119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Jan 27, 2025
TORNADO Act
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Latest action (Jun 2, 2025): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 88.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Jan 27, 2025)
Tornado Observations Research and Notification Assessment for Development of Operations Act or the TORNADO Act
This bill requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to evaluate and improve its communications about hurricanes, tornadoes, winter storms, and other hazardous weather events.
Specifically, NOAA must establish a Risk Communication Office to evaluate the effectiveness of NOAA's communications and to identify ways to provide simpler and clearer information to the public about hazardous weather events. NOAA must also (1) establish a research program to modernize its communication systems, and (2) establish a pilot program to implement the research with respect to communications about tornadoes.
Additionally, the bill requires NOAA to develop a strategic plan for implementing the Warn-on-Forecast System, which aims to provide more advanced warnings of thunderstorm-related events (e.g., tornadoes). The bill also requires NOAA to evaluate its tornado rating system and to conduct post-storm assessments of significant events.
The bill also provides statutory authority for NOAA's Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment (known as VORTEX-USA), a collaborative project between meteorologists and social scientists to study the conditions that contribute to dangerous tornadoes in the Southeast and the best ways to communicate these events to the public.
Finally, the Government Accountability Office must report on the National Weather Service's communication technology, particularly with respect to timely notices of hazardous weather events.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 88.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with amendments. With written report No. 119-26.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with amendments. With written report No. 119-26.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced in Senate
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AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION FKA PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURERS ASSOC. OF AMERICA
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · amended · posted Oct 23, 2026 · issue area: Disaster Planning/Emergencies
$1,410,000
Spent on own lobbying
…igation and Management Commission H.R. 471 Fix Our Forests Act H.R. 1105 Disaster Resiliency S. 453 Wildfire Coordination H.R. 1093 Natural Disaster Mitigation S. 258 Tornado Prediction S. 613 Improving Flood and Agricultural Forecasts S. 902 Wildfire Response and Preparedness S. 441 Wildfire Readiness S. 160 Aerial Firefigh…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION FKA PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURERS ASSOC. OF AMERICA
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Disaster Planning/Emergencies
$1,600,000
Spent on own lobbying
…igation and Management Commission H.R. 471 Fix Our Forests Act H.R. 1105 Disaster Resiliency S. 453 Wildfire Coordination H.R. 1093 Natural Disaster Mitigation S. 258 Tornado Prediction S. 613 Improving Flood and Agricultural Forecasts S. 902 Wildfire Response and Preparedness S. 441 Wildfire Readiness S. 160 Aerial Firefigh…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 16, 2026 · issue area: Science/Technology
$56,700
Spent on own lobbying
…gs Act of 2025 S.388 - Promoting Resilient Buildings Act Tornado Observations Research and Notification Assessment for Development of Operations (TORNADO) Act (S. 258) DOE and USDA Interagency Research Act (H.R. 1326) Fog Observations and Geographic Forecasting (FOG Forecasting Act) (S. 1278) H.R. 3168 National Earthquake Ha…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION FKA PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURERS ASSOC. OF AMERICA
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 22, 2026 · issue area: Disaster Planning/Emergencies
$2,140,000
Spent on own lobbying
…igation and Management Commission H.R. 471 Fix Our Forests Act H.R. 1105 Disaster Resiliency S. 453 Wildfire Coordination H.R. 1093 Natural Disaster Mitigation S. 258 Tornado Prediction S. 613 Improving Flood and Agricultural Forecasts S. 902 Wildfire Response and Preparedness S. 441 Wildfire Readiness S. 160 Aerial Firefigh…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 17, 2026 · issue area: Science/Technology
$303,370
Spent on own lobbying
…gs Act of 2025 S.388 - Promoting Resilient Buildings Act Tornado Observations Research and Notification Assessment for Development of Operations (TORNADO) Act (S. 258) DOE and USDA Interagency Research Act (H.R. 1326) Fog Observations and Geographic Forecasting (FOG Forecasting Act) (S. 1278) H.R. 3168 National Earthquake Ha…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, S.I. · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, S.I.
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted May 27, 2026 · issue area: Insurance
$97,407
Spent on own lobbying
…omers of cyber insurance, and for other purposes. (John Hickenlooper, D-CO) S.252 - A bill to increase access to agency guidance documents. (Ron Johnson, R-WI) S.258 - A bill to improve forecasting and understanding of tornadoes and other hazardous weather, and for other purposes. (Roger Wicker, R-MS)
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION FKA PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURERS ASSOC. OF AMERICA
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Disaster Planning/Emergencies
$1,440,000
Spent on own lobbying
…igation and Management Commission H.R. 471 Fix Our Forests Act H.R. 1105 Disaster Resiliency S. 453 Wildfire Coordination H.R. 1093 Natural Disaster Mitigation S. 258 Tornado Prediction S. 613 Improving Flood and Agricultural Forecasts S. 902 Wildfire Response and Preparedness S. 441 Wildfire Readiness S. 160 Aerial Firefigh…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 17, 2026 · issue area: Science/Technology
$170,085
Spent on own lobbying
…gs Act of 2025 S.388 - Promoting Resilient Buildings Act Tornado Observations Research and Notification Assessment for Development of Operations (TORNADO) Act (S. 258) DOE and USDA Interagency Research Act (H.R. 1326) Fog Observations and Geographic Forecasting (FOG Forecasting Act) (S. 1278) H.R. 3168 National Earthquake Ha…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, S.I. · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, S.I.
