U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
SB3736: Dakota Mainstem Water Supply Project 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 the Dakota Mainstem Regional Water System service area in the States of South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota, and for other purposes.
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 the Dakota Mainstem Regional Water System service area in the States of South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota, and for other purposes.
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 the Dakota Mainstem Regional Water System service area in the States of South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Dakota Mainstem Water Supply Project Feasibility Study Act . SECTION 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) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. SECTION 3. Dakota Mainstem water supply project feasibility study (a) Study (1) In general The Secretary, in consultation with the Dakota Mainstem Regional Water System, through a cooperative agreement, may undertake a study to determine the feasibility of constructing a project to supply municipal, rural, and industrial water …
Sponsors
- Rounds, Mike (R) · primary sponsor
- Thune, John (R)
Latest actions
- : Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 651.
- : 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.
- : Introduced in Senate
Subjects: South Dakota, Environmental assessment, monitoring, research, Minnesota, Water Resources Development, Water use and supply, Water resources funding, Nebraska, Iowa
Common questions
- What is SB3736?
- SB3736 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Dakota Mainstem Water Supply Project Feasibility Study Act.
- What does SB3736 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 the Dakota Mainstem Regional Water System service area in the States of South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of SB3736?
- In committee as of September 17, 2026. Latest action: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 651. (September 17, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB3736?
- Rounds, Mike (R), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB3736?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3736
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