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Calendar No. 621 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4245 

To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to reauthorize 

certain United States Geological Survey water data enhancement programs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 2, 2024 

Ms. LUMMIS (for herself, Mr. HICKENLOOPER, and Mr. WYDEN) introduced 

the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 

on Energy and Natural Resources 

NOVEMBER 21, 2024 

Reported by Mr. MANCHIN, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 

2009 to reauthorize certain United States Geological 

Survey water data enhancement programs, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Water Monitoring and 

3 Tracking Essential Resources Data Improvement Act’’ or 

4 the ‘‘WATER Data Improvement Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. WATER DATA ENHANCEMENT BY UNITED STATES 

6 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 

7 (a) FEDERAL PRIORITY STREAMGAGE PROGRAM.— 

8 Section 9507(a) of the Omnibus Public Land Management 

9 Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10367(a)) is amended— 

10 (1) by striking the subsection heading and in11 serting ‘‘FEDERAL PRIORITY STREAMGAGE PRO12 GRAM’’; 

13 (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘national 

14 streamflow information program, as reviewed by the 

15 National Research Council in 2004’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘Federal priority streamgage program’’; 

17 (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘national 

18 streamflow information program’’ each place it ap19 pears and inserting ‘‘Federal priority streamgage 

20 program’’; 

21 (4) in paragraph (4)— 

22 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

23 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 

24 by striking ‘‘the date of enactment of this 

25 Act’’ and inserting ‘‘March 30, 2023’’; 


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1 (ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘national 

2 streamflow information program’’ and in3 serting ‘‘Federal priority streamgage pro4 gram’’; and 

5 (iii) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘pre6 cipitation’’ before ‘‘water-quality sensors’’; 

7 and 

8 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘Na9 tional Streamflow Information Program plan as 

10 reviewed by the National Research Council’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘Federal needs established 

12 through regular solicitation of feedback, such as 

13 the feedback documented in the report entitled 

14 ‘Re-prioritization of the U.S. Geological Survey 

15 Federal Priority streamgage program, 2022’ 

16 (Open-file Report 2023–1032)’’; 

17 (5) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘national 

18 streamgaging network’’ each place it appears and in19 serting ‘‘Federal priority streamgage network’’; and 

20 (6) in paragraph (6)— 

21 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

22 (i) by striking ‘‘national streamflow 

23 information program’’ and inserting ‘‘Fed24 eral priority streamgage program’’; and 


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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘2028’’; and 

3 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

4 ‘‘2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2028’’. 

5 (b) NATIONAL GROUNDWATER RESOURCES MONI6 TORING.—Section 9507(b) of the Omnibus Public Land 

7 Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10367(b)) is amend8 ed— 

9 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

10 (A) in subparagraph (B), in the matter 

11 preceding clause (i), by inserting ‘‘, Indian 

12 Tribes,’’ before ‘‘and State’’; and 

13 (B) in subparagraph (C)— 

14 (i) by inserting ‘‘or on Tribal land’’ 

15 after ‘‘within a State’’; and 

16 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or Indian Tribe’’ 

17 after ‘‘water resource agency’’; 

18 (2) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘or an In19 dian Tribe’’ after ‘‘or local governmental entity’’; 

20 and 

21 (3) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘are author22 ized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 

23 to carry out this subsection for the period of fiscal 

24 years 2009 through 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘is author25 ized to be appropriated $4,000,000 to carry out this 


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1 subsection for each of fiscal years 2023 through 

2 2028’’. 

3 (c) REPEAL OF BRACKISH GROUNDWATER ASSESS4 MENT.—Section 9507 of the Omnibus Public Land Man5 agement Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10367) is amended— 

6 (1) by striking subsection (c); and 

7 (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub8 section (c). 

9 (d) IMPROVED WATER ESTIMATION, MEASUREMENT, 

10 AND MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES.—Section 9507 of the 

11 Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (42 

12 U.S.C. 10367) is amended, in subsection (c)(4) (as redes13 ignated by subsection (c)(2)), by striking ‘‘2019’’ and in14 serting ‘‘2028’’. 

