Bill Summary
This Act is a revision to a previous piece of legislation, the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000. It makes technical corrections to certain sections of the previous act, specifically in regards to the administration and use of water in the Klamath Basin. The amendments include authorizing the use of conservation and efficiency measures, land idling, and groundwater use in water supply programs. The Act also addresses the continued use of irrigation pumping units in Montana and sets limitations on the amount of power that can be provided to these units.
Possible Impacts
1. The amendment to the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act could affect people by potentially reducing the amount of water available for agricultural use, as the act now includes provisions for conservation and efficiency measures, land idling, and use of groundwater. This could impact farmers and ranchers who rely on irrigation for their crops and livestock.
2. The continued use of Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program project use power could benefit the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District by allowing them to continue using the irrigation pumping units as part of the program. This could potentially benefit farmers and landowners who are members of these entities by providing them with affordable and reliable access to power for their irrigation needs.
3. The limitation on the quantity of power provided to the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District could potentially limit the growth and development of these communities, as they may be constrained in their ability to expand and increase their agricultural production due to the cap on power usage. This could impact the economic well-being of these communities and the individuals who live and work there.
[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3758 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
S.3758
One Hundred Sixteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty
An Act
To amend the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 to make
certain technical corrections.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. KLAMATH BASIN WATER SUPPLY ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2000 TECHNICAL
CORRECTIONS.
Section 4(b) of the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of
2000 (114 Stat. 2222; 132 Stat. 3887) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)--
(i) by striking ``Pursuant to the reclamation laws and
subject'' and inserting ``Subject''; and
(ii) by striking ``may'' and inserting ``is authorized
to''; and
(B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``, including
conservation and efficiency measures, land idling, and use of
groundwater,'' after ``administer programs'';
(2) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting ``and'' after the
semicolon at the end;
(3) by redesignating the second paragraph (4) (relating to the
effect of the subsection) as paragraph (5); and
(4) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated)--
(A) by striking subparagraph (B);
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``; or'' and inserting
a period; and
(C) by striking ``the Secretary--'' and all that follows
through ``to develop'' in subparagraph (A) and inserting ``the
Secretary to develop''.
SEC. 2. CONTINUED USE OF PICK-SLOAN MISSOURI BASIN PROGRAM PROJECT USE
POWER BY THE KINSEY IRRIGATION COMPANY AND THE SIDNEY WATER USERS
IRRIGATION DISTRICT.
(a) Authorization.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law and
subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of the Interior (acting
through the Commissioner of Reclamation) shall continue to treat the
irrigation pumping units known as the ``Kinsey Irrigation Company'' in
Custer County, Montana and the ``Sidney Water Users Irrigation
District'' in Richland County, Montana, or any successor to the Kinsey
Irrigation Company or Sidney Water Users Irrigation District, as
irrigation pumping units of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program for
the purposes of wheeling, administration, and payment of project use
power, including the applicability of provisions relating to the
treatment of costs beyond the ability to pay under section 9 of the Act
of December 22, 1944 (commonly known as the ``Flood Control Act of
1944'') (58 Stat. 891, chapter 665).
(b) Limitation.--The quantity of power to be provided to the Kinsey
Irrigation Company and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District
(including any successor to the Kinsey Irrigation Company or the Sidney
Water Users Irrigation District) under subsection (a) may not exceed
the maximum quantity of power provided to the Kinsey Irrigation Company
and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District under the applicable
contract for electric service in effect on the date of enactment of
this Act.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.