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S 4444 116th Congress Senate Water Resources Development

Missouri River Basin Drought and Snowpack Monitoring Act

Introduced: August 5, 2020 Introduced by: Thune, John Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text: CR S4942-4943)
Aug 5, 2020
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Missouri River Basin Drought and Snowpack Monitoring Act

This bill requires the Army Corps of Engineers to continue installing stations to monitor soil moisture and plains snowpack in the Upper Missouri River Basin. The bill also requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish a pilot program to use the data from such stations for various programs, such as the U.S. Drought Monitor.

What's happening now August 5, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text: CR S4942-4943)

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