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Open Access Evapotranspiration Data Act

Introduced: July 29, 2021 Introduced by: Cortez Masto, Catherine Democratic · Nevada See on congress.gov
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Jun 7, 2022
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 117-301.
Jul 29, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jul 29, 2021
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Open Access Evapotranspiration Data Act

This bill directs the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to establish an Open Access Evapotranspiration (OpenET) Data Program under which the USGS shall provide for delivering satellite-based evapotranspiration data to advance the quantification of evaporation and consumptive water use. The bill defines Evapotranspiration as the process by which water is transferred from the land to the atmosphere by evaporation from soil and other surfaces and transpiration from plants.

As part of the program, the USGS shall

  • provide data users with field-scale estimates of evapotranspiration data across large landscapes over certain periods of time,
  • enter into cooperative agreements with program partners (e.g., institutions of higher education, states, private sector entities, or nongovernmental organizations) to provide for the efficient and cost-effective administration of the program, and
  • provide nonreimbursable matching funding for programmatic and operational activities.
What's happening now June 7, 2022

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 117-301.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1