SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Irrigation Project Con-
tract 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 ‘‘Co-
operative 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 Colo-
rado 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 termi-
nates.
(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 Res-
ervoir (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 mak-
ing an extension under subsection (a) or (b) in the form
of annual extensions.
Passed the House of Representatives September 15,
1998.
Attest:
Clerk.