Sec. 13. Interagency Coordinating Committee on Water Management

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There is established a committee, to be known as the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Water Management (in this section referred to as the Committee ). The Committee shall be composed of the following members: The Under Secretary. The Assistant Secretary for Water and Science of the Department of the Interior. The head of each of the following: The Federal Emergency Management Agency. The Army Corps of Engineers. The National Science Foundation. The Office of Science and Technology Policy.

The Council on Environmental Quality. The Department of Energy. The Department of Agriculture. Any other Federal agency, as the co-chairs consider appropriate. The Committee shall be co-chaired by the Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The Committee shall meet not less frequently than once each year at the call of the co-chairs. The Committee shall ensure that agencies across the Federal Government that engage in water-related matters, including water storage and supplies, water quality and restoration activities, water infrastructure, transportation on United States rivers and inland waterways, and water forecasting, work together where such agencies have joint or overlapping responsibilities to— improve interagency coordination by Federal agencies on water resource management and water-related infrastructure issues; coordinate existing water-related Federal task forces, working groups, and other formal cross-agency initiatives, as appropriate; designate and consolidate repositories responsible for archiving and managing water-related matters; improve interagency coordination of data management, access, modeling, and visualization with respect to water-related matters; conduct integrated planning for Federal investments in water-related infrastructure; and support workforce development and efforts to recruit, train, and retain professionals to operate and maintain essential water facilities in the United States.

Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Committee shall develop and submit to Congress a list of research needs that includes needs for cross-agency research and coordination.