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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3510 

To amend the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to reauthorize grants 

for and require applied water supply research regarding the water resources research and technology institutes established under that Act. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 26, 2019 

Mr. HARDER of California (for himself, Mr. WITTMAN, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, 

and Mr. GRIFFITH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to 

reauthorize grants for and require applied water supply 

research regarding the water resources research and 

technology institutes established under that Act. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Water Resources Re5 search Amendments Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH ACT AMENDMENTS. 

2 (a) CLARIFICATION OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.—Sec3 tion 104(b)(1) of the Water Resources Research Act of 

4 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10303(b)(1)) is amended— 

5 (1) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ‘‘water6 related phenomena’’ and inserting ‘‘water re7 sources’’; and 

8 (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period 

9 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’. 

10 (b) COMPLIANCE REPORT.—Section 104(c) of the 

11 Water Resources Research Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 

12 10303(c)) is amended— 

13 (1) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 

14 following: 

15 ‘‘(c) GRANTS.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the sums appro17 priated pursuant to subsection (f) of this section, the 

18 Secretary shall make grants to each institute to be 

19 matched on a basis of no less than 1 non-Federal 

20 dollar for every 1 Federal dollar.’’; and 

21 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than December 31 of 

23 each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to the 

24 Committee on Environment and Public Works of the 

25 Senate, the Committee on the Budget of the Senate, 

26 the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 


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1 of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 

2 on the Budget of the House of Representatives a re3 port regarding the compliance of each funding re4 cipient with this subsection for the immediately pre5 ceding fiscal year.’’. 

6 (c) EVALUATION OF WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

7 PROGRAM.—Section 104 of the Water Resources Research 

8 Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10303) is amended by striking 

9 subsection (e) and inserting the following: 

10 ‘‘(e) EVALUATION OF WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

11 PROGRAM.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall con13 duct a careful and detailed evaluation of each insti14 tute at least once every 5 years to determine— 

15 ‘‘(A) the quality and relevance of the water 

16 resources research of the institute; 

17 ‘‘(B) the effectiveness of the institute at 

18 producing measured results and applied water 

19 supply research; and 

20 ‘‘(C) whether the effectiveness of the insti21 tute as an institution for planning, conducting, 

22 and arranging for research warrants continued 

23 support under this section. 

24 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON FURTHER SUPPORT.—If, 

25 as a result of an evaluation under paragraph (1), the 


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1 Secretary determines that an institute does not qual2 ify for further support under this section, no further 

3 grants to the institute may be provided until the 

4 qualifications of the institute are reestablished to the 

5 satisfaction of the Secretary.’’. 

6 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

7 104(f)(1) of the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 

8 (42 U.S.C. 10303(f)(1)) is amended by striking 

9 ‘‘$12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘$8,250,000 for each fiscal years 2020 

11 through 2023’’. 

12 (e) ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS WHERE RE13 SEARCH FOCUSED ON WATER PROBLEMS OF INTERSTATE

14 NATURE.—Section 104(g)(1) of the Water Resources Re15 search Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10303(g)(1)) is amended 

16 in the first sentence by striking ‘‘$6,000,000 for each of 

17 fiscal years 2007 through 2011’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘$1,750,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2023’’. 

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