Search Results: keywords:"water data programs"

  • H. R. 5770 — An Act To reauthorize certain United States Geological Survey water data enhancement programs.
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    Status:Engrossed in House
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    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 — An Act To reauthorize certain United States Geological Survey water data enhancement programs.
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    Status:Referred in Senate
    Words:708

    H.R. 5770, known as the “Water 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.