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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5855 
To require the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration to establish and maintain a database and webpage that 
is available to the public and contains information on the billion-dollar 
disasters that occur each year in the United States, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 28, 2025 
Mr. NEGUSE (for himself, Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. HOYLE of Oregon, and Ms. 
ELFRETH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Science, Space, and Technology 
A BILL 
To require the Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration to establish and maintain 
a database and webpage that is available to the public 
and contains information on the billion-dollar disasters 
that occur each year in the United States, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Measuring the Cost 
of Disasters Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. DATABASE AND WEBPAGE FOR INFORMATION ON 
BILLION-DOLLAR DISASTERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘Administrator’’) shall establish 
and maintain a database and webpage that is available 
to the public and contains information on each billion-dol-
lar disaster that occurs each year in the United States. 
(b) UPDATE.—Not less frequently than biannually, 
the Administrator shall update the database and webpage 
required under subsection (a) as new information is avail-
able. 
(c) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The database and 
webpage required under subsection (a) shall include the 
following: 
(1) With respect to each billion-dollar disaster 
included in the database and webpage— 
(A) the estimated cost of the disaster; 
(B) the type of disaster; 
(C) the location of the disaster; 
(D) the date or dates of the disaster; and 
(E) such other information regarding the 
disaster as the Administrator considers appro-
priate. 
(2) Visual graphs and mapping features show-
ing the trajectory of disasters over time and the dis-
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tribution of types of disasters across the United 
States that are similar, if not identical, to those fea-
tures produced by the National Centers for Environ-
mental Information from 1980 through 2024 and 
that 
were 
available 
and 
updated 
online 
at 
www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/ until May 9, 2025. 
(d) DATA TO BE USED.—In establishing and main-
taining the database required under subsection (a), the 
Administrator shall use data available to the Adminis-
trator and may collaborate with Federal and non-Federal 
partners as necessary, such as those partners with which 
the Administrator collaborated previously while the data-
base specified under subsection (c)(2) was active from 
1980 through 2024. 
(e) INCLUSION OF OTHER DISASTERS.—The Admin-
istrator may include in the database required under sub-
section (a) a disaster that is not a billion-dollar disaster 
if the Administrator determines that the inclusion of the 
disaster in the database would be appropriate. 
(f) MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING DATABASE.—The 
Administrator shall maintain and update information con-
tained in the previously existing disaster database speci-
fied under subsection (c)(2) on the webpage for the Na-
tional Centers for Environmental Information for 
archiving and research purposes. 
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(g) BILLION-DOLLAR DISASTER DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘billion-dollar disaster’’ means a storm 
or severe weather event that results in $1,000,000,000 or 
more in combined direct costs and market costs as deter-
mined by the National Centers for Environmental Infor-
mation. 
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