,i  #aai? ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4
 ,r4 #gcca  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(          
,,repres5tatives  ,febru>y #c1 #bjbf,mr4
 ,johnson ( ,s\? ,dakota introduc$ !    
foll[+ bill2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to !          
,committee on ,natural ,res\rces  ,a    
,,bill  ,to require ! ,secret>y ( !     
,int]ior to conduct a /udy to det]m9e ! 
feasibility ( con/ruct+ a project to    
supply municipal1 rural1 & indu/rial    
wat] to ! ,dakota ,ma9/em ,regional     
,wat] ,sy/em s]vice area 9 ! ,/ates (   
,s\? ,dakota1 ,i[a1 ,nebraska1 &        
,m9nesota1 & = o!r purposes4  #a4 ,%ort 
title ,?is ,act may be cit$ z ! ,dakota 
,ma9/em ,wat] ,supply ,project          
,feasibility ,/udy ,act4  #b4           
,def9itions ,9 ?is ,act3 7#a7 ,dakota   
,ma9/em ,regional ,wat] ,sy/em ,! t]m   
,dakota ,ma9/em ,regional ,wat] ,sy/em  
means ! ,dakota ,ma9/em ,regional ,wat] 
,sy/em1 ,inc41 a nonpr(it corporation   
e/abli%$ & op]at$ sub/antially 9        
accordance ) ! reclamation feasibility  
/&>ds to s]ve z a non-,f$]al project    

entity = purposes ( ! coop]ative        
agreem5t ent]$ into "u section          
#c7;a77#a74  7#b7 ,reclamation          
feasibility /&>ds ,! t]m reclamation    
feasibility /&>ds means ! eligibility   
crit]ia & feasibility /udy requirem5ts  
describ$ 9 "p #djd ( title #dc1 ,code ( 
,f$]al ,regulations 7or successor       
regulations74  7#c7 ,secret>y ,! t]m    
,secret>y means ! ,secret>y ( !         
,int]ior4  #c4 ,dakota ,ma9/em wat]     
supply project feasibility /udy  7a7    
,/udy  7#a7 ,9 g5]al ,! ,secret>y1 9    
consultation ) ! ,dakota ,ma9/em        
,regional ,wat] ,sy/em1 ?r\gh a         
coop]ative agreem5t1 may und]take a /udy
 to det]m9e ! feasibility ( con/ruct+ a 
project to supply municipal1 rural1 &   
indu/rial wat] to ! ,dakota ,ma9/em     
,regional ,wat] ,sy/em s]vice area 9 !  
,/ates ( ,s\? ,dakota1 ,i[a1 ,nebraska1 
& ,m9nesota4  7#b7 ,requirem5t ,! /udy  
"u p>agraph 7#a7 %all comply ) !        
reclamation feasibility /&>ds4  7b7     
,f$]al %>e ,! ,f$]al %>e ( ! total co/s 

( c>ry+ out ! feasibility /udy "u ?is   
section %all n exce$ #ej p]c5t4  7c7    
,au?orization ( appropriations ,!re is  
au?oriz$ to be appropriat$ to !         
,secret>y to c>ry out ?is section       
#aj1jjj1jjj4  7d7 ,t]m9ation ( au?ority 
,! au?ority provid$ by ?is section      
expires on ! date t is #aj ye>s aft] !  
date ( enactm5t ( ?is ,act4