[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5016 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5016

To extend the water service contract for the Ainsworth Unit, Sandhills 
         Division, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Nebraska.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 7, 2004

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To extend the water service contract for the Ainsworth Unit, Sandhills 
         Division, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Nebraska.

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

SECTION 1. AINSWORTH UNIT, SANDHILLS DIVISION, PICK-SLOAN MISSOURI 
              BASIN PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior shall extend for the 
period described in subsection (b) the water service contract for the 
Ainsworth Unit, Sandhills Division, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, 
Nebraska, consisting of--
            (1) the water service contract entered into by the 
        Secretary of the Interior under--
                    (A) section 9(e) of the Reclamation Project Act of 
                1939 (43 U.S.C. 485h(e));
                    (B) section 9(c) of the Act of December 22, 1944 
                (58 Stat. 887, chapter 665);
                    (C) the Act of August 21, 1954 (68 Stat. 757, 
                chapter 781); and
                    (D) the Act of May 18, 1956 (70 Stat. 160, chapter 
                285); and
            (2) the water service contract for the set project located 
        in Cherry, Brown, and Rock Counties, Nebraska, for the use of a 
        part of the waters of the Snake River, a tributary of the 
        Niobrara River.
    (b) Period of Extension.--The water service contract described in 
subsection (a) shall be extended for 4 years after the date on which 
the contract expires under the water service contract and law in 
existence before the date of enactment of this Act.
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