[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 136 (Friday, October 2, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S11372]
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           IRRIGATION PROJECT CONTRACT EXTENSION ACT OF 1998

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 1398) to extend certain 
contracts between the Bureau of Reclamation and irrigation water 
contractors in Wyoming and Nebraska that receive water from Glendo 
Reservoir, which had been reported from the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources, with an amendment to strike all after the enacting 
clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Irrigation Project Contract 
     Extension Act of 1998''.

     SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF CONTRACTS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior shall extend 
     each of the water service or repayment contracts for the 
     Glendo Unit of the Missouri River Basin Project identified in 
     subsection (c) until December 31, 2000.
       (b) Extensions Coterminous With Cooperative Agreement.--If 
     the cooperative agreement entitled ``Cooperative Agreement 
     for Platte River Research and other Efforts Relating to 
     Endangered Species Habitats Along the Central Platte River, 
     Nebraska'', entered into by the Governors of the States of 
     Wyoming, Nebraska, and Colorado and the Secretary of the 
     Interior, is extended for a term beyond December 31, 2000, 
     the contracts identified in subsection (c) shall be extended 
     for the same term, but not to go beyond December 31, 2001. If 
     the cooperative agreement terminates prior to December 31, 
     2000, the contracts identified in subsection (c) shall be 
     subject to renewal on the date that the cooperative agreement 
     terminates.
       (c) Contracts.--The contracts identified in this subsection 
     are--
       (1) the contract between the United States and the New 
     Grattan Ditch Company for water service from Glendo Reservoir 
     (Contract No. 14-06-700-7591), dated March 7, 1974;
       (2) the contract between the United States and Burbank 
     Ditch for water service from Glendo Reservoir (Contract No. 
     14-06-700-6614), dated May 23, 1969;
       (3) the contract between the United States and the 
     Torrington Irrigation District for water service from Glendo 
     Reservoir (Contract No. 14-06-700-1771), dated July 14, 1958;
       (4) the contract between the United States and the Lucerne 
     Canal and Power Company for water service from Glendo 
     Reservoir (Contract No. 14-06-700-1740, as amended), dated 
     June 12, 1958, and amended June 10, 1960;
       (5) the contract between the United States and the Wright 
     and Murphy Ditch Company for water service from Glendo 
     Reservoir (Contract No. 14-06-700-1741), dated June 12, 1958;
       (6) the contract between the United States and the 
     Bridgeport Irrigation District for water service from Glendo 
     Reservoir (Contract No. 14-06-700-8376, renumbered 6-07-70-
     W0126), dated July 9, 1976;
       (7) the contract between the United States and the 
     Enterprises Irrigation District for water service from Glendo 
     Reservoir (Contract No. 14-06-700-1742), dated June 12, 1958;
       (8)(A) the contract between the United States and the 
     Mitchell Irrigation District for an increase in carryover 
     storage capacity in Glendo Reservoir (Contract No. 14-06-700-
     1743, renumbered 8-07-70-W0056 Amendment No. 1), dated March 
     22, 1985; and
       (B) the contract between the United States and the Mitchell 
     Irrigation District for water service from Glendo Reservoir 
     (Contract No. 14-06-700-1743, renumbered 8-07-70-W0056) dated 
     June 12, 1958; and
       (9) the contract between the United States and the Central 
     Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District for repayment 
     of allocated irrigation costs of Glendo Reservoir (Contract 
     No. 5-07-70-W0734), dated December 31, 1984.
       (d) Statutory Construction.--Nothing in this section 
     precludes the Secretary of the Interior from making an 
     extension under subsection (a) or (b) in the form of annual 
     extensions.
  The committee amendment was agreed to.
  The bill (S. 1398), as amended, was considered read the third time 
and passed.

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