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119-hr-8745119th CongressWALLET

Dry-Redwater Regional Water Authorization Act

Sponsored By: Representative Downing, Troy [R-MT-2]

Introduced

Summary

Authorizes a Dry‑Redwater regional water system and federal funding to plan, design, and build pipelines, treatment, pumping, and storage that would serve parts of eastern Montana and a portion of western North Dakota.

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  • Rural residents in parts of Garfield, McCone, Dawson, Richland, Prairie (T.15N), and western McKenzie County would gain access to new treated water, pipelines, pumping, and storage that connect to existing public water systems.
  • The Dry‑Redwater Regional Water Authority would hold title to the system, enter a cooperative agreement with the Secretary of the Interior, and could receive a Federal share up to 75% of planning, design, and construction costs. Federal funds would not pay for operation or maintenance.
  • Federal funding could pay for pumping, treatment, storage, transmission pipelines, pumping stations, buildings, access roads, power transmission needed to operate the system, and related land or property rights; the Authority may obtain power from the Western Area Power Administration at firm rates.

*Would authorize $602.0 million in federal appropriations for FY2027–2037 as the primary federal cost of the project.*

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Regional water project for rural residents

If enacted, the bill would authorize the Dry-Redwater Regional Water System and let the Secretary carry out the project largely per the October 2025 feasibility study. It would authorize $602 million for planning, design, and construction for fiscal years 2027 through 2037, and let that amount be adjusted for cost-index changes after January 1, 2024 and for unforeseen market volatility. The federal government would pay up to 75 percent of capital costs under a cooperative agreement, and federal funds could not be used for operation, maintenance, or replacement. Federal funds would cover pumping, treatment, storage, pipelines, intake facilities, interconnections, electrical transmission needed for operation, and some existing public water system facilities. The Dry-Redwater Regional Water Authority would hold title, could receive firm-rate power from the Western Area Power Administration if it operates not-for-profit, and would be responsible for firm power charges and any non-Federal delivery or transmission upgrades. Nothing in the bill would change State water laws as in effect on the date of enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Downing, Troy [R-MT-2]

MT • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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