A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a table of water rates to be charged irrigators who contract for water resources for agricultural purposes from the United States through the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and for other purposes.
Water Resources Management and Pricing Reform Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish in each region where the United States provides water for agricultural purposes: (1) a base volume of water necessary to grow suitable crops; and (2) a base rate per acre foot for water delivered. Prescribes rates for volumes of water used in excess of the base volume.
Requires all water service contracts to provide for a recalculation of water delivery cost and a modification of price at least once every two years.
Requires Congressional approval of water service contracts involving water in excess of a specified volume.
Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
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