[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7889 Engrossed in House (EH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7889

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to reauthorize the 
  water resources research and technology institutes program, 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 ``Advancing Water Research and 
Collaboration Act of 2025'' or the ``AWRC Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL DECLARATION OF PURPOSE.

    Section 103(4) of the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 (42 
U.S.C. 10302(4)) is amended by inserting ``, including the growing 
artificial intelligence industry,'' after ``private industry''.

SEC. 3. WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTES.

    Section 104 of the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 
10303) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``subsection 
                104(g) of this Act'' and inserting ``subsection (g)''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking the subsection designation and all 
                that follows through ``Any sums'' in paragraph (2) and 
                inserting the following:
    ``(f) General Authorization of Appropriations.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
        there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
        section $16,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029.
            ``(2) Failure to obligate.--Any amounts''; and
            (2) in subsection (g)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``(2) Research 
                funds'' and inserting the following:
            ``(4) Competitive grants.--Research funds'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in the third sentence, by striking 
                        ``Funds made'' and inserting the following:
            ``(3) Availability of funds.--Funds made''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``by institutes which 
                        focuses'' in the first sentence and all that 
                        follows through ``Such funds when 
                        appropriated'' in the second sentence and 
                        inserting the following: ``by institutes with 
                        respect to any of the following:
                    ``(A) Research that focuses on water problems and 
                issues of a regional or interstate nature beyond those 
                of concern only to a single State.
                    ``(B) Research that relates to specific program 
                priorities identified jointly by the Secretary and the 
                institutes.
                    ``(C) Research that relates to water problems 
                identified by Congress as being of an interstate 
                nature.
            ``(2) Federal cost-share.--Funds made available under this 
        subsection''; and
                    (C) by striking the subsection designation and all 
                that follows through ``only'' in the first sentence of 
                paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
    ``(g) Additional Funds for Research Focused on Water Problems of 
Interstate Nature.--
            ``(1) In general.--Of the amounts authorized under 
        subsection (f)(1) for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029, 
        not more than 20 percent is authorized to be used''.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 14, 2026.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
119th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 7889

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

 To amend the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to reauthorize the 
  water resources research and technology institutes program, and for 
                            other purposes.