WASHINGTON - Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., said Monday that congressional leaders have reached an agreement on Fiscal Year 2008 appropriations that will provide $67.9 million for the Garrison Diversion. Congress is expected to give final passage this week.

The Garrison Diversion funding will be used for a number of projects promised by the federal government to North Dakota when the Garrison Dam and Lake Sakakawea were created, inundating thousands of acres of land.

The amount includes nearly $3 million to bring water to the Wilton area, and $3.9 million to improve water access for residents in Oliver, Mercer, Dunn and McKenzie counties.

There's also $5.1 million to construct an energy technology training and education facility, including a state-of-the-art laboratory, at Bismarck State College. The project is part of the school's National Energy Center of Excellence.

There is $935,000 to be used to maintain recreation when Lake Sakakawea is at low levels. The upgrades include extending boat ramps and improving docks around Lake Sakakawea.

$2.95 million will be used by the Corps of Engineers in cooperation with the Three Affiliated Tribes and the Indian Health Service to plan and design a new health clinic on Fort Berthold Indian Reservation.

$150,000 will be used to maintain recreation when Lake Oahe is at low levels. The upgrades include extending boat ramps and improving docks around Lake Oahe.

The bill includes language that allows the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to access Bureau of Reclamation funding to complete the development of 2,380 acres on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation as authorized under the Garrison Diversion Unit Reformulation Act.

$197,000 will provide mosquito control in the city of Williston and the Trenton Indian Service Area, where a newly built levee has caused a rise in the mosquito population.