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Feb 4, 2026 · issue area: Insurance
$12,851
Spent on own lobbying
…omers of cyber insurance, and for other purposes. (John Hickenlooper, D-CO) S.252 - A bill to increase access to agency guidance documents. (Ron Johnson, R-WI) S.258 - A bill to improve forecasting and understanding of tornadoes and other hazardous weather, and for other purposes. (Roger Wicker, R-MS)
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION FKA PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURERS ASSOC. OF AMERICA
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Disaster Planning/Emergencies
$1,400,000
Spent on own lobbying
…igation and Management Commission H.R. 471 Fix Our Forests Act H.R. 1105 Disaster Resiliency S. 453 Wildfire Coordination H.R. 1093 Natural Disaster Mitigation S. 258 Tornado Prediction S. 613 Improving Flood and Agricultural Forecasts S. 902 Wildfire Response and Preparedness S. 441 Wildfire Readiness S. 160 Aerial Firefigh…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 16, 2026 · issue area: Science/Technology
$186,047
Spent on own lobbying
…gs Act of 2025 S.388 - Promoting Resilient Buildings Act Tornado Observations Research and Notification Assessment for Development of Operations (TORNADO) Act (S. 258) DOE and USDA Interagency Research Act (H.R. 1326) Fog Observations and Geographic Forecasting (FOG Forecasting Act) (S. 1278) H.R. 3168 National Earthquake Ha…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, S.I. · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, S.I.
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 27, 2025 · issue area: Insurance
$87,675
Spent on own lobbying
…omers of cyber insurance, and for other purposes. (John Hickenlooper, D-CO) S.252 - A bill to increase access to agency guidance documents. (Ron Johnson, R-WI) S.258 - A bill to improve forecasting and understanding of tornadoes and other hazardous weather, and for other purposes. (Roger Wicker, R-MS)
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 15, 2025 · issue area: Science/Technology
$415,978
Spent on own lobbying
…gs Act of 2025 S.388 - Promoting Resilient Buildings Act Tornado Observations Research and Notification Assessment for Development of Operations (TORNADO) Act (S. 258) DOE and USDA Interagency Research Act (H.R. 1326) Fog Observations and Geographic Forecasting (FOG Forecasting Act) (S. 1278) H.R. 3168 National Earthquake Ha…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, S.I. · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, S.I.
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Sep 25, 2025 · issue area: Insurance
$40,138
Spent on own lobbying
…omers of cyber insurance, and for other purposes. (John Hickenlooper, D-CO) S.252 - A bill to increase access to agency guidance documents. (Ron Johnson, R-WI) S.258 - A bill to improve forecasting and understanding of tornadoes and other hazardous weather, and for other purposes. (Roger Wicker, R-MS)
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION FKA PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURERS ASSOC. OF AMERICA
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 22, 2025 · issue area: Disaster Planning/Emergencies
$1,740,000
Spent on own lobbying
…igation and Management Commission H.R. 471 Fix Our Forests Act H.R. 1105 Disaster Resiliency S. 453 Wildfire Coordination H.R. 1093 Natural Disaster Mitigation S. 258 Tornado Prediction S. 613 Improving Flood and Agricultural Forecasts S. 902 Wildfire Response and Preparedness S. 441 Wildfire Readiness S. 160 Aerial Firefigh…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 17, 2025 · issue area: Science/Technology
$20,000
Spent on own lobbying
TORNADO Act (S.258) NEHRP Reauthorization Act (H.R.3168/S.320) National Landslide Preparedness Reauthorization Act (H.R.2250/S.1626) National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 17, 2025 · issue area: Science/Technology
$415,978
Spent on own lobbying
…gs Act of 2025 S.388 - Promoting Resilient Buildings Act Tornado Observations Research and Notification Assessment for Development of Operations (TORNADO) Act (S. 258) DOE and USDA Interagency Research Act (H.R. 1326) Fog Observations and Geographic Forecasting (FOG Forecasting Act) (S. 1278) H.R. 3168 National Earthquake Ha…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · amended · posted Jul 16, 2025 · issue area: Science/Technology
$206,638
Spent on own lobbying
…gs Act of 2025 S.388 - Promoting Resilient Buildings Act Tornado Observations Research and Notification Assessment for Development of Operations (TORNADO) Act (S. 258) DOE and USDA Interagency Research Act (H.R. 1326)
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, S.I. · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, S.I.
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Jul 1, 2025 · issue area: Insurance
$86,159
Spent on own lobbying
…omers of cyber insurance, and for other purposes. (John Hickenlooper, D-CO) S.252 - A bill to increase access to agency guidance documents. (Ron Johnson, R-WI) S.258 - A bill to improve forecasting and understanding of tornadoes and other hazardous weather, and for other purposes. (Roger Wicker, R-MS)
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION FKA PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURERS ASSOC. OF AMERICA
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 21, 2025 · issue area: Disaster Planning/Emergencies
$1,290,000
Spent on own lobbying
…igation and Management Commission H.R. 471 Fix Our Forests Act H.R. 1105 Disaster Resiliency S. 453 Wildfire Coordination H.R. 1093 Natural Disaster Mitigation S. 258 Tornado Prediction S. 613 Improving Flood and Agricultural Forecasts S. 902 Wildfire Response and Preparedness S. 441 Wildfire Readiness S. 160 Aerial Firefigh…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 21, 2025 · issue area: Science/Technology
$10,000
Spent on own lobbying
TORNADO Act (S.258) NEHRP Reauthorization Act (S.320) Fire Ready Nation Act (S.306) RESEARCHER Act (no bill numbers available yet) DETERRENT Act (H.R.1048) Scientific Integrity A…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing