116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3758 

AN ACT 

To amend the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement 

Act of 2000 to make certain technical corrections. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. KLAMATH BASIN WATER SUPPLY ENHANCE2 MENT ACT OF 2000 TECHNICAL CORREC3 TIONS. 

4 Section 4(b) of the Klamath Basin Water Supply En5 hancement Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2222; 132 Stat. 3887) 

6 is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

8 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

9 (A)— 

10 (i) by striking ‘‘Pursuant to the rec11 lamation laws and subject’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘Subject’’; and 

13 (ii) by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘is authorized to’’; and 

15 (B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, 

16 including conservation and efficiency measures, 

17 land idling, and use of groundwater,’’ after ‘‘ad18 minister programs’’; 

19 (2) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting ‘‘and’’ 

20 after the semicolon at the end; 

21 (3) by redesignating the second paragraph (4) 

22 (relating to the effect of the subsection) as para23 graph (5); and 

24 (4) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated)— 

25 (A) by striking subparagraph (B); 
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1 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; 

2 or’’ and inserting a period; and 

3 (C) by striking ‘‘the Secretary—’’ and all 

4 that follows through ‘‘to develop’’ in subpara5 graph (A) and inserting ‘‘the Secretary to de6 velop’’. 

7 SEC. 2. CONTINUED USE OF PICK-SLOAN MISSOURI BASIN 

8 PROGRAM PROJECT USE POWER BY THE 

9 KINSEY IRRIGATION COMPANY AND THE SID10 NEY WATER USERS IRRIGATION DISTRICT. 

11 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding any other 

12 provision of law and subject to subsection (b), the Sec13 retary of the Interior (acting through the Commissioner 

14 of Reclamation) shall continue to treat the irrigation 

15 pumping units known as the ‘‘Kinsey Irrigation Com16 pany’’ in Custer County, Montana and the ‘‘Sidney Water 

17 Users Irrigation District’’ in Richland County, Montana, 

18 or any successor to the Kinsey Irrigation Company or Sid19 ney Water Users Irrigation District, as irrigation pumping 

20 units of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program for the 

21 purposes of wheeling, administration, and payment of 

22 project use power, including the applicability of provisions 

23 relating to the treatment of costs beyond the ability to 

24 pay under section 9 of the Act of December 22, 1944 
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1 (commonly known as the ‘‘Flood Control Act of 1944’’) 

2 (58 Stat. 891, chapter 665). 

3 (b) LIMITATION.—The quantity of power to be pro4 vided to the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the Sidney 

5 Water Users Irrigation District (including any successor 

6 to the Kinsey Irrigation Company or the Sidney Water 

7 Users Irrigation District) under subsection (a) may not 

8 exceed the maximum quantity of power provided to the 

9 Kinsey Irrigation Company and the Sidney Water Users 

10 Irrigation District under the applicable contract for elec11 tric service in effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 

Passed the Senate June 30, 2020. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3758 

AN ACT 

To amend the Klamath Basin Water Supply Encorrections. hancement Act of 2000 to make certain technical