[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16578]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      EAST BENCH IRRIGATION DISTRICT WATER CONTRACT EXTENSION ACT

  The bill (S. 997) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
extend a water contract between the United States and the East Bench 
Irrigation District, was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                 S. 997

       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 ``East Bench Irrigation 
     District Water Contract Extension Act''.

     SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO EXTEND WATER CONTRACT.

       The Secretary of the Interior may extend the contract for 
     water services between the United States and the East Bench 
     Irrigation District, numbered 14-06-600-3593, until the 
     earlier of--
       (1) the date that is 4 years after the date on which the 
     contract would have expired if this Act had not been enacted; 
     or
       (2) the date on which a new long-term contract is executed 
     by the parties to the contract.

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