Sec. 1155. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATED TO WATER DATA

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## SEC. 1155 SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATED TO WATER DATA It is the sense of Congress that, for the purpose of improving water resources management, the Secretary should— ####

(1)develop and implement a framework for integrating, sharing, and using water data; ####

(2)identify and prioritize key water data needed to support water resources management and planning, including— #####

(A)water data sets, types, and associated metadata; and #####

(B)water data infrastructure, technologies, and tools; ####

(3)in consultation with other Federal agencies, States, Indian Tribes, local governments, and relevant stakeholders, develop and adopt common national standards for collecting, sharing, and integrating water data, infrastructure, technologies, and tools; ####

(4)ensure that water data is publicly accessible and interoperable; ####

(5)integrate water data and tools through nationwide approaches to data infrastructure, platforms, models, and tool development; and ####

(6)support the adoption of new technologies and the development of tools for water data collection, sharing, and standardization.