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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Living Independently for Extended 
Time Act'' or the ``LIFETIME Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The number of Americans over age 65 or living with a 
        disability is growing, and over 70 percent of these individuals 
        will need some form of long-term services and supports, with a 
        majority of individuals preferring home and community-based 
        care.
            (2) This is a major demographic shift and provides an 
        opportunity for innovative solutions in long-term services and 
        supports.
            (3) Developing programs to facilitate high-quality 
        independent community-based living, create and improve jobs, 
        and address and improve upon gaps in existing systems will be 
        essential to providing necessary services and supports to these 
        individuals and families.
            (4) It is imperative that Congress act to address the 
        looming long-term services and supports crisis.

SEC. 3. PURPOSE.

    It is the purpose of this Act to establish a grant program to 
provide incentives to States for the development of solutions to the 
increased need of individuals for long-term services and supports and 
to increase State support and systems in long-term care.

SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF LONG-TERM SERVICES AND SUPPORTS INNOVATION 
              GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) State Planning Grants.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date on 
        which grant announcements are made under subsection (d), the 
        Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this Act 
        as the ``Secretary'') shall award grants to eligible States to 
        enable such States to develop innovative programs to meet the 
        unique need for long-term services and supports in the State.
            (2) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
        paragraph (1), a State shall--
                    (A) submit to the Secretary an application, at such 
                time, in such manner, and containing such information 
                as the Secretary may require;
                    (B) demonstrate to the Secretary that the State 
                will work in conjunction with both public and private 
                long-term services and supports stakeholder groups 
                described in paragraph (3) to develop a coordinated 
                statewide long-term services and supports program for 
                the State that is not duplicative of other programs 
                providing such services and supports in the State; and
                    (C) provide assurances that the State will, not 
                later than 1 year after the date on which the grant is 
                awarded, submit to the Secretary a comprehensive plan 
                for the implementation of innovative long-term services 
                and supports program in the State, which shall include 
                the utilization of existing State or local frameworks.
            (3) Stakeholder groups.--Stakeholder groups described in 
        this paragraph shall be groups that--
                    (A) represent the interests of--
                            (i) consumers of long-term services and 
                        supports and related insurance products, as 
                        well as their representatives;
                            (ii) older adults;
                            (iii) individuals with cognitive or 
                        functional limitations;
                            (iv) family caregivers for individuals 
                        described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii);
                            (v) the health care workforce who directly 
                        provide long-term services and supports;
                            (vi) private long-term services and 
                        supports insurance providers;
                            (vii) employers;
                            (viii) State insurance departments;
                            (ix) area agency on aging or State agency 
                        on aging;
                            (x) direct care workforce; and
                            (xi) State Medicaid agencies;
                    (B) have demonstrated experience in dealing with 
                issues related to long-term services and supports, 
                health care policy, and public and private insurance; 
                and
                    (C) represent the health care interests and needs 
                of a variety of geographic areas and demographic 
                groups.
    (b) State Implementation Grants.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall award grants to 
        eligible States to enable such States to implement the 
        comprehensive plans submitted under subsection (a)(2)(C) to 
        meet the long-term services and supports needs of such States.
            (2) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
        paragraph (1), a State shall--
                    (A) submit to the Secretary an application, at such 
                time, in such manner, and containing such information 
