# 119-hr-8745: Dry-Redwater Regional Water Authorization Act

119-hr-8745, Dry-Redwater Regional Water Authorization Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Downing, Troy [R-MT-2] (R-MT); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-8745
- Congress: 119
- Title: Dry-Redwater Regional Water Authorization Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-05-12
- Sponsor: Rep. Downing, Troy [R-MT-2] (R-MT)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Water Resources Development
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## 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. - 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.*

## Provisions PRIA read

- Regional water project for rural residents: mixed, high. 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 a…

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- 119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
- 119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act
- 119-hr-2570: Maximum Pressure Act
- 119-hr-8324: Great American Healthcare Plan
- 119-hr-6955: Main Street Capital Access Act
- 119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-8745 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8745)

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- [119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-137)
- [119-hr-2570: Maximum Pressure Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2570)
- [119-hr-8324: Great American Healthcare Plan](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8324)
- [119-hr-6955: Main Street Capital Access Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6955)
- [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8745 (as of 2026-09-21).