,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ebaf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #be1
 #bjbd,mr4 ,thune 7for himself and ,mr4 
,rounds7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,energy and ,natural     
,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the  
,secretary of the ,interior to conduct a
 study to determine the feasibility of  
constructing a project to supply        
municipal1 rural1 and industrial water  
from the ,missouri ,river to the        
,western ,dakota ,regional ,water       
,system1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,western ,south ,dakota ,water      
,supply ,project ,feasibility ,study    
,act4  #b4 ,definitions ,in this ,act3  
7#a7 ,reclamation feasibility standards 
,the term reclamation feasibility       
standards means the eligibility criteria
 and feasibility study requirements     
described in section #ajf of the        
,reclamation ,rural ,water ,supply ,act 

of #bjjf 7#dc ,u4,s4,c4 #bdje74  7#b7   
,secretary ,the term ,secretary means   
the ,secretary of the ,interior1 acting 
through the ,commissioner of            
,reclamation4  7#c7 ,western ,dakota    
,regional ,water ,system ,the term      
,western ,dakota ,regional ,water       
,system means the ,western ,dakota      
,regional ,water ,system1 ,inc41 a      
nonprofit corporation established and   
operated substantially in accordance    
with the reclamation feasibility        
standards to serve as a non-,federal    
project entity for purposes of the      
cooperative agreement entered into under
 section #c7;b74  #c4 ,western ,south   
,dakota water supply project feasibility
 study  7a7 ,study  7#a7 ,in general    
,the ,secretary1 in consultation with   
the ,west ,dakota ,water ,development   
,district1 through a cooperative        
agreement1 may undertake a study to     
determine the feasibility of            
constructing a project to supply        
municipal1 rural1 and industrial water  

from the ,missouri ,river to the        
,western ,dakota ,regional ,water       
,system4  7#b7 ,requirement ,the study  
under paragraph 7#a7 shall comply with  
the reclamation feasibility standards4  
7b7 ,cooperative agreement ,if the      
,secretary determines that the study    
under subsection 7a7 does not comply    
with the reclamation feasibility        
standards1 the ,secretary may enter into
 a cooperative agreement with the       
,western ,dakota ,regional ,water       
,system to complete additional work to  
ensure that the study under that        
subsection complies with the reclamation
 feasibility standards4  7c7 ,federal   
share ,the ,federal share of the total  
costs of carrying out the feasibility   
study under this section shall not      
exceed #ej percent4  7d7 ,authorization 
of appropriations ,there is authorized  
to be appropriated to the ,secretary to 
carry out this section #aj1jjj1jjj4  7e7
 ,termination of authority ,the         
authority provided by this section      

expires on the date that is #aj years   
after the date of enactment of this     
,act4