Fort Peck Water System Reauthorization Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill reauthorizes the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System for two additional years by changing the year 2026 to 2028 in both section 9(a)(1) and section 9(b) of the system's governing 2000 law. The two date substitutions preserve the existing statutory framework while allowing covered project and program activity to continue through 2028. The bill does not rewrite eligibility, project design, cost-sharing, or other operating terms, and its text does not state a new dollar amount; its direct legal effect is confined to extending the existing dates.
Who Benefits and How
The Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation benefit from continued federal authority supporting the reservation's rural water system rather than an authorization ending in 2026. Residents and participating communities served by the Fort Peck rural water project benefit from two more years in which existing system work and federal support can proceed under the established statute.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Department of the Interior water-program administrators retain responsibility for administering the existing authorization for two additional years, including oversight and coordination already required by the underlying law. Federal taxpayers remain exposed to any spending carried out under the extended authorization through 2028, although this short bill neither appropriates a stated amount nor changes the underlying financing rules.
Key Provisions
- Extends the date in section 9(a)(1) of the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act of 2000 from 2026 to 2028.
- Extends the corresponding date in section 9(b) of that Act from 2026 to 2028.
- Limits the amendment to those two date changes and leaves the water system's other statutory terms intact.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Extend from 2026 through 2028 the two authorization deadlines in section 9 of the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act of 2000.
Key Policy Areas
Water Resources, Tribal Affairs
Primary Purpose
Extend from 2026 through 2028 the two authorization deadlines in section 9 of the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act of 2000.
Policy Domains
Fort Peck Water System Reauthorization Act
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation
- Residents served by the Fort Peck rural water system
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Department of the Interior water-program administrators
- Federal taxpayers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Steve Daines
R-MT | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
ReportedCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported …
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and …
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Daines (for himself and Mr. Sheehy) introduced the following …
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_system"
- → Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System
- "federal_administrator"
- → Department of the Interior
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