#aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #defb  ,,an ,,act  ,to authorize    
early repayment of obligations to the   
,bureau of ,reclamation within the      
,northport ,irrigation ,district in the 
,state of ,nebraska4  #a4 ,early        
repayment of construction costs  7a7 ,in
 general ,notwithstanding section #bac  
of the ,reclamation ,reform ,act of     
#aihb 7#dc ,u4,s4,c4 #cijmm71 any       
landowner within the ,northport         
,irrigation ,district in the ,state of  
,nebraska 7referred to in this section  
as the ,district7 may repay1 at any     
time1 the construction costs of project 
facilities allocated to the landowner's 
land within the ,district4  7b7         
,applicability of full-,cost pricing    
limitations ,on discharge1 in full1 of  
the obligation for repayment of all     
construction costs described in         
subsection 7a7 that are allocated to all
 land the landowner owns in the         
,district in question1 the parcels of   
land shall not be subject to the        

ownership and full-cost pricing         
limitations under ,federal reclamation  
law 7the ,act of ,june #ag1 #aijb1 #cb  
,stat4 #chh1 chapter #ajic71 and ,acts  
supplemental to and amendatory of that  
,act 7#dc ,u4,s4,c4 #cga et seq471      
including the ,reclamation ,reform ,act 
of #aihb 7#ac ,u4,s4,c4 #cij;aa et      
seq474  7c7 ,certification ,on request  
of a landowner that has repaid1 in full1
 the construction costs described in    
subsection 7a71 the ,secretary of the   
,interior shall provide to the landowner
 a certificate described in section     
#bac7;b77#a7 of the ,reclamation ,reform
 ,act of #aihb 7#dc ,u4,s4,c4           
#cijmm7b77#a774  7d7 ,effect ,nothing in
 this section--  7#a7 modifies any      
contractual rights under1 or amends or  
reopens1 the reclamation contract       
between the ,district and the ,united   
,states2 or  7#b7 modifies any rights1  
obligations1 or relationships between   
the ,district and landowners in the     
,district under ,nebraska ,state law4   

,passed the ,house of ,representatives  
,july #bb1 #bjad4;,clerk4