Pipeline · Bill → Law
Step 1
Introduced
Mar 30, 2023
Step 2
Referred
Mar 30, 2023
Energy and Natural Resources
Step 3
Committee
Dec 14, 2023
Reported out
Step 4
Senate
Apr 9, 2024
Step 5
House floor
Step 6
Resolve Changes
Step 7
Signed
SummaryCRS 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 acr...
Timeline · 7 actions
May 22, 2024
Star Print ordered on report 118-164.
Apr 9, 2024
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.
Apr 9, 2024
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 355.
Dec 14, 2023
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jul 19, 2023
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-287.
Mar 30, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Mar 30, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.