                as the Secretary may require;
                    (B) have submitted a comprehensive plan under 
                subsection (a)(2)(C) that has been approved by the 
                Secretary or, if the State has not applied for a grant 
                under subsection (a), submit a plan (that is similar to 
                the plans required under subsection (a)(2)(C)) to the 
                Secretary for the implementation of new, or continued 
                operation of existing, long-term services and supports 
                activities;
                    (C) provide assurances that the State will provide 
                long-term services and supports under the grant to 
                individuals who demonstrate a need for such services 
                regardless of age;
                    (D) provide assurances that the State will provide 
                matching funds in accordance with paragraph (3); and
                    (E) submit to the Secretary progress and outcomes 
                reports containing uniform data as determined 
                appropriate by the Secretary.
            (3) Matching requirement.--To be eligible to receive a 
        grant under paragraph (1), a State shall agree, with respect to 
        the costs to be incurred by the State in implementing the 
        comprehensive plan under subsection (a)(2)(C), to make 
        available non-Federal contributions (in cash or in-kind) toward 
        such costs in an amount equal to not less than $1 for each $4 
        of Federal funds provided under the grant. Such contributions 
        may be made directly or through donations from public or 
        private entities.
            (4) Preference.--In awarding grants under paragraph (1), 
        the Secretary shall give preference to States that 
        demonstrate--
                    (A) the activities to be carried out under the 
                grant will enhances access to quality, affordable long-
                term services and supports for consumers; and
                    (B) the sustainability and scalability of the 
                program to be carried out under the grant beyond the 
                grant period.
            (5) Limitation.--A State shall not use in excess of 5 
        percent of the amount awarded under a grant under paragraph (1) 
        for the administrative expenses associated with carrying out 
        activities under the grant.
    (c) Technical Assistance and Outcomes Data.--The Secretary may use 
not to exceed 5 percent of the amount appropriated for each fiscal year 
under subsection (f) to--
            (1) provide technical assistance to States in carrying out 
        programs under this section; and
            (2) collect and disseminate data, including from the 
        reports submitted by the States under subsection (b)(2)(D), on 
        improvements to long-term services and supports provided in the 
        States and the effect that grants under this section had on the 
        availability of such services and supports.
    (d) Grant Announcements.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall announce the opportunity to 
apply for the initial series of grants under this section. Not later 
than 2 years after such date, the Secretary shall announce the 
opportunity to apply for the remaining grants under this section.
    (e) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date on which grants 
are awarded under subsection (b), and annually thereafter, the 
Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the activities carried 
out under grants under this section, including a description of 
improvements to long-term services and supports provided in the States 
and the effect that grants under this section had on the availability 
of such services and supports.
    (f) Appropriations.--
            (1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated--
                    (A) to award grants under subsection (a), 
                $50,000,000, to be used during the first fiscal year 
                for which such grants are awarded; and
                    (B) to award grants under subsection (b), 
                $250,000,000, to be available until expended.
            (2) Additional amounts.--In addition to amounts 
        appropriated under paragraph (1)(B) for a fiscal year, the 
        Secretary may use any amounts appropriated under paragraph 
        (1)(A) and remaining unexpended after fiscal year 2015 to award 
        grants under subsection (b).
    (g) Definition.--In this Act, the term ``long-term services and 
supports'' means the services and supports described in section 321(a) 
of the Older Americans Act of (42 U.S.C. 3030d(a) et seq.).
Living Independently for Extended Time Act or the LIFETIME Act  This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to enable eligible states to develop innovative programs to meet the unique need for long-term services and supports in the state. 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Detroit Economic Competitiveness 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DETROIT JOBS TRUST FUND.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter A of chapter 98 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 9512. DETROIT JOBS TRUST FUND.

