S. 3736 · On the floor · Water Resources Development

Dakota Mainstem Water Supply Project Feasibility Study Act

Sponsor: Mike Rounds (R-SD)

What it does

• Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a feasibility study, in cooperation with the Dakota Mainstem Regional Water System, to determine whether a regional water-supply project can serve municipal, rural, and industrial users across South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota.
• Requires the feasibility study to comply with federal reclamation feasibility standards under 43 CFR part 404.
• Limits federal cost-sharing to no more than 50 percent of total feasibility study costs.
• Authorizes appropriation of $10,000,000 to the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the feasibility study.
• Terminates the Secretary's authority to conduct the study 10 years after enactment.

Latest action

Sep 17, 2026: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 651.

Committee: Senate Energy and Natural Resources