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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9834 

To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine 

the feasibility of constructing a project to supply municipal, rural, and 

industrial water from the Missouri River to the Western Dakota Regional 

Water System, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024 

Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study 

to determine the feasibility of constructing a project to 

supply municipal, rural, and industrial water from the 

Missouri River to the Western Dakota Regional Water 

System, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Western South Dakota 

5 Water Supply Project Feasibility Study Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 


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1 (1) RECLAMATION FEASIBILITY STANDARDS.— 

2 The term ‘‘reclamation feasibility standards’’ means 

3 the eligibility criteria and feasibility study require4 ments described in section 106 of the Reclamation 

5 Rural Water Supply Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 2405). 

6 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

7 the Secretary of the Interior. 

8 (3) WESTERN DAKOTA REGIONAL WATER SYS9 TEM.—The term ‘‘Western Dakota Regional Water 

10 System’’ means the Western Dakota Regional Water 

11 System, Inc., a nonprofit corporation established and 

12 operated substantially in accordance with the rec13 lamation feasibility standards to serve as a non-Fed14 eral project entity for purposes of the cooperative 

15 agreement entered into under section 3(b). 

16 SEC. 3. WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA WATER SUPPLY 

17 PROJECT FEASIBILITY STUDY. 

18 (a) STUDY.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta20 tion with the West Dakota Water Development Dis21 trict, through a cooperative agreement, may under22 take a study to determine the feasibility of con23 structing a project to supply municipal, rural, and 

24 industrial water from the Missouri River to the 

25 Western Dakota Regional Water System. 


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1 (2) REQUIREMENT.—The study under para2 graph (1) shall comply with the reclamation feasi3 bility standards. 

4 (b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—If the Secretary de5 termines that the study under subsection (a) does not 

6 comply with the reclamation feasibility standards, the Sec7 retary may enter into a cooperative agreement with the 

8 Western Dakota Regional Water System to complete addi9 tional work to ensure that the study under that subsection 

10 complies with the reclamation feasibility standards. 

11 (c) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the 

12 total costs of carrying out the feasibility study under this 

13 section shall not exceed 50 percent. 

14 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

15 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 

16 out this section $10,000,000. 

17 (e) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority 

18 provided by this section expires on the date that is 10 

19 years after the date of enactment of this Act. 

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