Southern Oregon Bureau of Reclamation Repayment Act of 2005

Bill: 109-s-1760
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR]
Introduced: 2005-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Collection of accounts
Construction costs
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Infrastructure
Irrigation
Irrigation districts
Landowners
Oregon

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: 
Southern Oregon Bureau of Reclamation Repayment Act of 2005 - Authorizes any landowner within the Rogue River Valley Irrigation District or the Medford Irrigation District of Oregon to repay, at any time, the construction costs of project facilities allocated to that owner's lands, notwithstanding specified provisions of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982.
 
 Provides that: (1) nothing in this Act modifies any contractual rights between the two districts and the United States or any rights, obligations, or relationships between the districts and their landowners as governed by Oregon law; and (2) upon discharge in full of the repayment obligation, the lands at issue shall not be subject to ownership and full-cost pricing limitations under reclamation and irrigation provisions. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, upon request, to provide certification of the landholder's freedom from such limitations.

action_date: 2005-12-08
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Southern Oregon Bureau of Reclamation Repayment Act of 2005 - Authorizes any landowner within the Rogue River Valley Irrigation District or the Medford Irrigation District of Oregon to repay, at any time, the construction costs of project facilities allocated to that owner's lands, notwithstanding specified provisions of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982.
 
 Provides that: (1) nothing in this Act modifies any contractual rights between the two districts and the United States or any rights, obligations, or relationships between the districts and their landowners as governed by Oregon law; and (2) upon discharge in full of the repayment obligation, the lands at issue shall not be subject to ownership and full-cost pricing limitations under reclamation and irrigation provisions. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, upon request, to provide certification of the landholder's freedom from such limitations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 315.
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici under authority of the order of the Senate of 11/18/2005 without amendment. With written report No. 109-197.
action_date: 2005-12-08
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici under authority of the order of the Senate of 11/18/2005 without amendment. With written report No. 109-197.
action_date: 2005-11-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2005-10-06
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-273.
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate