A bill to extend a repayment contract relating to the Purgatoire River Water Conservancy District and to authorize the District to develop an excess capacity contract to offset repayment costs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-1758
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2019-06-10
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Colorado

Dams and canals

Water resources funding

Water storage

Water use and supply
Latest action: action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-310.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-06-10
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill allows the Bureau of Reclamation to extend the repayment contract with the Purgatoire River Water Conservancy District relating to the Purgatoire project for the Trinidad Dam on Purgatoire River in Colorado. The bill also allows Reclamation to enter into excess capacity contracts with respect to the project; revenues from such contracts must be first credited toward the district's outstanding payment obligation under its repayment contract.<br /></p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1758 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 10, 2019 Mr. Gardner introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To extend a repayment contract relating to the Purgatoire River Water Conservancy District and to authorize the District to develop an excess capacity contract to offset repayment costs, and for other purposes.

1. Trinidad Dam, Purgatoire River, Colorado (a) In general Notwithstanding the maximum term of the repayment of the irrigation first cost described in House Document 325, 84th Congress, 2d Session, the Commissioner of Reclamation may extend the contract with the Purgatoire River Water Conservancy District relating to the Purgatoire project for the Trinidad Dam on Purgatoire River, Colorado, authorized by section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 309) to allow for a maximum term of the repayment of the irrigation first cost of not more than 100 years. (b) Excess capacity (1) Authorization Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commissioner of Reclamation may enter into excess capacity contracts at the project described in subsection (a). (2) Use of revenue Notwithstanding the reclamation laws, any revenue derived from a contract for the use of the excess capacity at the project described in subsection (a) shall be— (A) first credited toward the outstanding repayment obligation of the Purgatoire River Water Conservancy District under the contract referred to in subsection (a); and (B) after the outstanding repayment obligation referred to in subparagraph (A) is repaid in full, credited toward the annual operations, maintenance, and replacement obligation of the Purgatoire River Water Conservancy District. (c) Operations, maintenance, and replacement costs Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the operations, maintenance, and replacement costs of the Corps of Engineers described in the contract referred to in subsection (a) and annually invoiced to the Purgatoire River Water Conservancy District shall not exceed the lesser of— (1) the actual costs of the Corps of Engineers, determined in accordance with the terms of the contract; and (2) the calculation of the Bureau of Reclamation of the actual costs of the Corps of Engineers for a single-purpose irrigation reservoir facility.