Southern Idaho Bureau of Reclamation Repayment Act of 2007

Southern Idaho Bureau of Reclamation Repayment Act of 2007 - Authorizes any owner of land within the A&B Irrigation District in Idaho to repay at any time the construction costs of District project facilities that are allocated to such land. Provides that, upon full payment of such costs, the parcels shall not be subject to specified ownership and full-cost pricing limitations under federal reclamation law, for which the Secretary shall, upon request, provide the landowner a certificate.

[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H.R. 467 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 467

     To authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of 
 Reclamation within the A&B Irrigation District in the State of Idaho.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 12, 2007

 Mr. Simpson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
     To authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of 
 Reclamation within the A&B Irrigation District in the State of Idaho.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Southern Idaho Bureau of Reclamation 
Repayment Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. EARLY REPAYMENT OF A&B IRRIGATION DISTRICT CONSTRUCTION COSTS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 213 of the Reclamation 
Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390mm), any landowner within the A&B 
Irrigation District in the State (referred to in this Act as the 
``District'') may repay, at any time, the construction costs of 
District project facilities that are allocated to land of the landowner 
within the District.
    (b) Applicability of Full-Cost Pricing Limitations.--On discharge, 
in full, of the obligation for repayment of all construction costs 
described in subsection (a) that are allocated to each parcel of land 
of the landowner in the District, the parcels of land shall not be 
subject to the ownership and full-cost pricing limitations under 
Federal reclamation law (the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, 
chapter 1093), and Acts supplemental to and amendatory of that Act (43 
U.S.C. 371 et seq.), including the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (13 
U.S.C. 390aa et seq.).
    (c) Certification.--On request of a landowner that has repaid, in 
full, the construction costs described in subsection (a), the Secretary 
of the Interior shall provide to the landowner a certificate described 
in section 213(b)(1) of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 
390mm(b)(1)).
    (d) Effect.--Nothing in this Act--
            (1) modifies any contractual rights under, or amends or 
        reopens, the reclamation contract between the District and the 
        United States; or
            (2) modifies any rights, obligations, or relationships 
        between the District and landowners in the District under Idaho 
        State law.
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