# 119-s-3854: Advanced Weather Model Computing Development Act

119-s-3854, Advanced Weather Model Computing Development Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-3854
- Congress: 119
- Title: Advanced Weather Model Computing Development Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-02-12
- Sponsor: Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**Uses advanced computing like AI and high-performance systems to build better weather, seasonal, and climate models.** This bill would have the Department of Energy and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration run a joint, competitive R&D program to improve model accuracy, resolution, and data analysis using AI, machine learning, numerical methods, and other advanced computing techniques. - Researchers and institutions: Federal agencies, National Laboratories, universities, and nonprofits could compete in a merit-reviewed process to develop and optimize weather and climate models and supporting software tools. - Forecast operations and communities: The Initiative requires comparative research that tests new model approaches against traditional forecasts, including National Weather Service outputs, to help improve forecast performance for weather and seasonal timescales. - Workforce and infrastructure: The bill supports training, long-term archival capacity, and computing infrastructure and allows DOE to establish up to 3 Centers of Excellence at national labs for public-private partnerships and advanced model development. The Secretary and the NOAA Administrator would report to Congress within 2 years on coordination and results, and the Initiative authority would sunset after 5 years.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] (R-TN), 2026-02-12T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Advanced weather modeling Initiative: benefit, high. If enacted, NOAA and the Department of Energy would run an Initiative to develop better weather and climate models using advanced computing. The Initiative would fund collaborative research on new methods, performance portability between NOAA and DOE systems, large-data analysis, and scientific com…
- Centers of Excellence at national labs: benefit, high. If enacted, the Secretary of Energy and NOAA could establish up to three Centers of Excellence at National Laboratories to support advanced weather models. The centers would run public-private partnerships for workforce training, develop and optimize software and tools for high-performance computin…
- Contracts, selection, and research security: mixed, low. If enacted, DOE and NOAA would be able to sign multi-year contracts under 41 U.S.C. 3903 and enter reimbursable agreements with other agencies to support research and operations. They would be required to use a competitive, merit-reviewed process to select federal agencies, national labs, universit…

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- 119-s-2120: Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
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## Sources
- [119-s-3854 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3854)

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- [119-s-2120: Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2120)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3854 (as of 2026-09-10).