114 STAT. 1410
PUBLIC LAW 106-366—OCT. 27, 2000
Public Law 106-366
106th Congress
An Act
Oct. 27, 2000 To direct the Secretary of the Interior, through the Biireau of Reclamation, to
[H R 2984]
convey to the Loup Basin Reclamation District, the Sargent River Irrigation
District, and the Farwell Irrigation District, Nebraska, property comprising the
assets of the Middle Loup Division of the Missouri River Basin Project, Nebraska.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF THE ASSETS OF THE MIDDLE LOUP DIVI-
SION OF THE MISSOURI RIVER BASIN PROJECT,
NEBRASKA.
(a) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary shall, as soon as practicable
after the date of the enactment of this Act and in accordance
with all applicable law, convey all right, title, and interest in
and to the property comprising the assets of the Missouri River
Basin Project, Middle Loup Division, Nebraska, in accordance with
the Memorandum of Understanding.
(b) SALE PRICE. —The Secretary shall accept $2,847,360 as pay-
ment from the District and $2,600,000 as payment from the power
customers under the terms specified in this section, as consideration
for the conveyance under subsection (a). Out of the receipts from
the sale of power from the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program
(Eastern Division) collected by the Western Area Power Administration and deposited into the Reclamation fund of the Treasury in
fiscal year 2001, $2,600,200 shall be treated as full and complete
payment by the power customers of such consideration and repay-
ment by the power customers of all aid to irrigation associated
with the facilities conveyed under subsection (a).
(c) FUTURE BENEFITS.—Upon payment by the Districts of
consideration for the conveyance in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding, the Middle Loup Division of the Missouri
River Basin Project—
(1) shall not be treated as a Federal reclamation project;
and
(2) shall not be subject to the reclamation laws or entitled
to receive any reclamation benefits under those laws.
(d) LIABILITY. —Except as otherwise provided by law, effective
on the date of conveyance of the assets under this section, the
United States shall not be liable for damages of any kind arising
out of any act, omission, or occurrence based on its prior ownership
or operation of the assets.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
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