1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Authorization Act . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Program The term program means the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program established by section 3. (2) Reclamation State The term Reclamation State means a State or territory described in the first section of the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093; 43 U.S.C. 391 ). (3) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. 3. Snow water supply forecasting program (a) Program establishment The Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program is hereby established within the Department of the Interior. (b) Program implementation To implement the program, the Secretary shall— (1) develop the program framework in coordination with other Federal agencies pursuant to section 4, culminating in the report required under section 4(c); and (2) after submitting the report required by section 4(c), implement activities to improve snowpack measurement in particular watersheds pursuant to section 5. 4. Development of program framework in coordination with other Federal agencies (a) Snowpack measurement data When determining water supply forecasts or allocations to Federal water contractors, the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, shall incorporate, to the greatest extent practicable, information from emerging technologies for snowpack measurement, such as— (1) synthetic aperture radar; (2) laser altimetry