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S. 4236IntroducedWATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT

Water Data and Security Act of 2022

Advanced technology and technological innovations · Advisory bodies · Agricultural conservation and pollution
Sponsor
Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
D · NM
Key facts
Introduced: May 17, 2022
Chamber: Senate
Cosponsors: 1
Congress: 117th
Latest action · May 25, 2022
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 117-300.

Summary

Water Data Act

This bill requires federal departments and agencies involved in water resources management to jointly develop and implement a National Water Data Framework and establish an interagency council, advisory committee, and grant program. This bill also requires the Department of the Interior to develop and implement an integrated water resources management plan (i.e., the Basin Plan) for the Rio Grande Basin and reauthorizes an irrigation infrastructure grant program for Rio Grande Pueblos tribes.

Summary by Congressional Research Service.

Timeline

  1. May 25, 2022
    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 117-300.
  2. May 17, 2022
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  3. May 17, 2022
    Introduced in Senate

Cosponsors

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