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H.R. 3857Passed House

Snow Water Supply Forecasting Reauthorization Act of 2025

Introduced: Jun 10, 2025

Latest action date: Sep 17, 2026

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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 661.

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119th Congress
Introduced
Jun 10, 2025
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What this bill does

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.

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Environment & EnergyTechnology & Communications

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Water Resources Development

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Advanced technology and technological innovationsEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchEnvironmental technologyWater resources fundingWater use and supply

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Energy and Natural Resources Committee

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Natural Resources Committee

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Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee

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  1. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 661.

    CalendarsSenate

  2. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

    CommitteeSenate

  3. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

    CommitteeLibrary of Congress

  4. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

    CommitteeSenate

  5. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.

    CommitteeSenate

  6. Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

    IntroReferralSenate

  7. Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

    FloorHouse floor actions

  8. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

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  9. Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

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  10. Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5136)

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  11. At 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.

    FloorHouse floor actions

  12. DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3857.

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  13. Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5077-5078; text: CR H5078)

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  14. Mr. Hurd (CO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

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  15. Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 249.

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  16. Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-293.

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  17. Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-293.

    CommitteeLibrary of Congress

  18. Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.

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  19. Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Discharged

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  20. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

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  21. Subcommittee Hearings Held

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  22. Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.

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  23. Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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  24. Introduced in House

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  25. Introduced in House

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