Radar Gap Elimination Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 5
- Latest action
- Apr 3, 2025
What it does
The Radar Gap Elimination Act would require the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere to establish a Radar Next Program to evaluate and replace the National Weather Service’s NEXRAD radar system, including developing performance requirements, a replacement plan, and a testbed for new radar technologies. The bill mandates collaboration with the weather enterprise, academia, emergency managers, and private partners to address coverage gaps, particularly in areas more than 75 miles from existing NEXRAD sites, and to improve low-level and wide-area weather detection. It also authorizes Radar-as-a-Service partnerships to supplement radar data using commercial systems and requires…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
Law (Not started)
What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.