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H.R.8846

To improve tornado detection, forecasting, warning dissemination, and community resilience, and for other purposes.

Introduced·5/15/26

Enhances tornado detection, forecasting, warning dissemination, and community resilience.

The Tornado Preparedness Act aims to improve tornado detection, forecasting, warning dissemination, and community resilience. It mandates the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish a program for better tornado detection and warning capabilities. The Act also creates a grant program for state and local emergency management agencies to support tornado preparedness in high-risk areas, focusing on underserved and low-income communities.

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History

May 15

House

Introduced in House

May 15

House

Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.