Water Data Act
Latest action · Jun 16, 2022 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 17, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Water Data Act
This bill requires federal departments and agencies involved in water resources management to jointly develop and implement a National Water Data Framework and establish an interagency council, advisory committee, and grant program.
Specifically, the bill requires the departments to jointly develop and implement a National Water Data Framework for integrating, sharing, and using water data to support water resources management and access. The departments must (1) develop and adopt common national standards for water data, (2) integrate water data and tools through common approaches to data infrastructure and platforms, and (3) harmonize and align water data policies and programs.
The bill further requires these departments to establish an interagency Water Data Council to support the development and implementation of the framework.
The bill also requires the Department of the Interior to establish an Advisory Committee on Water Information to advise Interior, the departments, and the council on the framework. The advisory committee members must include those involved in water-related activities across different sectors (e.g., state and local governments, Indian Tribes, water agencies, private sector entities, and nonprofit organizations).
Finally, the bill requires Interior to establish a Water Data Grant Program in coordination with the council for nonfederal entities to carry out the purposes of this bill.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 17, 2022 to Oct 28, 2022; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | May 17, 2022 |
| R-UT | Burgess Owens | Original | May 17, 2022 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | May 17, 2022 |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Original | May 17, 2022 |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Original | May 17, 2022 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | May 17, 2022 |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Original | May 17, 2022 |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Original | May 17, 2022 |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Original | May 17, 2022 |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Original | May 17, 2022 |
| D-NM | Teresa Leger Fernandez | Original | May 17, 2022 |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | Original | May 17, 2022 |
| R-NM | Yvette Herrell | Original | May 17, 2022 |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Jun 9, 2022 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Jun 22, 2022 | |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Jun 24, 2022 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Aug 30, 2022 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Sep 29, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Sep 29, 2022 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Oct 28, 2022 |
Committees 6
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred May 17, 2022 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred May 20, 2022Hearings Jun 16, 2022 | |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred May 17, 2022 |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred May 18, 2022 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred May 17, 2022 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred May 17, 2022 |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred May 17, 2022 |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred May 17, 2022 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 16, 2022Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- May 20, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
- May 18, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- May 17, 2022Introduced in House
- May 17, 2022Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, Science, Space, and Technology, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 84, May 17, 2022, page H5098.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47440 | Water Resource Issues in the 118th Congress Archived | Report | Mar 1, 2023 |
| TE10076 | Short- and Long-Term Solutions to Extreme Drought in the Western United States | Testimony | Jun 14, 2022 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4236 | Water Data and Security Act of 2022 | Related bill | May 25, 2022 |
| HR 5118 | Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act | Related bill | Aug 2, 2022 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for a national water data framework, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Water Data Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Water Resources Development.
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Advisory bodies
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Government information and archives
- Indian lands and resources rights
- Intergovernmental relations
- Performance measurement
- Public-private cooperation
- State and local government operations
- Water Resources Development
- Water resources funding
- Water storage
- Water use and supply
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 17, 2022Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
