```

[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1649 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  2d Session
                                S. 1649

 To extend contracts between the Bureau of Reclamation and irrigation 
       districts in Kansas and Nebraska, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 28, 1996

   Mr. Kerrey (for himself, Mr. Dole, Mr. Exon, and Mrs. Kassebaum) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
 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 construction 
repayment and water service contracts for the following projects, 
entered into by the Secretary of the Interior under subsections (d) and 
(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 Ainsworth Unit, Missouri River Basin Project, 
        consisting of the project constructed and operated under the 
        Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, chapter 665), the Act 
        of August 21, 1954 (68 Stat. 757, chapter 781), and the Act of 
        May 18, 1956 (70 Stat. 160, chapter 285), situated in Cherry 
        County, Brown County, and Rock County, Nebraska.
            (2) The Almena 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 
        Norton County and Phillips County, Kansas.
            (3) 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.
            (4) 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.
            (5) 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.
            (6) 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, and Harlan County, Nebraska.
            (7) The Frenchman Valley 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 Hayes County and Hitchcock County, Nebraska.
            (8) 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.
            (9) 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.
            (10) 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 Osborn County, Kansas.
                                 <all>
```