[118th Congress Public Law 174]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
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Public Law 118-174
118th Congress
An Act
To reauthorize certain United States Geological Survey <<NOTE: Dec. 23,
2024 - [H.R. 5770]>> water data enhancement programs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Water Monitoring
and Tracking Essential Resources (WATER) Data Improvement Act. 42 USC
10361 note.>>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Water Monitoring and Tracking
Essential Resources (WATER) Data Improvement Act''.
SEC. 2. 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)--
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(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''.
Approved December 23, 2024.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 5770:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 118-566 (Comm. on Natural Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 170 (2024):
July 8, considered and passed House.
Dec. 18, considered and passed Senate.
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