1. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018 . 2. National Integrated Drought Information System program (a) In general Section 3 of the National Integrated Drought Information System Act of 2006 ( 15 U.S.C. 313d ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking in order to make usable, reliable, and timely forecasts of drought, including and inserting including, precipitation, soil moisture, and evaporative demand, in order to make usable, reliable, and timely forecasts of drought and ; (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting watershed, after regional, ; (C) in paragraph (4)— (i) by inserting , through interagency agreements after integrate ; and (ii) by inserting information after warning ; (D) by amending paragraph (5) to read as follows: (5) utilize existing forecasting and assessment programs and partnerships, including forecast communication coordinators and cooperative institutes, and improvements in seasonal, subseasonal, and low flow water prediction; and ; and (E) in paragraph (6), by inserting the prediction, after relating to ; (2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) as subsections (d) through (f), respectively; (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: (c) Partnerships The National Integrated Drought Information System may— (1) engage with the private sector to improve drought forecast and communication if the Under Secretary determines the partnership is appropriate, cost-effective, and beneficial to the public and decisionmakers described in subsection (b)(2)(A); and (2) facilitate the development of one or more academic cooperative partnerships to assist with National Integrated Drought Information System functions. ; (4) in subsection (d), as redesignated, by inserting and sustainment after development