    ``(a) Creation of Trust Fund.--There is established in the Treasury 
of the United States a trust fund to be known as the `Detroit Jobs 
Trust Fund', consisting of such amounts as may be appropriated or 
credited to such fund as provided in this section or section 9602(b).
    ``(b) Transfers to Trust Fund.--There are hereby appropriated to 
the Detroit Jobs Trust Fund amounts equivalent to receipts in the 
Treasury of taxes (including all income, excise, and employment taxes 
whether imposed with respect to individuals or businesses) imposed 
under this title (with respect to periods after the date of the 
enactment of this section) which are (as determined by the Secretary) 
attributable to Detroit, Michigan. The city of Detroit, Michigan, shall 
provide the Secretary such information as the Secretary may request for 
purposes of making the determinations required under this subsection. 
For purposes of this subsection, the taxes imposed on a corporation or 
other business entity shall not be treated as attributable to Detroit, 
Michigan, merely because the headquarters of such corporation or entity 
is located in Detroit, Michigan.
    ``(c) Expenditures.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
        subsection, amounts in the Detroit Jobs Trust Fund shall 
        (without need of any further appropriation) be distributed 
        annually by the Secretary to the city of Detroit, Michigan, to 
        carry out the purposes described in paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Use of expenditures.--Amounts distributed to the city 
        of Detroit, Michigan, under this section shall be used for the 
        following purposes and in the following order of priority:
                    ``(A) First, of the amounts distributed with 
                respect the annual period not in excess of the Detroit 
                income tax suspension hold harmless amount, for any 
                purpose determined by the city government of Detroit, 
                Michigan.
                    ``(B) Second, for payment of principal and interest 
                on any general obligation issued by the city of 
                Detroit, Michigan (to the extent of such obligations).
                    ``(C) Third, for payment of principal and interest 
                on obligations to which section 103 applies and the 
                proceeds of which were used for the public schools of 
                the city of Detroit, Michigan (to the extent of such 
                obligations).
                    ``(D) Fourth, for jobs development, public safety, 
                education, business infrastructure, or public 
                infrastructure (to the extent consistent with the plan 
                described in paragraph (4)).
            ``(3) Restriction on distributions.--No distribution shall 
        be made by the Secretary under paragraph (1) unless--
                    ``(A) the city of Detroit, Michigan, does not 
                impose an income tax with respect to the period to 
                which such distribution relates,
                    ``(B) such city has reduced the aggregate property 
                taxes imposed by an amount not less than the reduction 
                in the payment obligations of such city by reason of 
                the payments described in paragraph (2),
                    ``(C) all prior distributions made to the city 
                under paragraph (2) were used by the city in a manner 
                consistent with the requirements of paragraph (2), and
                    ``(D) such city has provided such information to 
                the Comptroller General of the United States as the 
                Comptroller General may request to carry out section 
                2(b) of the Detroit Economic Competitiveness Act.
            ``(4) 5-year development plan.--A plan is described in this 
        paragraph if such plan--
                    ``(A) is a 5-year plan describing development goals 
                for Detroit, Michigan, and detailing how distributions 
                for purposes described in paragraph (2)(D) will be 
                spent,
                    ``(B) has been approved by simple majority vote of 
                the City Council of Detroit, Michigan (after 
                consultation with the Detroit Board of Education), and
                    ``(C) has been submitted to, and approved by, the 
                Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Housing and 
                Urban Development, and the Secretary of Education.
        No distribution shall be made under paragraph (1) for a purpose 
        described in paragraph (2)(D) unless a plan described in this 
        paragraph is in effect and all prior such distributions for 
        such purposes were used in accordance with such plan.
            ``(5) Special rules during period of plan development.--
        During the period during which the plan described in paragraph 
        (4) is developed (but not in excess of the 5-month period 
        beginning on the date of the first distribution under paragraph 
        (1)), amounts distributed may be used concurrently for the 
        purposes described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of 
        paragraph (2).
            ``(6) Detroit income tax suspension hold harmless amount.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For purposes of paragraph 
                (2)(A), the term `Detroit income tax suspension hold 
                harmless amount' means the amount (as determined by the 
                Secretary) of revenue collected by the city of Detroit 
                pursuant to the income tax imposed by such city during 
                the calendar year preceding the calendar year which 
                includes the date of the enactment of this section.
                    ``(B) Cross reference.--For provision which 
                requires suspension of the Detroit income tax, see 
                paragraph (3)(A).
                    ``(C) Tax returns may still be required.--The city 
                of Detroit, Michigan, shall not be treated as failing 
                to satisfy the requirement of paragraph (3)(A) with 
                respect to any period merely because taxpayers are 
                required to file tax returns and report income with 
                respect to such period.
            ``(7) Amounts made available not to reduce other funding.--
        Amounts distributed to the city of Detroit, Michigan, under 
        this section shall supplement, and not supplant, any other 
        funding (including any Federal funding) for such city.
    ``(d) Termination.--No amount shall be distributed from, or 
appropriated to, the Detroit Jobs Trust Fund after the 5-year period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this section. Any amounts 
remaining in such Trust Fund at the end of such period shall be 
transferred to the general fund of the Treasury. The 5-year period 
specified in this subsection shall not be renewed or extended.''.
    (b) GAO Reports.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit an annual report to Congress which--
            (1) describes the manner and purposes for which 
        distributions made from the Detroit Jobs Trust Fund have been 
        used,
            (2) describes the extent to which progress has been made 
        toward meeting the development goals under the plan described 
        in section 9512(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as 
        added by this section) and whether such progress is consistent 
        with meeting such goals, and
            (3) includes any recommendations the Comptroller General 
        may have regarding improvements to the program described in 
        section 9512 of such Code.
The first such annual report shall be submitted not later than 90 days 
after the 1-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
Act and the last such annual report shall be submitted not later than 
90 days after the date on which the Detroit Jobs Trust Fund terminates 
pursuant to section 9512(d) of such Code.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subchapter A of 
chapter 98 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at 
the end the following new item:

