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H.R. 5770 — what changed

Water Monitoring and Tracking Essential Resources (WATER) Data Improvement Act

From Introduced in House to Reported in House. 2 sections amended between Introduced in House and Reported in House.

Section 1 Short title

changed This Act may be cited as the “Water Monitoring and Tracking Essential Resources (WATER) Data Improvement Act”.

Sec. 2 Water data enhancement by United States Geological Survey

Section 9507 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10367) is amended—

(1)
changed in subsection (a)(6)—(a)—
(A)
changed in subparagraph (A), by striking “2023” the heading and inserting “2028”; and“Federal priority streamgage program”;
(B)
added in paragraph (1), by striking “national streamflow information program, as reviewed by the National Research Council in 2004” and inserting “Federal priority streamgage program”;
(C)
added in paragraph (2), by striking “national streamflow information program” each place it appears and inserting “Federal priority streamgage program”;
(D)
added in paragraph (4)—
(i)
added in subparagraph (A)—
(I)
added by striking “2009” and inserting “2023”; and
(II)
added in clause (ii), by inserting “precipitation” before “water-quality sensors”; and
(ii)
added in subparagraph (B), by striking “National Streamflow Information Program as reviewed by the National Research Council.” and inserting “Federal needs established through regular solicitation of feedback, such as that documented in the report titled “Re-prioritization of the U.S. Geological Survey Federal Priority streamgage program, 2022” (Open-file Report 2023-1032).”;
(E)
added in paragraph (5), by striking “national streamgaging network” each place it appears and inserting “Federal priority streamgage network”; and
(F)
added in paragraph (6)—
(i)
added in subparagraph (A)—
(I)
added by striking “national streamflow information program” and inserting “Federal priority streamgage program”; and
(II)
added by striking “2023” and inserting “2028”; and
(ii)
renumbered was (3)(3) in subparagraph (B), by striking “2019” and inserting “2028”;
(2)
changed in subsection (b)(7), by striking “2023” and inserting “2028”; and(b)—
(A)
added in paragraph (2)—
(i)
added in subparagraph (B), by inserting “and Tribes” after “agencies” and
(ii)
added in subparagraph (C)—
(I)
added by inserting “or Tribal lands” after “within a State”; and
(II)
added by inserting “or Tribe” after “water resource agency”;
(B)
added in paragraph (6), by inserting “, a Tribe” after “a State”; and
(C)
added in paragraph (7)—
(i)
added by striking “such sums as are necessary” and inserting “$4,000,000 per fiscal year”; and
(ii)
added by striking “2009 through 2023” and inserting “2023 through 2028”;
(3)
changed in subsection (d)(4), by striking “2019” and inserting “2028”.subsection (c);
(4)
added by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c); and
(5)
added in subsection (c)(4) (as so redesignated by this subsection), by striking “2019” and inserting “2028”.