HR 7889
AWRC Act of 2025
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Bill overview
The Advancing Water Research and Collaboration Act of 2025 reauthorizes the Water Resources Research and Technology Institutes program under the Water Resources Research Act of 1984. This bill expands the program’s focus to include research related to the growing artificial intelligence industry and prioritizes research addressing water issues that affect multiple states or regions. It also increases the authorized funding for the program and directs a portion of those funds to research on interstate water problems.
Key provisions
- Reauthorizes the Water Resources Research and Technology Institutes program.
- Expands the program’s research focus to include artificial intelligence.
- Increases the annual authorized appropriation to $16 million for fiscal years 2026-2029.
- Requires 20% of the appropriated funds to be used for research on interstate water problems.
- Prioritizes research addressing regional and interstate water issues beyond individual state concerns.
- Encourages joint program priorities between the Secretary and the institutes.
- Modifies the grant application process to emphasize research focused on water problems of a regional or interstate nature.
- Updates the funding availability language.
Who is affected
- Federal Government
- State Governments
- Water Resource Researchers
- Water Resource Technology Institutes
- Artificial Intelligence Industry
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119th CONGRESS — 2d Session
H. R. 7889
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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.
This Act may be cited as the Advancing Water Research and Collaboration Act of 2025 AWRC Act of 2025
or the
.
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
.
Section 104 of the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10303) is amended—
in subsection (f)—
subsection 104(g) of this Actand inserting
subsection (g); and
Any sumsin paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
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.
in subsection (g)—
(2) Research fundsand inserting the following:
in paragraph (1)—
Funds madeand inserting the following:
Funds made
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:
Research that focuses on water problems and issues of a regional or interstate nature beyond those of concern only to a single State.
Research that relates to water problems identified by Congress as being of an interstate nature.
by striking the subsection designation and all that follows through 2025
in the first sentence of paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
Of the amounts made available under subsection (f)(1) for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029, 20 percent shall be used