A bill to amend the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 to make certain technical corrections.

Bill: 116-s-3758
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2020-05-19
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California

Government studies and investigations

Indian lands and resources rights

Missouri River

Montana

Oregon

Water quality

Water storage

Water use and supply

Watersheds
Latest action: action_date: 2020-10-30
text: Became Public Law No: 116-191.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-05-19
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill specifies types of programs the Bureau of Reclamation may participate in, such as land idling (i.e., refraining from cultivating crops on certain land), for the purpose of aligning water supply and demand for users of irrigation water associated with the Klamath Project in Oregon and California. </p>

action_date: 2020-06-30
action_desc: Passed Senate
text: <p>This bill specifies types of programs the Bureau of Reclamation may participate in, such as land idling (i.e., refraining from cultivating crops on certain land), for the purpose of aligning water supply and demand for users of irrigation water associated with the Klamath Project in Oregon and California. Additionally, the bill provides for the continued use of power from the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program by the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District in Montana.</p>

action_date: 2020-10-01
action_desc: Passed House
text: <p>This bill specifies types of programs the Bureau of Reclamation may participate in, such as land idling (i.e., refraining from cultivating crops on certain land), for the purpose of aligning water supply and demand for users of irrigation water associated with the Klamath Project in Oregon and California. Additionally, the bill provides for the continued use of power from the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program by the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District in Montana.</p>

action_date: 2020-10-30
action_desc: Public Law
text: <p>This bill specifies types of programs the Bureau of Reclamation may participate in, such as land idling (i.e., refraining from cultivating crops on certain land), for the purpose of aligning water supply and demand for users of irrigation water associated with the Klamath Project in Oregon and California. Additionally, the bill provides for the continued use of power from the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program by the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District in Montana.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3758 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 19, 2020 Mr. Merkley (for himself and Mr. Wyden ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 to make certain technical corrections.

1. Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 technical corrections Section 4(b) of the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2222; 132 Stat. 3887) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— (i) by striking Pursuant to the reclamation laws and subject and inserting Subject ; and (ii) by striking may and inserting is authorized to ; and (B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting , including conservation and efficiency measures, land idling, and use of groundwater, after administer programs ; (2) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting and after the semicolon at the end; (3) by redesignating the second paragraph (4) (relating to the effect of the subsection) as paragraph (5); and (4) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated)— (A) by striking subparagraph (B); (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ; or and inserting a period; and (C) by striking the Secretary— and all that follows through to develop in subparagraph (A) and inserting the Secretary to develop .

tv_txt: 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3758 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AN ACT To amend the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 to make certain technical corrections.

1. Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 technical corrections Section 4(b) of the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2222; 132 Stat. 3887) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— (i) by striking Pursuant to the reclamation laws and subject and inserting Subject ; and (ii) by striking may and inserting is authorized to ; and (B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting , including conservation and efficiency measures, land idling, and use of groundwater, after administer programs ; (2) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting and after the semicolon at the end; (3) by redesignating the second paragraph (4) (relating to the effect of the subsection) as paragraph (5); and (4) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated)— (A) by striking subparagraph (B); (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ; or and inserting a period; and (C) by striking the Secretary— and all that follows through to develop in subparagraph (A) and inserting the Secretary to develop . 2. Continued use of Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program project use power by the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District (a) Authorization Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of the Interior (acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation) shall continue to treat the irrigation pumping units known as the Kinsey Irrigation Company in Custer County, Montana and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District in Richland County, Montana, or any successor to the Kinsey Irrigation Company or Sidney Water Users Irrigation District, as irrigation pumping units of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program for the purposes of wheeling, administration, and payment of project use power, including the applicability of provisions relating to the treatment of costs beyond the ability to pay under section 9 of the Act of December 22, 1944 (commonly known as the “Flood Control Act of 1944”) (58 Stat. 891, chapter 665). (b) Limitation The quantity of power to be provided to the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District (including any successor to the Kinsey Irrigation Company or the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District) under subsection (a) may not exceed the maximum quantity of power provided to the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District under the applicable contract for electric service in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.

Passed the Senate June 30, 2020. Secretary

tv_txt: One Hundred Sixteenth Congress of the United States of America 2d Session Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty S. 3758 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AN ACT To amend the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 to make certain technical corrections.

1. Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 technical corrections Section 4(b) of the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2222; 132 Stat. 3887) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— (i) by striking Pursuant to the reclamation laws and subject and inserting Subject ; and (ii) by striking may and inserting is authorized to ; and (B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting , including conservation and efficiency measures, land idling, and use of groundwater, after administer programs ; (2) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting and after the semicolon at the end; (3) by redesignating the second paragraph (4) (relating to the effect of the subsection) as paragraph (5); and (4) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated)— (A) by striking subparagraph (B); (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ; or and inserting a period; and (C) by striking the Secretary— and all that follows through to develop in subparagraph (A) and inserting the Secretary to develop . 2. Continued use of Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program project use power by the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District (a) Authorization Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of the Interior (acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation) shall continue to treat the irrigation pumping units known as the Kinsey Irrigation Company in Custer County, Montana and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District in Richland County, Montana, or any successor to the Kinsey Irrigation Company or Sidney Water Users Irrigation District, as irrigation pumping units of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program for the purposes of wheeling, administration, and payment of project use power, including the applicability of provisions relating to the treatment of costs beyond the ability to pay under section 9 of the Act of December 22, 1944 (commonly known as the “Flood Control Act of 1944”) (58 Stat. 891, chapter 665). (b) Limitation The quantity of power to be provided to the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District (including any successor to the Kinsey Irrigation Company or the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District) under subsection (a) may not exceed the maximum quantity of power provided to the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District under the applicable contract for electric service in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.

Speaker of the House of Representatives Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate