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[H.R. 1046 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]


        H.R.1046

                       One Hundred Ninth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
            the fourth day of January, two thousand and five


                                 An Act


 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contract with the city of 
 Cheyenne, Wyoming, for the storage of the city's water in the Kendrick 
                            Project, Wyoming.

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

SECTION 1. WATER STORAGE CONTRACTS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this Act:
        (1) City.--The term ``city'' means--
            (A) the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming;
            (B) the Board of Public Utilities of the city; and
            (C) any agency, public utility, or enterprise of the city.
        (2) Kendrick project.--The term ``Kendrick Project'' means the 
    Bureau of Reclamation project on the North Platte River that was 
    authorized by a finding of feasibility approved by the President on 
    August 30, 1935, and constructed for irrigation and electric power 
    generation, the major features of which include--
            (A) Seminoe Dam, Reservoir, and Powerplant; and
            (B) Alcova Dam and Powerplant.
        (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
    the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation.
        (4) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Wyoming.
    (b) Contracts.--
        (1) In general.--The Secretary may enter into 1 or more 
    contracts with the city for annual storage of the city's water for 
    municipal and industrial use in Seminoe Dam and Reservoir of the 
    Kendrick Project.
        (2) Conditions.--
            (A) Term; renewal.--A contract under paragraph (1) shall--
                (i) have a term of not more than 40 years; and
                (ii) may be renewed on terms agreeable to the Secretary 
            and the city, for successive terms of not more than 40 
            years per term.
            (B) Revenues.--Notwithstanding the Act of May 9, 1938 (52 
        Stat. 322, chapter 187; 43 U.S.C. 392a)--
                (i) any operation and maintenance charges received 
            under a contract executed under paragraph (1) shall be 
            credited against applicable operation and maintenance costs 
            of the Kendrick Project; and
                (ii) any other revenues received under a contract 
            executed under paragraph (1) shall be credited to the 
            Reclamation Fund as a credit to the construction costs of 
            the Kendrick Project.
            (C) Effect on existing contractors.--A contract under 
        paragraph (1) shall not adversely affect the Kendrick Project, 
        any existing Kendrick Project contractor, or any existing 
        Reclamation contractor on the North Platte River System.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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