Pentagon must track how weather and storms cost money at bases
H.R. 9888 — Military Installation Readiness and Resilience Act of 2026 · Filed by James Walkinshaw (D-VA) · 2 cosponsors · Introduced Jul 22, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells the Department of Defense to collect data. The data shows how extreme weather and climate change affect army bases. It also covers damage from storms and other events. A top official must expand this data work. The work must cover all types of storms.
Who it affects
Army bases and the Pentagon will collect and track new data. People gain because better data helps plan where to build bases and how to protect them.
One thing to notice
The bill requires the Pentagon to track costs from storms and climate change at army bases. This could show how much money these events cost.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
2 cosponsors: 2 Republicans.
- Jul 22, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 22, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Armed Services · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- Department of Defense — The part of the government that runs the army.
- extreme weather — Very bad storms, heat, cold, or other weather events.
- climate change — Long-term shifts in weather and temperature around the world.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (550 characters) on Jul 30, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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