``Sec. 9512. Detroit Jobs Trust Fund.''.

SEC. 3. ZERO CAPITAL GAINS RATE FOR CERTAIN NEW INVESTMENTS IN DETROIT, 
              MICHIGAN.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter Y of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new part:

        ``PART IV--CERTAIN NEW INVESTMENTS IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN

``Sec. 1400V. Zero capital gains rate for certain new investments in 
                            Detroit, Michigan.

``SEC. 1400V. ZERO CAPITAL GAINS RATE FOR CERTAIN NEW INVESTMENTS IN 
              DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

    ``(a) In General.--Gross income does not include any qualified 
capital gain from the sale or exchange of a specified new investment 
held for more than 1 year.
    ``(b) Specified New Investment.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `specified new investment' 
        means--
                    ``(A) any qualified stock,
                    ``(B) any qualified partnership interest, and
                    ``(C) any qualified business property.
            ``(2) Qualified stock.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), the term `qualified stock' means any 
                stock in a domestic corporation if--
                            ``(i) such stock is acquired by the 
                        taxpayer during the 1-year period beginning on 
                        the date of the enactment of this section, at 
                        its original issue (directly or through an 
                        underwriter) from the corporation solely in 
                        exchange for cash,
                            ``(ii) as of the time such stock was 
                        issued, such corporation was a specified 
                        Detroit business (or, in the case of a new 
                        corporation, such corporation was being 
                        organized for purposes of being a specified 
                        Detroit business), and
                            ``(iii) during substantially all of the 
                        taxpayer's holding period for such stock, such 
                        corporation qualified as a specified Detroit 
                        business.
                    ``(B) Redemptions.--A rule similar to the rule of 
                section 1202(c)(3) shall apply for purposes of this 
                paragraph.
            ``(3) Qualified partnership interest.--The term `qualified 
        partnership interest' means any capital or profits interest in 
        a domestic partnership if--
                    ``(A) such interest is acquired by the taxpayer 
                during the 1-year period beginning on the date of the 
                enactment of this section, from the partnership solely 
                in exchange for cash,
                    ``(B) as of the time such interest was acquired, 
                such partnership was a specified Detroit business (or, 
                in the case of a new partnership, such partnership was 
                being organized for purposes of being a specified 
                Detroit business), and
                    ``(C) during substantially all of the taxpayer's 
                holding period for such interest, such partnership 
                qualified as a specified Detroit business.
        A rule similar to the rule of paragraph (2)(B) shall apply for 
        purposes of this paragraph.
            ``(4) Qualified business property.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `qualified business 
                property' means tangible property if--
                            ``(i) such property was acquired by the 
                        taxpayer by purchase (as defined in section 
                        179(d)(2)) during the 1-year period beginning 
                        on the date of the enactment of this section,
                            ``(ii) the original use of such property in 
                        Detroit, Michigan, commences with the taxpayer, 
                        and
                            ``(iii) during substantially all of the 
                        taxpayer's holding period for such property, 
                        substantially all of the use of such property 
                        was in a specified Detroit business of the 
                        taxpayer.
                    ``(B) Special rule for substantial improvements.--
                The requirements of clauses (i) and (ii) of 
                subparagraph (A) shall be treated as satisfied with 
                respect to--
                            ``(i) property which is substantially 
                        improved by the taxpayer before the end of the 
                        period described in subparagraph (A)(i), and
                            ``(ii) any land on which such property is 
                        located.
                The determination of whether a property is 
                substantially improved shall be made under clause (ii) 
                of section 1400B(b)(4)(B), except that `the date of the 
                enactment of section 1400V' shall be substituted for 
                `December 31, 1997' in such clause.
    ``(c) Qualified Capital Gain.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
        subsection, the term `qualified capital gain' means any gain 
        recognized on the sale or exchange of--
                    ``(A) a capital asset, or
                    ``(B) property used in the trade or business (as 
                defined in section 1231(b)).
            ``(2) Gain before enactment not qualified.--The term 
        `qualified capital gain' shall not include any gain 
        attributable to periods before the date of the enactment of 
        this section.
            ``(3) Certain rules to apply.--Rules similar to the rules 
        of paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) of section 1400B(e) shall apply 
        for purposes of this subsection.
    ``(d) Specified Detroit Business.--For purposes of this section, 
the term `specified Detroit business' means any enterprise zone 
business (as defined in section 1397C), determined--
            ``(1) without regard to subsections (b)(6) and (c)(5) 
        thereof,
            ``(2) by substituting `80 percent' for `50 percent' in 
        subsections (b)(2) and (c)(1) thereof,
            ``(3) by treating Detroit, Michigan, as an empowerment zone 
        (and by treating no area other than Detroit, Michigan, as an 
        empowerment zone).
    ``(e) Certain Rules To Apply.--For purposes of this section, rules 
similar to the rules of paragraphs (6) and (7) of subsection (b), and 
subsections (f) and (g), of section 1400B shall apply; except that for 
such purposes section 1400B(g)(2) shall be applied by substituting 
`before the date of the enactment of section 1400V' for `before January 
1, 1998, or after December 31, 2014'.
    ``(f) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations 
as may be appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section, 
including regulations to prevent the abuse of the purposes of this 
section.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of parts for subchapter Y of 
chapter 1 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following 
new item:

