Policy Letters

Letters to Congress and the Administration on behalf of the

Western States Water Council

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WaterSMART Access for Tribes Act (H.R. 635)

On March 5, the WSWC sent a letter to the leadership of the House Committee on Natural Resources in support of Rep. Stansbury’s WaterSMART Access for Tribes Act (H.R. 635). The bill would authorize the Secretary of the Interior, as needed, to reduce or waive...

Reintroduction of the Water Data Act

On October 1, the WSWC sent a letter to Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) in support of the reintroduction of the Water Data Act and supports leveraging state and federal resources to build a national water data framework for sharing, integrating, and...

WSWC Letter of Support for Landsat Next

On August 16, the WSWC sent a letter to Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Brain and Deputy Administrator Melroy, expressing strong support for the timely development and launch of the Landsat Next mission given its increasingly critical importance to western...