A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contract with the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming, for the storage of the city's water in the Kendrick Project, Wyoming.

Bill: 108-s-943
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2003-04-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Commerce
Construction costs
Dams
Energy
Environmental Protection
Federal-city relations
Government Operations and Politics
Hydroelectric power
Infrastructure
Irrigation
Maintenance and repair
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Reservoirs
Water storage
Water supply
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-29
text: Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to enter into one or more contracts with the City of Cheyenne, Wyoming, for the annual storage of water for municipal and industrial uses in the Seminoe dam and reservoir of the Kendrick Project. Limits a contract to a term of not more than 40 years.
action_date: 2004-03-09
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to enter into one or more contracts with the City of Cheyenne, Wyoming, for the annual storage of the city's water for municipal and industrial use in the Seminoe Dam and Reservoir of the Kendrick Project (the Bureau of Reclamation project on the North Platte River that was authorized by a finding of feasibility approved by the President on August 30, 1935, and constructed for irrigation and electric power generation, the major features of which include Seminoe Dam, Reservoir, and Power plant, and Alcova Dam and Power plant).
 
 Limits a contract to a term of not more than 40 years, which may be renewed on terms agreeable to the Secretary and the city, for successive terms of not more than 40 years per term.
 
 Directs that: (1) any operation and maintenance charges received under such a contract be credited against applicable operation and maintenance costs of the Project; and (2) any other revenues received under such a contract be credited to the Reclamation Fund as a credit to the construction costs of the Project.

action_date: 2004-05-19
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on March 9, 2004. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to enter into one or more contracts with the City of Cheyenne, Wyoming, for the annual storage of the city's water for municipal and industrial use in the Seminoe Dam and Reservoir of the Kendrick Project (the Bureau of Reclamation project on the North Platte River that was authorized by a finding of feasibility approved by the President on August 30, 1935, and constructed for irrigation and electric power generation, the major features of which include Seminoe Dam, Reservoir, and Powerplant and Alcova Dam and Powerplant).
 
 Limits a contract to a term of not more than 40 years, which may be renewed on terms agreeable to the Secretary and the city, for successive terms of not more than 40 years per term.
 
 Directs that: (1) any operation and maintenance charges received under such a contract be credited against applicable operation and maintenance costs of the Project; and (2) any other revenues received under such a contract be credited to the Reclamation Fund as a credit to the construction costs of the Project.

action_date: 2004-09-07
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on March 9, 2004. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to enter into one or more contracts with the City of Cheyenne, Wyoming, for the annual storage of the city's water for municipal and industrial use in the Seminoe Dam and Reservoir of the Kendrick Project (the Bureau of Reclamation project on the North Platte River that was authorized by a finding of feasibility approved by the President on August 30, 1935, and constructed for irrigation and electric power generation, the major features of which include Seminoe Dam, Reservoir, and Powerplant and Alcova Dam and Powerplant).
 
 Limits a contract to a term of not more than 40 years, which may be renewed on terms agreeable to the Secretary and the city, for successive terms of not more than 40 years per term.
 
 Directs that: (1) any operation and maintenance charges received under such a contract be credited against applicable operation and maintenance costs of the Project; and (2) any other revenues received under such a contract be credited to the Reclamation Fund as a credit to the construction costs of the Project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 397.
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-653.
action_date: 2004-09-07
text: Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-653.
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Subcommittee on Water and Power Discharged.
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2004-07-14
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2004-07-08
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2004-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2004-06-01
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5840-5841; text as passed Senate: CR S5840-5841)
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5840-5841; text as passed Senate: CR S5840-5841)
action_date: 2004-03-09
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 441.
action_date: 2004-03-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 108-231.
action_date: 2004-03-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 108-231.
action_date: 2004-02-11
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-271.
action_date: 2003-04-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2003-04-29
text: Introduced in Senate