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.

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3471 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. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 25, 2019 Mr. GIANFORTE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To make available the continued use of Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program project use power by the Kinsey Irriga- tion Company and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District, 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. CONTINUED USE OF PICK-SLOAN MISSOURI 3 BASIN PROGRAM PROJECT USE POWER BY 4 THE KINSEY IRRIGATION COMPANY AND THE 5 SIDNEY WATER USERS IRRIGATION DISTRICT. 6 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:01 Jul 02, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3471.IH H3471 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 3471 IH (1) the Act of May 18, 1938 (52 Stat. 403, 1 chapter 250; 16 U.S.C. 833 et seq.), authorized the 2 completion, maintenance, and operation of the Fort 3 Peck project; 4 (2) section 2 of that Act (52 Stat. 404, chapter 5 250; 16 U.S.C. 833a) authorized and directed the 6 Bureau of Reclamation— 7 (A) to transmit and sell electric energy 8 generated by the Fort Peck project; and 9 (B) ‘‘to interconnect the Fort Peck project 10 with either private or with other Federal 11 projects and publicly owned power systems now 12 or hereafter constructed.’’; 13 (3) section 9 of the Act of December 22, 1944 14 (commonly known as the ‘‘Flood Control Act of 15 1944’’) (58 Stat. 891, chapter 665)— 16 (A) authorized the Missouri River Basin 17 Project, now known as the ‘‘Pick-Sloan Mis- 18 souri Basin Program’’ (referred to in this sec- 19 tion as the ‘‘Program’’); 20 (B) approved the comprehensive plan for 21 the Program set forth in Senate Document 191 22 and House Document 475, as revised and co- 23 ordinated by Senate Document 247, 78th Con- 24 gress; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:01 Jul 02, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3471.IH H3471 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 3471 IH (C) established a permanent administra- 1 tion for the development of the Missouri River 2 Basin; and 3 (D) incorporated the Fort Peck project as 4 part of the Program; 5 (4) in 1946, the Bureau of Reclamation entered 6 into project use power contracts to provide the 7 Kinsey Irrigation Company and the predecessor of 8 the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District electrical 9 service under the authority of the Act of May 18, 10 1938 (52 Stat. 403, chapter 250; 16 U.S.C. 833 et 11 seq.); 12 (5) since 1946, the Bureau of Reclamation has 13 approved 9 modifications to the project use power 14 contracts between the Bureau of Reclamation, the 15 Kinsey Irrigation Company, and the Sidney Water 16 Users Irrigation District; 17 (6) the project use power contracts in effect on 18 the date of enactment of this Act provide electric 19 service to the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the 20 Sidney Water Users Irrigation District at the Pro- 21 gram rate of 2.5 mills per kilowatt-hour, including 22 wheeling, through 2020; and 23 (7) the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the Sid- 24 ney Water Users Irrigation District have reasonably 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:01 Jul 02, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3471.IH H3471 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •HR 3471 IH relied on the authority of the Act of May 18, 1938 1 (52 Stat. 403, chapter 250; 16 U.S.C. 833 et seq.), 2 and the fact that the Bureau of Reclamation has 3 treated the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the Sid- 4 ney Water Users Irrigation District as irrigation 5 pumping units of the Program for more than 74 6 years. 7 (b) AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding any other 8 provision of law and subject to subsection (c), the Sec- 9 retary of the Interior (acting through the Commissioner 10 of Reclamation) shall continue to treat the irrigation 11 pumping units known as the ‘‘Kinsey Irrigation Com- 12 pany’’ in Custer County, Montana, and the ‘‘Sidney Water 13 Users Irrigation District’’ in Richland County, Montana, 14 or any successor to the Kinsey Irrigation Company or Sid- 15 ney Water Users Irrigation District, as irrigation pumping 16 units of the Program for the purposes of wheeling, admin- 17 istration, and payment of project use power. 18 (c) LIMITATION.—The quantity of power to be pro- 19 vided to the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the Sidney 20 Water Users Irrigation District (including any successor 21 to the Kinsey Irrigation Company or the Sidney Water 22 Users Irrigation District) under subsection (b) may not 23 exceed the maximum quantity of power provided to the 24 Kinsey Irrigation Company and the Sidney Water Users 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:01 Jul 02, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3471.IH H3471 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 5 •HR 3471 IH Irrigation District under the applicable contract for elec- 1 tric service in effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:01 Jul 02, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3471.IH H3471 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS