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134 STAT. 976
PUBLIC LAW 116–191—OCT. 30, 2020
Public Law 116–191
116th Congress
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 con-
servation and efficiency measures, land idling, and use
of groundwater,’’ after ‘‘administer programs’’;
(2) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semi-
colon 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 Irriga-
tion 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, administra-
tion, and payment of project use power, including the applicability
of provisions relating to the treatment of costs beyond the ability
Montana.
Energy.
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134 STAT. 977
PUBLIC LAW 116–191—OCT. 30, 2020
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 3758:
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 166 (2020):
June 30, considered and passed Senate.
Oct. 1, considered and passed House.
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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 Irriga-
tion District under the applicable contract for electric service in
effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
Approved October 30, 2020.
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