Dakota Mainstem Water Supply Project Feasibility Study Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3736 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3736

    To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to 
     determine the feasibility of constructing a project to supply 
municipal, rural, and industrial water to the Dakota Mainstem Regional 
    Water System service area in the States of South Dakota, Iowa, 
            Nebraska, and Minnesota, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 29, 2026

 Mr. Rounds (for himself and Mr. Thune) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to 
     determine the feasibility of constructing a project to supply 
municipal, rural, and industrial water to the Dakota Mainstem Regional 
    Water System service area in the States of South Dakota, Iowa, 
            Nebraska, and Minnesota, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Dakota Mainstem Water Supply Project 
Feasibility Study Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Dakota mainstem regional water system.--The term 
        ``Dakota Mainstem Regional Water System'' means the Dakota 
        Mainstem Regional Water System, Inc., a nonprofit corporation 
        established and operated substantially in accordance with the 
        reclamation feasibility standards to serve as a non-Federal 
        project entity for purposes of the cooperative agreement 
        entered into under section 3(a)(1).
            (2) Reclamation feasibility standards.--The term 
        ``reclamation feasibility standards'' means the eligibility 
        criteria and feasibility study requirements described in part 
        404 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor 
        regulations).
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 3. DAKOTA MAINSTEM WATER SUPPLY PROJECT FEASIBILITY STUDY.

    (a) Study.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary, in consultation with the 
        Dakota Mainstem Regional Water System, through a cooperative 
        agreement, may undertake a study to determine the feasibility 
        of constructing a project to supply municipal, rural, and 
        industrial water to the Dakota Mainstem Regional Water System 
        service area in the States of South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, and 
        Minnesota.
            (2) Requirement.--The study under paragraph (1) shall 
        comply with the reclamation feasibility standards.
    (b) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the total costs of 
carrying out the feasibility study under this section shall not exceed 
50 percent.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $10,000,000.
    (d) Termination of Authority.--The authority provided by this 
section expires on the date that is 10 years after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
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