Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Reauthorization Act of 2026
Latest action · Nov 10, 2026 Star Print ordered on the reported bill, by unanimous consent.
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.
- IntroducedJun 10, 2025
- Passed HouseDec 10, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Snow Water Supply Forecasting Reauthorization Act of 2025
This bill reauthorizes through FY2031 and modifies the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program of the Bureau of Reclamation. Under the existing program, Reclamation implements activities to improve snowpack measurements used for water supply forecasts in certain western states.
The bill directs Reclamation to incorporate, to the greatest extent practicable, information from technologies that provide complete integration of accurate, timely, and spatially complete snowpack measurements and models when determining water supply forecasts or allocations to federal water contractors.
Additionally, the bill requires the program's framework to emphasize the deployment of technologies that provide integration of snowpack measuring and modeling. The bill also requires the program's focus—activities that maintain, establish, expand, or advance snowpack measurement and integrated modeling—to place an emphasis on (1) enhancing activities to achieve improved snow and water supply forecasting results that are more responsive to changing weather and watershed conditions, (2) real-time integration of measurement and modeling activities with water supply forecasts, (3) activities in river basins where measurements or modeling can produce snow and water supply data to inform water management decisions, and (4) building the capacity of the program partners to implement and adapt to the new measurement and forecast capabilities.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 10, 2025 to Jul 23, 2025; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Original | Jun 10, 2025 |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Jul 23, 2025 |
Committees 2
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 Jun 10, 2025Discharged Jul 23, 2025Markup Jul 23, 2025Reported Sep 15, 2025 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Jun 23, 2025Hearings Jun 24, 2025 | |
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Dec 11, 2025Markup Jun 10, 2026Reported Sep 17, 2026 |
| Water and Power Subcommittee | Hearings Mar 17, 2026 |
Actions 22
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 10, 2026Star Print ordered on the reported bill, by unanimous consent.
- Sep 17, 2026Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee without amendment. Without written report.
- Sep 17, 2026Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 661.
- Jun 10, 2026Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Mar 17, 2026Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.
- Dec 11, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Dec 10, 2025Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5136)
- Dec 10, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- Dec 10, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 9, 2025Mr. Hurd (CO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Dec 9, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5077-5078; text: CR H5078)
- Dec 9, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3857.
- Dec 9, 2025At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Hurd (CO) objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
- Sep 15, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-293.
- Sep 15, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 249.
- Jul 23, 2025Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Discharged
- Jul 23, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jul 23, 2025Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- Jun 24, 2025Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Jun 23, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.
- Jun 10, 2025Introduced in House
- Jun 10, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Sep 23, 2026H.R. 3857, Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Reauthorization Act of 2026As reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 17, 2026
- Sep 17, 2025H.R. 3857, Snow Water Supply Forecasting Reauthorization Act of 2025As reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on September 15, 2025
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 99, June 10, 2025, page H2615.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 119-337 | PENDING LEGISLATION229 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Mar 17, 2026 |
| Serial No. 119-34 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 1676, MAKE SWAPS EFFICIENT ACT OF 2025; H.R. 3538, WILDLIFE CONFISCATIONS NETWORK ACT OF 2025; H.R. 3857, SNOW WATER SUPPLY FORECASTING REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2025; AND H.R. 3858, SPORT FISH RESTORATION, RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY, AND WILDLIFE RESTORATION ACT OF 202557 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Jun 24, 2025 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2437 | Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Reauthorization Act of 2026 | Identical bill | Oct 5, 2026 |
Titles 7
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Authorization Act.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Snow Water Supply Forecasting Reauthorization Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Snow Water Supply Forecasting Reauthorization Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Reauthorization Act of 2026
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Snow Water Supply Forecasting Reauthorization Act of 2025
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Snow Water Supply Forecasting Reauthorization Act of 2025
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To amend the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Authorization Act.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Water Resources Development.
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 17, 2026Reported to Senate
- Dec 11, 2025Referred in Senate
- Dec 10, 2025Engrossed in House
- Sep 15, 2025Reported in House
- Jun 10, 2025Introduced in House
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