To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to revise certain repayment contracts with the Bostwick Irrigation District in Nebraska, the Kansas Bostwick Irrigation District No. 2, the Frenchman-Cambridge Irrigation District, and the Webster Irrigation District No. 4, all a part of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, and for other purposes.
Public Law 109-386 · H.R. 4000 · 109th Congress · began in the House
Signed by George W. Bush (R) on Dec 12, 2006 · Water Resources Development
Sponsor: Rep. Jerry Moran (R-KS-1)
Cosponsors (1): Rep. Tom Osborne
Passage votes
- HouseUnanimous consent
- SenateUnanimous consent
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Summary
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Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to revise repayment contracts with the Bostwick Irrigation District in Nebraska, the Kansas Bostwick Irrigation District No. 2, the Frenchman-Cambridge Irrigation District, and the Webster Irrigation District, by: (1) equalizing the annual total repayment obligation under the contracts for the distribution works construction charge and the water supply repayment obligation for the remaining years of the contracts, relying upon the annual water supply repayment obligation as of the date of this Act's enactment as the base for equalizing the annual total payments; and (2) extending the date for adjusting the annual deposits into the distribution works reserve fund and the district water supply reserve fund for an additional 10 years.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Natural Resources Committee · House · discharged from, referred toSubcommittee: Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 20 actions.
- Dec 12, 2006Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 109-386.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Dec 4, 2006FloorFloor · Presented to President.
- Nov 17, 2006FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Nov 16, 2006FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Jul 31, 2006CalendarCalendar · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 558.
- CommitteeCommittee · Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici without amendment. With written report No. 109-315.
- May 24, 2006CommitteeCommittee · Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Jan 27, 2006CommitteeCommittee · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Dec 19, 2005FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On passage Passed without objection.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Pombo asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
- FloorFloor · Considered by unanimous consent.
- CommitteeCommittee · Received in the Senate.
- CommitteeCommittee · Committee on Resources discharged.
- Dec 7, 2005CommitteeCommittee · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee
- Oct 14, 2005CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
- Oct 6, 2005CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in House
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Amendments
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Official record
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