H.R. 1046: 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.

109th Congress · introduced 2005-03-02 · Water Resources Development · Latest: Became Public Law No: 109-48.

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Where it came from: introduced 2005-03-02 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Cubin, Barbara [R-WY-At Large] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

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 the city's water for municipal and industrial use in the Seminoe Dam and Reservoir of the Kendrick Project on the North Platte River. Limits the term of such a contract to not more than 40 years and authorizes renewals. Requires: (1) operation and maintenance charges received under such a contract to be credited against applicable operation and maintenance costs of the Project; and (2) any other revenues received to be credited to the Reclamation Fund for Project construction costs.

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Official text

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 House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Cubin, Barbara [R-WY-At Large] · 0 cosponsors

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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.

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-109hr1046.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/109/hr>

Record fed-us-cong109-hr1046 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109