[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3015 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 3015
To amend the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to reauthorize the
water resources research and technology institutes program, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 16, 2025
Mr. Boozman (for himself, Mr. Kelly, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mrs. Shaheen, and
Ms. Cortez Masto) introduced the following bill; which was read twice
and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works
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A BILL
To amend the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to reauthorize the
water resources research and technology institutes 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 ``Advancing Water Research and
Collaboration Act of 2025'' or the ``AWRC Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL DECLARATION OF PURPOSE.
Section 103(4) of the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 (42
U.S.C. 10302(4)) is amended by inserting ``, including the growing
artificial intelligence industry,'' after ``private industry''.
SEC. 3. WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTES.
Section 104 of the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C.
10303) is amended--
(1) in subsection (f)--
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``subsection
104(g) of this Act'' and inserting ``subsection (g)'';
and
(B) by striking the subsection designation and all
that follows through ``Any sums'' in paragraph (2) and
inserting the following:
``(f) General Authorization of Appropriations.--
``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2) and
subject to subsection (g)(1), there is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $16,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2026 through 2029.
``(2) Failure to obligate.--Any amounts''; and
(2) in subsection (g)--
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``(2) Research
funds'' and inserting the following:
``(4) Competitive grants.--'';
(B) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in the third sentence, by striking
``Funds made'' and inserting the following:
``(3) Availability of funds.--Funds made''; and
(ii) by striking ``by institutes which
focuses'' in the first sentence and all that
follows through ``Such funds when
appropriated'' in the second sentence and
inserting the following: ``by institutes with
respect to any of the following:
``(A) Research that focuses on water problems and
issues of a regional or interstate nature beyond those
of concern only to a single State.
``(B) Research that relates to specific program
priorities identified jointly by the Secretary and the
institutes.
``(C) Research that relates to water problems
identified by Congress as being of an interstate
nature.
``(2) Federal cost-share.--Funds made available under this
subsection''; and
(C) by striking the subsection designation and all
that follows through ``2025'' in the first sentence of
paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
``(g) Additional Funds for Research Focused on Water Problems of
Interstate Nature.--
``(1) In general.--Of the amounts made available under
subsection (f)(1) for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029,
20 percent shall be used''.
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