,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cdga  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #be1 #bjai,mr4 
,gianforte introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,natural ,resources  ,a   
,,bill  ,to make available the continued
 use of ,pick-,sloan ,missouri ,basin   
,program project use power by the       
,kinsey ,irrigation ,company and the    
,sidney ,water ,users ,irrigation       
,district1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,continued use of ,pick-,sloan ,missouri
 ,basin ,program project use power by   
the ,kinsey ,irrigation ,company and the
 ,sidney ,water ,users ,irrigation      
,district  7a7 ,findings ,congress finds
 that-- 7#a7 the ,act of ,may #ah1 #aich
 7#eb ,stat4 #djc1 chapter #bej2 #af    
,u4,s4,c4 #hcc et seq471 authorized the 
completion1 maintenance1 and operation  
of the ,fort ,peck project2  7#b7       
section #b of that ,act 7#eb ,stat4     
#djd1 chapter #bej2 #af ,u4,s4,c4       
#hcc;a7 authorized and directed the     

,bureau of ,reclamation--  7,a7 to      
transmit and sell electric energy       
generated by the ,fort ,peck project2   
and  7,b7 to interconnect the ,fort     
,peck project with either private or    
with other ,federal projects and        
publicly owned power systems now or     
hereafter constructed42  7#c7 section #i
 of the ,act of ,december #bb1 #aidd    
7commonly known as the ,flood ,control  
,act of #aidd7 7#eh ,stat4 #hia1 chapter
 #ffe7-- 7,a7 authorized the ,missouri  
,river ,basin ,project1 now known as the
 ,pick-,sloan ,missouri ,basin ,program 
7referred to in this section as the     
,program72  7,b7 approved the           
comprehensive plan for the ,program set 
forth in ,senate ,document #aia and     
,house ,document #dge1 as revised and   
coordinated by ,senate ,document #bdg1  
#ghth ,congress2  7,c7 established a    
permanent administration for the        
development of the ,missouri ,river     
,basin2 and  7,d7 incorporated the ,fort
 ,peck project as part of the ,program2 

7#d7 in #aidf1 the ,bureau of           
,reclamation entered into project use   
power contracts to provide the ,kinsey  
,irrigation ,company and the predecessor
 of the ,sidney ,water ,users           
,irrigation ,district electrical service
 under the authority of the ,act of ,may
 #ah1 #aich 7#eb ,stat4 #djc1 chapter   
#bej2 #af ,u4,s4,c4 #hcc et seq472  7#e7
 since #aidf1 the ,bureau of            
,reclamation has approved #i            
modifications to the project use power  
contracts between the ,bureau of        
,reclamation1 the ,kinsey ,irrigation   
,company1 and the ,sidney ,water ,users 
,irrigation ,district2  7#f7 the project
 use power contracts in effect on the   
date of enactment of this ,act provide  
electric service to the ,kinsey         
,irrigation ,company and the ,sidney    
,water ,users ,irrigation ,district at  
the ,program rate of #b4e mills per     
kilowatt-hour1 including wheeling1      
through #bjbj2 and  7#g7 the ,kinsey    
,irrigation ,company and the ,sidney    

,water ,users ,irrigation ,district have
 reasonably relied on the authority of  
the ,act of ,may #ah1 #aich 7#eb ,stat4 
#djc1 chapter #bej2 #af ,u4,s4,c4 #hcc  
et seq471 and the fact that the ,bureau 
of ,reclamation has treated the ,kinsey 
,irrigation ,company and the ,sidney    
,water ,users ,irrigation ,district as  
irrigation pumping units of the ,program
 for more than #gd years4  7b7          
,authorization ,notwithstanding any     
other provision of law and subject to   
subsection 7c71 the ,secretary of the   
,interior 7acting through the           
,commissioner of ,reclamation7 shall    
continue to treat the irrigation pumping
 units known as the ,kinsey ,irrigation 
,company in ,custer ,county1 ,montana1  
and the ,sidney ,water ,users           
,irrigation ,district in ,richland      
,county1 ,montana1 or any successor to  
the ,kinsey ,irrigation ,company or     
,sidney ,water ,users ,irrigation       
,district1 as irrigation pumping units  
of the ,program for the purposes of     

wheeling1 administration1 and payment of
 project use power4  7c7 ,limitation    
,the quantity of power to be provided to
 the ,kinsey ,irrigation ,company and   
the ,sidney ,water ,users ,irrigation   
,district 7including any successor to   
the ,kinsey ,irrigation ,company or the 
,sidney ,water ,users ,irrigation       
,district7 under subsection 7b7 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 ,act4