HR 7361 United States House · 117th Congress

National Weather Service Communications Improvement Act

Summary

National Weather Service Communications Improvement Act This bill directs the National Weather Service (NWS) to improve the instant messaging service used by NWS personnel by implementing a commercial, off-the-shelf communications solution hosted on the public cloud to serve as a replacement for the communications system in use, commonly referred to as NWSChat.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2022

Committee Review

Jul 2022

House Passage

Jul 2022

Senate Passage

President

Introduced Apr 1, 2022 Last action Jul 28, 2022

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Committee

Jul 28, 2022

Committee

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

upper

Jul 27, 2022

Lower · Passed

Pursuant to section 5 of H. Res. 1254, and the motion offered by Mr. Kildee, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 623, as amended; H.R. 3952, as amended; H.R. 3962, as amended; H.R. 4551; H.R. 5313, as amended; H.R. 6933; H.R. 7132, as amended; H.R. 7361; H.R. 7569; H.R. 7624, as amended; H.R. 7733, as amended; and H.R. 7981, as amended. (consideration: CR H7197-7211, H7219-7220, H7223-7237; text: 07/26/2022 CR H7097)

lower

Jul 27, 2022

Lower · Passed

Passed/agreed to in House: Pursuant to section 5 of H. Res. 1254, and the motion offered by Mr. Kildee, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 623, as amended; H.R. 3952, as amended; H.R. 3962, as amended; H.R. 4551; H.R. 5313, as amended; H.R. 6933; H.R. 7132, as amended; H.R. 7361; H.R. 7569; H.R. 7624, as amended; H.R. 7733, as amended; and H.R. 7981, as amended.(consideration: CR H7197-7211, H7219-7220, H7223-7237; text: 07/26/2022 CR H7097)

lower

Jul 14, 2022

Lower · Passed

Reported by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 117-412.

lower

May 17, 2022

Lower · Passed

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

lower

Apr 1, 2022

Committee

Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

lower

Apr 1, 2022

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 11 co-sponsors