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[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1398 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1398

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                                 AN ACT

 
   To extend certain contracts between the Bureau of Reclamation and 
irrigation water contractors in Wyoming and Nebraska that receive water 
                         from Glendo Reservoir.

    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 1998''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF CONTRACTS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior shall extend each of 
the water service or repayment contracts for the Glendo Unit of the 
Missouri River Basin Project identified in subsection (c) until 
December 31, 2000.
    (b) Extensions Coterminous With Cooperative Agreement.--If the 
cooperative agreement entitled ``Cooperative Agreement for Platte River 
Research and other Efforts Relating to Endangered Species Habitats 
Along the Central Platte River, Nebraska'', entered into by the 
Governors of the States of Wyoming, Nebraska, and Colorado and the 
Secretary of the Interior, is extended for a term beyond December 31, 
2000, the contracts identified in subsection (c) shall be extended for 
the same term, but not to go beyond December 31, 2001. If the 
cooperative agreement terminates prior to December 31, 2000, the 
contracts identified in subsection (c) shall be subject to renewal on 
the date that the cooperative agreement terminates.
    (c) Contracts.--The contracts identified in this subsection are--
            (1) the contract between the United States and the New 
        Grattan Ditch Company for water service from Glendo Reservoir 
        (Contract No. 14-06-700-7591), dated March 7, 1974;
            (2) the contract between the United States and Burbank 
        Ditch for water service from Glendo Reservoir (Contract No. 14-
        06-700-6614), dated May 23, 1969;
            (3) the contract between the United States and the 
        Torrington Irrigation District for water service from Glendo 
        Reservoir (Contract No. 14-06-700-1771), dated July 14, 1958;
            (4) the contract between the United States and the Lucerne 
        Canal and Power Company for water service from Glendo Reservoir 
        (Contract No. 14-06-700-1740, as amended), dated June 12, 1958, 
        and amended June 10, 1960;
            (5) the contract between the United States and the Wright 
        and Murphy Ditch Company for water service from Glendo 
        Reservoir (Contract No. 14-06-700-1741), dated June 12, 1958;
            (6) the contract between the United States and the 
        Bridgeport Irrigation District for water service from Glendo 
        Reservoir (Contract No. 14-06-700-8376, renumbered 6-07-70-
        W0126), dated July 9, 1976;
            (7) the contract between the United States and the 
        Enterprises Irrigation District for water service from Glendo 
        Reservoir (Contract No. 14-06-700-1742), dated June 12, 1958;
            (8)(A) the contract between the United States and the 
        Mitchell Irrigation District for an increase in carryover 
        storage capacity in Glendo Reservoir (Contract No. 14-06-700-
        1743, renumbered 8-07-70-W0056 Amendment No. 1), dated March 
        22, 1985; and
            (B) the contract between the United States and the Mitchell 
        Irrigation District for water service from Glendo Reservoir 
        (Contract No. 14-06-700-1743, renumbered 8-07-70-W0056) dated 
        June 12, 1958; and
            (9) the contract between the United States and the Central 
        Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District for repayment of 
        allocated irrigation costs of Glendo Reservoir (Contract No. 5-
        07-70-W0734), dated December 31, 1984.
    (d) Statutory Construction.--Nothing in this section precludes the 
Secretary of the Interior from making an extension under subsection (a) 
or (b) in the form of annual extensions.

            Passed the Senate October 2, 1998.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
105th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 1398

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

   To extend certain contracts between the Bureau of Reclamation and 
irrigation water contractors in Wyoming and Nebraska that receive water 
                         from Glendo Reservoir.
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