To reauthorize certain United States Geological Survey water data enhancement programs.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To reauthorize certain United States Geological Survey water data enhancement programs., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Transportation, Technology.
Who Benefits and How
environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HB2A40E1EFBD34FC29A21CF3326D11121: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Water Monitoring and Tracking Essential Resources (WATER) Data Improvement Act.
- Section HEE4E1C62B3E8411FAC39566646A6FE24: 2. Water data enhancement by United States Geological Survey Section 9507 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10367) is amended— in...
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To reauthorize certain United States Geological Survey water data enhancement programs., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Transportation, Technology
Primary Purpose
This bill, To reauthorize certain United States Geological Survey water data enhancement programs., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- federal implementing agencies
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Joe Neguse
D-CO | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
Passed HouseReceived; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy …
Mr. Neguse (for himself and Mr. Ciscomani) introduced the following …
Passed House (inferred from eh version)
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
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