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Dakota Water Resources Act Amendments of 2026
To amend Public Law 89-108 to modify the authorization of appropriations for State and Tribal, municipal, rural, and industrial water supplies, and for other purposes.
Summary
- Authorizes $120 million for the Northwest Area Water Supply Biota Water Treatment Plant and Pump Station Project in North Dakota.
- Authorizes $404 million for the McClusky Canal and Missouri River North Alternative for the Eastern North Dakota Alternate Water Supply Project.
- Authorizes $50 million for the Southwest Pipeline Project in North Dakota for water intake, transmission line upgrades, and rural distribution expansion.
- Authorizes $63 million for North Dakota rural water districts for water treatment and rural distribution expansion.
- Authorizes $743 million total for tribal rural water systems, including $118 million for Spirit Lake Rural Water System, $275 million for Three Affiliated Tribes Rural Water System, $240 million for Standing Rock Rural Water System, $98 million for Turtle Mountain Rural Water System, and $12 million for Lake Traverse Rural Water System feasibility study and construction.
- Authorizes $75 million for the Natural Resources Trust and allows transfers among projects up to 50 percent of initial authorization amounts.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] (R-ND)
2 cosponsors
- Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] (R-ND)
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA)
Actions (4)
- Jun 10, 2026 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. · senate
- Mar 17, 2026 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. · senate
- Mar 10, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. · senate
- Mar 10, 2026 Introduced in Senate
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Meetings where this bill was on the agenda
- Business meeting to consider S.140, to address the forest health crisis on the National Forest System and public lands, S.332, to require a study on Holocaust education efforts of States, local educational agencies, and public elementary and secondary schools, S.365 and H.R.1729, bills to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to allow for additional entities to be eligible to complete the maintenance work on Bolts Ditch and the Bolts Ditch Headgate within the Holy Cross Wilderness, Colorado, S.764, to provide for the designation of certain wilderness areas, recreation management areas, and conservation areas in the State of Colorado, S.789, to require reports on critical mineral and rare earth element resources around the world and a strategy for the development of advanced mining, refining, separation, and processing technologies, S.791, to establish the Justice Thurgood Marshall National Historic Site in the State of Maryland as an affiliated area of the National Park System, S.888, to designate certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service in the State of Oregon as wilderness and national recreation areas, to withdraw certain land located in Curry County and Josephine County, Oregon, from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and operation under the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws, S.945, to amend the Smith River National Recreation Area Act to include certain additions to the Smith River National Recreation Area, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain wild rivers in the State of Oregon, S.1088 and H.R.2290, bills to provide that the memorial to commemorate the sacrifice and service of the women who worked on the home front to support the efforts of the United States military during World War II may be located on the National Mall, S.1288, to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to designate as a component of the National Heritage Area System the Finger Lakes National Heritage Area in the State of New York, S.1341, to amend the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 to add certain land to the Sarvis Creek Wilderness, S.1349, to withdraw the National Forest System land in the Ruby Mountains subdistrict of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and the National Wildlife Refuge System land in Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Elko and White Pine Counties, Nevada, from operation under the mineral leasing laws, S.1413, to authorize additional funding for the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act, S.1476, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Gila River system in the State of New Mexico as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, to provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land in the State of New Mexico, S.1547, to amend title 54, United States Code, to reauthorize the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund, S.1737, to designate and expand wilderness areas in Olympic National Forest in the State of Washington, and to designate certain rivers in Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park as wild and scenic rivers, S.1870, to adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, S.2437 and H.R.3857, bills to amend the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Authorization Act, S.2753, to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to authorize certain extraordinary operation and maintenance work for urban canals of concern, S.3500 and H.R.3657, bills to amend the Federal Power Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to annually submit to Congress a report on the status of ongoing hydropower relicensing applications, S.3518, to amend the Federal Power Act to address certain alterations in, and the maintenance and repair of, project works, to provide for the licensing of micro hydrokinetic energy projects, S.3526, to provide for the protection of and investment in certain Federal land in the State of California, S.3693, to extend the authorization for a large-scale water recycling and reuse grant program, S.3723, 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, S.3732, to amend the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act to authorize assistance under the storage program, S.3736, 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, S.3743, to direct the Secretary of
