Bills Introduced – 11-22-19

On Friday with both the House and Senate meeting in pro forma sessions (Congress left Washington a little early for their Thanksgiving holidays) there were 18 bills introduced. One of those bills may receive additional coverage in this blog:

HR 5260 To improve understanding and forecasting of space weather, and for other purposes.  Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7] 

Actually, the term ‘space weather’ covers a broad array of solar related events that are not typically mentioned here. In this blog I would only be interested in space weather events that resulted in geomagnetic storms as those can have potential safety and security consequences, particularly for the electric grid. So this bill will only receive coverage here if it specifically addresses geomagnetic storm forecasting.