II Calendar No. 270 109th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 891 [Report No. 109–169] IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 22, 2005 Mr. Hagel introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources October 27, 2005 Reported by Mr. Domenici, without amendment A BILL To extend the water service contract for the Ainsworth Unit, Sandhills Division, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Nebraska.

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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.

October 27, 2005 Reported without amendment