- Hearings to examine S.1034, to establish the Southwestern Power Administration Fund, S.1242, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out watershed pilots, S.2437 and H.R.3857, bills to amend the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Authorization Act, S.2753, to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to authorize certain extraordinary operation and maintenance work for urban canals of concern, S.3409, to reaffirm that the Bureau of Reclamation retains exclusive ownership, operational control, and financial responsibility for the Lower Yellowstone Fish Bypass Channel, ensuring long-term conservation of the endangered pallid sturgeon and other native aquatic species in the Yellowstone River while protecting the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project and District from undue financial and operational burdens, S.3500, to amend the Federal Power Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to annually submit to Congress a report on the status of ongoing hydropower relicensing applications, S.3518, to amend the Federal Power Act to address certain alterations in, and the maintenance and repair of, project works, to provide for the licensing of micro hydrokinetic energy projects, S.3635, to reauthorize the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act of 2000, S.3684, to amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to reauthorize water power research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities, S.3693, to extend the authorization for a large-scale water recycling and reuse grant program, S.3723, 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, S.3725, 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 expand the capacity and reach of the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc. (doing business as "Lewis & Clark Regional Water System"), in the States of Iowa, Minnesota, and South Dakota, S.3732, to amend the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act to authorize assistance under the storage program, S.3736, 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, S.3737, to amend the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 to provide financial and technical assistance to eligible entities for the conduct of innovative approaches to voluntary water partnership agreements among multiple water users and projects conducted by individual agricultural entities, S.3738, to amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to reauthorize the large-scale water recycling and reuse program, to establish a Water Conveyance Improvement Program, S.3743, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a feasibility study on a selective water withdrawal system at Glen Canyon Dam, S.3792, to provide for the establishment of a Water Project Navigators Program, S.4040, to amend Public Law 89-108 to modify the authorization of appropriations for State and Tribal, municipal, rural, and industrial water supplies, and S.4041, to reauthorize the Cooperative Watershed Management Program.
Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 10, 2026
Mr. Hoeven (for himself, Mr. Padilla, and Mr. Cramer) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
A BILL
To amend Public Law 89-108 to modify the authorization of appropriations for State and Tribal, municipal, rural, and industrial water supplies, 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 Water Resources Act Amendments of 2026”.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR STATE AND TRIBAL, MUNICIPAL, RURAL, AND INDUSTRIAL WATER SERVICE.
Section 10 of Public Law 89-108 (79 Stat. 433; 100 Stat. 424; 106 Stat. 4669; 114 Stat. 2763A-291; 140 Stat. 74) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); and
(ii) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:
“(D) Additional amounts for certain projects.—
“(i) In general.—Subject to clauses (ii) through (iv), in addition to the amounts made available under subparagraphs (A), (B), and
(C), there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 7(a)—
“(I) $120,000,000, as indexed, to complete all phases of the Northwest Area Water Supply Biota Water Treatment Plant and Pump Station Project, as described in the record of decision dated August 21, 2015;
“(II) $404,000,000, as indexed, to complete the McClusky Canal and Missouri River North Alternative for the Eastern North Dakota Alternate Water Supply Project, as described in the record of decision issued by the Bureau of Reclamation on January 15, 2021;
“(III) $50,000,000, as indexed, for the Southwest Pipeline Project to complete— “(aa) the supplementary raw water intake and pump station described in the environmental assessment prepared by the Bureau of Reclamation entitled ‘Finding of No Significant Impact of Environmental Assessment for Southwest Pipeline Project, Oliver, Mercer, North Dunn Service Area in Southwest North Dakota’ and dated April 2009; “(bb) the main transmission line upgrades described in the final supplemental environmental assessment prepared by the Bureau of Reclamation entitled the ‘Final Supplemental Environmental Assessment for Partial Funding of Design and Construction of an Expansion Water Treatment Plant in the City of Dickinson, North Dakota and Associated Water Transmission Facilities in Southwest North Dakota’ and dated February 2015;
“(cc) strategic hydraulic improvements; and
“(dd) rural distribution expansion; and
“(IV) $63,000,000, as indexed, for North Dakota rural water districts for water treatment and rural distribution expansion, to include the South Central Regional Water District North Burleigh Water Treatment Plant Expansion and Phase One of the Northeast North Dakota Long-Term Water Supply Project.
