Allowing Landowners in Western Nebraska to Prepay Irrigation Project Costs (H.R. 404)
Do you support or oppose this bill?
What is H.R. 404?
(Updated July 21, 2017)
This bill would authorize 25 individual landowners who get their water through the Northport Irrigation District in western Nebraska to prepay the remaining portion of construction costs for the North Platte Project. Currently, the irrigation district owes a little under a million bucks ($924,000) to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation — no payments are being made now, and it is unlikely that any will be made in the next couple years. Prepayment would allow these landowners to pay a lower, total amount.
Argument in favor
Brings nearly a half million dollars in the door and affords this water district the same payment options as those around it.
Argument opposed
Lower payments mean the difference is being made up somewhere--are taxpayers footing the difference?
Impact
The bill impacts payment for irrigation services in western Nebraska.
Cost of H.R. 404
The CBO states that "based on information from the district, about half of those landowners are expected to [prepay] under the bill. CBO estimates that those payments would increase offsetting receipts (which are treated as reductions in direct spending) to the federal government by $440,000 over the 2016-2025 period."
Additional Info
Media:
- CBO Cost Estimate
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U.S. Bureau of Reclamation: North Platte Project
- U.S. Bureau of Reclamation: Statement of Tom Iseman, Deputy Secretary for Water and Science, Bureau of Reclamation (Previous Bill Version)
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A Brief History of the North Platte Project
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