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: 109-s-99
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2005-01-24 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: 2005-01-24
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 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: 2005-03-10
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. 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: 2005-07-26
text: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 40.
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici without amendment. With written report No. 109-27.
action_date: 2005-03-10
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici without amendment. With written report No. 109-27.
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate