lion authorized to be appropriated. As a consequence, it was necessary to enact Public Law 90-594 in order to increase the appropriation ceiling so as to permit one of the two judgments against the United States to be satisfied. The act authorizes appropriations to be made to cover a judgment totaling $9,292,730-which is $6,810,380 above the amount deposited in court as the estimated fair market value for the lands involved.

The 200,000-acre Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, heretofore administered in part by the Secretary of the Interior and in part by the Secretary of Agriculture, will hereafter be administered entirely by the latter under the terms of Public Law 90-540. The recreation area surrounds and includes most of the water surface of Flaming Gorge Reservoir, which is operated by the Bureau of Reclamation in connection with the Flaming Gorge Dam. Since a substantial part of the area is within the present boundaries of the Ashley National Forest, administrative costs of the overlapping administrative operations can be decreased somewhat as a result of the unified and simplified administration.

The 1,200-acre El Portal site, the subject of Public Law 90-409, lies just outside the entrance to Yosemite National Park. It was acquired to provide space for certain administrative facilities and for employee housing. Until enactment of this act, however, leases of this land were limited to a maximum of 30 years-a period not sufficiently long to attract financing for homes that would otherwise be built on the site. Accordingly, the legislation authorizes 55-year leases to be granted to the concessionaire who will, in turn, sublease to his employees.

OTHER LEGISLATION CONSIDERED

In addition to the measures listed above, the Subcommittee on National Parks and Recreation and/or the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs considered 11 other bills, or groups of bills, which failed to become law. Six of these measures were reported by the committee and were approved by the House:

H.R. 180 and H.R. 182 (Abbitt) which would have authorized the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain historic property in Hopewell, Va., for addition to the Petersburg National Battlefield.

H.R. 5605 (Evans of Colorado) which would have provided for the creation of the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in Colorado.

H.R. 6347 (Byrne of Pennsylvania) and H.R. 7981 (Eilberg) which would have authorized acquisition of certain land for use in connection with the Independence National Historical Park, Pa.

H.R. 14074 (Taylor) which would have amended an existing law providing for the construction of an entrance road to Great Smoky Mountain National Park.

H.Ř. 14413 (Davis of Georgia) which would have authorized the acquisition of certain lands needed by the National Park Service for interpretive purposes at the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. In addition it would have changed the designation of the area to "Chickamauga and

Chattanooga National Battlefield" and would have authorized the disposition of certain lands not needed for national park

purposes.

H.R. 18333 (Kyl) which would have authorized a study of the feasibility of establishing an Upper Mississippi Valley National Recreation Area between Wood River, Ill., and Minneapolis. Minn.

Another measure, House Joint Resolution 1384 (Aspinall and 15 others), was reported by the committee but no action was taken on it in the House. This joint resolution would have established certain rules and policies with respect to camping and similar activities on lands administered by the National Park Service. Hearings were held on five measures, but the subcommittee did not conclude its consideration of them. These included:

H.R. 170 (Garmatz), H.R. 816 and H.R. 817 (Long of Maryland), H.R. 854 (Mathias of Maryland) and H.R. 5886 (Morton would have provided for the establishment of the Constellation National Historic Site (Maryland).

H.R. 329 (Burke of Massachusetts) would have authorized the acquisition of certain properties adjacent to the Adams National Historic Site (Massachusetts).

H.R. 6616 (O'Hara of Michigan), H.R. 14997 (Dingell) and H.R. 15144 (Nedzi) would have provided for the establishment of the Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore (Michigan).

H.R. 10427 (Kastenmeier), H.R. 13124 (Kastenmeier for himself and others), and S. 778 would have established the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore (Wisconsin).

H.R. 14735 (Colmer for himself and others) would have authorized the establishment of Gulf Island National Seashore (Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi).

IRRIGATION AND RECLAMATION

The jurisdiction of the committee over legislation relating to the Federal reclamation program and multiple-purpose development of the Nation's water resources and legislation involving the Nation's water and power policies and the saline water research program has been placed in the Irrigation and Reclamation Subcommittee. This jurisdiction gives the subcommittee responsibility for measures amending and supplementing reclamation law, authorizing reclamation projects, relating to projects previously authorized, relating to interstate compacts for the apportionment of the waters of interstate streams, involving Federal-State relations concerning the distribution and use of water resources, and dealing with Federal efforts to convert salt and other saline water to water suitable for municipal, industrial, agricultural, and other beneficial uses.

During the 90th Congress, 150 bills and resolutions were referred to the Irrigation and Reclamation Subcommittee. Of these 25 were reported favorably to the full committee and all 25 were reported by the full committee to the House, 24 passed the House and 22 were enacted into law.

