[104th Congress Public Law 326]
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Public Law 104-326
104th Congress

                                 An Act


 
  To extend contracts between the Bureau of Reclamation and irrigation 
 districts in Kansas and Nebraska, and for other purposes. <<NOTE: Oct. 
                        19, 1996 -  [S. 1649]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Irrigation 
Project Contract Extension Act of 1996.>> 

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

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        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.

    Approved October 19, 1996.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 1649:
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SENATE REPORTS: No. 104-380 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 142 (1996):
            Sept. 28, considered and passed Senate.
            Oct. 4, considered and passed House.

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