St. Mary's Reinvestment Act

Bill: 116-s-1305
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2019-05-02
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Dams and canals

Lakes and rivers

Montana

Water resources funding

Water storage
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: 2019-05-02
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>St. Mary's Reinvestment Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the government to pay 75% of the costs, including repair costs, for the Bureau of Reclamation's Milk River Project, which provides water for irrigation of land in Montana.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1305 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 2, 2019 Mr. Tester (for himself and Mr. Daines ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To establish a Federal cost share percentage for the Milk River Project in the State of Montana.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the St. Mary's Reinvestment Act . 2. Cost share for the Milk River Project (a) Definition of Milk River Project (1) In general In this Act, the term Milk River Project means the Bureau of Reclamation project authorized by the Secretary of the Interior on March 14, 1903, under the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093), commencing at Lake Sherburne and providing water to a point approximately 6 miles east of Nashua, Montana. (2) Inclusions The term Milk River Project includes— (A) Swiftcurrent Dike; (B) Lake Sherburne; (C) Nelson and Fresno dams, dikes, and reservoirs; (D) St. Mary, Dodson, Vandalia, and Paradise Diversion dams; (E) Dodson pumping plant; and (F) associated siphons, canals, drops, laterals, and drains. (b) Cost share The Federal share of the cost of the operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement of the Milk River Project shall be 75 percent, which shall not be reimbursable to the United States.