Directs the Interior Secretary to study the feasibility of three Missouri River basin water supply projects serving parts of South Dakota and nearby states, and authorizes $10 million for each study.

Official title: South Dakota Water Feasibility Studies Act

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote

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Introduced 20-JUL-2026

Referred 20-JUL-2026

Approved by committee 15-SEP-2026

Key points

Requires the Interior Secretary to study a western South Dakota rural water project and an expansion of the Lewis and Clark Regional Water System in Iowa, Minnesota, and South Dakota.
Sets the non-Federal share of construction costs for those projects at no less than 25 percent of total construction costs.
Permits the Interior Secretary, through a cooperative agreement, to study a Dakota Mainstem water project serving parts of South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota.
Caps the Federal share of study costs at 50 percent and authorizes $10,000,000 for each study, with the authority expiring 10 years after enactment.

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Policy area

Water Resources Development

Sponsor Dusty Johnson (R-SD) Cosponsors · 0

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