Federal Reclamation Irrigation Water Pricing
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2006-11-27 — Pactola Reservoir Reallocation Authorization Act of 2005: cross-connection with pactola-reservoir-reallocation: Both concern how Bureau of Reclamation project costs are allocated among beneficiary use categories; the Pactola law is a project-specific instance of reallocating repayment obligations away from irrigation. (novelty: 2)
- 2005-05-25 — Irrigation Subsidy Reduction Act of 2005: S. 1758 (109th Congress, 2005), the Irrigation Subsidy Reduction Act, was introduced to deny below-cost federal irrigation water to farms with gross incomes above $500,000, require lessee certifications, close the trust-ownership loophole, and authorize Interior access to IRS/USDA data for enforcement; referred to committee and did not advance. (novelty: 2)