NOAA Data Preservation Act

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Introduced 2025-11-20Topic: technology privacy · environment · governance ethics

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This bill limits when the Secretary of Commerce can cancel a contract with a cloud service provider that stores data sets of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Before canceling such a contract, the Secretary must first develop a plan to keep the data stored without interruption, including moving the data and any related reporting systems to a different cloud service provider. The Secretary must also work with the NOAA Administrator to keep the data protected without interruption.

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Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2025-11-20	House	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.	refer
2025-11-20	House	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.	refer
2025-11-20		Introduced in House	introduce
2025-11-20		Introduced in House	introduce

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