[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 137 (Monday, August 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S5580]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2161. Mr. CRAMER (for himself and Mr. Hoeven) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. 
Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. 
Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. 
Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the bill H.R. 3684, to authorize funds for 
Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, 
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

        At the appropriate place in division D, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ____. ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN AREAS TO RECEIVE PICK-SLOAN 
                   MISSOURI BASIN PROGRAM PUMPING POWER.

       Section 5(a) of Public Law 89-108 (79 Stat. 435; 100 Stat. 
     419; 114 Stat. 2763A-284) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(6) Eligibility of certain irrigation districts to 
     receive pumping power.--
       ``(A) Definition of eligible irrigation district.--In this 
     paragraph, the term `eligible irrigation district' means an 
     irrigation district that is located in--
       ``(i) the test area referred to in paragraph (1); or
       ``(ii) an area within the 28,000-acre area described in 
     paragraph (3) that is analyzed by the Secretary but not 
     developed under that paragraph.
       ``(B) Eligibility.--An eligible irrigation district shall 
     be eligible to receive Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program 
     pumping power--
       ``(i) subject to any terms and at any rates established by 
     the Secretary; and
       ``(ii) in accordance with a contract entered into under 
     subparagraph (C).
       ``(C) Contract.--
       ``(i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), the Secretary 
     may enter into a contract with an eligible irrigation 
     district to provide Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program pumping 
     power to the eligible irrigation district.
       ``(ii) Requirement.--No Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program 
     pumping power may be delivered to an eligible irrigation 
     district under this paragraph until the date on which a 
     contract authorizing the delivery to the irrigation district 
     is executed under clause (i).''.
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