Authorizes about $1.38 billion in new federal funding, adjusted for construction cost changes, for water treatment plants and rural water systems in North Dakota and on tribal reservations.

Official title: Dakota Water Resources Act Amendments of 2026

Next stop Senate floor: awaiting a vote

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Senate

Introduced 10-MAR-2026

Referred 10-MAR-2026

Approved by committee 10-JUN-2026

Reported 17-SEP-2026

On the calendar 17-SEP-2026

Key points

Authorizes $637 million, as indexed, for the Northwest Area, McClusky Canal, Southwest Pipeline, and North Dakota rural water district projects.
Authorizes $743 million, as indexed, for rural water systems on the Fort Totten, Fort Berthold, Standing Rock, and Turtle Mountain reservations, plus a $12 million feasibility study for the Lake Traverse reservation.
Allows the Secretary of the Interior to move funds among the listed projects, but no single project's initial authorization may rise by more than 50 percent through transfers.
Sets the authorization under section 11 at $75 million and extends the indexing rules to the new amounts.

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Committee referrals (2)

Policy area

Water Resources Development

Sponsor John Hoeven (R-ND) Cosponsors · 2

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1 Republican

1 Democrat