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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4245 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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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.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Water Monitoring and 
Tracking Essential Resources Data Improvement Act'' or the ``WATER Data 
Improvement Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. WATER DATA ENHANCEMENT BY UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL 
              SURVEY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Federal Priority Streamgage Program.--Section 9507(a) 
of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10367(a)) 
is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by striking the subsection heading and 
        inserting ``Federal Priority Streamgage Program'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ``national 
        streamflow information program, as reviewed by the National 
        Research Council in 2004'' and inserting ``Federal priority 
        streamgage program'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ``national 
        streamflow information program'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``Federal priority streamgage program'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) in paragraph (4)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in subparagraph (A)--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) in the matter preceding clause 
                        (i), by striking ``the date of enactment of 
                        this Act'' and inserting ``March 30, 
                        2023'';</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) in clause (i), by striking 
                        ``national streamflow information program'' and 
                        inserting ``Federal priority streamgage 
                        program''; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) in clause (ii), by inserting 
                        ``precipitation'' before ``water-quality 
                        sensors''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                ``National Streamflow Information Program plan as 
                reviewed by the National Research Council'' and 
                inserting ``Federal needs established through regular 
                solicitation of feedback, such as the feedback 
                documented in the report entitled `Re-prioritization of 
                the U.S. Geological Survey Federal Priority streamgage 
                program, 2022' (Open-file Report 2023-
                1032)'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) in paragraph (5), by striking ``national 
        streamgaging network'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``Federal priority streamgage network''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) in paragraph (6)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in subparagraph (A)--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) by striking ``national 
                        streamflow information program'' and inserting 
                        ``Federal priority streamgage program''; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) by striking ``2023'' and 
                        inserting ``2028''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                ``2019'' and inserting ``2028''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) National Groundwater Resources Monitoring.--Section 
9507(b) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 
10367(b)) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in paragraph (2)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in subparagraph (B), in the matter 
                preceding clause (i), by inserting ``, Indian Tribes,'' 
                before ``and State''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in subparagraph (C)--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) by inserting ``or on Tribal 
                        land'' after ``within a State''; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) by inserting ``or Indian 
                        Tribe'' after ``water resource 
                        agency'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in paragraph (6), by inserting ``or an Indian 
        Tribe'' after ``or local governmental entity''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) in paragraph (7), by striking ``are authorized 
        to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this 
        subsection for the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2023'' 
        and inserting ``is authorized to be appropriated $4,000,000 to 
        carry out this subsection for each of fiscal years 2023 through 
        2028''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Repeal of Brackish Groundwater Assessment.--Section 
9507 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 
10367) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by striking subsection (c); and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
        (c).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Improved Water Estimation, Measurement, and Monitoring 
Technologies.--Section 9507 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act 
of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10367) is amended, in subsection (c)(4) (as 
redesignated by subsection (c)(2)), by striking ``2019'' and inserting 
``2028''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Water Monitoring and Tracking 
Essential Resources Data Improvement Act'' or the ``WATER Data 
Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. WATER DATA ENHANCEMENT BY UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

    (a) Federal Priority Streamgage Program.--Section 9507(a) of the 
Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10367(a)) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking the subsection heading and inserting 
        ``Federal Priority Streamgage Program'';
            (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ``national streamflow 
        information program, as reviewed by the National Research 
        Council in 2004'' and inserting ``Federal priority streamgage 
        program'';
            (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ``national streamflow 
        information program'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``Federal priority streamgage program'';
            (4) in paragraph (4)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
                        striking ``10 years'' and inserting ``25 
                        years'';
                            (ii) in clause (i), by striking ``national 
                        streamflow information program'' and inserting 
                        ``Federal priority streamgage program''; and
                            (iii) in clause (ii), by inserting 
                        ``precipitation'' before ``water-quality 
                        sensors''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``National 
                Streamflow Information Program plan as reviewed by the 
                National Research Council'' and inserting ``Federal 
                needs established through regular solicitation of 
                feedback, such as the feedback documented in the report 
                entitled `Re-prioritization of the U.S. Geological 
                Survey Federal Priority streamgage program, 2022' 
                (Open-file Report 2023-1032)'';
            (5) in paragraph (5), by striking ``national streamgaging 
        network'' each place it appears and inserting ``Federal 
        priority streamgage network''; and
            (6) in paragraph (6)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by striking ``national streamflow 
                        information program'' and inserting ``Federal 
                        priority streamgage program''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``2023'' and inserting 
                        ``2029''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``2019'' and 
                inserting ``2029''.
    (b) National Groundwater Resources Monitoring.--Section 9507(b) of 
the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10367(b)) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding 
                clause (i), by striking ``and State and local water 
                resource agencies'' and inserting ``, State and local 
                water resource agencies, Indian Tribes, Tribal 
                organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (C)--
                            (i) by inserting ``or on Tribal land'' 
                        after ``within a State''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``, Indian Tribe, Tribal 
                        organization, or Native Hawaiian organization'' 
                        after ``water resource agency'';
            (2) in paragraph (6), by inserting ``, Indian Tribe, Tribal 
        organization, or Native Hawaiian organization'' after ``or 
        local governmental entity''; and
            (3) in paragraph (7), by striking ``2023'' and inserting 
        ``2029''.
    (c) Repeal of Brackish Groundwater Assessment.--Section 9507 of the 
Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10367) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (c); and
            (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c).
    (d) Improved Water Estimation, Measurement, and Monitoring 
Technologies.--Section 9507 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act 
of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10367) is amended, in subsection (c)(4) (as 
redesignated by subsection (c)(2)), by striking ``2019'' and inserting 
``2029''.
                                                       Calendar No. 621

118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 4245

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           November 21, 2024

                       Reported with an amendment
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