H.R. 3857

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3857 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3857

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

December 11, 2025

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources

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AN ACT

To amend the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Authorization Act.

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 
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 deployment of 
technologies that provide integration of 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 heading, by adding ``with 
integrated modeling'' after ``data'';
(ii) by striking ``emerging technologies 
for snowpack measurement, such as'' and 
inserting ``technologies that provide complete 
integration of accurate, timely, and spatially 
complete snowpack measurements and models, 
including the integration of''; and
(iii) by striking subparagraphs (A) through 
(C) and inserting the following:
``(A) airborne laser altimetry;
``(B) imaging spectroscopy;
``(C) integrated physics-based snowpack and 
hydrologic modeling; and
``(D) other technologies that the Secretary 
determines are likely to provide more accurate or 
timely snowpack measurement data commensurate with 
operational water management needs.'';
(B) in paragraph (2) by inserting ``, including the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the 
Natural Resources Conservation Service,'' after ``other 
Federal agencies''; and
(C) by striking paragraph (3);
(3) in subsection (e)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``After 
submitting the report required under subsection (d)(3), 
the'' and inserting ``The''; 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) real-time integration of activities described 
in this section with water supply forecasts;
``(C) activities in river basins where activities 
described in this section can produce snow and water 
supply data to inform water management decisions, 
including interstate water management decisions; and
``(D) building program partners' capacity to 
implement and adapt to the new measurement and forecast 
capabilities enabled under this program.'';
(4) in subsection (f)--
(A) by striking ``of this Act'' and inserting ``of 
the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Reauthorization Act 
of 2025'';
(B) in paragraph (1)--
(i) by striking ``and sub-basins'';
(ii) by striking ``technologies'' and 
inserting ``and integrated modeling 
technologies''; and
(iii) by striking ``technology used'' and 
inserting ``application, outcome, and data 
resources used''; and
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or sub-basin''; 
and
(5) in subsection (g), by striking ``$15,000,000, in the 
aggregate, for fiscal years 2022 through 2026'' and inserting 
``$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031''.

Passed the House of Representatives December 10, 2025.

Attest:

KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

Clerk.