{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-3857","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":3857,"title":"Snow Water Supply Forecasting Reauthorization Act of 2025","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2025-06-10","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"H001100","fullName":"Rep. Hurd, Jeff [R-CO-3]","party":"R","state":"CO","district":3}],"cosponsorsCount":2,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2026-03-17","text":"Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held."},"policyArea":"Water Resources Development","subjects":["Advanced technology and technological innovations","Environmental assessment, monitoring, research","Environmental technology","Water resources funding","Water use and supply"],"actions":[{"date":"2026-03-17","text":"Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.","type":"Committee","chamber":"Senate","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-12-11","text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Senate","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-12-10","text":"Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-12-10","text":"On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-12-10","text":"Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.","type":"Floor","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-12-10","text":"Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5136)","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-12-09","text":"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 The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-12-09","text":"DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3857.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-12-09","text":"Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5077-5078; text: CR H5078)","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-12-09","text":"Mr. Hurd (CO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-09-15","text":"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 249.","type":"Calendars","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-09-15","text":"Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-293.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-09-15","text":"Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-293.","type":"Committee","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-07-23","text":"Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-07-23","text":"Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-07-23","text":"Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Discharged","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-06-24","text":"Subcommittee Hearings Held","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-06-23","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-06-10","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-06-10","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-06-10","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>Snow Water Supply Forecasting Reauthorization Act of 2025</strong></p><p>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&nbsp;snowpack measurements used for water supply forecasts in certain western states.</p><p>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&nbsp;determining water supply forecasts or allocations to federal water contractors.</p><p>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.</p>","updateDate":"2026-03-24T12:48:03Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":590,"ts":"2026-04-19T08:24:51.553Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"/api/public/query-gov?q=Snow%20Water%20Supply%20Forecasting%20Reauthorization%20Act%20of%202025"}]}}