TAME Extreme Weather and Wildfires Act
Sponsored By: Senator Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
In Committee
Summary
A national AI-enabled Earth system forecasting system aims to speed up and improve forecasts for weather, water, space weather, and wildfires. It sets rules to build shared training datasets, create operational and experimental AI weather models, and push those tools into real-world forecasting and risk communication.
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- Families and communities get clearer local forecasts and improved wildfire and hazard communications to help prepare and respond to threats.
- Forecasters, emergency managers, and researchers gain funded datasets, technical assistance, training, and a common model-assessment framework. The bill requires comprehensive training datasets within four years and directs creation of global and regional AI weather models.
- The private sector, academia, and international partners can form new co-investment and data-sharing arrangements with shared intellectual property options. Federal agencies must still protect national security, trade secrets, and contract-restricted data and report on foreign access risks.
*Authorizes up to $820 million in appropriations through 2030, which would increase federal spending if those amounts are enacted.*
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NOAA to build AI weather forecasts
If enacted, NOAA would develop and test AI global, regional, and local weather models and must build training datasets within four years. The bill would authorize $105 million for FY2026 and $25 million per year for FY2027–2030. NOAA would be asked to make operational and some experimental models and associated federal data available to the public at no cost, subject to law. The Under Secretary could withhold models or data when needed to protect national security, trade secrets, or contracts. NOAA would also provide technical help, data access, training, and best practices for forecasters and emergency managers.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
HI • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT]
MT • R
Sponsored 4/9/2025
Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]
NM • D
Sponsored 4/9/2025
Peter Welch
VT • D
Sponsored 4/9/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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