[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4245 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4245

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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 2, 2024

 Ms. Lummis (for herself, Mr. Hickenlooper, and Mr. Wyden) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                    on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 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.

    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 ``Water Monitoring and Tracking 
Essential Resources Data Improvement Act'' or the ``WATER Data 
Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. WATER DATA ENHANCEMENT BY UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

    (a) Federal Priority Streamgage Program.--Section 9507(a) of the 
Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10367(a)) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking the subsection heading and inserting 
        ``Federal Priority Streamgage Program'';
            (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ``national streamflow 
        information program, as reviewed by the National Research 
        Council in 2004'' and inserting ``Federal priority streamgage 
        program'';
            (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ``national streamflow 
        information program'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``Federal priority streamgage program'';
            (4) in paragraph (4)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
                        striking ``the date of enactment of this Act'' 
                        and inserting ``March 30, 2023'';
                            (ii) in clause (i), by striking ``national 
                        streamflow information program'' and inserting 
                        ``Federal priority streamgage program''; and
                            (iii) in clause (ii), by inserting 
                        ``precipitation'' before ``water-quality 
                        sensors''; and
                    (B) 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)'';
            (5) in paragraph (5), by striking ``national streamgaging 
        network'' each place it appears and inserting ``Federal 
        priority streamgage network''; and
            (6) in paragraph (6)--
                    (A) 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
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``2019'' and 
                inserting ``2028''.
    (b) National Groundwater Resources Monitoring.--Section 9507(b) of 
the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10367(b)) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding 
                clause (i), by inserting ``, Indian Tribes,'' before 
                ``and State''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (C)--
                            (i) by inserting ``or on Tribal land'' 
                        after ``within a State''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``or Indian Tribe'' after 
                        ``water resource agency'';
            (2) in paragraph (6), by inserting ``or an Indian Tribe'' 
        after ``or local governmental entity''; and
            (3) 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''.
    (c) Repeal of Brackish Groundwater Assessment.--Section 9507 of the 
Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10367) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (c); and
            (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c).
    (d) 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''.
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