110 STAT. 4000 PUBLIC LAW 104–326—OCT. 19, 1996

Public Law 104–326

104th Congress

An Act

To extend contracts between the Bureau of Reclamation and irrigation districts

in Kansas and Nebraska, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of

the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Irrigation Project Contract Extension Act of 1996’’.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF CONTRACTS.

The Secretary of the Interior shall extend the water service

contracts for the following projects, entered into by the Secretary

of the Interior under subsection (e) of section 9 of the Reclamation

Project Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485h) and section 9(c) of the Act

of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 891, chapter 665), for a period

of 4 additional years after the dates on which each of the contracts,

respectively, would expire but for this section:

(1) The Bostwick Unit (Kansas portion), Missouri River

Basin Project, consisting of the project constructed and operated

under the Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, chapter

665), as a component of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program,

situated in Republic County, Jewell County, and Cloud County,

Kansas.

(2) The Bostwick Unit (Nebraska portion), Missouri River

Basin Project, consisting of the project constructed and operated

under the Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, chapter

665), as a component of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program,

situated in Harlan County, Franklin County, Webster County,

and Nuckolls County, Nebraska.

(3) The Farwell Unit, Missouri River Basin Project, consisting of the project constructed and operated under the Act

of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, chapter 665), and the

Act of August 3, 1956 (70 Stat. 975, chapter 923), situated

in Howard County, Sherman County, and Valley County,

Nebraska.

(4) The Frenchman-Cambridge Unit, Missouri River Basin

Project, consisting of the project constructed and operated under

the Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, chapter 665),

as a component of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program,

situated in Chase County, Frontier County, Hitchcock County,

Furnas County, Red Willow County, and Harlan County,

Nebraska.

(5) The Frenchman Valley Unit, Missouri River Basin

Project, consisting of the project constructed and operated under

Irrigation Project

Contract

Extension Act of

1996.

Oct. 19, 1996

[S. 1649]
PUBLIC LAW 104–326—OCT. 19, 1996 110 STAT. 4001

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1649:

SENATE REPORTS: No. 104–380 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources).

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 142 (1996):

Sept. 28, considered and passed Senate.

Oct. 4, considered and passed House.

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the Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, chapter 665),

as a component of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program,

situated in Hayes County and Hitchcock County, Nebraska.

(6) The Kirwin Unit, Missouri River Basin Project, consisting of the project constructed and operated under the Act

of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, chapter 665), and the

Flood Control Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 641, chapter 596), as a

component of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, situated

in Phillips County, Smith County, and Osborne County, Kansas.

(7) The Sargent Unit, Missouri River Basin Project, consisting of the project constructed and operated under the Act

of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, chapter 665), and the

Flood Control Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 641, chapter 596), situated

in Blaine County, Custer County, and Valley County, Nebraska.

(8) The Webster Unit, Missouri River Basin Project, consisting of the project constructed and operated under the Act

of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, chapter 665), and the

Flood Control Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 641, chapter 596), as a

component of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, situated

in Rooks County and Osborne County, Kansas.

Approved October 19, 1996.