1. Continued use of Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program project use power by the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District (a) Findings Congress finds that— (1) the Act of May 18, 1938 (52 Stat. 403, chapter 250; 16 U.S.C. 833 et seq.), authorized the completion, maintenance, and operation of the Fort Peck project; (2) section 2 of that Act (52 Stat. 404, chapter 250; 16 U.S.C. 833a ) authorized and directed the Bureau of Reclamation— (A) to transmit and sell electric energy generated by the Fort Peck project; and (B) to interconnect the Fort Peck project with either private or with other Federal projects and publicly owned power systems now or hereafter constructed. ; (3) section 9 of the Act of December 22, 1944 (commonly known as the Flood Control Act of 1944 ) (58 Stat. 891, chapter 665)— (A) authorized the Missouri River Basin Project, now known as the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program (referred to in this section as the Program ); (B) approved the comprehensive plan for the Program set forth in Senate Document 191 and House Document 475, as revised and coordinated by Senate Document 247, 78th Congress; (C) established a permanent administration for the development of the Missouri River Basin; and (D) incorporated the Fort Peck project as part of the Program; (4) in 1946, the Bureau of Reclamation entered into project use power contracts to provide the Kinsey Irrigation Company and the predecessor of the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District electrical service under the authority of the Act of May 18, 1938 (52 Stat. 403, chapter 250; 16 U.S.C. 833 et seq.); (5) since 1946, the Bureau of Reclamation has approved 9 modifications to the project use power contracts between the Bureau of Reclamation, the Kinsey Irrigation Company, and the Sidney Water Users Irrigation District