89th Congress, S. 1761 An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain a third powerplant at the Grand Coulee Dam, Columbia Basin project, Washington, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, "That (a) the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to construct, operate, and maintain a third powerplant with a rated capacity of approximately three million six hundred thousand kilowatts, and necessary appurtenant works, including a visitor center, at Grand Coulee Dam as an addition to and an integral part of the Columbia Basin Federal reclamation project. The construction cost of the third powerplant allocated to power and associated with each stage of development shall be repaid with interest within fifty years from the time that stage becomes revenue producing. The interest rate used for computing interest during construction and interest on the unpaid balance of the cost allocated to power shall be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury as of the beginning of the fiscal year in which the initial request for appropriations for the construction of the third powerplant is made, by computing the average interest rate payable by the Treasury on all interest-bearing marketable public debt obligations of the United States then outstanding which, upon original issue, had terms to maturity of fifteen years or more, and by adjusting such average rate to the next lowest multiple of one-eighth of one per centum. (b) Construction of the third powerplant may be undertaken in such stages as in the determination of the Secretary will effectuate the fullest, most beneficial, and most economic utilization of the waters of the Columbia River. 80 STAT. 200 Columbia Basin project, Wash. Report to SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare, maintain, and present annually to the President and the Congress a consolidated financial statement for all projects heretofore or hereafter authorized, including the third powerplant at Grand Coulee Dam, from or by means of which commercial power and energy is marketed through the facilities of the Federal Columbia River power system and for all other projects associated therewith to the extent that the costs of these projects are required by law to be charged to and returned from net revenues derived from the power and energy, or any power and energy, so marketed, and he shall, if said consolidated statement indicates that the reimbursable construction costs of the projects, or any of the projects, covered thereby which are chargeable to and returnable from the commercial power and energy so marketed are likely not to be returned within the period prescribed by law, take prompt action to adjust the rates charged for such power and energy to the extent necessary to assure such return. Section 9, subsection (c) of the Act Repeal. of August 20, 1937 (50 Stat. 736), as amended (16 U.S.C. 832h) is hereby repealed. That portion of the construction cost of any project hereafter authorized to be constructed, operated, and maintained by the Secretary of the Interior under the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto) 43 USC 391 within the Pacific Northwest which, though allocated to irrigation, is et seq. beyond the ability of the irrigation water users to repay within the repayment period prescribed by law for that project and cannot be returned within the same period from other project sources of revenue shall be charged to and returned within that period from net revenues derived from the marketing of commercial power and energy through 80 STAT. 201 "Pacific Northwest." 16 USC 837. Appropriation. the Federal Columbia River power system, unless otherwise provided by law. As used in this Act, the term "Pacific Northwest" has the meaning ascribed to it in section 1 of the Act of August 31, 1964 (78 Stat. 756). SEC. 3. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, for construction of the third powerplant and necessary appurtenant works including a visitor center at Grand Coulee Dam, the sum of $390,000,000, based on estimated costs as of April 1966, plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in construction costs as indicated by engineering cost indexes applicable to the types of construction involved herein. Approved June 14, 1966. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 1409 accompanying H. R. 7406 (Comm. on Interior SENATE REPORT No. 314 (Comm. on Interior & Insular Affairs. 89th Congress, S. 2999 An Act 80 STAT 312 To amend section 6 of the Southern Nevada Project Act (Act of October 22, 1965; 79 Stat. 1068). Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 6 of Southern Nevada the Southern Nevada Project Act (Act of October 22, 1965; 79 Stat. Project Act, 1068) is hereby amended to read as follows: amendment. 43 USC 616 111. "SEC. 6. The contract for delivery of water and repayment of reimbursable construction costs of the Southern Nevada Water Project required by section 3 of this Act shall provide that if, within five years from the date of this Act, Basic Management, Inc., or its assignees applies for a contract for the storage and delivery of water in accordance with the provisions of section 5 of the Boulder Canyon Project Act (45 Stat. 1060, as amended; 43 U.S.C. 617d) and the regulations of the Secretary of the Interior issued pursuant to said Act, the rights of the party contracting pursuant to section 3 of this Act shall be subordi- 43 USC 616 111. nate to those of Basic Management, Inc., or its assignees to the extent of 41,266 acre-feet per annum or so much thereof as is required for beneficial consumptive use by it, its right to the storage and delivery of the same having been properly maintained in accordance with the terms of its contract. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as affecting the satisfaction of present perfected rights as defined by the decree of the United States Supreme Court in Arizona V. California, 367 U.S. 340." Approved July 19, 1966. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 1561 (Comm. on Interior & Insular Affairs). Apr. 6: June 6: June 24: Considered and passed Senate. Considered and passed House, amended. Senate concurred in House amendments with amendments. 89th Congress, H. R. 15225 An Act To amend section 15d of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 to increase the amount of bonds which may be issued by the Tennessee Valley Authority. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first sentence of subsection (a) of section 15d of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933, as amended (16 U.S.C. 831n-4), is amended by striking out "$750,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$1,750,000,000". Approved August 12, 1966. 89th Congress, S. 490 An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Manson unit, Chelan division, Chief Joseph Dam project, Washington, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the pur- Chief Joseph poses of supplying irrigation water for approximately five thousand Dam project, eight hundred acres of land, undertaking the rehabilitation and better- Manson unit. ment of works serving major portion of these lands, conservation and development of fish and wildlife resources, and enhancement of recreation opportunities, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct, operate, and maintain the Manson unit, Chelan division, Chief Joseph Dam project, Washington, in accordance with the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388 and Acts 43 USC 391. amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto). The principal works of the unit shall consist of dams and related works for enlargement of Antilon Lake storage, related canals, conduits, and distribution systems, and works incidental to the rehabilitation of the existing irrigation system. SEC. 2. Irrigation repayment contracts shall provide for repayment Irrigation of the obligation assumed thereunder with respect to any contract repayment unit over a period of not more than fifty years exclusive of any de- contracts. velopment period authorized by law. Construction costs allocated to irrigation beyond the ability of the irrigators to repay during the repayment period shall be returned to the reclamation fund within said repayment period from revenues derived by the Secretary from the disposition of power marketed through the Bonneville Power Administration. The term "construction costs", as used herein, shall "Construction include any irrigation operation, maintenance, and replacement costs costs." during the development period which the Secretary finds it proper to fund because they are beyond the ability of the irrigators to pay during that period. Power and energy required for irrigation water pumping for the Manson unit shall be made available by the Secretary from the Federal Columbia River power system at charges determined by the Secretary. SEC. 3. The conservation and development of the fish and wildlife resources and the enhancement of recreation opportunities in connection with the Manson unit shall be in accordance with provisions of the Federal Water Project Recreation Act (79 Stat. 213). Fish and wild life resources and recreation. 16 USC1-12 note. 80 STAT. 704 80 STAT. 705 SEC. 4. For a period of ten years from the date of enactment of this Act, no water shall be delivered to any water user on the Manson unit, Chelan division, for the production on newly irrigated lands of any basic agricultural commodity, as defined in the Agricultural Act of 1949, or any amendment thereof, if the total supply of such commodity for the marketing year in which the bulk of the crop would normally be marketed is in excess of the normal supply as defined in section note. 301(b)(10) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, 62 Stat. 1251. unless the Secretary of Agriculture calls for an increase in production 7 USC 1301. of such commodity in the interest of national security. 63 Stat. 1051. 7 USC 1421 SEC. 5. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for con- Appropriation. struction of the new works involved in the Manson unit, $13,344,000 36-929 - 79-22 |