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  • S. 3650 aims to improve the accuracy of flood maps under the National Flood Insurance Program by amending the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012. This bill proposes that agencies like the Department of Defense and the United States Geological Survey share their...

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    The bill S. 3650 wants to make flood maps better by using up-to-date maps and information from different agencies to show where floods might happen, including showing where houses and other places are. This will help people know if they need to get flood insurance to protect their homes.

  • S. 4245 aims to update the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 by reauthorizing and enhancing certain water data programs managed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). It focuses on improving the Federal Priority Streamgage Program by extending its duration...

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    S. 4245 is a plan to help scientists in the US study water, including rain and underground water, by giving them better tools and working with local groups, such as Native American tribes, to keep track of water until 2029.

  • H. R. 5770 is known as the "Water Monitoring and Tracking Essential Resources (WATER) Data Improvement Act." This bill aims to reauthorize and update the United States Geological Survey's water data programs. It changes specific terms to refer to the "Federal priority...

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    The "Water Monitoring and Tracking Essential Resources (WATER) Data Improvement Act" is a plan to help look after and improve the way the United States keeps track of water, making sure it works well with Native American tribes and gets the needed money each year, though some parts could use clearer explanations.

  • H.R. 5770, known as the β€œWater Monitoring and Tracking Essential Resources (WATER) Data Improvement Act,” proposes updates to the water data programs managed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). It seeks to change the existing "national streamflow information program" name to the...

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    The WATER Data Improvement Act wants to make water data programs run by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) better by focusing on streams and adding tools like rain sensors, with $4,000,000 set aside each year to help pay for this. Plus, it wants to work more with Native American Tribes to make water projects better on their lands too.

  • S. 4245 aims to update and improve various United States Geological Survey water data programs, including the Federal priority streamgage program and the national groundwater resources monitoring. The bill makes amendments to the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 by...

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    The bill wants to help scientists learn more about water by updating how they study things like rivers and water underground, giving money for this work until 2028, and working with Native American Tribes and other local groups to do it.

  • H.R. 5770 aims to extend and improve certain programs within the United States Geological Survey that enhance water data collection and monitoring. The bill specifically revises and updates Section 9507 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to rename and expand...

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    H.R. 5770 is a plan to make sure we have the right tools to watch our water and keep track of its flow more carefully across the country. It promises to spend some money each year to get better at this and to work closely with local communities and Tribes to make it happen.

  • H.R. 9908 proposes the establishment of a grant program by the Secretary of the Interior to monitor wildfires using satellite technology. The program, which must be created within a year from the bill’s enactment, aims to award at least three competitive grants to state...

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    H.R. 9908 is a plan to give money to certain people in charge, like forest managers, so they can use fancy satellite pictures to help see and stop wildfires. It sets aside $20 million every year for three years to help with this, and they have to share how well it's working with Congress after a couple of years.