[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
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[S. 1882 Reported in Senate (RS)]
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Calendar No. 310
116th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1882
[Report No. 116-161]
To make available the continued use of Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin
Program project use power by the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the
Sidney Water Users Irrigation District, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 18, 2019
Mr. Daines introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
November 21, 2019
Reported by Ms. Murkowski, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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A BILL
To make available the continued use of Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin
Program project use power by the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the
Sidney Water Users 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,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. CONTINUED USE OF PICK-SLOAN MISSOURI BASIN PROGRAM
PROJECT USE POWER BY THE KINSEY IRRIGATION COMPANY AND
THE SIDNEY WATER USERS IRRIGATION DISTRICT.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) the Act of May 18, 1938 (52 Stat. 403, chapter
250; 16 U.S.C. 833 et seq.), authorized the completion,
maintenance, and operation of the Fort Peck project;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) section 2 of that Act (52 Stat. 404, chapter
250; 16 U.S.C. 833a) authorized and directed the Bureau of
Reclamation--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) to transmit and sell electric energy
generated by the Fort Peck project; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) ``to interconnect the Fort Peck
project with either private or with other Federal
projects and publicly owned power systems now or
hereafter constructed.'';</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) section 9 of the Act of December 22, 1944
(commonly known as the ``Flood Control Act of 1944'') (58 Stat.
891, chapter 665)--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) authorized the Missouri River Basin
Project, now known as the ``Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin
Program'' (referred to in this section as the
``Program'');</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) approved the comprehensive plan for
the Program set forth in Senate Document 191 and House
Document 475, as revised and coordinated by Senate
Document 247, 78th Congress;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) established a permanent administration
for the development of the Missouri River Basin;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) incorporated the Fort Peck project as
part of the Program;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) in 1946, the Bureau of Reclamation entered
into project use power contracts to provide the Kinsey
Irrigation Company and the predecessor of the Sidney Water
Users Irrigation District electrical service under the
authority of the Act of May 18, 1938 (52 Stat. 403, chapter
250; 16 U.S.C. 833 et seq.);</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) since 1946, the Bureau of Reclamation has
approved 9 modifications to the project use power contracts
between the Bureau of Reclamation, the Kinsey Irrigation
Company, and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation
District;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (6) the project use power contracts in effect on
the date of enactment of this Act provide electric service to
the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the Sidney Water Users
Irrigation District at the Program rate of 2.5 mills per
kilowatt-hour, including wheeling, through 2020; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (7) the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the Sidney
Water Users Irrigation District have reasonably relied on the
authority of the Act of May 18, 1938 (52 Stat. 403, chapter
250; 16 U.S.C. 833 et seq.), and the fact that the Bureau of
Reclamation has treated the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the
Sidney Water Users Irrigation District as irrigation pumping
units of the Program for more than 74 years.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Authorization.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law and subject to subsection (c), the Secretary of the Interior
(acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation) shall continue to
treat the irrigation pumping units known as the ``Kinsey Irrigation
Company'' in Custer County, Montana and the ``Sidney Water Users
Irrigation District'' in Richland County, Montana, or any successor to
the Kinsey Irrigation Company or Sidney Water Users Irrigation
District, as irrigation pumping units of the Program for the purposes
of wheeling, administration, and payment of project use
power.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Limitation.--The quantity of power to be provided to
the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation
District (including any successor to the Kinsey Irrigation Company or
the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District) under subsection (b) may
not exceed the maximum quantity of power provided to the Kinsey
Irrigation Company and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District under
the applicable contract for electric service in effect on the date of
enactment of this Act.</DELETED>
SECTION 1. CONTINUED USE OF PICK-SLOAN MISSOURI BASIN PROGRAM PROJECT
USE POWER BY THE KINSEY IRRIGATION COMPANY AND THE SIDNEY
WATER USERS IRRIGATION DISTRICT.
(a) Authorization.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law and
subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of the Interior (acting
through the Commissioner of Reclamation) shall continue to treat the
irrigation pumping units known as the ``Kinsey Irrigation Company'' in
Custer County, Montana and the ``Sidney Water Users Irrigation
District'' in Richland County, Montana, or any successor to the Kinsey
Irrigation Company or Sidney Water Users Irrigation District, as
irrigation pumping units of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program for
the purposes of wheeling, administration, and payment of project use
power, including the applicability of provisions relating to the
treatment of costs beyond the ability to pay under section 9 of the Act
of December 22, 1944 (commonly known as the ``Flood Control Act of
1944'') (58 Stat. 891, chapter 665).
(b) Limitation.--The quantity of power to be provided to the Kinsey
Irrigation Company and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District
(including any successor to the Kinsey Irrigation Company or the Sidney
Water Users Irrigation District) under subsection (a) may not exceed
the maximum quantity of power provided to the Kinsey Irrigation Company
and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District under the applicable
contract for electric service in effect on the date of enactment of
this Act.
Calendar No. 310
116th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1882
[Report No. 116-161]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To make available the continued use of Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin
Program project use power by the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the
Sidney Water Users Irrigation District, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
November 21, 2019
Reported with an amendment