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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.

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                           November 21, 2019

                       Reported with an amendment