To make certain irrigation districts eligible for Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program pumping power, and for other purposes.

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3081 To make certain irrigation districts eligible for Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program pumping power, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 11, 2021 Mr. ARMSTRONG introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To make certain irrigation districts eligible for Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program pumping power, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN AREAS TO RECEIVE 3 PICK-SLOAN MISSOURI BASIN PROGRAM 4 PUMPING POWER. 5 Section 5(a) of Public Law 89–108 (79 Stat. 435; 6 100 Stat. 419; 114 Stat. 2763A–284) is amended by add- 7 ing at the end the following: 8 ‘‘(6) ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN IRRIGATION DIS- 9 TRICTS TO RECEIVE PUMPING POWER.— 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:18 Jun 10, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3081.IH H3081 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3081 IH ‘‘(A) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE IRRIGA- 1 TION DISTRICT.—In this paragraph, the term 2 ‘eligible irrigation district’ means an irrigation 3 district that is located in— 4 ‘‘(i) the test area referred to in para- 5 graph (1); or 6 ‘‘(ii) an area within the 28,000-acre 7 area described in paragraph (3) that is 8 analyzed by the Secretary but not devel- 9 oped under that paragraph. 10 ‘‘(B) ELIGIBILITY.—An eligible irrigation 11 district shall be eligible to receive Pick-Sloan 12 Missouri Basin Program pumping power— 13 ‘‘(i) subject to any terms and at any 14 rates established by the Secretary; and 15 ‘‘(ii) in accordance with a contract en- 16 tered into under subparagraph (C). 17 ‘‘(C) CONTRACT.— 18 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 19 (ii), the Secretary may enter into a con- 20 tract with an eligible irrigation district to 21 provide Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Pro- 22 gram pumping power to the eligible irriga- 23 tion district. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:18 Jun 10, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3081.IH H3081 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3081 IH ‘‘(ii) REQUIREMENT.—No Pick-Sloan 1 Missouri Basin Program pumping power 2 may be delivered to an eligible irrigation 3 district under this paragraph until the date 4 on which a contract authorizing the deliv- 5 ery to the irrigation district is executed 6 under clause (i).’’. 7 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:18 Jun 10, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3081.IH H3081 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS