Measuring the Cost of Disasters Act of 2025

This bill would require the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to create and keep a public database and webpage listing each storm or severe weather event in the United States that causes $1 billion or more in combined direct and market costs. For each disaster, the database would show its estimated cost, type, location, and dates. The webpage would include graphs and maps similar to those NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information published online from 1980 through 2024 until May 9, 2025. NOAA would have to update the database at least twice a year and keep the earlier disaster database online for archiving and research.

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Sponsors

• Peter Welch Democrat sponsor
• 13 cosponsors