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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5770 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 468
118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5770

                          [Report No. 118-566]

   To reauthorize certain United States Geological Survey water data 
                         enhancement programs.

_______________________________________________________________________

                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 27, 2023

  Mr. Neguse (for himself and Mr. Ciscomani) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

                             June 27, 2024

                     Additional sponsor: Ms. Titus

                             June 27, 2024

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                          September 27, 2023]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
   To reauthorize certain United States Geological Survey water data 
                         enhancement programs.

 

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

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

    Section 9507 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (42 
U.S.C. 10367) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking the heading and inserting ``Federal 
                Priority Streamgage Program'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``national 
                streamflow information program, as reviewed by the 
                National Research Council in 2004'' and inserting 
                ``Federal priority streamgage program'';
                    (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ``national 
                streamflow information program'' each place it appears 
                and inserting ``Federal priority streamgage program'';
                    (D) in paragraph (4)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A)--
                                    (I) by striking ``2009'' and 
                                inserting ``2023''; and
                                    (II) in clause (ii), by inserting 
                                ``precipitation'' before ``water-
                                quality sensors''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                        ``National Streamflow Information Program as 
                        reviewed by the National Research Council.'' 
                        and inserting ``Federal needs established 
                        through regular solicitation of feedback, such 
                        as that documented in the report titled `Re-
                        prioritization of the U.S. Geological Survey 
                        Federal Priority streamgage program, 2022' 
                        (Open-file Report 2023-1032).'';
                    (E) in paragraph (5), by striking ``national 
                streamgaging network'' each place it appears and 
                inserting ``Federal priority streamgage network''; and
                    (F) in paragraph (6)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A)--
                                    (I) by striking ``national 
                                streamflow information program'' and 
                                inserting ``Federal priority streamgage 
                                program''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``2023'' and 
                                inserting ``2028''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                        ``2019'' and inserting ``2028'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``and 
                        Tribes'' after ``agencies'' and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (C)--
                                    (I) by inserting ``or Tribal 
                                lands'' after ``within a State''; and
                                    (II) by inserting ``or Tribe'' 
                                after ``water resource agency'';
                    (B) in paragraph (6), by inserting ``, a Tribe'' 
                after ``a State''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (7)--
                            (i) by striking ``such sums as are 
                        necessary'' and inserting ``$4,000,000 per 
                        fiscal year''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``2009 through 2023'' and 
                        inserting ``2023 through 2028'';
            (3) by striking subsection (c);
            (4) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c); and
            (5) in subsection (c)(4) (as so redesignated by this 
        subsection), by striking ``2019'' and inserting ``2028''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 468

118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 5770

                          [Report No. 118-566]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

   To reauthorize certain United States Geological Survey water data 
                         enhancement programs.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             June 27, 2024

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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