(2) Development of a new generation of water 
monitoring techniques. 
(3) Development of technologies for enhancing re-
liable water supply, water reuse, and pollution pre-
vention. 
(4) Development of innovative technologies and 
tools to enhance water quality, including advanced 
water treatment and water purification technologies. 
(5) Development of innovative technologies and 
tools to enhance water-use efficiency and tools to en-
courage public acceptance of such technologies and 
tools. 
(6) Development of tools and processes to facili-
tate resolution of conflicts over water resources. 
(7) Development of information technology sys-
tems to enhance water quality and supply. 
(8) Improvement of understanding of water-re-
lated ecosystem services and ecosystem needs for 
water. 
(9) Improvement of hydrologic prediction models 
and their applications. 
(10) Analyses of the energy required to provide 
reliable water supplies and the water required to pro-
vide reliable energy supplies throughout the United 
States. 
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(11) Analyses of the social, behavioral, and eco-
nomic barriers to sustainable use of water resources 
in the United States. 
(12) Assessment of national water availability 
and use. 
(13) Regional assessments of the status of water 
supplies and evaluation of potential changes in such 
status due to changes in land use, population size and 
distribution, and economic activity. 
(14) Assessment of water quality, availability, 
and use in rural areas, including— 
(A) maintaining water quality and enhanc-
ing energy efficiency of water treatment and de-
livery through the use of technologies or practices 
developed to address rural communities; and 
(B) developing data and information to 
support water planning and conservation. 
(e) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The President shall estab-
lish, or designate, an advisory committee to advise the 
interagency committee established under subsection (b). 
SEC. 3. BUDGET COORDINATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall provide guid-
ance to each Federal agency participating in the Initiative 
with respect to the preparation of requests for appropria-
tions for activities related to the plan. 
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(b) CONSIDERATION IN THE PRESIDENT’S BUDGET.— 
The President shall submit, at the time of the President’s 
annual budget request to Congress, a description of those 
items in each agency’s budget which are elements of the plan 
or help to achieve the outcomes of the plan. 
SEC. 4. COORDINATION. 
The interagency committee shall coordinate the activi-
ties of the Initiative with the United States Global Change 
Research Program. 
SEC. 5. ANNUAL REPORT. 
Concurrent with the annual submission of the Presi-
dent’s budget to Congress, the President shall submit to Con-
gress a report that describes the activities and results of the 
Initiative during the previous fiscal year and outlines the 
objectives for the next fiscal year. The report shall include 
detailed information on all programs and activities in-
volved in the Initiative, including an analysis of progress 
towards achieving the outcomes listed in section 2(d). 
SEC. 6. NATIONAL WATER PILOT TESTING FACILITY FEASI-
BILITY STUDY AND REPORT. 
(a) STUDY.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Comptroller General of 
the United States shall complete a study examining 
the feasibility and practicality of creating a national 
water pilot testing facility. 
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(2) CONTENTS.—The study shall— 
(A) examine Federal programs and facili-
ties that currently engage in some form of water 
technology testing; 
(B) evaluate the practicality and identify 
the potential costs of establishing a national 
water pilot testing facility; and 
(C) examine the efforts of Federal agencies 
to establish testing facilities related to other tech-
nologies, including wind and solar, and the les-
sons learned from implementing these programs. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
transmit to Congress a report on the key findings of the 
study conducted under subsection (a). 
SEC. 7. DOE WATER TECHNOLOGIES FOR INCREASED EN-
ERGY EFFICIENCY ACTIVITIES. 
Section 452(c)(2) of the Energy Independence and Se-
curity Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–140; 42 U.S.C. 17111) 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through 
(F) as subparagraphs (E) through (G), respectively; 
and 
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