[105th Congress Public Law 293]
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Public Law 105-293
105th Congress

                                 An Act


 
   To extend certain contracts between the Bureau of Reclamation and 
irrigation water contractors in Wyoming and Nebraska that receive water 
     from Glendo Reservoir. <<NOTE: Oct. 27, 1998 -  [H.R. 2795]>> 

    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 1998.>> 

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;

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            (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.

    Approved October 27, 1998.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 2795 (S. 1398):
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 105-604 (Comm. on Resources).
SENATE REPORTS: No. 105-288 accompanying S. 1398 (Comm. on Energy and 
Natural Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 144 (1998):
            Sept. 15, considered and passed House.
            Oct. 7, considered and passed Senate.

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