H.R. 3857 Passed the House Water Resources Development

Snow Water Supply Forecasting Reauthorization Act of 2025

To amend the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Authorization Act.

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor Rep. Hurd, Jeff [R-CO-3] Introduced June 10, 2025 Cosponsors 2 (2 D) Latest action September 17, 2026

Summary

Snow Water Supply Forecasting Reauthorization Act of 2025
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 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 by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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Actions

  1. Sep 17, 2026 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 661.
  2. Sep 17, 2026 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  3. Jun 10, 2026 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  4. Mar 17, 2026 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.
  5. Dec 11, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  6. Dec 10, 2025 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  7. Dec 10, 2025 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
  8. Dec 10, 2025 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5136)
  9. Dec 9, 2025 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.
  10. Dec 9, 2025 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3857.
  11. Dec 9, 2025 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5077-5078; text: CR H5078)
  12. Dec 9, 2025 Mr. Hurd (CO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

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