Requires the Secretary of the Interior to study whether a project to bring Missouri River water to the Western Dakota Regional Water System in western South Dakota is feasible.

Official title: Western South Dakota Water Supply Project Feasibility Study Act

Next stop Senate floor: awaiting a vote

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Senate

Introduced 29-JAN-2026

Referred 29-JAN-2026

Approved by committee 10-JUN-2026

Reported 17-SEP-2026

On the calendar 17-SEP-2026

Key points

Requires a federal feasibility study of supplying municipal, rural, and industrial water from the Missouri River to the Western Dakota Regional Water System.
Requires the Secretary to report recommendations to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the House Natural Resources Committee and to make the report public.
Requires the report to recommend a non-federal share of at least 25 percent of total construction costs.
Limits federal funds for the study to $10,000,000 and 50 percent of study costs, with the study authority expiring 5 years after enactment.

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Committee referrals (2)

Policy area

Water Resources Development

Sponsor John Thune (R-SD) Cosponsors · 1

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1 Republican