[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2437 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2437
To amend the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Authorization Act to
reauthorize the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 24, 2025
Mr. Hickenlooper (for himself and Mr. Curtis) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources
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A BILL
To amend the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Authorization Act to
reauthorize the Snow Water Supply Forecasting 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 ``Snow Water Supply Forecasting
Program Reauthorization Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. SNOW WATER SUPPLY FORECASTING PROGRAM.
The Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Authorization Act (43
U.S.C. 1477) is amended--
(1) in subsection (c)(2)--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``culminating
in the report required under subsection (d)(3)'' and
inserting ``with an emphasis on development and
deployment of technologies that integrate snowpack
measuring and modeling''; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``after
submitting the report required by subsection (d)(3),'';
(2) in subsection (d)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in the paragraph heading, by inserting
``with integrated modeling'' after ``data'';
(ii) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by striking ``emerging technologies for
snowpack measurement, such as'' and inserting
``technologies for snowpack measurements and
models, including'';
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking
``and'' at the end; and
(iv) by striking subparagraph (C) and
inserting the following:
``(C) imaging spectroscopy;
``(D) machine learning;
``(E) integrated snowpack and hydrologic modeling;
and
``(F) other technologies that the Secretary
determines are likely to provide more accurate or
timely snowpack measurement data to inform water
management and reservoir operations.'';
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``emerging
technologies for snowpack measurement'' and inserting
``technologies for snowpack measurement, including the
Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration''; and
(C) by striking paragraph (3);
(3) in subsection (e)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) by striking ``After submitting the
report required under subsection (d)(3), the''
and inserting ``The''; and
(ii) by inserting ``and water supply
forecasts'' after ``snowpack measurement''; and
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the
following:
``(2) Focus.--The program shall focus on activities that
will maintain, establish, expand, or advance snowpack
measurement and integrated modeling, with an emphasis on--
``(A) enhancing activities to achieve improved snow
and water supply forecasting results that are more
responsive to changing weather and watershed
conditions;
``(B) activities in river basins where activities
described in this section relating to snowpack
measurement and water supply forecasting can inform
water management decisions or models at a multi-water
user, multi-basin, or multi-State scale, including
interstate water management decisions; and
``(C) building the capacity of program partners to
implement and adapt to the new measurement and
forecasting capabilities enabled under the program.'';
(4) in subsection (f)--
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking ``this Act'' and inserting ``the Snow Water
Supply Forecasting Program Reauthorization Act of
2025'';
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or sub-basin'';
(C) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph
(3); and
(D) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the
following:
``(1) a list of basins for which snowpack measurement and
integrated modeling technologies are being used under the
program, including a description of each application, outcome,
and data resource used;
``(2) an assessment of which technologies best inform water
supply forecasting for multiple water districts, communities,
or States; and''; and
(5) in subsection (g), by striking ``$15,000,000, in the
aggregate, for fiscal years 2022 through 2026'' and inserting
``$6,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031''.
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