Congress orders weather-safety study to close transportation gaps
S. 2895 — Surface Transportation Weather Safety Gap Analysis Act of 2025 · Filed by Tim Sheehy (R-MT) · Introduced Sep 18, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the Department of Transportation to jointly study weather-related hazards in surface transportation and identify gaps in safety programs. The study will examine federal weather-safety programs, state and local practices, emergency management coordination, resource constraints, and cost-benefit analyses of potential safety improvements, with a report due within two years.
Why we flagged it
The bill is a straightforward authorization for a joint GAO-DOT study on weather-related transportation safety gaps. It contains no regulatory changes, appropriations, or substantive policy—only a directive to investigate and report findings.
What the text implies
- Study findings may lead to future regulatory or infrastructure spending proposals that could affect state and local transportation budgets.
- Emphasis on rural area coverage may highlight disparities in weather-safety infrastructure, potentially driving future targeted funding.
- Privacy considerations evaluation could inform future data-sharing policies between transportation agencies and weather services.
Who it affects
The bill funds a fact-finding study that could lead to better weather-related transportation safety for all travelers. It imposes no direct costs on citizens and may identify improvements in road safety, emergency response, and real-time hazard notification—particularly benefiting rural areas and vulnerable populations.
Named in the bill
Government Accountability Office (GAO), Department of Transportation (DOT), Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Where it stands
- Sep 18, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Sep 18, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
2 lobbying clients named this bill on 2 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $80,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 11 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 41% of bills with at least one filing.
Tim Sheehy, the sponsor, reported $398,825 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- Protect the 1st, Inc. — $50,000 on 1 filing
- Protect the 1st, Inc. — $30,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 20, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the full bill text on Jul 6, 2026; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 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.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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