[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2611 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2611

 To require the Secretary of Agriculture to expand the snow survey and 
   water supply forecasting program to serve the Northeastern United 
                                States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 27, 2023

 Mrs. Shaheen (for herself, Ms. Collins, and Mr. King) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                  Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Agriculture to expand the snow survey and 
   water supply forecasting program to serve the Northeastern United 
                                States.

    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 ``Snow Survey Northeast Expansion Act 
of 2023''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF NRCS SNOW SURVEY AND WATER SUPPLY FORECASTING.

    (a) Definition of Northeastern United States.--In this section, the 
term ``Northeastern United States'' means the States of Maine, New 
Hampshire, Vermont, New York, and any other States determined by the 
Secretary of Agriculture.
    (b) Expansion.--The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 
Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, shall expand the 
snow survey and water supply forecasting program carried out by the 
Natural Resources Conservation Service to serve the Northeastern United 
States.
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