119-s3015

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3015 Introduced in Senate

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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

_______________________________________________________________________

 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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