Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Water Monitoring and Tracking Essential Resources Data Improvement Act” or the “WATER Data Improvement Act”.
Water Monitoring and Tracking Essential Resources Data Improvement Act
A BILL
To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to reauthorize certain United States Geological Survey water data enhancement programs, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Water data enhancement by United States Geological Survey
Federal priority streamgage program— Section 9507(a) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10367(a)) is amended—
by striking the subsection heading and inserting “Federal priority streamgage program”;
in paragraph (1), by striking “national streamflow information program, as reviewed by the National Research Council in 2004” and inserting “Federal priority streamgage program”;
in paragraph (2), by striking “national streamflow information program” each place it appears and inserting “Federal priority streamgage program”;
in paragraph (4)—
in subparagraph (A)—
in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking “the date of enactment of this Act” and inserting “March 30, 2023”;
in clause (i), by striking “national streamflow information program” and inserting “Federal priority streamgage program”; and
in clause (ii), by inserting “precipitation” before “water-quality sensors”; and
in subparagraph (B), by striking “National Streamflow Information Program plan as reviewed by the National Research Council” and inserting “Federal needs established through regular solicitation of feedback, such as the feedback documented in the report entitled “Re-prioritization of the U.S. Geological Survey Federal Priority streamgage program, 2022” (Open-file Report 2023–1032)”;
in paragraph (5), by striking “national streamgaging network” each place it appears and inserting “Federal priority streamgage network”; and
in paragraph (6)—
in subparagraph (A)—
by striking “national streamflow information program” and inserting “Federal priority streamgage program”; and
by striking “2023” and inserting “2028”; and
in subparagraph (B), by striking “2019” and inserting “2028”.
National groundwater resources monitoring— Section 9507(b) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10367(b)) is amended—
in paragraph (2)—
in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting “, Indian Tribes, ” before “and State”; and
in subparagraph (C)—
by inserting “or on Tribal land” after “within a State”; and
by inserting “or Indian Tribe” after “water resource agency”;
in paragraph (6), by inserting “or an Indian Tribe” after “or local governmental entity”; and
in paragraph (7), by striking “are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this subsection for the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2023” and inserting “is authorized to be appropriated $4,000,000 to carry out this subsection for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2028 ”.
Repeal of brackish groundwater assessment— Section 9507 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10367) is amended—
by striking subsection (c); and
by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c).
Improved water estimation, measurement, and monitoring technologies— Section 9507 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10367) is amended, in subsection (c)(4) (as redesignated by subsection (c)(2)), by striking “2019” and inserting “2028”.