[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 744 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 744

  To provide for a water purchase contract by Kirby Ditch Irrigation 
   District and by Bluff Irrigation District in the State of Wyoming.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 1993

Mr. Thomas of Wyoming introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for a water purchase contract by Kirby Ditch Irrigation 
   District and by Bluff Irrigation District in the State of Wyoming.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. WATER PURCHASE BY KIRBY DITCH IRRIGATION DISTRICT AND BLUFF 
              IRRIGATION DISTRICT, WYOMING.

    (a) Option to Purchase Water.--
            (1) Kirby ditch irrigation district.--The Secretary of the 
        Interior is hereby authorized and directed to offer annually to 
        the Kirby Ditch Irrigation District, Wyoming, an option to 
        purchase up to 3,500 acre-feet of storage in the Boysen Dam and 
        Reservoir, Boysen Unit Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, 
        Wyoming, which shall be a firm water supply.
            (2) Bluff irrigation district.--The Secretary of the 
        Interior is hereby authorized and directed to offer annually to 
        the Bluff Irrigation District, Wyoming, an option to purchase 
        up to 5,000 acre-feet of storage in the Boysen Dam and 
        Reservoir, Boysen Unit Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, 
        Wyoming, which shall be a firm water supply.
    (b) Waiver of Certain Requirements.--The Secretary of the Interior 
is authorized and directed to waive land classification, toxicity 
studies, soils analysis, and any requirements relating to the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 in carrying out this section.
    (c) State Law.--Any allocation or reallocation from existing uses 
of water stored in the Boysen Dam and Reservoir resulting from this 
section shall be pursuant to the laws of the State of Wyoming and under 
Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and Acts 
supplementary thereto and amendatory thereof) applicable to the Pick-
Sloan Missouri Basin Program.

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