H.R. 7889

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7889 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7889

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 9, 2026

Mr. Wittman (for himself, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Lawler, Mr. McGuire, Mr. 
Griffith, Mr. Hurd of Colorado, and Mr. McDowell) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
Resources

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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.--Research funds'';
(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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