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H.R. 7889119th CongressWater Resources Development
AWRC Act of 2025
Sponsored by Rep. Robert J. Wittman (R-VA) · 10 active : 7 Republicans, 3 Democrats
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate10 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedSep 14, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govAdvancing Water Research and Collaboration Act of 2025 or the AWRC Act of 2025
This bill reauthorizes through FY2029 and modifies the Water Resources Research Act Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Under the program, USGS provides grants for Water Resources Research Institutes that are in each of the 50 states as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam. Among other activities, the institutes plan and conduct research to improve water supply reliability and address water problems.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Natural Resources · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Water, Wildlife and Fisheries · HouseDischarged from · Hearings by (subcommittee) · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Intergovernmental relations
- Research administration and funding
- Water resources funding
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 10Swing 70–100
- 63Middle 30–70
- 27Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
Earlier behind swing-v3’s inputLoading similar votes
Cosponsors
10 activeShow all 10 cosponsors
- Addison P. McDowell (R-NC-6)
- H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9)
- Jeff Hurd (R-CO-3)
- John J. McGuire (R-VA-5)
- Julia Brownley (D-CA-26)
- Michael Lawler (R-NY-17)
- Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1)
- Jefferson Shreve (R-IN-6)
- April McClain Delaney (D-MD-6)
- Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA-2)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
