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H.R. 3857 House Water Resources Development

Snow Water Supply Forecasting Reauthorization Act of 2025

Introduced
Jun 10, 2025
Sponsor
Rep. Hurd, Jeff (R-CO-3)
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STAGE 4 OF 8 — HOUSE FLOOR

Currently in the House. Last action: committee on energy and natural resources. ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably on Jun 10, 2026.

  1. House Introduced in House Jun 10, 2025
  2. House Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Jun 10, 2025
  3. House Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries. Jun 23, 2025
  4. House Subcommittee Hearings Held Jun 24, 2025
  5. House Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Discharged Jul 23, 2025
  6. House Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held Jul 23, 2025
  7. House Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent. Jul 23, 2025
  8. House Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-293. Sep 15, 2025
  9. House Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 249. Sep 15, 2025
  10. House Mr. Hurd (CO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Dec 9, 2025
  11. House Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5077-5078; text: CR H5078) Dec 9, 2025
  12. House DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3857. Dec 9, 2025
  13. House 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 The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn. Dec 9, 2025
  14. House Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5136) Dec 10, 2025
  15. House Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. Dec 10, 2025
  16. House On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. Dec 10, 2025
  17. House Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Dec 10, 2025
  18. Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Dec 11, 2025
  19. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. Mar 17, 2026
  20. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Jun 10, 2026

Cosponsors

2

Subjects

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

Committees

  • Energy and Natural Resources Committee
    • Markup By , Jun 10, 2026
    • Referred To , Dec 11, 2025
  • Natural Resources Committee
    • Reported By , Sep 15, 2025
    • Markup By , Jul 23, 2025
    • Discharged from , Jul 23, 2025
    • Referred To , Jun 10, 2025

Summary

Snow Water Supply Forecasting Reauthorization Act of 2025This 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.

Summary as of: Reported to House

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