Dakota Water Resources Act Amendments of 2024
Latest action · Nov 21, 2024 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 637.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 9, 2024
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 9, 2024.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alex Padilla | Original | Sep 9, 2024 |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Original | Sep 9, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Sep 9, 2024Markup Nov 19, 2024Reported Nov 21, 2024 |
| Water and Power Subcommittee | Hearings Sep 11, 2024 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 21, 2024Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Nov 21, 2024Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 637.
- Nov 19, 2024Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Sep 11, 2024Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-405.
- Sep 9, 2024Introduced in Senate
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6869Notices S6872Intention to object to S. 4996, modify Dept. of the Interior authorization of appropriations for State and Tribal, municipal, rural, and industrial water supplies | Chuck Grassley R-IA | Dec 9, 2024 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 118-405 | PENDING LEGISLATION126 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Sep 11, 2024 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4040 | Dakota Water Resources Act Amendments of 2026 | Related bill | Sep 17, 2026 |
| HR 9554 | Dakota Water Resources Act Amendments of 2024 | Identical bill | Sep 12, 2024 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend Public Law 89-108 to modify the authorization of appropriations for State and Tribal, municipal, rural, and industrial water supplies, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Dakota Water Resources Act Amendments of 2024
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Dakota Water Resources Act Amendments of 2024
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Water Resources Development.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 21, 2024Reported to Senate
- Sep 9, 2024Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
