04/28/2026 at 09:00AM
Subcommittee hearing.
Witness:
- Neil Jacobs, Ph.D., Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
NOAA budget cut by $1.6 billion, 32%.
Again proposes to eliminate the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, effectively eliminating all NOAA research labs and cooperative institutes.
Proposes to eliminate the NOAA Sea Grant office and its outreach and extension programs.
The National Weather Service has a proposed topline budget of $1.368B, an increase of $8M over FY26 (less than 0.1%). The agency also has a proposed procurement budget of $136M, an increase of $32M over FY26.
The National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS), the NOAA entity that oversees the nation’s weather satellite and climate data programs, has a proposed topline of $321M, a decrease of $77M or about 19%. As the procurer of satellite systems, NESDIS has a much larger procurement budget, and that number for FY27 is $1.255B, a small ($13M) reduction over FY26.