[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2392 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2392

  To amend the Umatilla Basin Project Act to establish boundaries for 
irrigation districts within the Umatilla Basin, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 1995

  Mr. Cooley introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Umatilla Basin Project Act to establish boundaries for 
irrigation districts within the Umatilla Basin, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF BOUNDARIES OF IRRIGATION DISTRICTS WITHIN 
              THE UMATILLA BASIN.

    (a) Modification of Boundaries.--Section 208 of the Umatilla Basin 
Project Act (102 Stat. 2793) is amended--
            (1) by striking out ``may be modified, upon approval of the 
        Secretary of the Interior,'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
        ``are hereby modified, as depicted in subsection (b)'';
            (2) by inserting ``(a)'' before ``When project''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b)(1) The boundaries of the irrigation districts modified by 
subsection (a) are the boundaries as generally depicted on the 
following maps, entitled:
            ``(A) `Map #1--Hermiston'.
            ``(B) `Map #2--West Extension'.
            ``(C) `Map #3--Westland'.
            ``(D) `Map #4--Stanfield'.
    ``(2) The maps referred to in subsection (a) shall be on file and 
available for public inspection in the Office of the Secretary.''.
    (b) Provisions Related to Acreage Served by Modified Boundaries.--
The Congress finds that the modification of the boundaries of the 
irrigation districts in the Umatilla River Basin by subsection (a) is 
in recognition of the historical delivery of irrigation water by the 
irrigation districts and, therefore--
            (1) the final environmental impact statement prepared for 
        the Umatilla Basin Project, Oregon (dated February 12, 1988), 
        is sufficient for the purposes of this section;
            (2) such modification shall be without cost to the 
        irrigation districts; and
            (3) the Secretary of the Interior shall not require any 
        payment related to the delivery of irrigation water before the 
        date of enactment of this Act to areas outside of the 
        boundaries of such irrigation districts before October 1, 1988.
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