HR 8041
116th Congress
House
Water Resources Development
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Atmospheric science and weather
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Hydrology and hydrography
Lakes and rivers
Water resources funding
Water use and supply
Watersheds
Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Authorization Act
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 4, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Aug 14, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Aug 14, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Authorization Act
This bill establishes the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program within the Department of the Interior to improve snowpack measurement in particular watersheds. Further, the Bureau of Reclamation must incorporate, to the greatest extent practicable, information from emerging technologies for snowpack measurement when determining water supply forecasts or allocations to federal water contractors.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Committees of jurisdiction
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