Dry-Redwater Regional Water Authority System

(a) Authorization The Secretary may carry out the project entitled the Dry-Redwater Regional Water Authority System in a manner that is substantially in accordance with the Bureau of Reclamation feasibility study entitled Dry-Redwater Regional Water System Feasibility Study and dated October 2025 (including revisions of the study), which was authorized under the Clean Water for Rural Communities Act (section 1110 of division FF of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260; 134 Stat. 3246)), subject to the condition that livestock watering shall not be limited to incidental noncommercial livestock watering. (b) Cooperative agreement The Secretary shall enter into a cooperative agreement with the Authority to provide Federal assistance for the planning, design, and construction of the Water System. (c) Cost-Sharing requirement (1) Federal share (A) In general The Federal share of the costs relating to the planning, design, and construction of the Water System shall not exceed— (i) 75 percent of the total cost of the Water System; or (ii) such other lesser amount as may be determined by the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, in a feasibility report. (B) Limitation Amounts made available under subparagraph (A) shall not be returnable or reimbursable under the reclamation laws. (2) Use of Federal funds (A) General uses Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), the Water System may use Federal funds made available to carry out this section for— (i) facilities relating to— (I) water pumping; (II) water treatment; and (III) water storage; (ii) transmission pipelines; (iii) pumping stations; (iv) appurtenant buildings, maintenance equipment, and access roads; (v) any interconnection facility that connects a pipeline of the Water System to a pipeline of a public water system; (vi) electrical power transmission and distribution facilities required for the operation and maintenance of the Water System; (vii) any other facility or service required for the development of a rural water distribution system, as determined by the Secretary; and (viii) any property or property right required for the construction or operation of a facility described in this subsection. (B) Additional uses In addition to the uses described in subparagraph (A), the Water System may use Federal funds made available to carry out this section for— (i) facilities relating to water intake; and (ii) distribution, pumping, and storage facilities that— (I) serve the needs of citizens who use public water systems; (II) are in existence on the date of enactment of this Act; and (III) may be purchased, improved, and repaired in accordance with a cooperative agreement entered into by the Secretary under subsection (b). (C) Limitation Federal funds made available to carry out this section shall not be used for the operation, maintenance, or replacement of the Water System. (D) Title Title to the Water System shall be held by the Authority.