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

116th Congress · Approved Oct 30, 2020 · 134 Stat. 976

An Act

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 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)
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 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 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.