To direct the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, to convey to the Loup Basin Reclamation District, the Sargent River Irrigation District, and the Farwell Irrigation District, Nebraska, property comprising the assets of the Middle Loup Division of the Missouri River Basin Project, Nebraska.
PL 106-366 (H.R.2984), enacted 10/27/2000

114 STAT. 1410 
PUBLIC LAW 106-366—OCT. 27, 2000 
Public Law 106-366 
106th Congress 
An Act 
Oct. 27, 2000 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior, through the Biireau of Reclamation, to 
[H R 2984] 
convey to the Loup Basin Reclamation District, the Sargent River Irrigation 
District, and the Farwell Irrigation District, Nebraska, property comprising the 
assets of the Middle Loup Division of the Missouri River Basin Project, Nebraska. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF THE ASSETS OF THE MIDDLE LOUP DIVI-
SION 
OF THE MISSOURI 
RIVER 
BASIN 
PROJECT, 
NEBRASKA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, as soon as practicable 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and in accordance 
with all applicable law, convey all right, title, and interest in 
and to the property comprising the assets of the Missouri River 
Basin Project, Middle Loup Division, Nebraska, in accordance with 
the Memorandum of Understanding. 
(b) SALE PRICE.—The Secretary shall accept $2,847,360 as pay-
ment from the District and $2,600,000 as pa3mient from the power 
customers under the terms specified in this section, as consideration 
for the conveyance under subsection (a). Out of the receipts from 
the sale of power from the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program 
(Eastern Division) collected by the Western Area Power Administra-
tion and deposited into the Reclamation fund of the Treasury in 
fiscal year 2001, $2,600,200 shall be treated as full and complete 
payment by the power customers of such consideration and repay-
ment by the power customers of all aid to irrigation associated 
with the facilities conveyed under subsection (a). 
(c) FUTURE BENEFITS.—^Upon payment by the Districts of 
consideration for the conveyance in accordance with the Memo-
randum of Understanding, the Middle Loup Division of the Missouri 
River Basin Project— 
(1) shall not be treated as a Federal reclamation project; 
and 
(2) shall not be subject to the reclamation laws or entitled 
to receive any reclamation benefits under those laws. 
(d) LIABILITY.—Except as otherwise provided by law, effective 
on the date of conveyance of the assets under this section, the 
United States shall not be liable for damages of any kind arising 
out of any act, omission, or occurrence based on its prior ownership 
or operation of the assets. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
PUBLIC LAW 106-366—OCT. 27, 2000 
114 STAT. 1411 
(1) ASSETS.—The term "assets" has the meaning that term 
has in the Memorandum of Understanding. 
(2) DISTRICTS.—The term "Districts" means the Loup Basin 
Reclamation District, the Sargent River Irrigation District, and 
the Farwell Irrigation District, Nebraska. 
(3) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—^The term "Memo-
randum of Understanding" means Bureau of Reclamation 
memorandum of understanding number 99AG601285, entitled 
"MEMORANDUM 
OF 
UNDERSTANDING 
BETWEEN 
UNITED 
STATES DEPARTMENT 
OF 
THE 
INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION GREAT PLAINS REGION 
NEBRASKA-KANSAS AREA OFFICE AND LOUP BASIN 
RECLAMATION DISTRICT FARWELL IRRIGATION DIS-
TRICT SARGENT IRRIGATION DISTRICT CONCERNING 
PRINCIPLES AND ELEMENTS OF PROPOSED TRANSFER 
OF TITLE TO WORKS, FACILITIES AND LANDS IN THE 
MIDDLE LOUP DIVISION". 
Approved October 27, 2000. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2984 (S. 1612): 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 106-829 (Comm. on Resources). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 106-373 accompanying S. 1612 (Comm. on Energy and 
Natural Resotirces). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 146 (2000): 
Sept. 18, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 13, considered and passed Senate.