SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATED TO WATER DATA.

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.