       ``Part IV. Certain New Investments in Detroit, Michigan''.

    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to property acquired after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Detroit Economic Competitiveness Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish the Detroit Jobs Trust Fund to finance economic development in Detroit, Michigan. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make annual distributions from such Fund to the city of Detroit for payment of debt obligations and for job development, public safety, education, and business and public infrastructure. Prohibits any distributions unless the city of Detroit: (1) does not impose an income tax during a period of distribution, (2) has made specified reductions in aggregate property taxes, (3) has used prior distributions as required under this Act, (4) has provided required information to the Comptroller General (GAO), and (5) has implemented a five-year plan describing development goals for Detroit and detailing how distributions from the Trust Fund will be spent. Terminates such Fund five years after enactment of this Act.

Requires GAO to submit annual reports to Congress describing the use of distributions from the Trust Fund, the extent to which progress has been made in meeting the plan's development goals, and Comptroller General recommendations for improving the program established under this Act.

Excludes from gross income capital gain from the sale or exchange of investment property used in trade or business in Detroit.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Missouri River Basin, Kansas and 
Nebraska, Pick-Sloan Project Facilities Transfer Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this Act:
            (1) Project beneficiary.--(A) The term ``project 
        beneficiary'' means one or more of the following irrigation 
        districts or reclamation districts organized and operating 
        under the laws of the State of Kansas or the State of Nebraska:
                    (i) In Kansas, Kansas-Bostwick Irrigation District 
                No. 2, Kirwin Irrigation District No. 1, Webster 
                Irrigation District No. 4, and Almena Irrigation 
                District No. 5; and
                    (ii) In Nebraska, Ainsworth Irrigation District, 
                Farwell Irrigation District, Sargent Irrigation 
                District, Loup Basin Reclamation District, Frenchman-
                Cambridge Irrigation District and Nebraska Bostwick 
                Irrigation District.
            (B) Such term may also include an organization established 
        by one or more of the irrigation districts referred to in 
        subparagraph (A) under laws of the States of Kansas and 
        Nebraska authorizing the creation of interlocal cooperation 
        entities or such term may include another political subdivision 
        of the States of Kansas or Nebraska established by act of their 
        respective State legislatures for the purpose of acquiring 
        title to reclamation project property in accordance with this 
        Act.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior or the Secretary of the Army, as appropriate, 
        with jurisdiction over project facilities subject to this Act.
            (3) Reclamation project property.--The term ``reclamation 
        project property'' means the following:
                    (A) All contracts which are currently in effect 
                between the United States and the project beneficiaries 
                or other parties and which relate to the projects, 
                project facilities and related programs, including any 
                such contracts, written or not written to provide 
                project use power from Federal power facilities.
                    (B) All reclamation project distribution and 
                drainage facilities, all reservoir and related 
                diversion facilities and all related lands currently 
                held by the United States which are subject to this 
                Act.
                    (C) All acquired lands, both surface and subsurface 
                estate, within the respective reclamation projects.
                    (D) All water rights held by the United States 
                relating to the respective project facilities.
                    (E) All outstanding leases or contracts on the 
                lands associated with the respective projects.
                    (F) All fund accounts held by the United States for 
                any purposes related to the project.
                    (G) All contracts, other than those listed under 
                subparagraph (E), or other legal obligations in 
                existence which have any impact upon the project 
                facilities or the project operations and which may be 
                required to be assumed or accepted by the project 
                beneficiary.
                    (H) All personal property, including operating 
                equipment, tools and other tangible personal property, 
                held by the United States for the purposes of operating 
                the project or serving the project facilities.
                    (I) All funds held in reserve or otherwise 
                dedicated accounts in which funds have been paid by 
                project beneficiaries or from other nonproject related 
                revenues and which are, as of the date of enactment of 
                this Act, held for project purposes.

SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF MISSOURI RIVER BASIN, PICK-SLOAN PROJECTS 
              FACILITIES.

    (a) General Authority.--Within 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act and upon tender of the specified consideration by the 
project beneficiary, the Secretary shall transfer, in fee title and 
free of all liens and encumbrances, the project described in section 6, 
including all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to 
the reclamation project property, to the project beneficiary of each 
such described project.
    (b) Consideration and Satisfaction of Outstanding Obligations.--The 
transfer of a project under subsection (a) shall be for the 
consideration specified for the project. The payment of the specified 
consideration for a project shall be in full and complete satisfaction 
of all obligations against the project facilities and the project 
beneficiaries existing before the date of transfer of the project under 
every contract entered into by and between the United States and the 
project beneficiaries. The completion of the transfer of all facilities 
as provided for in this Act and the payment of the consideration 
specified for each transferred project shall be deemed to constitute 
full and complete satisfaction of any and all obligations for further 
payments or repayments by the respective project sponsors for 
irrigation benefits of the project facilities and for any other 
benefits specifically transferred to the respective project sponsors.
    (c) Transfer Costs.--All costs of transfers carried out under this 
section shall be the obligation of the United States.
    (d) Transfer Documents.--The Secretary with the assistance of the 
project beneficiaries shall execute all necessary transfer documents 
and make all such filings or take all such actions as may be needed to 
consummate the transfers of reclamation project property. Such 
documents shall include (but not be limited to) land deeds, court 
proceedings, decrees, bills of sale, certificates of title, lease 
contract transfers, water rights certificates and amendment documents, 
and notice filings.
    (e) Present Vesting of Lease Benefits and Obligations.--The project 
beneficiaries to whom any project lands are to be transferred under 
this section shall be entitled to immediately assume the management of 
all existing and future leases and shall be entitled to any revenues 
accruing on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (f) Limitation.--The further transfer of any facilities or parts 
thereof of any project which are not specifically transferred by this 
Act shall only be carried out by the United States with the specific 
advice and consent of the project beneficiaries to which project 
facilities are to be transferred by this Act.

SEC. 4. LIABILITY.

    Upon completion of the transfer of reclamation project property to 
the project beneficiaries as provided by this Act, the project 
beneficiaries shall assume sole responsibility and liability for the 
project and the project beneficiaries shall hold the United States 
harmless and indemnify the United States against any and all claims of 
damage, except that all project facilities transferred under this Act 
shall, as to the project beneficiaries, be free from liability for 
latent defects in such facilities unless all such defects were fully 
disclosed and the defects corrected or accepted in writing as to 
further future liability by the project beneficiaries.

SEC. 5. PROJECT PURPOSES, OPERATIONS, AND COST ALLOCATIONS.

