S 1821 · 94th Congress · Hydraulic engineering

A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Kanopolis unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin program, Kansas.

Introduced 1975-05-22· Sponsored by Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
Senate Vote
4
House
5
Enacted
Latest: Measure passed Senate, amended.(1976-09-07)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Designates the Kanopolis unit as part of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin program, Kansas. Provides that the Kanapolis unit shall be constructed, operated and maintained for the purposes of providing irrigation water for approximately twenty thousand acres of land, municipal and industrial water supply, fish and wildlife conservation and development and public outdoor recreation in accordance with the Federal reclamation laws. States that for a period of ten years from the date of enactment of this Act, no water from the unit shall be used on newly irrigated lands of any basic agricultural commodity, if the total supply of such commodity for the marketing year in which the bulk of the crop would normally be marketed is in excess normal supply. Authorizes the appropriations of $42,000,000 for construction of the unit.…

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