S. 943: A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contract with the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming, for the storage of the city's water in the Kendrick Project, Wyoming.

108th Congress · introduced 2003-04-29 · Water Resources Development · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 397.

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Where it came from: introduced 2003-04-29 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contract with the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming, for the storage of the city's water in the Kendrick Project, Wyoming.

Plain summary

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to enter into one or more contracts with the City of Cheyenne, Wyoming, for the annual storage of water for municipal and industrial uses in the Seminoe dam and reservoir of the Kendrick Project. Limits a contract to a term of not more than 40 years.

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Official text

A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contract with the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming, for the storage of the city's water in the Kendrick Project, Wyoming.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] · 0 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 943, A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contract with the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming, for the storage of the city's water in the Kendrick, Project, Wyoming (2004-03-08); CBO cost estimate: S. 943, A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contract with the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming, for the storage of the city's water in the Kendrick, Project, Wyoming (2004-03-08); CBO cost estimate: S. 943, An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contract with the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming, for the storage of the city's water in the Kendrick Project, Wyoming (2004-07-19); CBO cost estimate: S. 943, An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contract with the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming, for the storage of the city's water in the Kendrick Project, Wyoming (2004-07-19)

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Words on this page, explained (2)

Authorization: A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108s943.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/s>

Record fed-us-cong108-s943 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108