Commerce Committee Advances NASA Reauthorization Act and Weather Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation unanimously advanced two bipartisan measures: the NASA Authorization Act of 2026 and the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026.

The following actions were taken during today's Executive Session

Passed by voice vote:

S. 933, NASA Transition Authorization Act of 2025 as amended by the Cruz-Cantwell substitute, as modified, Budd-Lummis 1, as modified, Budd 2, Capito 1, Hickenlooper 1, as modified, Hickenlooper 3, as modified, Hickenlooper 4, as modified, Hickenlooper 5, as modified, Lujan 1, as modified, Moreno 1, Moreno 2, as modified, Moreno 3, Peters-Moran 1, as modified, Schmitt 1, Schmitt 2, as modified, Schmitt 3, as modified, Schmitt 5, Sheehy 1, as modified, and Wicker 1.

S. 3923, Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026 as amended by Klobuchar-Lummis 1, Rosen 1, as modified, Sullivan-Cantwell 1, as modified, and Wicker 1.

To read a one pager of the NASA Authorization Act of 2026, click HERE.

To read a one pager of the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026, click HERE.

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