119-s2437

[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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