SEC. 104. COLLABORATION WITH OTHER PUBLIC AND PRI-
VATE MONITORING EFFORTS. 
To establish the sediment and nutrient monitoring 
network, the Secretary of the Interior shall collaborate, 
to the maximum extent practicable, with other Federal, 
State, tribal, local and private sediment and nutrient mon-
itoring programs that meet guidelines prescribed under 
section 102(a), as determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 105. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
The Secretary of the Interior shall report to Congress 
not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act on the development of the sediment and nutri-
ent monitoring network. 
SEC. 106. NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL ASSESSMENT. 
The National Research Council of the National Acad-
emy of Sciences shall conduct a comprehensive water re-
sources assessment of the Upper Mississippi River Basin. 
TITLE II—COMPUTER MODELING 
AND RESEARCH 
SEC. 201. COMPUTER MODELING AND RESEARCH OF SEDI-
MENT AND NUTRIENT SOURCES. 
(a) MODELING PROGRAM REQUIRED.—As part of the 
Upper Mississippi River Stewardship Initiative, the Direc-
tor of the United States Geological Survey shall establish 
a modeling program to identify significant sources of sedi-
ment and nutrients in the Upper Mississippi River Basin.
(b) ROLE.—Computer modeling shall be used to iden-
tify subwatersheds which are significant sources of sedi-
ment and nutrient loss and shall be made available for 
the purposes of targeting public and private sediment and 
nutrient reduction efforts. 
(c) COMPONENTS.—Sediment and nutrient models 
for the Upper Mississippi River Basin shall include the 
following: 
(1) Models to relate nutrient loss to landscape, 
land use, and land management practices. 
(2) Models to relate sediment loss to landscape, 
land use, and land management practices. 
(3) Models to define river channel nutrient 
transformation processes. 
(d) COLLECTION
OF ANCILLARY INFORMATION.—
Ancillary information shall be collected in a GIS format 
to support modeling and management use of modeling re-
sults, including the following: 
(1) Land use data. 
(2) Soils data. 
(3) Elevation data. 
(4) Information on sediment and nutrient re-
duction improvement actions. 
(5) Remotely sense data.
SEC. 202. USE OF ELECTRONIC MEANS TO DISTRIBUTE IN-
FORMATION. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Director of the United States Geo-
logical Survey shall establish a system that uses the tele-
communications medium known as the Internet to provide 
information regarding the following: 
(1) Public and private programs designed to re-
duce sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mis-
sissippi River Basin. 
(2) Information on sediment and nutrient levels 
in the Upper Mississippi River and its tributaries. 
(3) Successful sediment and nutrient reduction 
projects. 
SEC. 203. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) MONITORING
ACTIVITIES.—Commencing one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Direc-
tor of the United States Geological Survey shall provide 
to Congress and make available to the public an annual 
report regarding monitoring activities conducted in the 
Upper Mississippi River Basin. 
(b) MODELING ACTIVITIES.—Every three years, the 
Director of the United States Geological Survey shall pro-
vide to Congress and make available to the public a 
progress report regarding modeling activities.
TITLE III—AUTHORIZATION OF 
APPROPRIATIONS 
AND 
RE-
LATED MATTERS 
SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ACTIVI-
TIES.—There is authorized to be appropriated to the 
United States Geological Survey $6,250,000 each fiscal 
year to carry out this Act (other than section 106). Of 
the amounts appropriated for a fiscal year pursuant to 
this authorization of appropriations, one-third shall be 
made available for the United States Geological Survey 
Cooperative Water Program and the remainder shall be 
made available for the United States Geological Survey 
Hydrologic Networks and Analysis Program. 
(b) WATER RESOURCE AND WATER QUALITY MAN-
AGEMENT ASSESSMENT.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated $650,000 to allow the National Research Coun-
cil to perform the assessment required by section 106. 
SEC. 302. COST-SHARING REQUIREMENTS. 
Funds made available for the United States Geologi-
cal Survey Cooperative Water Program under section 
301(a) shall be subject to the same cost sharing require-
ments as specified in the last proviso under the heading 
‘‘UNITED
STATES
GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY–SURVEYS, 
INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH’’ of the Department
of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–54; 119 Stat. 
510; 43 U.S.C. 50). 
SEC. 303. SUNSET. 
The authority of the Secretary of the Interior to carry 
out any provisions of this Act shall terminate 10 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Passed the House of Representatives September 27, 
2006. 
Attest:
Clerk.