“(ii) Transfers.—Any amounts made available under any of subclauses (I) through
(IV) of clause (i) may be transferred among the projects described in those subclauses, subject to the limitation that the initial amount authorized for any 1 project described in any of those subclauses may not be increased by more than 50 percent as a result of any transfers authorized under this clause.
“(iii) Final engineering reports.—Of the amounts made available under subclauses (III) and (IV) of clause (i), the Secretary may use such amounts as are necessary to complete the final engineering reports, to be completed not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the Dakota Water Resources Act Amendments of 2026, that determine the scope of, and identify the features necessary to complete, the projects described in those subclauses, as determined by the Secretary.”; and
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); and
(ii) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:
“(C) Other amounts.—
“(i) In general.—In addition to the amounts made available under subparagraphs
(A)(ii) and (B), there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 7(d) $743,000,000, as indexed.
“(ii) Allocation.—The amount under clause
(i) shall be allocated as follows:
“(I) Not more than $118,000,000, as indexed, shall be made available to the Secretary to complete the Spirit Lake Rural Water System within the Fort Totten Indian Reservation.
“(II) Not more than $275,000,000, as indexed, shall be made available to the Secretary to complete the Three Affiliated Tribes Rural Water System within the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation.
“(III) Not more than $240,000,000, as indexed, shall be made available to the Secretary to complete the Standing Rock Rural Water System within the Standing Rock Indian Reservation.
“(IV) Not more than $98,000,000, as indexed, shall be made available to the Secretary to complete the Turtle Mountain Rural Water System within the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation.
“(V) $12,000,000, as indexed, shall be made available to the Secretary— “(aa) to complete a feasibility study for the construction of a municipal, rural, and industrial water system to meet the drinking water needs of the Lake Traverse Rural Water System within the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation; and “(bb) after completion of the feasibility study and a determination by the Secretary that the proposed project under item (aa) is technically and financially feasible in accordance with the reclamation laws, to begin construction of the municipal, rural, and industrial water system identified as the preferred alternative in the feasibility study.
“(iii) Final engineering reports.—Of the amounts made available under clause (i), the Secretary may use such amounts as are necessary to complete final engineering reports, to be completed not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the Dakota Water Resources Act Amendments of 2026, that determine the scope of, and identify the features necessary to complete, each of the rural water systems described in subclauses (I) through (IV) of clause (ii), as determined by the Secretary.”;
(2) in subsection (c)(2), by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:
“(B) $75,000,000 to carry out section 11, to remain available until expended.”; and
(3) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:
“(e) Indexing.—
“(1) In general.—The $200,000,000 amount under subsection
(a)(1)(B), the $200,000,000 amount under subsection (b)(1)(B), and the funds authorized under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (b)(2) shall be indexed as necessary to allow for ordinary fluctuations of construction costs incurred after the date of enactment of the Dakota Water Resources Act of 2000, as indicated by engineering cost indices applicable for the type of construction involved.
“(2) Additional amounts.—The $50,000,000 amount under subsection (a)(1)(C) shall be indexed as necessary to allow for ordinary fluctuations of construction costs incurred after the date of enactment of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026, as indicated by engineering cost indices applicable for the type of construction involved.
“(3) Other amounts.—The funds authorized under subsections (b)(1)(D) and (b)(2)(C) shall be indexed as necessary to allow for ordinary fluctuations of construction costs incurred after the date of enactment of the Dakota Water Resources Act Amendments of 2026, as indicated by engineering cost indices applicable for the type of construction involved.
“(4) Other cost ceilings.—All other authorized cost ceilings under this Act shall remain unchanged.”.
SEC. 3. NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST.
Section 11(a)(2)(B) of Public Law 89-108 (79 Stat. 433; 100 Stat. 424; 114 Stat. 2763A-292) is amended by striking “and (b)(1)(B)” and inserting “, (b)(1)(B), and (b)(1)(D)”. <all>
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