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Union Calendar No. 340
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2795
[Report No. 105–604]
To extend certain contracts between the Bureau of Reclamation and irrigation
water contractors in Wyoming and Nebraska that receive water from
Glendo Reservoir.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 4, 1997
Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska (for himself, Mrs. CUBIN, and Mr. CHRISTENSEN)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Re-
sources
JUNE 25, 1998
Additional sponsor: Mr. BEREUTER
JUNE 25, 1998
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on November 4, 1997]
A BILL
To extend certain contracts between the Bureau of Reclama-
tion and irrigation water contractors in Wyoming and
Nebraska that receive water from Glendo Reservoir.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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 that
are identified in subsection (c) for a period of 3 years until
December 31, 2000.
(b) EXTENSIONS COTERMINOUS WITH COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENT.—If the cooperative agreement entitled ‘‘Coop-
erative Agreement for Platte River Research and other Ef-
forts Relating to Endangered Species Habitats Along the
Central Platte River, Nebraska’’, entered into by the Gov-
ernors 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 sub-
section (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 identi-
fied in subsection (c) shall be subject to renewal on the date
of cooperative agreement terminates.
(c) CONTRACTS.—The contracts identified in this sub-
section 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
from service 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 (Con-
tract 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, re-
numbered 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 sec-
tion precludes the Secretary of the Interior from making