U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
SB3725: Lewis and Clark Regional Water System Expansion Feasibility Study Act
Status: In committee, September 17, 2026
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 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.
What the bill says
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.
From the introduced text, September 17, 2026:
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 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. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Lewis Clark Regional Water System Expansion Feasibility Study Act . SECTION 2. Definitions In this Clark Regional Water System ); and (B) any nonprofit successor entity to the corporation described in subparagraph (A). (2) Proposed rural water supply project The term proposed rural water supply project means the proposed project to supply municipal, rural, and industrial water to expand the capacity and reach of the Lewis Clark Regional Water System in the States of Iowa, Minnesota, and South Dakota. (3) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. SECTION 3. Lewis Clark Regional Water System expansion feasibility study (a) Study (1) In general The Secretary, in coordination with the non-Federal project entity, shall carry out a study to determine the feasibility of the proposed rural water supply project. (2) Feasibility report After completion of the feasibility study for the proposed rural water supply project under paragraph …
Sponsors
- Thune, John (R) · primary sponsor
- Rounds, Mike (R)
- Klobuchar, Amy (D)
- Grassley, Chuck (R, SD-IA)
- Ernst, Joni (R)
- Smith, Tina (D)
Latest actions
- : Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 649.
- : Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- : Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- : Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.
- : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S379-380)
- : Introduced in Senate
Subjects: South Dakota, Environmental assessment, monitoring, research, Public-private cooperation, Minnesota, Rural conditions and development, Water Resources Development, Water use and supply, Government information and archives
Common questions
- What is SB3725?
- SB3725 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Lewis and Clark Regional Water System Expansion Feasibility Study Act.
- What does SB3725 do?
- In its own words: 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.
- What is the status of SB3725?
- In committee as of September 17, 2026. Latest action: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 649. (September 17, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB3725?
- Thune, John (R), with 5 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB3725?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3725
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