Require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a feasibility study on the Dakota Mainstem Water Supply Project to supplement local supplies and address long-term water scarcity and quality challenges.

Dusty Johnson · South Dakota · Republican

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Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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The Dakota Mainstem Water Supply Project Feasibility Study Act authorizes the Bureau of Reclamation to carry out a feasibility study for a proposed water project drawing from the Missouri River to supplement local supplies and address long-term water scarcity and quality challenges.

Johnson supported a bill to authorize a feasibility study for the Dakota Mainstem water supply project.

Johnson Testifies in Support of His Eastern South Dakota Rural Water Bills | Representative Dusty Johnson
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To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct studies to determine the feasibility of constructing projects to supply municipal, rural, and industrial water in certain parts of the Missouri River basin

Johnson's South Dakota Water Feasibility Studies Act repeats a commitment to have Interior study the Dakota Mainstem Water Supply Project.

H.R.9785 - South Dakota Water Feasibility Studies Act
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Evidence

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H.R.7331 was introduced by Dusty Johnson and referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources; the bill authorizes a Dakota Mainstem feasibility study and $10 million.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Johnson took concrete legislative action in the same House term by introducing the specific feasibility-study bill, but the cited official record shows an introduced bill rather than an enacted requirement or completed study.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Congress.gov - H.R.7331, Dakota Mainstem Water Supply Project Feasibility Study Act, introduced text
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The House Natural Resources Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee held a legislative hearing on H.R.7331 and listed Dusty Johnson as a witness.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The hearing is additional concrete progress for the commitment, but it does not show final passage, enactment, or Interior Department delivery of the feasibility study requirement. Searches found no newer lookback-window enactment or agency action.

unresolved same_term A for effort

U.S. House Committee Repository - Legislative Hearing on H.R. 7287, H.R. 7331, H.R. 7515 and H.R. 8259
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Assessments

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Dusty Johnson introduced H.R.7331 on February 3, 2026 to require the Interior Secretary to conduct the Dakota Mainstem feasibility study, and the House Natural Resources subcommittee held a legislative hearing on April 29, 2026. However, the available congressional record still shows the bill as introduced/referred rather than passed, enacted, or implemented by Interior. Because the 119th Congress term is still ongoing and Johnson has materially advanced the specific promised vehicle, this is pending rather than delivered or a final failure.

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