    (a) Continuation.--All facilities transferred in accordance with 
this Act shall be deemed to be committed to the purposes for which 
those facilities were authorized and constructed. Operations of all 
such transferred facilities shall be subject to the laws of the States 
of Kansas and Nebraska as set forth in the establishment and operation 
of irrigation or reclamation districts under those respective State 
laws. All cost allocations identified as reimbursable by other 
beneficiaries provided for as a part of the original authorizing laws 
for each transferred project shall remain due from those beneficiaries 
under the same provisions and in the same manner as originally approved 
from and after the date of enactment of this Act until paid.
    (b) Deemed Consent of Project Beneficiary.--The project beneficiary 
of each transferred project, upon accepting the transfer provided under 
this Act, shall be deemed to agree to operate, maintain, repair, 
replace and rehabilitate the project in a manner designed to carry out 
the intended purposes for which the project was developed and 
constructed, except that a transferred project or part thereof may be 
redirected to another already identified use or to another use if the 
project beneficiary determines that the public purpose for which the 
facilities were constructed is better served.
    (c) Termination of Mandates.--All mandates imposed by the 
Reclamation Act of 1902 (and all Acts supplementary thereto or 
amendatory thereof, including the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982, or by 
Department of the Interior or Army regulations, upon the project 
facilities, the project beneficiaries, or the individual water users 
for whom the respective projects are operated shall be terminated upon 
the completion of the transfers as provided by this Act. Any other 
Federal laws and regulations shall be administered upon the projects as 
they might be over any other non-Federal project.
    (d) Certain Acts Not Applicable.--The transfers directed by this 
Act are subject to the requirement that all transferred reclamation 
project property be used in accordance with this section. A transfer 
under this Act shall not--
            (1) be deemed to constitute a major Federal action within 
        the meaning of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
        and shall therefore be deemed to satisfy all requirements of 
        the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 without further 
        action;
            (2) constitute or be deemed a basis for invoking any 
        provisions of the Endangered Species Act of 1973;
            (3) require certification under the provisions of the 
        Federal Water Pollution Control Act;
            (4) be subject to the provisions of chapter 5 of title 5, 
        United States Code (commonly known as the ``Administrative 
        Procedures Act''); or
            (5) be considered a disposal of Federal surplus property 
        under the provisions of the Federal Property and Administrative 
        Services Act of 1949.

SEC. 6. FACILITIES AFFECTED.

