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[S. 1649 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.1649

                       One Hundred Fourth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
   the third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six


                                 An Act


 
  To extend contracts between the Bureau of Reclamation and irrigation 
        districts in Kansas and Nebraska, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Irrigation Project Contract 
Extension Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF CONTRACTS.

    The Secretary of the Interior shall extend the water service 
contracts for the following projects, entered into by the Secretary of 
the Interior under subsection (e) of section 9 of the Reclamation 
Project Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485h) and section 9(c) of the Act of 
December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 891, chapter 665), for a period of 4 
additional years after the dates on which each of the contracts, 
respectively, would expire but for this section:
        (1) The Bostwick Unit (Kansas portion), Missouri River Basin 
    Project, consisting of the project constructed and operated under 
    the Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, chapter 665), as a 
    component of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, situated in 
    Republic County, Jewell County, and Cloud County, Kansas.
        (2) The Bostwick Unit (Nebraska portion), Missouri River Basin 
    Project, consisting of the project constructed and operated under 
    the Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, chapter 665), as a 
    component of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, situated in 
    Harlan County, Franklin County, Webster County, and Nuckolls 
    County, Nebraska.
        (3) The Farwell Unit, Missouri River Basin Project, consisting 
    of the project constructed and operated under the Act of December 
    22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, chapter 665), and the Act of August 3, 1956 
    (70 Stat. 975, chapter 923), situated in Howard County, Sherman 
    County, and Valley County, Nebraska.
        (4) The Frenchman-Cambridge Unit, Missouri River Basin Project, 
    consisting of the project constructed and operated under the Act of 
    December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, chapter 665), as a component of 
    the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, situated in Chase County, 
    Frontier County, Hitchcock County, Furnas County, Red Willow 
    County, and Harlan County, Nebraska.
        (5) The Frenchman Valley Unit, Missouri River Basin Project, 
    consisting of the project constructed and operated under the Act of 
    December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, chapter 665), as a component of 
    the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, situated in Hayes County and 
    Hitchcock County, Nebraska.
        (6) The Kirwin Unit, Missouri River Basin Project, consisting 
    of the project constructed and operated under the Act of December 
    22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, chapter 665), and the Flood Control Act of 
    1946 (60 Stat. 641, chapter 596), as a component of the Pick-Sloan 
    Missouri Basin Program, situated in Phillips County, Smith County, 
    and Osborne County, Kansas.
        (7) The Sargent Unit, Missouri River Basin Project, consisting 
    of the project constructed and operated under the Act of December 
    22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, chapter 665), and the Flood Control Act of 
    1946 (60 Stat. 641, chapter 596), situated in Blaine County, Custer 
    County, and Valley County, Nebraska.
        (8) The Webster Unit, Missouri River Basin Project, consisting 
    of the project constructed and operated under the Act of December 
    22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, chapter 665), and the Flood Control Act of 
    1946 (60 Stat. 641, chapter 596), as a component of the Pick-Sloan 
    Missouri Basin Program, situated in Rooks County and Osborne 
    County, Kansas.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.