    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 132, 115th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Public Law 115-429
    115th Congress

    An Act

    To authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of Reclamation
    within the Northport Irrigation District in the State of
    Nebraska. <>

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
    United States of America in Congress assembled,
    SECTION 1. EARLY REPAYMENT OF CONSTRUCTION COSTS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 213 of the Reclamation
    Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390mm), any landowner within the Northport
    Irrigation District in the State of Nebraska (referred to in this
    section as the ``District'') may repay, at any time, the construction
    costs of project facilities allocated to the landowner's land within the
    District.
    (b) Applicability of Full-Cost Pricing Limitations.--On discharge,
    in full, of the obligation for repayment of all construction costs
    described in subsection (a) that are allocated to all land the landowner
    owns in the District in question, the parcels of land shall not be
    subject to the ownership and full-cost pricing limitations under Federal
    reclamation law (the Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093),
    and Acts supplemental to and amendatory of that Act (43 U.S.C. 371 et
    seq.), including the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (13 U.S.C. 390aa et
    seq.).
    (c) Certification.--On request of a landowner that has repaid, in
    full, the construction costs described in subsection (a), the Secretary
    of the Interior shall provide to the landowner a certificate described
    in section 213(b)(1) of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C.
    390mm(b)(1)).
    (d) Effect.--Nothing in this section--
    (1) modifies any contractual rights under, or amends or
    reopens, the reclamation contract between the District and the
    United States; or
    (2) modifies any rights, obligations, or relationships
    between the District and landowners in the District under
    Nebraska State law.

    Approved January 10, 2019.

    LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 4689:
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    HOUSE REPORTS: No. 115-700 (Comm. on Natural Resources).
    CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 164 (2018):
    Sept. 12, considered and passed House.
    Dec. 22, considered and passed Senate.