Public Law 116-191 | Public Law 116–191: To amend the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 to make certain technical corrections.

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PUBLIC LAW 116–191—OCT. 30, 2020

134 STAT. 976

Public Law

116–191

116th Congress

An Act

To amend the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 to make certain technical corrections.

Oct. 30, 2020

[S. 3758]

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)

striking

“Pursuant to the reclamation laws and subject” and

inserting

“Subject”; and

(ii)

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)

redesignating

the second paragraph (4) (relating to the effect of the subsection) as paragraph (5); and

(4)

in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated)—

(A)

striking

subparagraph (B);

(B)

in subparagraph (A), by

striking

“; or” and

inserting

a period; and

(C)

striking

“the Secretary—” and all that follows through “to develop” in subparagraph (A) and

inserting

“the Secretary to develop”.

SEC. 2.

Montana.

Energy.

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 134 STAT. 977 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.

Approved October 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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Public Law 116–191: To amend the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 to make certain technical corrections.

KLAMATH BASIN WATER SUPPLY ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2000 TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

CONTINUED USE OF PICK-SLOAN MISSOURI BASIN PROGRAM PROJECT USE POWER BY THE KINSEY IRRIGATION COMPANY AND THE SIDNEY WATER USERS IRRIGATION DISTRICT.

Authorization.—

Limitation.—

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 3758:

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 166 (2020):

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