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US HR3471

US HR3471
To make available the continued use of Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program project use power by the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District, and for other purposes.


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Introduced
06/25/2019
In Committee
07/10/2019
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

116th Congress

Bill Summary

To make available the continued use of Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program project use power by the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District, and for other purposes. This bill provides for the continued use of power from the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program by the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District in Montana.

AI Summary

This bill provides for the continued use of power from the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program by the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District in Montana. The bill finds that the Bureau of Reclamation has provided project use power to these irrigation entities since 1946 under the authority of the 1938 Act that authorized the Fort Peck project. The bill authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to continue treating these irrigation pumping units as part of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, but limits the power provided to the maximum amount under the existing contracts in effect at the time the bill is enacted.

Committee Categories

Agriculture and Natural Resources

Sponsors (1)

Last Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife. (on 07/10/2019)

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