118th Congress Water Resources Development
S. 1118: Evapotranspiration Data Act
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Summary
This bill directs the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to establish an Open Access Evapotranspiration (OpenET) Data Program that supports the operational distribution of satellite-based evapotranspiration data generated under the program to sustain and enhance water resources. The bill defines evapotranspiration as the process by which water is transferred from the land to the atmosphere by (1) evaporation from soil and other surfaces, and (2) transpiration from plants.
Under the program, the USGS must provide for the delivery of evapotranspiration data to advance the quantification of evaporation and consumptive water use and to provide data users with estimates of evapotranspiration data across large landscapes over certain periods of time.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
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Amendments
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Cosponsors
- John Hickenlooper D-COOriginal
Who scored on this bill
- 1Catherine Cortez Masto SponsorIntroduced, reported2 events+20
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Catherine Cortez Masto.
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- Star Print ordered on report 118-164.
- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 118-164.
- Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 355.
- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-287.
- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.