Advancing Water Research and Collaboration Act of 2025 reauthorizes water research and technology institutes program.

The Advancing Water Research and Collaboration Act of 2025 amends the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to reauthorize the water resources research and technology institutes program. It includes the growing artificial intelligence industry in the scope of private industry research. The bill authorizes appropriations of $16,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029. It also allocates 20 percent of funds for research focused on water problems of an interstate nature.

Advancing Water Research and Collaboration Act of 2025 reauthorizes water research and technology institutes program.

The Advancing Water Research and Collaboration Act of 2025 amends the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to reauthorize the water resources research and technology institutes program. It includes the growing artificial intelligence industry in the scope of private industry research. The bill authorizes appropriations of $16,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029. It also allocates 20 percent of funds for research focused on water problems of an interstate nature.