Sec. 1092. Report on antecedent hydrologic conditions
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on the use by the Corps of Engineers since 2010 of data relating to antecedent hydrologic conditions in the Missouri River Basin (including soil moisture conditions, frost depths, snowpack, and streamflow conditions) in— conducting Missouri River mainstem reservoir operations under the Missouri River Master Manual; developing related annual operating plans; and performing seasonal, monthly, and daily operations. The report under paragraph
(1)shall include— a review of— the approach of the Corps of Engineers to forecasting basin runoff in developing annual operating plans of the Corps of Engineers; the assessment of existing and alternative algorithms that could improve forecasting; the approach of the Corps of Engineers for reservoir releases in the winter, spring, summer, and fall, based on runoff forecasts; the February 2017 technical report of the Corps of Engineers on long-range forecasting; the use by the Corps of Engineers of data from Federal and State entities in runoff forecasts; and the use by the Corps of Engineers of advanced data collection, including through the use of unmanned aerial systems, forecasting, and modeling; and findings and recommendations on how to best incorporate antecedent basin conditions in annual operating plans and Missouri River mainstem reservoir operations. The Secretary shall seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences or a similar independent scientific and technical advisory organization to establish a panel of experts to conduct a peer review of the report under subsection (a). Not later than 180 days after the date on which the Secretary receives the results of the peer review under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives the results of the peer review under paragraph (1). There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary— $5,000,000 for the report under subsection (a); and $5,000,000 for the peer review under subsection (b).