15 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

16 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Water Monitoring and 

17 Tracking Essential Resources Data Improvement Act’’ or 

18 the ‘‘WATER Data Improvement Act’’. 

19 SEC. 2. WATER DATA ENHANCEMENT BY UNITED STATES 

20 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 

21 (a) FEDERAL PRIORITY STREAMGAGE PROGRAM.— 

22 Section 9507(a) of the Omnibus Public Land Management 

23 Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10367(a)) is amended— 


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1 (1) by striking the subsection heading and in2 serting ‘‘FEDERAL PRIORITY STREAMGAGE PRO3 GRAM’’; 

4 (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘national 

5 streamflow information program, as reviewed by the 

6 National Research Council in 2004’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘Federal priority streamgage program’’; 

8 (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘national 

9 streamflow information program’’ each place it ap10 pears and inserting ‘‘Federal priority streamgage 

11 program’’; 

12 (4) in paragraph (4)— 

13 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

14 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 

15 by striking ‘‘10 years’’ and inserting ‘‘25 

16 years’’; 

17 (ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘national 

18 streamflow information program’’ and in19 serting ‘‘Federal priority streamgage pro20 gram’’; and 

21 (iii) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘pre22 cipitation’’ before ‘‘water-quality sensors’’; 

23 and 

24 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘Na25 tional Streamflow Information Program plan as 


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1 reviewed by the National Research Council’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘Federal needs established through reg3 ular solicitation of feedback, such as the feedback 

4 documented in the report entitled ‘Re5 prioritization of the U.S. Geological Survey Fed6 eral Priority streamgage program, 2022’ (Open7 file Report 2023–1032)’’; 

8 (5) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘national 

9 streamgaging network’’ each place it appears and in10 serting ‘‘Federal priority streamgage network’’; and 

11 (6) in paragraph (6)— 

12 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

13 (i) by striking ‘‘national streamflow 

14 information program’’ and inserting ‘‘Fed15 eral priority streamgage program’’; and 

16 (ii) by striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘2029’’; and 

18 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

19 ‘‘2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2029’’. 

20 (b) NATIONAL GROUNDWATER RESOURCES MONI21 TORING.—Section 9507(b) of the Omnibus Public Land 

22 Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10367(b)) is amend23 ed— 

24 (1) in paragraph (2)— 


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1 (A) in subparagraph (B), in the matter pre2 ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘and State and 

3 local water resource agencies’’ and inserting ‘‘, 

4 State and local water resource agencies, Indian 

5 Tribes, Tribal organizations, and Native Hawai6 ian organizations’’; and 

7 (B) in subparagraph (C)— 

8 (i) by inserting ‘‘or on Tribal land’’ 

9 after ‘‘within a State’’; and 

10 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, Indian Tribe, Trib11 al organization, or Native Hawaiian orga12 nization’’ after ‘‘water resource agency’’; 

13 (2) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘, Indian 

14 Tribe, Tribal organization, or Native Hawaiian orga15 nization’’ after ‘‘or local governmental entity’’; and 

16 (3) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘2023’’ and in17 serting ‘‘2029’’. 

18 (c) REPEAL OF BRACKISH GROUNDWATER ASSESS19 MENT.—Section 9507 of the Omnibus Public Land Manage20 ment Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10367) is amended— 

21 (1) by striking subsection (c); and 

22 (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 

23 (c). 

24 (d) IMPROVED WATER ESTIMATION, MEASUREMENT, 

25 AND MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES.—Section 9507 of the 


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1 Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 

2 10367) is amended, in subsection (c)(4) (as redesignated by 

3 subsection (c)(2)), by striking ‘‘2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2029’’. 


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Calendar No. 621 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4245 

A BILL 

To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management 

grams, and for other purposes. Geological Survey water data enhancement proAct of 2009 to reauthorize certain United States 

NOVEMBER 21, 2024 

Reported with an amendment 


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