,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bgda  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ah1 #bjac     
,mrs4 ,noem 7for herself and ,mr4       
,cramer7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,transportation and ,infrastructure  ,a 
,,bill  ,to clarify that1 with respect  
to each ,missouri ,river mainstem       
reservoir of the ,corps of ,engineers   
located in a ,state1 the ,state         
maintains authority to allocate and     
appropriate the quantity of water in the
 reservoir that is attributable to the  
natural flows of the ,missouri ,river   
within the boundaries of the ,state1 and
 for other purposes4  #a4 ,state        
authority to allocate and appropriate   
waters in ,missouri ,river mainstem     
reservoirs  7a7 ,declaration of policy  
,it is declared to be the policy of     
,congress that--  7#a7 a ,state has     
authority to manage the waters of rivers
 located within the boundaries of the   
,state2 and  7#b7 accordingly1 with     

respect to each ,missouri ,river        
mainstem reservoir of the ,corps of     
,engineers1 the ,state in which the     
reservoir is located maintains authority
 to allocate and appropriate the        
quantity of water in the reservoir that 
is attributable to the natural flows of 
the ,missouri ,river within the         
boundaries of the ,state4  7b7 ,natural 
flows ,for purposes of this section--   
7#a7 the term natural flows means waters
 of the ,missouri ,river that would be  
flowing in a ,state in the absence of a 
dam that forms a ,missouri ,river       
mainstem reservoir of the ,corps of     
,engineers2 and  7#b7 the quantity of   
natural flows shall be determined based 
on average monthly flows 7excluding     
depletions7 and shall be calculated for 
the entire period of record1 including  
the periods before1 during1 and after   
construction of any dams or reservoirs4 
7c7 ,missouri river system reservoirs   
7#a7 ,policies and procedures ,all      
policies and procedures for the         

operations of ,missouri ,river mainstem 
reservoirs of the ,corps of ,engineers  
shall be consistent with the declared   
policy under subsection 7a74  7#b7      
,determination of natural flows ,with   
respect to each ,missouri ,river        
mainstem reservoir of the ,corps of     
,engineers1 the ,secretary shall        
determine1 in consultation with the     
,state in which the reservoir is        
located1 the quantity of water in the   
reservoir that is attributable to the   
natural flows of the ,missouri ,river   
within the boundaries of the ,state4    
7#c7 ,judicial review ,a ,state may seek
 judicial review of a determination     
under paragraph 7#b7 under chapter #g of
 title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#d7 
,prohibition on fees  7,a7 ,in general  
,the ,secretary may not charge a fee in 
connection with water attributable to   
the natural flows of the ,missouri      
,river4  7,b7 ,interim rule ,until the  
quantity of the natural flows of the    
,missouri ,river within the boundaries  

of a ,state is determined under         
subsection 7c77#b7 through final agency 
action1 the ,secretary may not charge   
any fee in connection with water of the 
,missouri ,river in the ,state1 without 
the consent of the ,state4  7#e7 ,report
 to ,congress ,not later than #ahj days 
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,secretary shall submit to    
,congress a report on determinations    
made under paragraph 7#b74