Oppose further cuts to NOAA and emergency weather services and ensure those agencies can operate without political interference.

Wesley Bell · Missouri · Democratic

spending impact 0.65 specificity 0.72 extraction confidence 83%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

Occurrences

We urge you to oppose any further cuts to NOAA and emergency weather services, ensuring these agencies can operate without political interference.

Bell joined a letter urging the Commerce Secretary to oppose further cuts to NOAA and emergency weather services so they can continue operating without political interference.

final-letter-doc-on-noaa.pdf
secondary · other · model gpt-5.5

Evidence

unverified · Source version 40611 · locator unknown

Roll Call 7 recorded H.R. 6938, Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026, as passed 397-28. Wesley Bell, Democrat of Missouri, voted Yea.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Bell voted for final House passage of the FY2026 appropriations bill containing NOAA and National Weather Service funding and protections.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Roll Call 7, H.R. 6938
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

unverified · Source version 3163 · locator unknown

The enacted law appropriated $4,540,392,000 for NOAA Operations, Research, and Facilities and $1,576,899,000 for NOAA Procurement, Acquisition and Construction.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The bill Bell supported became law and funded NOAA rather than eliminating the agency's core operating and capital accounts.

partial same_term A for effort

Public Law 119-74 - Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

unverified · Source version 3163 · locator unknown

Section 114 states that the National Weather Service shall maintain staffing levels to fulfill its mission to protect life and property to the maximum extent possible.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The enacted law includes an explicit National Weather Service staffing directive, relevant to emergency weather-service capacity.

partial same_term A for effort

Public Law 119-74 - Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

unverified · Source version 3163 · locator unknown

Section 505 bars reprogramming that eliminates programs, relocates offices or employees, contracts out federal functions, or reduces program funding or personnel by 5 percent unless appropriations committees receive advance notice.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The enacted appropriations law contains guardrails against unilateral restructuring, outsourcing, or personnel reductions in covered agencies, but it is not a full political-interference ban.

partial same_term A for effort

Public Law 119-74 - Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

unverified · Source version 40612 · locator unknown

Roll Call 5 was on retaining Division A of H.R. 6938, the Commerce, Justice, Science division. It passed 375-47, and Wesley Bell voted Yea.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Bell specifically voted to retain the CJS division containing NOAA appropriations and National Weather Service provisions.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Roll Call 5, H.R. 6938 Division A
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

unverified · Source version 40613 · locator unknown

The executive action further excluded agencies or subdivisions from the federal labor-management relations program, including National Weather Service-related coverage reported in official listings.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): This executive action is relevant to the political-interference side of the promise. The available evidence does not show Bell fully prevented executive interference with NOAA/NWS operations.

partial same_term

Federal Register - Further Exclusions from the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 62%

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Mr. Bell introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Bell introduced a NOAA/FEMA tornado warning and preparedness bill, a concrete same-term effort related to emergency weather-service capacity, but it was only introduced and referred, not enacted.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 8846 (IH) - Tornado Preparedness Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

verified · Source version 61505 · locator 986

Retirement of the SBN will also terminate the satellite-based NOAA Weather Wire Service (NWWS), which uses SBN channel 201 to deliver data. The internet-based NWWS Open Interface (NWWS-OI) will continue to operate.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): In the lookback window, NWS still had pending dissemination changes for NOAA Weather Wire/NOAAPort, with comments open through November 20, 2026; this does not show Bell fully secured emergency weather-service operations from further changes.

unresolved same_term

pns26-63_Updated_NOAAPort_retire_feedback_aaa.pdf
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 82%

Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): partial. same_term A for effort

Bell voted for the FY2026 appropriations law that funded NOAA operations and capital accounts, retained the CJS division, and included National Weather Service staffing language plus reprogramming guardrails. That materially supports the promise to oppose further cuts and protect emergency weather-service capacity during his House term. However, the evidence shows only appropriations and procedural protections, not a full bar on political interference, and an executive action affecting labor-management coverage suggests the interference concern was not fully prevented. This is therefore partial fulfillment, not full delivery.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%