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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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Calendar No. 253
116TH CONGRESS SEAEREPORT
1st Session J SENATE 116-133
CLEAN WATER FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES ACT
OCTOBER 22, 2019.-Ordered to be printed
Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 334]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 334) to authorize the construction of the
Musselshell-Judith Rural Water System and study of the Dry-
Redwater Regional Water Authority System in the States of Mon-
tana and North Dakota, and for other purposes, having considered
the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 334 is to authorize the construction of the
Musselshell-Judith Rural Water System and study of the Dry-
Redwater Regional Water Authority System in the States of Mon-
tana and North Dakota.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
The Rural Water Supply Act (43 U.S.C. 2405) was enacted in
2006 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary), acting
through the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR or Bureau), to work with
rural communities and tribes to assess potable water supply needs,
identify options to address those needs through investigations and
studies, and recommend if a project should be authorized for con-
struction. Further Congressional authorization is required for BOR
to participate in or provide funding for the design and construction
of a rural water project.
Project sponsors have been working through the Bureau's rural
water program to assess the feasibility of the Dry-Redwater and
Musselshell-Judith Rural Water Projects. The Musselshell-Judith
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