Measuring the Cost of Disasters Act of 2025

HR 5855, the Measuring the Cost of Disasters Act of 2025, requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to create and maintain a public database and webpage tracking U.S. billion-dollar disasters. The database must include each disaster’s estimated cost, type, location, date, and visual mapping features showing trends over time, updated at least twice yearly. It defines a "billion-dollar disaster" as events costing $1 billion or more in combined direct and economic costs, and mandates NOAA to use existing data sources while continuing to archive the previous NCEI disaster database. This bill directly affects the public and researchers by providing transparent, accessible data on disaster impacts, without altering disaster response or funding mechanisms.