Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Reauthorization Act of 2026
Introduced Jun 10, 2025 by Rep. Jeff Hurd
The House passed it. The Senate has to pass it before it can reach the President.
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.
No recorded roll-call vote on this bill — it may have passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record individual votes.
- Sep 17, 2026Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 661.
- Sep 17, 2026Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Jun 10, 2026Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Mar 17, 2026Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.
- Dec 11, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Dec 10, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 10, 2025On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- Dec 10, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- Dec 10, 2025Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5136)
- Dec 9, 2025At 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.
- Dec 9, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3857.
- Dec 9, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5077-5078; text: CR H5078)
- Dec 9, 2025Mr. Hurd (CO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 15, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 249.
- Sep 15, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-293.
- Jul 23, 2025Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- Jul 23, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jul 23, 2025Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Discharged
- Jun 24, 2025Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Jun 23, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.
- Jun 10, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- Jun 10, 2025Introduced in House