[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 137 (Saturday, September 28, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11667-S11668]
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           IRRIGATION PROJECT CONTRACT EXTENSION ACT OF 1996

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now 
proceed to the consideration of calendar No. 604, S. 1649.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1649) to extend contracts between the Bureau of 
     Reclamation and irrigation districts in Kansas and Nebraska, 
     and for other purposes.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the immediate 
consideration of the bill?
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
bill, which had been reported from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources, with amendments, as follows:

  (The parts of the bill intended to be stricken are shown in boldface 
brackets and the parts of the bill intended to be inserted are shown in 
italic.)

                                S. 1649

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Irrigation Project Contract 
     Extension Act of 1996''.

     SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF CONTRACTS.

       The Secretary of the Interior shall extend the 
     [construction repayment] and water service contracts for the 
     following projects, entered into by the Secretary of the 
     Interior under [subsections (d) and] subsections (e) of 
     section 9 of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 
     485h) and section 9(c) of the Act of December 22, 1944 (58 
     Stat. 891, chapter 665), for a period of 4 additional years 
     after the dates on which each of the contracts, respectively, 
     would expire but for this section:
       [(1) The Ainsworth Unit, Missouri River Basin Project, 
     consisting of the project constructed and operated under the 
     Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, chapter 665), the Act 
     of August 21, 1954 (68 Stat. 757, chapter 781), and the Act 
     of May 18, 1956 (70 Stat. 160, chapter 285), situated in 
     Cherry County, Brown County, and Rock County, Nebraska.
       [(2) The Almena Unit, Missouri River Basin Project, 
     consisting of the project constructed and operated under the 
     Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, chapter 665), and the 
     Flood Control Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 641, chapter 596), as a 
     component of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, situated 
     in Norton County and Phillips County, Kansas.]
       [(3)](1) The Bostwick Unit (Kansas portion), Missouri River 
     Basin Project, consisting of the project constructed and 
     operated under the Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, 
     chapter 665), as a component of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin 
     Program, situated in Republic County, Jewell County, and 
     Cloud County, Kansas.
       [(4)](2) The Bostwick Unit (Nebraska portion), Missouri 
     River Basin Project, consisting of the project constructed 
     and operated under the Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 
     887, chapter 665), as a component of the Pick-Sloan Missouri 
     Basin Program, situated in Harlan County, Franklin County, 
     Webster County, and Nuckolls County, Nebraska.
       [(5)](3) The Farwell Unit, Missouri River Basin Project, 
     consisting of the project constructed and operated under the 
     Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, chapter 665), and

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     the Act of August 3, 1956 (70 Stat. 975, chapter 923), 
     situated in Howard County, Sherman County, and Valley County, 
     Nebraska.
       [(6)](4) The Frenchman-Cambridge Unit, Missouri River Basin 
     Project, consisting of the project constructed and operated 
     under the Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, chapter 
     665), as a component of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin 
     Program, situated in Chase County, Frontier County, Hitchcock 
     County, Furnas County, Red Willow County, and Harlan County, 
     Nebraska.
       [(7)](5) The Frenchman Valley Unit, Missouri River Basin 
     Project, consisting of the project constructed and operated 
     under the Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, chapter 
     665), as a component of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin 
     Program, situated in Hayes County and Hitchcock County, 
     Nebraska.
       [(8)](6) The Kirwin Unit, Missouri River Basin Project, 
     consisting of the project constructed and operated under the 
     Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, chapter 665), and the 
     Flood Control Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 641, chapter 596), as a 
     component of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, situated 
     in Phillips County, Smith County, and Osborne County, Kansas.
       [(9)](7) The Sargent Unit, Missouri River Basin Project, 
     consisting of the project constructed and operated under the 
     Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, chapter 665), and the 
     Flood Control Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 641, chapter 596), 
     situated in Blaine County, Custer County, and Valley County, 
     Nebraska.
       [(10)](8) The Webster Unit, Missouri River Basin Project, 
     consisting of the project constructed and operated under the 
     Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, chapter 665), and the 
     Flood Control Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 641, chapter 596), as a 
     component of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, situated 
     in Rooks County and [Osborn] Osborne County, Kansas.

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the committee 
amendments be considered agreed to, the bill be deemed read a third 
time, and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and 
that any statements relating to the bill appear at the appropriate 
place in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee amendments were agreed to.
  The bill (S. 1649), as amended, was deemed read the third time and 
passed.

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