(C) T. 15 N. (including the area north of 
the Township) in Prairie County in the State; 
and 
(D) the portion of McKenzie County, 
North Dakota, that includes all land that is lo-
cated west of the Yellowstone River in the State 
of North Dakota. 
(3) RECLAMATION FEASIBILITY STANDARDS.— 
The term ‘‘reclamation feasibility standards’’ means 
the eligibility criteria and feasibility study require-
ments described in section 106 of the Reclamation 
Rural Water Supply Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 2405) 
(as in effect on September 29, 2016). 
(4) SUBMITTED
FEASIBILITY
STUDY.—The 
term ‘‘submitted feasibility study’’ means the feasi-
bility study entitled ‘‘Dry-Redwater Regional Water 
System Feasibility Study’’ (including revisions of the 
study), which received funding from the Bureau of 
Reclamation on September 1, 2010. 
(b) STUDY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Dry-Redwater Regional Water Author-
ity, may undertake a study, including a review of the 
submitted feasibility study, to determine the feasi-
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bility of constructing the Dry-Redwater Regional 
Water System. 
(2) REQUIREMENT.—The study under para-
graph (1) shall comply with the reclamation feasi-
bility standards. 
(c) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—If the Secretary de-
termines that the study under subsection (b) does not 
comply with the reclamation feasibility standards, the Sec-
retary may enter into a cooperative agreement with the 
Dry-Redwater Regional Water Authority to complete addi-
tional work to ensure that the study complies with the rec-
lamation feasibility standards. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $5,000,000 
to carry out this section. 
(e) TERMINATION.—The authority provided by this 
section shall expire on the date that is 5 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 6. WATER RIGHTS. 
Nothing in this Act— 
(1) preempts or affects any State water law; or 
(2) affects any authority of a State, as in effect 
on the date of enactment of this Act, to manage 
water resources within that State. 
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SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out the planning, design, and construc-
tion of the Musselshell-Judith Rural Water System, sub-
stantially in accordance with the cost estimate set forth 
in the feasibility report described in section 4(a), 
$56,650,000. 
(b) COST INDEXING.—The amount authorized to be 
appropriated under subsection (a) may be increased or de-
creased in accordance with ordinary fluctuations in devel-
opment costs incurred after November 1, 2014, as indi-
cated by any available engineering cost indices applicable 
to construction activities that are similar to the construc-
tion of the Musselshell-Judith Rural Water System. 
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