to advance models, observations, data management, high-performance computing, machine learning, and forecast communication to better predict precipitation extremes like atmospheric rivers, tropical cyclones, and winter storms. - Families and communities: Better forecast skill and expanded operational precipitation products aim to give earlier, more reliable warnings for extreme rain and snow. - Researchers and the private sector: Funding and partnerships for research, datasets, and computing resources would accelerate model development and testing, including use of machine learning. - Federal, State, local, and Tribal decisionmakers: The program would coordinate across NOAA, identify observational gaps, and make data findable and usable to support planning and water management. *Would authorize about $75.4 million in appropriations for NOAA across FY2026–FY2030, increasing federal spending by that amount.*

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] (R-TX), 2025-07-15T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Better rain and flood forecasts from NOAA: benefit, medium. If enacted, this bill would create a NOAA program to make rain and snow forecasts more accurate. NOAA would upgrade models, data, and observations, and use high‑performance computing, machine learning, and AI. It would focus on extremes like atmospheric rivers, hurricanes, and winter storms, from d…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-5089: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-4317: PBM Reform Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-4416 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4416)

## Related
- [119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3816)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-5089: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5089)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-4317: PBM Reform Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4317)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4416 (as of 2026-04-21).