The record

LegislationLegislation· Dec 2024
HR 5770 Signed into law

Sponsored by Joe Neguse (D)

Water Monitoring and Tracking Essential Resources (WATER) Data Improvement Act

Extends federal water monitoring programs run by the USGS through 2028.

Tradeoff

Extends USGS streamgage, groundwater, and water-technology grant programs through 2028. Requires streamgage sites to carry precipitation water-quality sensors.

What's in it

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H.R. 5770, Water Monitoring and Tracking Essential Resources (WATER) Data Improvement Actwww.cbo.gov/publication/60514 · Jul 2024

Passed the House by on July 8, 2024. Passed the Senate by on December 18, 2024. Signed into law.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Sep 27, 2023)

  2. House

    Committee on Natural Resources(Sep 27, 2023)

  3. House

    The Committee on Natural Resources voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Jan 17, 2024)

    Committee report H. Rept. 118-566.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Jul 8, 2024)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Energy and Natural Resources(Jul 9, 2024)

  6. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Dec 18, 2024)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  7. Senate

    Taken away from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

    Discharged(Dec 18, 2024)

  8. House

    Sent to the President

    (Dec 23, 2024)

  9. White House · Signature

    Signed

    Joe Biden (D)

  10. Enacted

    Became law(Dec 23, 2024)