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118TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-566
WATER MONITORING AND TRACKING ESSENTIAL
RESOURCES (WATER) DATA IMPROVEMENT ACT
JUNE 27, 2024.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 5770]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 5770) to reauthorize certain United States Geological
Survey water data enhancement programs, having considered the
same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
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 pro-
gram, as reviewed by the National Research Council in 2004 and inserting
Federal priority streamgage program;
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking national streamflow information pro-
gram each place it appears and inserting Federal priority streamgage pro-
gram;
(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-qual-
ity sensors; and
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking National Streamflow Informa-
tion Program as reviewed by the National Research Council. and in-
serting Federal needs established through regular solicitation of feed-
back, such as that documented in the report titled 'Re-prioritization of
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