H.R. 7889 — Reported in House

IB Union Calendar No. 665 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7889 [Report No. 119–764] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 9, 2026Mr. Wittman (for himself, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Lawler, Mr. McGuire, Mr. Griffith, Mr. Hurd of Colorado, and Mr. McDowell) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources August 20, 2026Additional sponsors: Ms. Pingree, Mr. Shreve, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, and Mrs. McClain Delaney August 20, 2026Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL To amend the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to reauthorize the water resources research and technology institutes program, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Advancing Water Research and Collaboration Act of 2025 or the AWRC Act of 2025. 2. Congressional declaration of purpose Section 103(4) of the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10302(4)) is amended by inserting , including the growing artificial intelligence industry, after private industry. 3. Water resources research and technology institutes Section 104 of the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10303) is amended— (1) in subsection (f)— (A) in paragraph (2), by striking subsection 104(g) of this Act and inserting subsection (g); and (B) by striking the subsection designation and all that follows through Any sums in paragraph (2) and inserting the following: (f) General authorization of appropriations (1) In general Except as provided in paragraph (2) and subject to subsection (g)(1), there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $16,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029. (2) Failure to obligate Any amounts ; and (2) in subsection (g)— (A) in paragraph (2), by striking (2) Research funds and inserting the following: (4) Competitive grants Research funds ; (B) in paragraph (1)— (i) in the third sentence, by striking Funds made and inserting the following: (3) Availability of funds Funds made ; and (ii) by striking by institutes which focuses in the first sentence and all that follows through Such funds when appropriated in the second sentence and inserting the following: by institutes with respect to any of the following: (A) Research that focuses on water problems and issues of a regional or interstate nature beyond those of concern only to a single State. (B) Research that relates to specific program priorities identified jointly by the Secretary and the institutes. (C) Research that relates to water problems identified by Congress as being of an interstate nature. (2) Federal cost-share Funds made available under this subsection ; and (C) by striking the subsection designation and all that follows through 2025 in the first sentence of paragraph (1) and inserting the following: (g) Additional funds for research focused on water problems of interstate nature (1) In general Of the amounts made available under subsection (f)(1) for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029, 20 percent shall be used . August 20, 2026Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed