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ending in 1956 to 1987, inclusive, are authorized to be appropriated for the investigation and construction of projects for such utilization in and equitably distributed among the States of the upper division and the States of the lower division. The terms 'Colorado River system', 'States of the upper division', and 'States of the lower division' as so used shall have the respective meanings defined in the Colorado River compact mentioned in the Project Act. Such projects shall be only such as are found by the Secretary to be physically feasible, economically justified, and consistent with such formulation of a comprehensive plan. Nothing in this Act shall be construed so as to prevent the authorization and construction of any such projects prior to the completion of said plan of comprehensive development; nor shall this Act be construed as affecting the right of any State to proceed independently of this Act or its provisions with the investigation or construction of any project or projects. Transfers under this section 2 (d) shall be deemed contractual obligations of the United States, subject to the provisions of section 3 of this Act."

SEC. 2. The availability of appropriations from the Colorado River Development Fund for the investigation and construction of projects in any of the States of the Colorado River Basin shall not be held to forbid the expenditure of other funds for those purposes in any of those States where such funds are otherwise available therefor. Approved June 1, 1948.

(PUBLIC LAW 790-80TH CONGRESS]
[CHAPTER 676-2D SESSION]

[H. R. 3218]
AN ACT

To authorize an emergency fund for the Bureau of Reclamation to assure the continuous operation of its irrigation and power systems.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in order to assure continuous operation of irrigation or power systems operated and maintained by the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated from the reclamation fund an emergency fund which shall be available for defraying expenses which the Commissioner of Reclamation determines are required to be incurred because of unusual or emergency conditions. SEC. 2. The term "unusual or emergency conditions", as used in this Act, shall be construed to mean canal bank failures, generator failures, damage to transmission lines; or other physical failures or damage, or acts of God, or of the public enemy, fires, floods, drought, epidemics, strikes, or freight embargoes, or conditions, causing or threatening to cause interruption in water or power service.

[CHAPTER 100—1ST SESSION]

[S. 270]

AN ACT

To change the name of Culbertson Dam on the Republican River in the State of Nebraska to "Trenton Dam" and to name the body of water arising behind such dam "Swanson Lake".

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the dam under construction on the Republican River in the State of Nebraska, heretofore known, designated, and referred to as "Culbertson Dam", shall hereafter be designated and referred to as "Trenton Dam". Any law, regulation, document, or record of the United States in which such dam is designated or referred to under and by the name "Culbertson Dam" shall be held and considered to refer to such dam under and by the name of "Trenton Dam". The body of water arising behind such dam shall hereafter be designated and referred to as "Swanson Lake" in commemoration of Carl H. Swanson. Approved May 12, 1949.

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[CHAPTER 255-1ST SESSION]

[S. 55] AN ACT

To authorize completion of construction and development of the Eden project, Wyoming.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to complete the construction, including any necessary preconstruction surveys and investigations, of the irrigation features of the Eden project, Wyoming, as approved by the President on September 18, 1940 (Senate Document Numbered 18, Seventy-seventh Congress, first session (1941), page 29), with such modification in physical features as the Secretary of the Interior may find will result in greater engineering and economic feasibility: Provided, That of the construction costs of the irrigation features of the project not less than $1,500,000 for the project of twenty thousand irrigable acres, or a proportionate part thereof based on the actual irrigable area as determined and announced by the Secretary of the Interior upon completion of the project, shall be reimbursable by the water users in not to exceed sixty years, and provision for the recovery thereof and for payment of the operation and maintenance costs of the irrigation features of the project shall be made by a contract or contracts satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior: Provided further, That construction costs of the irrigation features of the project which are not hereby made reimbursable by the water users shall be set aside in a special account against which net revenues derived from the sale of power generated at the hydroelectric plants of the Colorado River storage project in the Upper Basin shall be charged when such plants are constructed.

SEC. 2. That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to complete the land development and settlement features of the project in accordance with the general plan approved by the President on September 18, 1940, including the acquisition of such lands, or interests in lands, as may be necessary, and the extension of technical advice and assistance to settlers in matters of farm practice, soil conservation, and efficient land use: Provided, however, That the total reimbursable cost of the land development and settlement features of the project shall be not less than $373,000 for the project of twenty thousand irrigable acres with proportionate adjustment, if necessary, based on the actual irrigable area as determined upon completion of the project.

SEC. 3. To carry out the purposes of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture are hereby authorized to allot any moneys available from appropriations heretofore made to the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, respectively, for "water conservation and utility projects" and "water con

servation and utilization projects", and there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, respectively, such sums of money as may be necessary to complete the project.

Approved June 28, 1949.

[PUBLIC LAW 312-818T CONGRESS]

[CHAPTER 593-1ST SESSION]

[H. R. 5773]

AN ACT

To authorize the carrying out of the provisions of article 7 of the treaty of February 3, 1944, between the United States and Mexico, regarding the joint development of hydroelectric power at Falcon Dam, on the Rio Grande, and for other

purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in accordance with the provisions of understanding (a) of the Senate resolution of ratification of the treaty of February 3, 1944, between the United States and Mexico, the approval of the Congress is hereby given to the negotiation of an agreement, in accordance with the provisions of article 7 of said treaty, for the joint construction, operation, and maintenance on a self-liquidating basis for the United States share, by the two sections of the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, of facilities for generating hydroelectric energy at the Falcon Dam on the Rio Grande being constructed by the said Commission under the provisions of article 5 of the said treaty.

SEO. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act: Provided, That funds heretofore appropriated to the Department of State under the heading "International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico" shall be available for expenditure for the purposes of this Act.

Approved October 5, 1949.

[CHAPTER 690-1ST SESSION]

[H. R 165]

AN ACT

To authorize the American River Basin development, California, for irrigation and reclamation, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Central Valley project, California, authorized by section 2 of the Act of Congress of August 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 850), is hereby reauthorized to include the American River development as hereinafter described, which development is declared to be for the same purposes as described and set forth in the Act of Congress of August 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 850). SEC. 2. The American River development shall consist of: Folsom Dam and Reservoir having a storage capacity of approximately one million acre-feet, to be constructed by the Corps of Engineers at such point below the confluence of the North Fork and the South Fork of the American River near the city of Folsom, California, as the Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Engineers after consultation with the Bureau of Reclamation and other appropriate State, Federal, and local agencies may find most advisable; and the following features for the development and use of water, to be constructed, operated, and maintained by the Secretary of the Interior through the Commissioner of Reclamation: A hydroelectric power plant with a generating capacity of approximately one hundred and twenty thousand kilowatts, and necessary hydroelectric afterbay power plants and necessary electric transmission lines to the nearest practical interconnection with the Central Valley project transmission system; a storage dam with a capacity of approximately forty thousand acre-feet to be located on Sly Park Creek, a tributary of the North Fork of Consumnas River, with necessary appurtenant works, including a diversion dam on Camp Creek, tunnel, conduit, and canals for the delivery of water to lands in El Dorado County, and incidental works appurte nant thereto. The Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, is hereby further authorized and directed to conduct the necessary investigations, surveys, and studies for the purpose of developing plans for disposing of the water and electric power which would be made available by the project, including studies of such supplemental works and equipment as may be required to maintain a firm supply of electric energy, and render reports thereon which would set forth the works required for such disposition, together with findings as to their engineering and financial feasibility, including a study of the water resources and requirements of the entire American River watershed and the areas serviceable therefrom, and particularly of a diversion canal at the highest feasible level extending southerly from Folsom Reservoir as will permit the maximum beneficial use of the water for irrigation of the lands lying under said canal in El

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