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Union Calendar No. 249 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3857 
[Report No. 119–293] 
To amend the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Authorization Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 10, 2025 
Mr. HURD of Colorado (for himself and Mr. NEGUSE) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2025 
Additional sponsor: Mr. VINDMAN 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2025 
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 June 10, 2025] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program 
Authorization Act. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Snow Water Supply 
Forecasting Reauthorization Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. SNOW WATER SUPPLY FORECASTING PROGRAM. 
The Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Author-
ization Act (43 U.S.C. 1477) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘cul-
minating in the report required under subsection 
(d)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘with an emphasis on de-
ployment of technologies that provide integration 
of snowpack measuring and modeling’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘after 
submitting the report required by subsection 
(d)(3),’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the heading, by adding ‘‘WITH 
INTEGRATED MODELING’’ after ‘‘DATA’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘emerging technologies 
for snowpack measurement, such as’’ and 
inserting ‘‘technologies that provide com-
plete integration of accurate, timely, and 
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spatially complete snowpack measurements 
and models, including the integration of’’; 
and 
(iii) by striking subparagraphs (A) 
through (C) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) airborne laser altimetry; 
‘‘(B) imaging spectroscopy; 
‘‘(C) integrated physics-based snowpack and 
hydrologic modeling; and 
‘‘(D) other technologies that the Secretary 
determines are likely to provide more accurate or 
timely snowpack measurement data commensu-
rate 
with 
operational 
water 
management 
needs.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration and the Natural Resources Con-
servation Service,’’ after ‘‘other Federal agen-
cies’’; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (3); 
(3) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘After 
submitting the report required under subsection 
(d)(3), the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; and 
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(A) by striking ‘‘of this Act’’ and inserting 
‘‘of the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Reau-
thorization Act of 2025’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘and sub-basins’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘technologies’’ and in-
serting ‘‘and integrated modeling tech-
nologies’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘technology used’’ and 
inserting ‘‘application, outcome, and data 
resources used’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or sub- 
basin’’; and 
(5) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘$15,000,000, 
in the aggregate, for fiscal years 2022 through 2026’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$6,500,000 for each of fiscal years 
2027 through 2031’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 249 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3857 
[Report No. 119–293] 
A BILL 
To amend the Snow Water Supply Forecasting 
Program Authorization Act. 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2025 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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