; or (B) if not feasible, conduct activities to develop the capability to produce and collect such data; (2) (A) if feasible, collect, through each Residential Energy Consumption Survey of the Energy Information Administration that is conducted after the date of enactment of this section, data on water consumption and usage, including total water consumption for residential buildings and water consumption and usage by housing type, census division, and end use; or (B) if not feasible, conduct activities to develop the capability to produce and collect such data; and (3) make the data collected under paragraphs (1) and (2) available in the energy-water nexus database established pursuant to section 1112. (b) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 1223. USGS water consumption analysis survey (a) In general The Director of the United States Geological Survey shall— (1) include estimates of the consumptive use of surface water, groundwater, and recycled water in its published survey on water uses in the United States