S. 281 — A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to modify the construction, operation, and maintenance of the O'Neill unit, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Nebraska.

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Amends the Reclamation Project Authorization Act of 1972 to increase the acreage to be irrigated by the O'Neill unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin program. Describes the principal features of such unit, which include: (1) an infiltration system for extracting water from the Niobrara River; (2) a pipeline conveyance and distribution system; (3) a pump station; and (4) injection wells.

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1989-01-31
Introduced in Senate
1989-01-31
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
1989-02-01
Referred to Subcommittee on Water and Power.

A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to modify the construction, operation, and maintenance of the O'Neill unit, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Nebraska.

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