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H.R. 6184119th CongressIn committeeLatest action Nov 20, 2025Decoded by AI · checked against the record
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HR 6184 bars the government from ending NOAA cloud storage contracts until a gap-free data transition plan is in place.
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HR 6184 prohibits the Department of Commerce from canceling NOAA's cloud storage contracts unless a complete, step-by-step plan exists to move the data without interruption. The bill also requires NOAA leadership to be directly involved in overseeing any such transition. The goal is to ensure that publicly collected scientific data remains continuously accessible regardless of contract or business decisions.
The bill directly affects NOAA, the federal agency that tracks weather, oceans, and the atmosphere, as well as the private companies that provide it with cloud storage services. Anyone who depends on NOAA's data is also affected, including weather forecasters, emergency managers, farmers, pilots, shipping companies, researchers, and the general public.
Without this requirement, a contract could be canceled before a backup arrangement is in place, leaving NOAA's data temporarily unavailable or permanently lost. The bill responds to that risk by making a verified transition plan a legal precondition for ending any storage agreement.
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Right now: a House committee is reviewing it. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.