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Union Calendar No. 542 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4689 
[Report No. 115–700] 
To authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of Reclamation 
within the Northport Irrigation District in the State of Nebraska. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 19, 2017 
Mr. SMITH of Nebraska introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Natural Resources 
MAY 22, 2018 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau 
of Reclamation within the Northport Irrigation District 
in the State of Nebraska. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EARLY REPAYMENT OF CONSTRUCTION COSTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 213 of 
the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390mm), 
any landowner within the Northport Irrigation District in 
the State of Nebraska (referred to in this section as the 
‘‘District’’) may repay, at any time, the construction costs 
of project facilities allocated to the landowner’s land with-
in the District. 
(b) APPLICABILITY OF FULL-COST PRICING LIMITA-
TIONS.—On discharge, in full, of the obligation for repay-
ment of all construction costs described in subsection (a) 
that are allocated to all land the landowner owns in the 
District in question, the parcels of land shall not be sub-
ject to the ownership and full-cost pricing limitations 
under Federal reclamation law (the Act of June 17, 1902, 
32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093), and Acts supplemental to 
and amendatory of that Act (43 U.S.C. 371 et seq.), in-
cluding the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (13 U.S.C. 
390aa et seq.). 
(c) CERTIFICATION.—On request of a landowner that 
has repaid, in full, the construction costs described in sub-
section (a), the Secretary of the Interior shall provide to 
the landowner a certificate described in section 213(b)(1) 
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of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 
390mm(b)(1)). 
(d) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section— 
(1) modifies any contractual rights under, or 
amends or reopens, the reclamation contract between 
the District and the United States; or 
(2) modifies any rights, obligations, or relation-
ships between the District and landowners in the 
District under Nebraska State law. 
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Union Calendar No. 542 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4689 
[Report No. 115–700] 
A BILL 
To authorize early repayment of obligations to the 
Bureau of Reclamation within the Northport Ir-
rigation District in the State of Nebraska. 
MAY 22, 2018 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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