To reauthorize funding for the Reclamation Climate Change and Water Program.

Bill: 117-hr-8090
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-45]
Introduced: 2022-06-15
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Air quality

Climate change and greenhouse gases

Government studies and investigations

Water use and supply
Latest action: action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-06-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill reauthorizes through FY2033 the Bureau of Reclamation's water cycle, drought, and climate change program, which Reclamation implements through the WaterSMART Basin Study Program.</p> <p>This program is authorized to coordinate with other appropriate agencies to assess global climate change with respect to water resources in the eight major reclamation river basins in the western United States. The program must also ensure watershed and aquifer system strategies are developed to address potential water shortages, conflicts, and other impacts to water.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8090 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 15, 2022 Ms. Porter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To reauthorize funding for the Reclamation Climate Change and Water Program.

1. Reclamation Climate Change and Water Program Section 9503(f) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 ( 42 U.S.C. 10363(f) ) is amended by striking 2023 and inserting 2033 .