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U.GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
118TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-365
DROUGHT PREPAREDNESS ACT
JANUARY 30, 2024.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 4385]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 4385) to extend authorization of the Reclamation States
Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991, having considered the
same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION
The purpose of H.R. 4385 is to extend authorization of the Rec-
lamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) was established as a
water management agency that works with water users to insulate
communities and rural economies against disruption in their water
supplies and to provide the additional reliability of supply nec-
essary to support the economy. Addressing the impacts of drought
conditions was and continues to be a significant part of Reclama-
tion's mission. Today, many of Reclamation's activities address
drought through the use of enhanced water management that helps
guard against, and to a certain extent mitigate, the adverse effects
of drought, for example, through conservation, increased effi-
ciencies, coordinated operation of reservoirs, and science-based
forecasting.
Reclamation's Drought Response Program aids drought planning
and mitigation. One of the authorities Reclamation relies on for
this program is the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief
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