S1416-118

Passed Senate

To provide guidance for and investment in the upgrade and modernization of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Weather Radio All Hazards network, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced May 3, 2023

Summary

What This Bill Does

To provide guidance for and investment in the upgrade and modernization of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Weather Radio All Hazards network, and for other purposes.. The local Codex analysis identifies the main policy area as Transportation, Technology, Public Lands, Emergency Management and uses the stored bill text to provide context for clause-level classification.

Who Benefits and How

Program beneficiaries and regulated parties receiving clearer authority, Federal, state, local, or tribal implementers named in the bill may benefit where the bill creates funding, authority, exemptions, eligibility, or procedural clarity.

Who Bears the Burden and How

Agencies responsible for implementation and reporting, Regulated entities subject to new or modified requirements may bear new administrative, reporting, compliance, or implementation responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Establishes or modifies federal legal authority described in the bill text.
  • Directs agencies, regulated parties, or program participants to follow the updated statutory framework.
  • Provides bill-level context for downstream clause analysis.

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

To provide guidance for and investment in the upgrade and modernization of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Weather Radio All Hazards network, and for other purposes..

Key Policy Areas

Transportation, Technology, Public Lands, Emergency Management

Primary Purpose

To provide guidance for and investment in the upgrade and modernization of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Weather Radio All Hazards network, and for other purposes..

Policy Domains

Transportation Technology Public Lands Emergency Management

Billwide scope

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • Program beneficiaries and regulated parties receiving clearer authority
  • Federal, state, local, or tribal implementers named in the bill
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: es

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • Agencies responsible for implementation and reporting
  • Regulated entities subject to new or modified requirements
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: es

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Passed Senate
Introduced Committee Passed
May 3, 2023

Ms. Cantwell (for herself and Mr. Cruz) introduced the following …

May 3, 2023 (inferred)

Passed Senate (inferred from es version)

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Government
2 mentions across 2 clauses
?2 uncertain

NOAA/National Weather Service

Rural Communities
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Rural and underserved communities

Communications Equipment
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Weather radio equipment manufacturers

Tribal Nations
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Tribal governments

Telecommunications
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Telecommunications infrastructure vendors

Emergency Services
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Weather data users and emergency managers

2/4
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Transportation Technology Public Lands Emergency Management
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and the Administrator of the...

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"NOAA Weather Radio" §definition_1

the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Weather Radio All Hazards network

"Under Secretary" §definition_2

the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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