Great Lakes and National Weather Service Funding Protection Act
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Latest Action · April 10, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
This bill prevents the federal government from cutting, redirecting, or reallocating funding already appropriated to the National Weather Service and Great Lakes programs under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The legislation protects these programs by requiring that any future changes to their funding be explicitly authorized by new law rather than done through executive actions or budget adjustments. The bill affects weather forecasting operations and Great Lakes-related initiatives that depend on stable federal funding. Within 30 days of the law's passage and annually thereafter, NOAA's administrator must certify compliance with the funding protections to five congressional committees. The bill essentially locks in current funding levels for these programs unless Congress passes a new law specifically authorizing any changes.
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