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[S. 2437 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2437

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT


 
To amend the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Authorization Act to 
 reauthorize the Snow Water Supply Forecasting 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 ``Snow Water Supply Forecasting 
Program Reauthorization Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. SNOW WATER SUPPLY FORECASTING PROGRAM.

    The Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Authorization Act (43 
U.S.C. 1477) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)(2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by striking ``develop'' and inserting 
                        ``continue developing''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``culminating in the 
                        report required under subsection (d)(3)'' and 
                        inserting ``with an emphasis on development and 
                        deployment of more accurate, timely, and cost-
                        effective snow monitoring technologies and 
                        water supply forecasting, including 
                        technologies that integrate snowpack measuring 
                        and modeling''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) by striking ``after submitting the 
                        report required by subsection (d)(3),''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``and to improve water 
                        supply forecasting'' after ``watersheds'';
            (2) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in the paragraph heading, by inserting 
                        ``and water supply forecasting'' after 
                        ``data'';
                            (ii) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A), by striking ``emerging technologies for 
                        snowpack measurement, such as'' and inserting 
                        ``technologies for snowpack measurements and 
                        methods to forecast water supply, including'';
                            (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                        ``and'' at the end; and
                            (iv) by striking subparagraph (C) and 
                        inserting the following:
                    ``(C) imaging spectroscopy;
                    ``(D) machine learning;
                    ``(E) snowpack and hydrologic modeling; and
                    ``(F) other technologies that the Secretary 
                determines are likely to provide more accurate or 
                timely snowpack measurement data or analytical methods 
                utilizing snowpack data that can improve water supply 
                forecasting to inform water management and reservoir 
                operations.'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``emerging 
                technologies for snowpack measurement'' and inserting 
                ``technologies for snowpack measurement and models, 
                including the Department of Agriculture and the 
                National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration''; and
                    (C) by striking paragraph (3);
            (3) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``After submitting the 
                        report required under subsection (d)(3), the'' 
                        and inserting ``The''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``in particular 
                        watersheds'' and inserting ``and water supply 
                        forecasts in particular watersheds and to 
                        explore new statistical, machine learning, or 
                        physical models to generate improved water 
                        supply forecasts utilizing snowpack data''; and
                    (B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(2) Focus.--The program shall focus on activities that 
        will maintain, establish, expand, or advance snowpack 
        measurement and modeling projected water supply, with an 
        emphasis on--
                    ``(A) enhancing activities to achieve improved snow 
                and water supply forecasting results that are more 
                responsive to changing weather and watershed 
                conditions;
                    ``(B) activities in river basins where activities 
                described in this section relating to snowpack 
                measurement and water supply forecasting can inform 
                water management decisions or models at a multi-water 
                user, multi-basin, or multi-State scale, including 
                interstate water management decisions; and
                    ``(C) building the capacity of program partners to 
                implement and adapt to the new measurement and 
                forecasting capabilities enabled under the program.'';
            (4) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``this Act'' and inserting ``the Snow Water 
                Supply Forecasting Program Reauthorization Act of 
                2026'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or sub-basin'';
                    (C) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph 
                (4); and
                    (D) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(1) a list of basins for which snowpack measurement and 
        integrated modeling technologies are being used under the 
        program, including a description of each application, outcome, 
        and data resource used;
            ``(2) an assessment of which technologies best inform water 
        supply forecasting for multiple water districts, communities, 
        or States;
            ``(3) an assessment of forecasts generated using new 
        technologies authorized under this Act compared against water 
        supply forecast benchmarks from the Department of Agriculture 
        and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and''; 
        and
            (5) in subsection (g), by striking ``$15,000,000, in the 
        aggregate, for fiscal years 2022 through 2026'' and inserting 
        ``$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031''.

            Passed the Senate September 30, 2026.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
119th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2437

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

To amend the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Authorization Act to 
 reauthorize the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program, and for other 
                               purposes.