GENERAL LEGISLATION

Five bills authorizing, expanding, or amending general water-related programs of national significance were enacted by the 90th Congress. These were:

National Water Commission Act (P.L. 90-515; S. 20; H.R. 1416, Ullman; H.R. 1458, Wyatt; H.R. 2370, Rodino; H.R. 2546, Howard; H.R. 3298, Foley; H.R. 4124, Mrs. May; H.R. 5308, Blatnik; H.R. 5346, Reinecke; H.R. 6800, Helstoski).

Saline Water Conversion Program (P.L. 90-30; H.R. 6133, Aspinall) (P.L. 90-297; S. 2912; H.R. 15002, Aspinall).

Amendment to Water Resources Planning Act (P.L. 90-547; S. 3058; H.R. 15731, Aspinall).

Feasibility Investigations of Certain Water Resource Developments (P.L. 90-254; S. 1788; H.R. 10130, Aspinall).

The National Water Commission Act establishes a seven-man Presidential Commission to conduct a comprehensive review of national water resource problems and programs. The life of the Commission is limited to 5 years and $5 million is authorized to be appropriated to carry out its work during that period. The mission given this Commission is to examine our major water problems and develop recommendations, guidelines, and long-range plans for the most effective use of available water resources. It will work closely not only with Federal departments and agencies having responsibilities in the water field, but also with the States and with public and private groups which would be affected by its studies and recommendations. Two measures were enacted which relate to the saline water conversion program. The first, enacted in 1967, authorized an appropriation of $26,782,000 to carry out the fiscal year 1968 program of the Office of Saline Water. In addition, it amended the basic act to provide authority for "test bed" plants and for redesignating "demonstration plants" as "prototype plants," thus clarifying the definition for the full sequence in the development of a process and conforming the terminology in the act to that currently in use throughout the industry. It also integrated the demonstration plant program into the regular research and development program and provided authority for using the existing demonstration plants as test bed plants.

The second measure, enacted in 1968, authorized an appropriation of $24,556,000 to carry out the fiscal year 1969 program of the Office of Saline Water.

Legislation was enacted to amend the Water Resources Planning Act of 1965 in order to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated annually from $300,000 to $500,000. These funds are to be used for administering the provisions of title I of that act. Title I relates to the Water Resources Council. The Council also administers title III which authorizes matching financial grants to the States for water planning activities. As amended, a total authorization of $900,000 annually can be available to the Council to carry out its important responsibilities under both titles I and III.

Since the enactment of the Federal Water Project Recreation Act in 1965, all feasibility investigations have to be authorized by the Congress. Public Law 90-254 authorizes the Secretary of the Interior

to conduct feasibility investigations in connection with six existing or proposed reclamation projects. They are the Minot extension of the Garrison diversion unit, Missouri River Basin project; the Mogollon Mesa project in Arizona; the Mountain Park and Retrop projects in Oklahoma; the Foss Dam and Reservoir, also in Oklahoma; and the Evans Valley division of the Rogue River project in Oregon.

PROJECT AUTHORIZATIONS

The 90th Congress authorized seven new Federal reclamation projects which are estimated to cost about $1.8 billion. They are:

The Colorado River Basin Project (P.L. 90-537; S. 1004; H.R. 3300, Aspinall, and others. 1)

The Oahe Unit, James Division, Missouri River Basin Project (P.L. 90-453; S. 6; H. R. 27, Berry; H.R. 1163, Reifel).

Nebraska Mid-State Division, Missouri River Basin Project (P.L. 90-136; H. R. 845, Martin).

San Felipe Division, Central Valley Project, California (P.L. 90-72; S. 1111; H.R. 43, Gubser; H. R. 44, Sisk; H.R. 45, Edwards of California; H.R. 46, Talcott).

Palmetto Bend Reclamation Project, Texas (P.L. 90–562; H.R. 5117, Young).

Mountain Park Reclamation Project, Oklahoma (P.L. 90-503; H.R. 9362, Steed; H.R. 9411, Smith of Oklahoma).

Sacramento Valley Irrigation Canals, Central Valley Project, California (P.L. 90-65; H.R. 743, Johnson of California). The Colorado River Basin Project Act authorizes the greatest expenditure for reclamation projects ever carried in a single act. The estimated cost is about $1.34 billion. This includes the Central Arizons project, at an estimated cost of $932 million, five Upper Basin projects at an estimated cost of $392 million, and reauthorization of the Dixie project at an estimated cost of $15 million over the amount previously authorized. The Upper Basin projects are the Animas-La Plata in Colorado-New Mexico and the Dolores, Dallas Creek, West Divide, and San Miguel projects in Colorado. In addition to the authorization of these projects, the act establishes congressional policy with respect to meeting the long-range water needs of the Colorado River Basin. and directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop a general plan to meet the future water needs of all 11 Western States. There is, however, a 10-year moratorium on any study of importation of water into the Colorado River Basin from outside the basin States. The act also declares that satisfaction of the water requirements of the Mexican Water Treaty constitutes a national obligation which shall be the first charge against any augmentation project. This means that the cost of developing new water to meet the treaty requirements will be nonreimbursable. California is given 4.4 million acre-feet of Colorado River water annually with a priority over Central Arizona project

