H.R. 5770 – Reading Mode

One Hundred Eighteenth Congress of the United States of America

At the Second Session

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four

H. R. 5770

AN ACT

To reauthorize certain United States Geological Survey water data enhancement programs.

Short title

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

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)

in subsection (a)—

(A)

by striking the heading and inserting Federal priority streamgage program;

(B)

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)

in paragraph (2), by striking national streamflow information program each place it appears and inserting Federal priority streamgage program;

(D)

in paragraph (4)—

(i)

in subparagraph (A)—

(I)

by striking 2009 and inserting 2023; and

(II)

in clause (ii), by inserting precipitation before water-quality sensors; and

(ii)

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)

in paragraph (5), by striking national streamgaging network each place it appears and inserting Federal priority streamgage network; and

(F)

in paragraph (6)—

(i)

in subparagraph (A)—

(I)

by striking national streamflow information program and inserting Federal priority streamgage program; and

(II)

by striking 2023 and inserting 2028; and

(ii)

in subparagraph (B), by striking 2019 and inserting 2028;

(2)

in subsection (b)—

(A)

in paragraph (2)—

(i)

in subparagraph (B), by inserting and Tribes after agencies and

(ii)

in subparagraph (C)—

(I)

by inserting or Tribal lands after within a State; and

(II)

by inserting or Tribe after water resource agency;

(B)

in paragraph (6), by inserting , a Tribe after a State; and

(C)

in paragraph (7)—

(i)

by striking such sums as are necessary and inserting $4,000,000 per fiscal year; and

(ii)

by striking 2009 through 2023 and inserting 2023 through 2028;

(3)

by striking subsection (c);

(4)

by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c); and

(5)

in subsection (c)(4) (as so redesignated by this subsection), by striking 2019 and inserting 2028.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.