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S 4389 116th Congress Senate Water Resources Development Dams and canals Electric power generation and transmission Missouri River North Dakota Public contracts and procurement Water use and supply

A bill to make certain irrigation districts eligible for Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program pumping power, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 30, 2020 Introduced by: Cramer, Kevin Republican · North Dakota See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jul 30, 2020
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill makes certain irrigation districts in North Dakota eligible to receive pumping power (i.e., hydropower) from the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, subject to the terms and rates established by the Bureau of Reclamation. Under this bill, an irrigation district must enter into a contract with Reclamation to receive such pumping power.

What's happening now July 30, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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Hoeven, John
North Dakota · Jul 30, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4389: A bill to make certain irrigation districts eligible for Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program pumping power, and for other purposes.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4389/
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"S. 4389: A bill to make certain irrigation districts eligible for Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program pumping power, and for other purposes.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4389/.
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S. 4389, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4389/.
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