Dakota Water Resources Act Amendments of 2024
Latest action. Placed on Senate legislative calendarThe list of measures reported out of committee and eligible for floor action. Being on the calendar is not a promise of a vote.Read the full definition (opens a new tab) under General Orders. Calendar No. 637.
Dakota Water Resources Act Amendments of 2024
This bill authorizes additional funding for municipal, rural, and industrial water supply projects in North Dakota and on tribal land in North Dakota.
Specifically, the bill authorizes additional funding, as indexed, to complete the following projects in North Dakota:
the Northwest Area Water Supply Biota Water Treatment Plant and Pump Station Project,
the McClusky Canal and Missouri River North Alternative for the Eastern North Dakota Alternate Water Supply Project,
specified activities (e.g., transmission line upgrades) for the Southwest Pipeline Project, and
water treatment and rural distribution expansion for North Dakota rural water districts.
Additionally, the bill authorizes additional funding, as indexed, to complete the following projects on tribal land:
the Spirit Lake Rural Water System within the Fort Totten Indian Reservation,
the Three Affiliated Tribes Rural Water System within the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation,
the Standing Rock Rural Water System within the Standing Rock Indian Reservation,
the Turtle Mountain Rural Water System within the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation, and
a feasibility study for the construction of a rural water system to meet the drinking water needs of the Lake Traverse Rural Water System within the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation.
The bill also authorizes additional funding for the North Dakota Natural Resources Trust.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Reported to Senate" stage on November 21, 2024. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on November 21, 2024: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 637.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the Senate
- Passage by the House
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 118th Congress (2023-24), 274 of the 16,565 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 1.7 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
John Hoeven (R-ND) introduced it on September 9, 2024, and 2 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They come from both major parties: 1 Democrat, 1 Republican.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on September 9, 2024, 731 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 658 days ago, on November 21, 2024.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 118th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2025 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- SenateIn committee, no floor vote yet
- HouseAwaits Senate passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers