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H.R. 8846119th CongressIn committeeLatest action May 15, 2026Decoded by AI · checked against the record
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HR 8846 directs NOAA and FEMA to speed up tornado warnings and fund shelters, prioritizing low-income and mobile home communities.
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HR 8846 directs NOAA to upgrade radar, satellite technology, and artificial intelligence tools to deliver faster and more localized tornado warnings. It also creates a FEMA grant program for state and local governments to build or improve storm shelters, upgrade warning sirens, and add backup power systems. Schools and mobile home communities are specifically named as priority locations for new shelters.
People in tornado-prone areas, particularly in the Midwest and Southeast, are the primary population affected. Local emergency management agencies would apply for and carry out the federally funded improvements.
The bill was partly motivated by a 2025 tornado in the St. Louis area where warning sirens failed and public alerts were delayed. Communities with lower incomes or limited access to existing shelters would be first in line for grant funding.
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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 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.