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SENATE 1118118th CongressStar Print ordered on report 118-164.

Evapotranspiration Data Act

Last Action
5/22/2024

Actions

  • 2024-05-22Star Print ordered on report 118-164.
  • 2024-04-09Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 355.
  • 2024-04-09Committee 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.
  • 2024-04-09Committee 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.
  • 2023-12-14Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  • 2023-07-19Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-287.
  • 2023-03-30Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  • 2023-03-30Introduced in Senate

CRS Summary

As of 2023-03-30 (00)

Open Access Evapotranspiration Data Act

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 across large landscapes over certain periods of time.

Cosponsors (1)

  • John Hickenlooper (D-CO)

Subjects

  • Agricultural conservation and pollution
  • Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
  • Farmland
  • Government information and archives
  • Internet, web applications, social media
  • Land use and conservation
  • Scientific communication
  • Spacecraft and satellites
  • Water use and supply
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