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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2164 

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 18, 2019 

Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. BOOZMAN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 

Public Works 

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 of the 

11 Water Resources Research Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10303) 

12 is amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 

13 following: 

14 ‘‘(c) GRANTS.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the sums appro16 priated pursuant to subsection (f) of this section, the 

17 Secretary shall make grants to each institute to be 

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

19 dollar for every 1 Federal dollar. 

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

21 each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to the 

22 Committee on Environment and Public Works of the 

23 Senate, the Committee on the Budget of the Senate, 

24 the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

25 of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 

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1 port regarding the compliance of each funding re2 cipient with this subsection for the immediately pre3 ceding fiscal year.’’. 

4 (c) EVALUATION OF WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

5 PROGRAM.—Section 104 of the Water Resources Research 

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

7 subsection (e) and inserting the following: 

8 ‘‘(e) EVALUATION OF WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

9 PROGRAM.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall con11 duct a careful and detailed evaluation of each insti12 tute at least once every 5 years to determine— 

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

14 resources research of the institute; 

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

16 producing measured results and applied water 

17 supply research; and 

18 ‘‘(C) whether the effectiveness of the insti19 tute as an institution for planning, conducting, 

20 and arranging for research warrants continued 

21 support under this section. 

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

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

24 Secretary determines that an institute does not qual25 ify for further support under this section, no further 


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1 grants to the institute may be provided until the 

2 qualifications of the institute are reestablished to the 

3 satisfaction of the Secretary.’’. 

4 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

5 104(f)(1) of the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 

6 (42 U.S.C. 10303(f)(1)) is amended by striking 

7 ‘‘$12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011’’ 

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

9 through 2023’’. 

10 (e) ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS WHERE RE11 SEARCH FOCUSED ON WATER PROBLEMS OF INTERSTATE

12 NATURE.—Section 104(g)(1) of the Water Resources Re13 search Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10303(g)(1)) is amended 

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

15 fiscal years 2007 through 2011’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘$1,750,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2023’’. 

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