Title: Water Resources Research Amendments Act
Policy area: Water Resources Development

Summary:
Water Resources Research Amendments Act
This bill reauthorizes through FY2025 the Water Resources Research Act Program and otherwise revises the program, including by increasing the federal share of grant funding under the program for water resources research and technology institutes.


[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2781 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2781

To amend the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to reauthorize grants 
   for and require applied water supply research regarding the water 
  resources research and technology institutes established under that 
                      Act, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 22, 2021

     Mr. Harder of California (for himself, Mr. Wittman, and Mrs. 
 Napolitano) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to reauthorize grants 
   for and require applied water supply research regarding the water 
  resources research and technology institutes established under that 
                      Act, and for other purposes.

    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 Resources Research Amendments 
Act''.

SEC. 2. WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH ACT AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Clarification of Research Activities.--Section 104(b)(1) of the 
Water Resources Research Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10303(b)(1)) is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ``water-related 
        phenomena'' and inserting ``water resources''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''.
    (b) Compliance Reports.--Section 104(c) of the Water Resources 
Research Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10303(c)) is amended to read as 
follows:
    ``(c) Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--From amounts appropriated under 
        subsection (f) and subject to subsection (e)(2), the Secretary 
        shall--
                    ``(A) make grants to institutes; and
                    ``(B) require that grants under this paragraph be 
                matched on a basis of not less than 1 non-Federal 
                dollar for every 1 Federal dollar.
            ``(2) Report.--Not later than December 31 of each fiscal 
        year, the Secretary shall submit a report regarding the 
        compliance of each institute that received a grant under 
        paragraph (1) for the immediately preceding fiscal year to each 
        of the following:
                    ``(A) The Committee on Environment and Public Works 
                of the Senate.
                    ``(B) The Committee on the Budget of the Senate.
                    ``(C) The Committee on Natural Resources of the 
                House of Representatives.
                    ``(D) The Committee on Transportation and 
                Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.
                    ``(E) The Committee on the Budget of the House of 
                Representatives.''.
    (c) Evaluation of Water Resources Research Program.--Section 104(e) 
of the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10303) is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(e) Evaluation of Water Resources Research Program.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall conduct a careful 
        and detailed evaluation of each institute at least once every 5 
        years to determine--
                    ``(A) the quality and relevance of the water 
                resources research of the institute;
                    ``(B) the effectiveness of the institute at 
                producing measured results and applied water supply 
                research; and
                    ``(C) whether the effectiveness of the institute as 
                an institution for planning, conducting, and arranging 
                for research warrants continued support under this 
                section.
            ``(2) Prohibition on further support.--If, as a result of 
        an evaluation under paragraph (1), the Secretary determines 
        that an institute does not qualify for further support under 
        this section, no further grants to the institute may be 
        provided until the qualifications of the institute are 
        reestablished to the satisfaction of the Secretary.''.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 104(f)(1) of the 
Water Resources Research Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10303(f)(1)) is amended 
by striking ``$12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011'' 
and inserting ``$12,000,000 for each fiscal years 2022 through 2025''.
    (e) Additional Appropriations Where Research Focused on Water 
Problems of Interstate Nature.--Section 104(g)(1) of the Water 
Resources Research Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10303(g)(1)) is amended by 
striking ``$6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011'' and 
inserting ``$6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2025''.
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