Commerce Committee Advances NASA Reauthorization Act and Weather Act

March 4, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation unanimously advanced two bipartisan measures: the NASA Authorization Act of 2026 and the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026.  

The following actions were taken during today’s Executive Session 

Passed by voice vote:  

S. 933, NASA Transition Authorization Act of 2025 as amended by the Cruz-Cantwell substitute, as modifiedBudd-Lummis 1, as modifiedBudd 2Capito 1Hickenlooper 1, as modifiedHickenlooper 3, as modifiedHickenlooper 4, as modifiedHickenlooper 5, as modifiedLujan 1, as modifiedMoreno 1Moreno 2, as modifiedMoreno 3Peters-Moran 1, as modifiedSchmitt 1Schmitt 2, as modifiedSchmitt 3, as modifiedSchmitt 5Sheehy 1, as modified, and Wicker 1

S. 3923, Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026 as amended by Klobuchar-Lummis 1Rosen 1, as modifiedSullivan-Cantwell 1, as modified, and Wicker 1

To read a one pager of the NASA Authorization Act of 2026, click HERE.  

To read a one pager of the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026, click HERE.  

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