[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2544 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2544

     To authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of 
 Reclamation within the Northport Irrigation District in the State of 
                               Nebraska.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 26, 2014

  Mr. Johanns (for himself and Mrs. Fischer) 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 early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of 
 Reclamation within the Northport Irrigation District in the State of 
                               Nebraska.

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

SECTION 1. EARLY REPAYMENT OF CONSTRUCTION COSTS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 213 of the Reclamation 
Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390mm), any landowner within the 
Northport Irrigation District in the State of Nebraska (referred to in 
this section as the ``district'') may repay, at any time, the 
construction costs of project facilities allocated to the land of the 
landowner within the district.
    (b) Applicability of Full-Cost Pricing Limitations.--On discharge, 
in full, of the obligation for repayment of the construction costs that 
are allocated to all land of the landowner in the district, the land 
shall not be subject to the ownership and full-cost pricing limitations 
under the reclamation laws.
    (c) Certification.--On request of a landowner that has repaid, in 
full, the construction costs described in subsection (a), the Secretary 
of the Interior shall provide to the landowner a certificate described 
in section 213(b)(1) of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 
390mm(b)(1)).
    (d) Effect.--Nothing in this section--
            (1) modifies any contractual rights under, or amends or 
        reopens, the reclamation contract between the district and the 
        United States; or
            (2) modifies any rights, obligations, or relationships 
        between the district and landowners in the district under 
        Nebraska State law.
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