Dakota Mainstem Water Supply Project Feasibility Study Act

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Introduced 2026-01-29Topic: infrastructure utilities

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This bill would require the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to study whether it is feasible to build a project supplying city, rural, and industrial water to the Dakota Mainstem Regional Water System service area in South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota. The study would be done in coordination with Dakota Mainstem Regional Water System, Inc., a nonprofit, under a cost-sharing agreement. The federal government would pay no more than 50 percent of study costs, and no more than $10 million in federal funds could be spent. After the study, the Secretary would send a report to Congress and make it public, including recommendations on whether the project should be built and on a local share of construction costs of at least 25 percent. The authority would expire 5 years after the bill becomes law.

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Action history

Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2026-09-17	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 651.
2026-09-17	Senate	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.	refer
2026-09-17		Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.	report
2026-06-10	Senate	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.	refer
2026-03-17	Senate	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.	refer
2026-01-29	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.	refer
2026-01-29		Introduced in Senate	introduce

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