(C) employing greater groundwater man-
agement practices and understanding impacts 
of consumptive water use. 
SEC. 4. OPEN ACCESS EVAPOTRANSPIRATION (OPENET) 
DATA PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 
an Open Access Evapotranspiration (OpenET) Data Pro-
gram under which the Secretary shall provide for the deliv-
ery of satellite-based evapotranspiration data— 
(1) to advance the quantification of evaporation 
and consumptive water use; and 
(2) to provide data users with field-scale esti-
mates of evapotranspiration data across large land-
scapes over certain periods of time. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the program is to 
support the operational distribution of satellite-based 
evapotranspiration data generated under the program to 
sustain and enhance water resources in the United States. 
(c) DUTIES.—In carrying out the program, the Sec-
retary shall— 
(1) evaluate, use, and modify sources of sat-
ellite-based evapotranspiration data based on best 
available science and technologies; and 
(2) coordinate and consult with— 
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(A) the heads of other relevant Federal 
agencies, including— 
(i) the Commissioner of Reclamation; 
(ii) the Administrator of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration; 
(iii) the Administrator of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; 
(iv) the Administrator of the Agricul-
tural Research Service; and 
(v) the Chief of the Natural Resources 
Conservation Service; and 
(B) program partners. 
(d) COMPONENTS.—In carrying out the program, the 
Secretary shall carry out activities that would develop, 
maintain, establish, expand, or advance delivery of sat-
ellite-based evapotranspiration data to advance the quan-
tification of evaporation and consumptive water use, with 
an emphasis on carrying out activities that would— 
(1) support the development and maintenance 
of evapotranspiration data and software systems and 
associated research and development in a manner 
that ensures that program data are reflective of the 
best available science, including by providing support 
to program partners, or coordinating activities with 
other programs within the Department of the Inte-
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rior, that have developed and are maintaining 
evapotranspiration software systems and datasets; 
(2) demonstrate or test new and existing 
evapotranspiration measurement technology; 
(3) improve evapotranspiration measurement 
science and technology; and 
(4) develop or refine the application of satellite- 
based evapotranspiration data available to Federal 
agencies, States, and Indian Tribes, including the 
integration of program data into— 
(A) the Water Availability and Use Science 
Program, the National Water Census, and Inte-
grated Water Availability Assessments by the 
United States Geological Survey; and 
(B) activities under the WaterSMART pro-
gram authorized by subtitle F of title IX of the 
Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 
(42 U.S.C. 10361 et seq.). 
(e) USE AND AVAILABILITY OF PROGRAM DATA.— 
The Secretary— 
(1) shall incorporate, to the maximum extent 
practicable, program information and data for pur-
poses of determining consumptive water use on irri-
gated or other vegetated landscapes for use in water 
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allocation decisions, water budget accounting, and 
water use reporting; 
(2) shall coordinate data analyses, use, and col-
lection efforts with other Federal agencies, States, 
and Tribal governments through existing coordi-
nating organizations, such as— 
(A) the Western States Water Council; and 
(B) the Western States Federal Agency 
Support Team; and 
(3) may provide information collected and ana-
lyzed under the program to program partners 
through appropriate mechanisms, including through 
interagency agreements with Federal agencies, 
States (including State agencies), or Indian Tribes, 
leases, contracts, cooperative agreements, grants, 
loans, and memoranda of understanding. 
(f) COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary 
shall— 
(1) enter into cooperative agreements with pro-
gram partners to provide for the efficient and cost- 
effective administration of the program, including 
through cost-sharing or by providing additional in- 
kind resources necessary to carry out the program; 
and 
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(2) provide nonreimbursable matching funding 
for programmatic and operational activities under 
this section, in consultation with program partners. 
(g) ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS.—Nothing in this Act 
modifies any obligation of the Secretary to comply with 
applicable Federal and State environmental laws in car-
rying out this Act. 
SEC. 5. REPORT. 
Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees 
on Energy and Natural Resources, Agriculture, Nutrition, 
and Forestry, and Appropriations of the Senate and the 
Committees on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives a report that 
includes— 
(1) a status update on the operational incorpo-
ration of program data into modeling, water plan-
ning, and reporting efforts of relevant Federal agen-
cies, including the Water Availability and Use 
Science Program of the United States Geological 
Survey and the WaterSMART program authorized 
by subtitle F of title IX of the Omnibus Public Land 
Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10361 et seq.); 
and 
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