Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Lewis and Clark Regional Water System Expansion Feasibility Study Act
Official title: A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of constructing a project to supply municipal, rural, and industrial water to expand the capacity and reach of the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc. (doing business as "Lewis & Clark Regional Water System"), in the States of Iowa, Minnesota, and South Dakota.
Sponsor: Sen. John Thune R-SDWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 29, 2026
- Committee actionJul 16, 2026
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 17, 2026 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 649.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 3725.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 3725, Lewis and Clark Regional Water System Expansion Feasibility Study Act” on September 22, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 17, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 22, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62785
- CBO publication date
- September 22, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3725, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/3725
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 2, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 3, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of October 2, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
5 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 5 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Joni Ernst (R-IA), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Tina Smith (D-MN).
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