[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 142 (Friday, October 4, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H12292]
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           IRRIGATION PROJECT CONTRACT EXTENSION ACT OF 1996

  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the 
Speaker's table the Senate bill (S. 1649) to extend contracts between 
the Bureau of Reclamation and irrigation districts in Kansas and 
Nebraska, and for other purposes, and ask for its immediate 
consideration.
  The Clerk read the title of the Senate bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from New York?
  There was no objection.
  The Clerk read the Senate bill, as follows:

                                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 water 
     service contracts for the following projects, entered into by 
     the Secretary of the Interior under subsection (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 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.
       (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.
       (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 the 
     Act of August 3, 1956 (70 Stat. 975, chapter 923), situated 
     in Howard County, Sherman County, and Valley County, 
     Nebraska.
       (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.
       (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.
       (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.
       (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.
       (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 Osborne County, Kansas.

  The Senate bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the 
third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the 
table.

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