Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “St. Mary's Reinvestment Act”.
St. Mary's Reinvestment Act
A BILL
To establish a Federal cost share percentage for the Milk River Project in the State of Montana.
Sec. 2 Cost share for the Milk River Project
Definition of Milk River Project—
In general— In this Act, the term Milk River Project means the Bureau of Reclamation project authorized by the Secretary of the Interior on March 14, 1903, under the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093), commencing at Lake Sherburne and providing water to a point approximately 6 miles east of Nashua, Montana.
Inclusions— The term Milk River Project includes—
Swiftcurrent Dike;
Lake Sherburne;
Nelson and Fresno dams, dikes, and reservoirs;
St. Mary, Dodson, Vandalia, and Paradise Diversion dams;
Dodson pumping plant; and
associated siphons, canals, drops, laterals, and drains.
Cost share— The Federal share of the cost of the operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement of the Milk River Project shall be 75 percent, which shall not be reimbursable to the United States.