,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dbde  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #b1       
#bjbd,ms4 ,lummis 7for herself1 ,mr4    
,hickenlooper1 and ,mr4 ,wyden7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,natural      
,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,omnibus ,public ,land ,management ,act 
of #bjji to reauthorize certain ,united 
,states ,geological ,survey water data  
enhancement programs1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,water ,monitoring  
and ,tracking ,essential ,resources     
,data ,improvement ,act or the ,,water  
,data ,improvement ,act4  #b4 ,water    
data enhancement by ,united ,states     
,geological ,survey  7a7 ,federal       
priority streamgage program ,section    
#iejg7;a7 of the ,omnibus ,public ,land 
,management ,act of #bjji 7#db ,u4,s4,c4
 #ajcfg7;a77 is amended-- 7#a7 by       
striking the subsection heading and     

inserting ,federal priority streamgage  
program2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#a71 by    
striking national streamflow information
 program1 as reviewed by the ,national  
,research ,council in #bjjd and         
inserting ,federal priority streamgage  
program2  7#c7 in paragraph 7#b71 by    
striking national streamflow information
 program each place it appears and      
inserting ,federal priority streamgage  
program2  7#d7 in paragraph 7#d7-- 7,a7 
in subparagraph 7,a7-- 7i7 in the matter
 preceding clause 7i71 by striking the  
date of enactment of this ,act and      
inserting ,march #cj1 #bjbc2  7ii7 in   
clause 7i71 by striking national        
streamflow information program and      
inserting ,federal priority streamgage  
program2 and  7iii7 in clause 7ii71 by  
inserting precipitation before          
water-quality sensors2 and  7,b7 in     
subparagraph 7,b71 by striking ,national
 ,streamflow ,information ,program plan 
as reviewed by the ,national ,research  
,council and inserting ,federal needs   

established through regular solicitation
 of feedback1 such as the feedback      
documented in the report entitled       
,re-prioritization of the ,u4,s4        
,geological ,survey ,federal ,priority  
streamgage program1 #bjbb 7,open-file   
,report #bjbc-ajcb72  7#e7 in paragraph 
7#e71 by striking national streamgaging 
network each place it appears and       
inserting ,federal priority streamgage  
network2 and  7#f7 in paragraph 7#f7--  
7,a7 in subparagraph 7,a7-- 7i7 by      
striking national streamflow information
 program and inserting ,federal priority
 streamgage program2 and  7ii7 by       
striking #bjbc and inserting #bjbh2 and 
7,b7 in subparagraph 7,b71 by striking  
#bjai and inserting #bjbh4  7b7         
,national groundwater resources         
monitoring ,section #iejg7;b7 of the    
,omnibus ,public ,land ,management ,act 
of #bjji 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ajcfg7;b77 is  
amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph 7#b7-- 7,a7 
in subparagraph 7,b71 in the matter     
preceding clause 7i71 by inserting 1    

,indian ,tribes1 before and ,state2 and 
7,b7 in subparagraph 7,c7-- 7i7 by      
inserting or on ,tribal land after      
within a ,state2 and  7ii7 by inserting 
or ,indian ,tribe after water resource  
agency2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#f71 by     
inserting or an ,indian ,tribe after or 
local governmental entity2 and  7#c7 in 
paragraph 7#g71 by striking are         
authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as are necessary to carry out this      
subsection for the period of fiscal     
years #bjji through #bjbc and inserting 
is authorized to be appropriated        
#d1jjj1jjj to carry out this subsection 
for each of fiscal years #bjbc through  
#bjbh 4  7c7 ,repeal of brackish        
groundwater assessment ,section #iejg of
 the ,omnibus ,public ,land ,management 
,act of #bjji 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ajcfg7 is 
amended-- 7#a7 by striking subsection   
7c72 and  7#b7 by redesignating         
subsection 7d7 as subsection 7c74  7d7  
,improved water estimation1 measurement1
 and monitoring technologies ,section   

#iejg of the ,omnibus ,public ,land     
,management ,act of #bjji 7#db ,u4,s4,c4
 #ajcfg7 is amended1 in subsection      
7c77#d7 7as redesignated by subsection  
7c77#b771 by striking #bjai and         
inserting #bjbh4