    (a) Ainsworth Unit.--The Ainsworth Unit, Missouri River Basin 
Project, shall consist of the project constructed and operated pursuant 
to the Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, Public Law 78-534), and 
the Act of August 21, 1954 (68 Stat. 757), and the Act of May 18, 1956 
(Public Law 84-531), and which is situated in Cherry, Brown, and Rock 
Counties in Nebraska. The Ainsworth Unit shall be transferred to the 
Ainsworth Irrigation District as the project beneficiary upon the 
payment of $1,747,097 as consideration therefore.
    (b) Farwell Unit.--The Farwell Unit, Missouri River Basin Project, 
shall consist of the project constructed and operated pursuant to the 
Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, Public Law 78-534), and the Act 
of August 3, 1956 (70 Stat. 975), and which is situated in Howard, 
Sherman, Custer and Valley Counties in Nebraska. The Farwell Unit shall 
be transferred to the Farwell Irrigation District and to the Loup Basin 
Reclamation District as the project beneficiaries in such manner as 
elected by the beneficiaries upon the payment of $2,399,874 as 
consideration therefore.
    (c) Sargent Unit.--The Sargent Unit, Missouri River Basin Project, 
shall consist of the project constructed and operated pursuant to the 
Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, Public Law 78-534), and the Act 
of August 3, 1956 (70 Stat. 975), and which is situated in Blaine, 
Custer, and Valley Counties in Nebraska. The Sargent Unit shall be 
transferred to the Sargent Irrigation District and to the Loup Basin 
Reclamation District as the project beneficiaries in such manner as 
elected by the beneficiaries upon the payment of $565,862 as 
consideration therefore.
    (d) Frenchman-Cambridge Unit.--The Frenchman-Cambridge Unit, 
Missouri River Basin Project, shall consist of the project constructed 
and operated pursuant to the Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887), 
by Act of Congress (Public Law 78-534), as a component of the Pick-
Sloan Missouri Basin Program, and which is situated in Red Willow, 
Frontier, Hitchcock, Furnas and Harlan Counties in Nebraska. The 
Frenchman-Cambridge Unit shall be transferred to the Frenchman-
Cambridge Irrigation District or to another project beneficiary 
designated by the Irrigation District as the project beneficiaries upon 
the payment of $1,478,291 as consideration therefore.
    (e) Bostwick Unit.--The Bostwick Unit, Missouri River Basin 
Project, shall consist of the projects constructed and operated 
pursuant to the Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887), by Act of 
Congress (Public Law 78-534) as a component of the Pick-Sloan Missouri 
Basin Program, and which are situated in Harlan, Franklin, Webster and 
Nuckolls Counties in Nebraska, and Republic, Jewell and Cloud Counties 
in Kansas. The reclamation project property of the Bostwick Unit shall 
include all constructed facilities deemed to be a part of the 
irrigation operations for the Unit and shall include only that part of 
the Harlan County Dam and Reservoir required for irrigation storage and 
irrigation use. For purposes of this transfer such irrigation storage 
shall include water storage capacity between elevation 1925.0 and 
1946.0 M.S.L. In accordance with the conditions set forth herein the 
irrigation storage and operations agreements now in effect between the 
United States Army Corps of Engineers, and the United States Department 
of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, shall be the basis for future 
operations between the United States Army Corps of Engineers, and the 
project sponsors. The parts of the Bostwick Unit necessary to the 
operations of the Nebraska portion of the project shall be transferred 
to the Nebraska Bostwick Irrigation District or to another project 
beneficiary designated by the Irrigation District as the project 
beneficiaries. The parts of the Bostwick Unit necessary to the 
operations of the Kansas portion of the project shall be transferred to 
the Kansas-Bostwick Irrigation District No. 2 or to another project 
beneficiary designated by the Irrigation District as the project 
beneficiaries. The payment of $4,333,804 shall constitute consideration 
for the Bostwick Unit.
    (f) Almena Unit.--The Almena Unit, Missouri River Basin Project, 
shall consist of the project constructed and operated pursuant to the 
Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, Public Law 78-534), and the 
Flood Control Act of 1946 (Public Law 78-526), and which is situated in 
Norton and Phillips Counties in Kansas. The Almena Unit shall be 
transferred to the Almena Irrigation District No. 5 or to another 
project beneficiary designated by the Irrigation District as the 
project beneficiaries upon the payment of $112,631 as consideration 
therefore.
    (g) Kirwin Unit.--The Kirwin Unit, Missouri River Basin Project, 
shall consist of the project constructed and operated pursuant to the 
Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, Public Law 78-534), and the 
Flood Control Act of 1946 (Public Law 78-526), and which is situated in 
Phillips, Smith, and Osborn Counties in Kansas. The Kirwin Unit shall 
be transferred to the Kirwin Irrigation District No. 1 or to another 
project beneficiary designated by the Irrigation District as the 
project beneficiaries upon the payment of $253,967 as consideration 
therefore.
    (h) Webster Unit.--The Webster Unit, Missouri River Basin Project, 
shall consist of the project constructed and operated pursuant to the 
Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, Public Law 78-534), and the 
Flood Control Act of 1946 (Public Law 78-526), and which is situated in 
Rooks and Osborn Counties in Kansas. The Webster Unit shall be 
transferred to the Webster Irrigation District No. 4 or to another 
project beneficiary designated by the Irrigation District as the 
project beneficiaries upon the payment of $232,012 as consideration 
therefore.

Missouri River Basin, Kansas and Nebraska, Pick-Sloan Project Facilities Transfer Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of the Army, as appropriate, to transfer specified Missouri River Basin, Pick-Sloan project facilities in Kansas and Nebraska, including all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to specified reclamation project property, to the project beneficiary. 
Sets forth provisions regarding consideration and satisfaction of outstanding obligations, transfer costs, transfer documents, present vesting of lease benefits and obligations, and limits on further transfers. 
Specifies that, upon completion of the transfer of reclamation project property to the project beneficiaries, such beneficiaries shall assume sole responsibility and liability for the projects and shall hold the United States harmless and indemnify the United States against any claims of damage, with exceptions. 
Sets forth provisions regarding project purposes, operations, and cost allocations.