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Bill · 119th Congress · S 1523
Water Research Optimization Act of 2025
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Introduced 2025-04-30Topic: environment · infrastructure utilities · public safetySummary
AI-generated summary, report an errorThis bill changes how the National Water Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is organized and run. It places the center within the National Weather Service's Office of Water Prediction and gives it the job of moving federal water research, including model development, into NOAA and National Weather Service operations. The center would serve as NOAA's main hub for coordinating water research and forecasting with other federal agencies. NOAA would have to use its weather and climate supercomputing system for advanced water modeling and add that modeling to its unified forecast system. The Office of Water Prediction would also oversee the River Forecast Centers and NOAA's work with a hydrology research institute, and an existing provision in the center's law would be extended to fiscal years 2026 through 2030.
Sponsors
- Katie Boyd Britt Republican sponsor
- 1 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-21 | Senate | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 196. | |
| 2025-10-21 | Senate | Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-85. | refer |
| 2025-10-21 | Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-85. | report | |
| 2025-05-21 | Senate | Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. | refer |
| 2025-04-30 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | refer |
| 2025-04-30 | Introduced in Senate | introduce |