Platte River Preservation Act

Summary

Platte River Preservation Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Prairie Bend Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program. Specifies the features of such Unit, including certain reservoirs and canals. Provides for the administration of, and construction costs for, the habitat and groundwater recharge components of the Unit. Requires Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin preference project power to be provided for projects of, and irrigation in, the Unit. Specifies the crop acreage base and program payment yield within the area serviced by the Unit. Restricts the diversion of water to the recharge system of the Unit based on the level of instream flows of the Platte River. Requires the Secretary, the State of Nebraska, and other Federal entities to enter into a cost-sharing agreement before funds are expended for construction of groundwater recharge components. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to pay annually an in-lieu tax payment to the counties and other political subdivisions that provide real property for the recharge facilities and the habitat component of the Unit.

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 22 June 1989

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