Dakota Mainstem Water Supply Project Feasibility Study Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7331 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7331 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 to the Dakota Mainstem Regional Water System service area in the States of South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 3, 2026 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 to the Dakota Mainstem Regional Water System service area in the States of South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Dakota Mainstem Water Supply Project Feasibility Study Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Dakota mainstem regional water system.--The term ``Dakota Mainstem Regional Water System'' means the Dakota Mainstem Regional Water System, Inc., a nonprofit corporation established and operated substantially in accordance with the reclamation feasibility standards to serve as a non-Federal project entity for purposes of the cooperative agreement entered into under section 3(a)(1). (2) Reclamation feasibility standards.--The term ``reclamation feasibility standards'' means the eligibility criteria and feasibility study requirements described in part 404 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations). (3) Secret