[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1921 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1921

    To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to transfer certain 
 facilities at the Minidoka project to the Burley Irrigation District, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 27, 1996

   Mr. Craig introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to transfer certain 
 facilities at the Minidoka project to the Burley Irrigation District, 
                        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. (a) The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred 
to as the ``Secretary'') is authorized to transfer all right, title, 
and interest of the United States in and to canals, drains, laterals, 
pumps, properties and withdrawn or acquired lands and roads, together 
with associated rights-of-way, of the Minidoka project to and within 
the service area of the Burley Irrigation District (hereinafter 
referred to as the ``District'') for which the allocable construction 
costs have been fully repaid, without compensation, to the District.
    (b) The Secretary shall also transfer to the District, in 
accordance with and subject to State law, any water rights held by the 
Secretary for the benefit of the District and shall provide the 
District with a permanent allocation of storage space at Minidoka Dam, 
American Falls, and Palisades in accordance with the terms of the 
existing contracts and subject to the requirement that the District 
continue to assume the allocable costs of operation and maintenance 
associated with such storage rights.
    (c) The Secretary shall also provide the District with a permanent 
right to project power from the Minidoka, Palisades, Black Canyon, and 
Anderson Ranch power plants at the cost of production in accordance 
with the understandings and commitments made by the Secretary in 
acquiring such plants and the existing contracts for such power. At the 
request of the District, the Secretary is further authorized to 
transfer such plants to the District at such reasonable cost and 
subject to such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed between 
the District and the Secretary.
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