AWRC Act of 2025
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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 the growing artificial intelligence industry and prioritizes research addressing water challenges that affect multiple states. It increases the program’s authorized funding and directs 20% of those funds to research on interstate water issues.
Key provisions
- Reauthorizes the Water Resources Research and Technology Institutes program.
- Includes the artificial intelligence industry in the program’s scope.
- Increases the annual appropriation for the program to $16 million per year from 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 single-state concerns.
- Directs research to align with program priorities jointly identified by the Secretary and the institutes.
- Expands the definition of ‘research’ to include grants to institutes.
- Specifies that funds should be made available to institutes with respect to interstate water problems.
Who is affected
- Federal Government
- State Governments
- Water Resource Management Agencies
- Research Institutions
- Artificial Intelligence Industry
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