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HR4563119th CongressWALLET

Fixing Gaps in Hurricane Preparedness Act

Sponsored By: Representative Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10]

Introduced

Summary

Improve how people understand and act on hurricane forecasts and warnings. This bill would direct the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to lead social, behavioral, and economic research to sharpen communication, decision tools, and services for different populations.

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  • Families and households: Would fund studies on preparedness, evacuation choices, and possession of disaster supplies to make warnings clearer and help households decide when to evacuate.
  • Emergency managers and governments: Would require a review of how forecast products are used, identify data gaps, and produce cost-benefit analyses to guide updates to forecasts and warning services.
  • Older adults and retirement communities: Would require risk assessments and baseline studies focused on regions with significant elderly populations to tailor messaging and support for vulnerable seniors.
  • Hurricane-prone communities: Requires a Pilot Study to begin within 180 days using surveys, focus groups, and interviews to assess trust in information, language access, evacuation barriers, and preparedness, with the methodology posted publicly.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Research to improve hurricane warnings

If enacted, NOAA would run research on how people get, understand, and act on hurricane warnings. Studies would cover seniors, people with disabilities, and non‑English speakers, and set rules to collect and store response data. The work would test ways to improve forecast tools and measure the money value of longer warning lead times. Within 180 days, NOAA would seek a partner to pilot a mixed‑methods study in hurricane‑prone areas. The pilot would review disaster supplies, evacuation choices, trust in sources, language access, and barriers; its methods would be posted online.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10]

FL • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Webster, Daniel [R-FL-11]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 7/21/2025

  • Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 10/1/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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