H.R. 3857 · 119th Congress

Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Reauthorization Act of 2026

Introduced on Jun 10, 2025 by Jeff Hurd (R-CO-3). 2 cosponsors, 2 of them from another party. Latest action (Sep 17, 2026): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 661.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Jun 10, 2025
Cosponsors
2
2 from the other party
Policy area
Water Resources Development
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Authorization Act.

Subjects

  • Advanced technology and technological innovations
  • Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
  • Environmental technology
  • Water resources funding
  • Water use and supply

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Reported to House, Sep 15, 2025). Public domain.

Snow Water Supply Forecasting Reauthorization Act of 2025

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.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Jeff HurdR-CO-3Sponsor

Democrats · 2

Roll calls

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History

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  1. Jun 10, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Jun 10, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Jun 10, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
  4. Jun 23, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.
  5. Jun 24, 2025 · HouseSubcommittee Hearings Held
  6. Jul 23, 2025 · HouseSubcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Discharged
  7. Jul 23, 2025 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  8. Jul 23, 2025 · HouseOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
  9. Sep 15, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-293.
  10. Sep 15, 2025 · HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-293.
  11. Sep 15, 2025 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 249.
  12. Dec 9, 2025 · HouseMr. Hurd (CO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  13. Dec 9, 2025 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5077-5078; text: CR H5078)
  14. Dec 9, 2025 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3857.
  15. Dec 9, 2025 · HouseAt 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.
  16. Dec 10, 2025 · HouseConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5136)
  17. Dec 10, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
  18. Dec 10, 2025 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
  19. Dec 10, 2025 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  20. Dec 11, 2025 · SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  21. Mar 17, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.
  22. Jun 10, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  23. Sep 17, 2026Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  24. Sep 17, 2026 · SenateCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  25. Sep 17, 2026 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 661.

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. Trout Unlimited3 reports
    $360K reported (all issues)
  2. National Water Resources Association1 report
    $180K reported (all issues)
  3. The Nature Conservancy1 report
    $1.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE NATURE CONSERVANCYAI match · 100%
  4. WESTERN URBAN WATER COALITION1 report
    $50K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.