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Watershed Results Act

USA117th CongressS-3539| Senate 
| Updated: 5/25/2022
Ron Wyden

Ron Wyden

Democratic Senator

Oregon

Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Water and Power Subcommittee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Watershed Results Act This bill provides funding for the Department of the Interior, in coordination with the Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency, to establish a total of not less than two and not more than five watershed pilot programs in certain western states that use pay-for-performance contracts. Interior is required to designate a management team for each watershed pilot project. Each team must develop and implement a five-year plan for carrying out the applicable pilot. Interior and the management team for each watershed pilot must use advance watershed analytics throughout the planning, implementation, measuring, and monitoring of projects within the pilot. This technical analysis must be conducted to identify quantifiable outcomes, costs, feasibility, and impacts of the projects before making funding available for a watershed pilot. Further, Interior and the management team for a watershed pilot are required to set and publish minimum per-unit outcome prices. Interior must also enter into a pay-for-performance contract to achieve outcome-based goals described in the plan developed for the pilot. Interior must also submit specified annual and five-year reports to Congress.
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Timeline
Feb 1, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Feb 1, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
May 25, 2022
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.
  • February 1, 2022
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 1, 2022
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.


  • May 25, 2022
    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.

Water Resources Development

Related Bills

  • S 117-2807: Watershed Results Act
Congressional oversightEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchGovernment studies and investigationsPerformance measurementWages and earningsWater resources fundingWatershedsWater use and supply

Watershed Results Act

USA117th CongressS-3539| Senate 
| Updated: 5/25/2022
Watershed Results Act This bill provides funding for the Department of the Interior, in coordination with the Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency, to establish a total of not less than two and not more than five watershed pilot programs in certain western states that use pay-for-performance contracts. Interior is required to designate a management team for each watershed pilot project. Each team must develop and implement a five-year plan for carrying out the applicable pilot. Interior and the management team for each watershed pilot must use advance watershed analytics throughout the planning, implementation, measuring, and monitoring of projects within the pilot. This technical analysis must be conducted to identify quantifiable outcomes, costs, feasibility, and impacts of the projects before making funding available for a watershed pilot. Further, Interior and the management team for a watershed pilot are required to set and publish minimum per-unit outcome prices. Interior must also enter into a pay-for-performance contract to achieve outcome-based goals described in the plan developed for the pilot. Interior must also submit specified annual and five-year reports to Congress.
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Timeline
Feb 1, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Feb 1, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
May 25, 2022
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.
  • February 1, 2022
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 1, 2022
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.


  • May 25, 2022
    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.
Ron Wyden

Ron Wyden

Democratic Senator

Oregon

Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Water and Power Subcommittee

Water Resources Development

Related Bills

  • S 117-2807: Watershed Results Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Congressional oversightEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchGovernment studies and investigationsPerformance measurementWages and earningsWater resources fundingWatershedsWater use and supply