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 Union Calendar No. 249
119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3857

 [Report No. 119-293]

 To amend the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Authorization Act.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 June 10, 2025

 Mr. Hurd of Colorado (for himself and Mr. Neguse) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
 Resources

 September 15, 2025

 Additional sponsor: Mr. Vindman

 September 15, 2025

 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
 House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
 in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 
 10, 2025]

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 To amend the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Authorization Act.

 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 
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 deployment of 
 technologies that provide integration of 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 heading, by adding ``with 
 integrated modeling'' after ``data'';
            (ii) by striking ``emerging technologies 
 for snowpack measurement, such as'' and 
 inserting ``technologies that provide complete 
 integration of accurate, timely, and spatially 
 complete snowpack measurements and models, 
 including the integration of''; and
            (iii) by striking subparagraphs
        (A) through
            (C) and inserting the following:
 ``
        (A) airborne laser altimetry;
 ``
        (B) imaging spectroscopy;
 ``
            (C) integrated physics-based snowpack and 
 hydrologic modeling; and
 ``
            (D) other technologies that the Secretary 
 determines are likely to provide more accurate or 
 timely snowpack measurement data commensurate with 
 operational water management needs.'';
        (B) in paragraph

    (2) by inserting ``, including the 
 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the 
 Natural Resources Conservation Service,'' after ``other 
 Federal agencies''; and
            (C) by striking paragraph

    (3) ;

    (3) in subsection

    (e) --
        (A) in paragraph

    (1) , by striking ``After 
 submitting the report required under subsection
            (d) (3) , 
 the'' and inserting ``The''; 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) real-time integration of activities described 
 in this section with water supply forecasts;
 ``
            (C) activities in river basins where activities 
 described in this section can produce snow and water 
 supply data to inform water management decisions, 
 including interstate water management decisions; and
 ``
            (D) building program partners' capacity to 
 implement and adapt to the new measurement and forecast 
 capabilities enabled under this program.'';

    (4) in subsection

    (f) --
        (A) by striking ``of this Act'' and inserting ``of 
 the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Reauthorization Act 
 of 2025'';
        (B) in paragraph

    (1) --
            (i) by striking ``and sub-basins'';
            (ii) by striking ``technologies'' and 
 inserting ``and integrated modeling 
 technologies''; and
            (iii) by striking ``technology used'' and 
 inserting ``application, outcome, and data 
 resources used''; and
            (C) in paragraph

    (2) , by striking ``or sub-basin''; 
 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''.
 Union Calendar No. 249

119th CONGRESS

 1st Session

 H. R. 3857

 [Report No. 119-293]

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 To amend the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Authorization Act.

_______________________________________________________________________

 September 15, 2025

 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
 House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed