HouseH.R. 9484119th Congress

Water Reservoir Transparency Act

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9484 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9484

 To require the Secretary of the Army to conduct a study on the effect 
  of new commercial and industrial water users on the amount of water 
  maintained by Corps of Engineers reservoirs, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 25, 2026

  Ms. Scholten (for herself and Mrs. Sykes) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL

 
 To require the Secretary of the Army to conduct a study on the effect 
  of new commercial and industrial water users on the amount of water 
  maintained by Corps of Engineers reservoirs, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Water Reservoir Transparency Act''.

SEC. 2. STUDY ON COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL WATER USE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall conduct a study on the ways in 
which the operation of new commercial and industrial water users 
affects the use of and water levels in reservoirs maintained by the 
Corps of Engineers.
    (b) Submission and Publication.--Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall--
            (1) submit to the Committee on Transportation and 
        Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a 
        report containing the results of the study conducted under 
        subsection (a); and
            (2) make such study publicly available on a website of the 
        Corps of Engineers.
    (c) Secretary Defined.--In this section, the term ``Secretary'' 
means the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers.
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