TWISTER Act

Bill: 119-hr-5285
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11]
Introduced: 2025-09-10
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Atmospheric science and weather

Emergency communications systems

Floods and storm protection
Latest action: action_date: 2025-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5285 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 10, 2025 Ms. Stevens introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology A BILL To amend the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 to expand the goals of the tornado warning improvement and extension program, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tornado and Windstorm Innovation for Safety and Tracking Enhancement Research Act or the TWISTER Act . 2. Expansion of goals of tornado warning improvement and extension program Section 103 of the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 ( 15 U.S.C. 8513 ; relating to the tornado warning improvement and extension program) is amended— (1) by striking The goal of such program and inserting the following: (1) In general The goal of such program ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (2) Additional focuses In carrying out paragraph (1), the Under Secretary shall ensure the development of innovative tornado forecasts, predictions, and warnings, with a particular focus on the following: (A) Fast-developing storm systems, such as derechos. (B) Areas historically absent of tornadoes. (C) Evening or nighttime tornadoes. .