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S 4996 118th Congress Senate Water Resources Development Government trust funds North Dakota Water resources funding Water use and supply

Dakota Water Resources Act Amendments of 2024

Introduced: September 9, 2024 Introduced by: Hoeven, John Republican · North Dakota See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Nov 21, 2024
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 637.
Nov 21, 2024
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Nov 19, 2024
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Sep 11, 2024
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-405.
Sep 9, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Sep 9, 2024
Introduced in Senate
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Dakota Water Resources Act Amendments of 2024

This bill authorizes additional funding for municipal, rural, and industrial water supply projects in North Dakota and on tribal land in North Dakota.

Specifically, the bill authorizes additional funding, as indexed, to complete the following projects in North Dakota:

  • the Northwest Area Water Supply Biota Water Treatment Plant and Pump Station Project,
  • the McClusky Canal and Missouri River North Alternative for the Eastern North Dakota Alternate Water Supply Project,
  • specified activities (e.g., transmission line upgrades) for the Southwest Pipeline Project, and
  • water treatment and rural distribution expansion for North Dakota rural water districts.

Additionally, the bill authorizes additional funding, as indexed, to complete the following projects on tribal land:

  • the Spirit Lake Rural Water System within the Fort Totten Indian Reservation,
  • the Three Affiliated Tribes Rural Water System within the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation,
  • the Standing Rock Rural Water System within the Standing Rock Indian Reservation,
  • the Turtle Mountain Rural Water System within the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation, and
  • a feasibility study for the construction of a rural water system to meet the drinking water needs of the Lake Traverse Rural Water System within the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation.

The bill also authorizes additional funding for the North Dakota Natural Resources Trust.

What's happening now November 21, 2024

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 637.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 9554 Identical bill Dakota Water Resources Act Amendments of 2024
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 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Sep 9, 2024
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Padilla, Alex
California · Sep 9, 2024
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4996: Dakota Water Resources Act Amendments of 2024. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-4996/
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