This bill, titled the Advancing Water Research and Collaboration Act of 2025 (AWRC Act of 2025), amends the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to reauthorize and change how the water resources research and technology institutes program is run. It adds the phrase "including the growing artificial intelligence industry" to the program's congressional declaration of purpose. The bill authorizes $16,000,000 for each fiscal year 2026 through 2029 to carry out the program. It also directs that 20 percent of the amounts made available under that authorization for each of those years be used for research focused on water problems of an interstate nature. The bill updates language about how funds are designated and clarifies categories of research eligible for certain funds, including regional or interstate water problems, research tied to program priorities identified by the Secretary and the institutes, and research identified by Congress as interstate in nature.
If you work at or with a university, state institute, or other organization that studies water resources, this bill would reauthorize funding for the federal water research institutes and change some funding priorities. The bill names artificial intelligence in the program purpose, and it sets aside a portion of funding for research that crosses state lines or affects multiple states. Specific application rules, eligibility, or timing for grants are not included in the provided text.
The bill authorizes $16,000,000 per fiscal year for fiscal years 2026 through 2029 to carry out the amended section. Of those amounts, 20 percent each year must be used for research focused on interstate water problems. No publicly available information on total long-term costs, budget offsets, or detailed appropriation schedules beyond these authorizations is included in the provided text.
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