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S. Rept. 118-164 1 (2024-04-09)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaggh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GPO Calendar No. 355 118TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session SENATE 118-164 EVAPOTRANSPIRATION DATA ACT APRIL 9, 2024.-Ordered to be printed Mr. MANCHIN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 1118] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was referred the bill (S. 1118) to establish the Open Access Evapotranspiration (OpenET) Data Program, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title and recommends that the bill, as amended, do pass. AMENDMENTS The amendments are as follows: 1. Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Evapotranspiration Data Act. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; ET.-The terms evapotranspiration and ET mean the process by which water is transferred from the land to the atmos- phere by- (A) evaporation from soil and other surfaces; and (B) transpiration from plants. (2) INDIAN TRIBE.-The term Indian Tribe has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). (3) NON-FEDERAL ENTITY.-The term non-Federal entity means- (A) an institution of higher education; (B) a State (including a State agency); (C) an Indian Tribe; (D) a private sector entity; (E) a nongovernmental organization; or 49-010* (Star Print)