1 Other bills considered by the Committee were: H.R. 9 (Udall), H. R. 722 (Hosmer), II. R. 744 (Johnson) of California), H.R. 1179 (Rhodes of Arizona), H. R. 1271 (Steiger of Arizona), H. R. 5130 (Bell). H. R. 53% (Utt), H. R. 5625 (Leggett), H.R. 6130 (Bob Wilson), H.R. 6271 (Hosmer), H.R. 6416 (Smith of California. H.R. 6552 (Chas. H. Wilson), H.R. 6603 (Hanna), H. R. 6619 (Roybal), H. R. 6620 (Smith of California. H.R. 6822 (Reinecke), H.R. 6848 (Van Deerlin), H.R. 6931 (Hawkins), H.R. 7008 (Tunney), H.R. 704 (Holifield), H. R. 7194 (Edmondson), H.R. 7204 (Saylor), H.R. 7558 (King of California), H.R. 7562 (Lipscomb), H. R. 10524 (Teague of California), H. R. 14834 (Johnson of California, for himself and Messrs. King of California, Holifield, Miller of California, Gubser, Moss, Utt, Bob Wilson, Lipscomb, Teague of California McFall, Bell, Corman, Brown of California, Roybal, Van Deerlin, Don II. Clausen, Del Clawson, Tunney, Rees, Wiggins, Smith of California, Reinecke), II. R. 14835 (Hosmer, for himself and Messrs. Leggett, Hanna Pettis, Edwards of California, Mailliard, Mathias of California, and McCloskey), H.R. 14994 (Sisk, for him. self and Messrs. Hawkins and Charles II. Wilson), and H. R. 15615 (Talcott).

water when there is less than 7.5 million acre-feet of Colorado River mainstream water available for the three Lower Basin States. An interesting feature of the Colorado River Basin Act is the authority given the Secretary to acquire pumping power through pre-purchase of capacity in non-Federal powerplants. The act establishes a development fund not only to assist the Central Arizona project and the Dixie project financially, but also to assist the future construction of augmentation works. The act also establishes reservoir operating criteria for Hoover and Glen Canyon Dams which have been agreed to by all of the Colorado River Basin States after long and arduous negotiations. These operating criteria are intended to protect the future water resource development opportunities of the Upper Basin States, while providing for the use of water in the Lower Basin until it is required upstream. Finally, there is a provision in the act which prohibits any licensing by the Federal Power Commission on the Colorado River between Hoover Dam and Glen Canyon Dam until and unless authorized by the Congress.

The Oahe Unit Act authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the initial stage of the Oahe unit, James division, Missouri River Basin project, South Dakota. The project will be integrated physically and financially with other works being constructed by the Department of the Interior in the Missouri River Basin. The plan of development for the initial stage calls for the irrigation of 190,000 acres of land, as well as supplying municipal and industrial water for 17 towns and cities in the area. In addition, it calls for fish and wildlife conservation and development, for enhancement of outdoor recreation opportunities, and for flood control improvement in the project area. Construction of the new works is estimated to cost about $192 million and will consist of a system of canals, pumping plants, regulating reservoirs, distribution laterals, and drainage facilities. The project water supply, estimated to be about 564,000 acre-feet annually, will come from the existing Lake Oahe on the Missouri River and from flows of the James River. The benefitcost ratio of the project is 2.5 to 1 and over 90 percent of the cost will be repaid within a 50-year period.

The Mid-State Project Act authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Nebraska Mid-State division of the Missouri River Basin project. The Mid-State division is a multiple-purpose project located along the north side of the Platte River in central Nebraska. It will provide irrigation and flood control benefits and enhance outdoor recreation opportunities. The project is estimated to cost about $106 million and will be integrated physically and financially with other works being constructed by the Department of the Interior in the Missouri River Basin. The Mid-State project works will assure a water supply for approximately 140,000 acres of land and will provide flood protection benefits in the project area, as well as making available extensive recreation opportunities. The benefit-cost ratio is 1.25 to 1 and about 72 percent of the cost will be repaid within a 50-year period.

The San Felipe Project Act authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the San Felipe division as a multiple-purpose extension of the Central Valley project involving the delivery of water from the Central Valley project system to portions of Santa Clara, San Benito, Santa Cruz, and Monterey Counties, Calif.