S. 1649

One Hundred Fourth Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE SECOND SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,

the third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six

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
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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.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.