NATIONAL WATER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE ACT

Amendments

Enact (H.R. 1145), H4698, H4699, H4703, H4704, H4705, H4706, H4707, H4709, H4710, H4711, H4717 [23AP]

Bills and resolutions

Enact (H.R. 1145): consideration (see H. Res. 352), H4685 [22AP]

Letters

Provisions: Representative Gordon, Committee on Science and Technology (House), E975 [27AP]

———Representative Oberstar, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), E974 [27AP]

Motions

Enact (H.R. 1145), H4715 [23AP]

Remarks in House

California: Dept. of the Interior and National Academy of Sciences study on impact of changes in Sierra Nevada snow pack on water resources relative to the San Joaquin Valley water supply, H4705 [23AP]

Enact (H.R. 1145), H4589 [22AP], H4695-H4718, H4719 [23AP], E974 [27AP]

———consideration (H. Res. 352), H4693-H4695 [23AP]

———motion to recommit, H4715, H4716 [23AP]

EPA: establish pilot program exploring use of energy audits of water-related infrastructure to identify energy and water saving opportunities, H4697, H4700 [23AP]

———establish wastewater and stormwater reuse and recycling technology demonstration program, H4709 [23AP]

Water: assess impact of natural disasters, such as floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes on water resources, H4703 [23AP]

———conduct a study examining the long-term ecomomic effects of water diversions on the San Joaquin Valley area of California, H4715, H4716 [23AP]

———develop technologies and practices that treat eutrophic bodies of water, including estuaries, H4702 [23AP]

———improve water prediction models and their applications, including analysis of variations and natural supply, watershed hydrology, human and ecological demand, and infrastructure, H4702 [23AP]

———study regional impacts of the changing climate on water availability, H4703 [23AP]

Water Research and Development Initiative: add assessment of potential water storage projects that would enhance water supply, water planning, and other beneficial uses, H4704 [23AP]

———analyze amount, proximity, and type of water required for production of alternative and renewable energy resources, H4707 [23AP]

———assess long-term ice cover and water level outlook for major U.S. water bodies, including the Great Lakes, potential impact on infrastructure, and resource management options, H4697, H4706, H4707 [23AP]

———assess role of Federal water research funding in the development of the next generation of scientists and engineers, H4711, H4712 [23AP]

———enhance ability of public-private water research and technology development collaborations to participate, H4701 [23AP]

———identify duplicative Federal, State, and local water-related innovation activities and recommend ways to avoid such duplication, H4710, H4711 [23AP]

———include improvement of understanding of competing water supply uses and how different uses interact with and impact each other, H4706 [23AP]

———require agencies included in the interagency committee to work on improvement of understanding of water-intensive sectors of the economy and industrial needs for water, H4705 [23AP]

———require GAO study on possible duplication of programs and Presidential determination and justification whether duplicate programs are needed, H4708 [23AP]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 1145, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 352) (H. Rept. 111-82), H4685 [22AP]

Provisions: Committee on Science and Technology (House) (H.R. 1145) (H. Rept. 111-76), H4579 [21AP]

Texts of

H. Res. 352, consideration of H.R. 1145, provisions, H4693 [23AP]

H.R. 1145, provisions, H4698 [23AP]