Chapter 129. Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to cooperate with the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington in allocation of the waters of the Columbia River and its tributaries, and for other purposes, and authorizing an appropriation therefor
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CHAP. 129.— An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to cooperate with the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington in allocation of the waters of the Columbia River and its tributaries, and for other purposes, and authorizing an appropriation therefor.April 13, 1926. [[H. R. 8129](/us/bill/69/hr/8129).] [[Public, No. 112](/us/pl/69/112).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Columbia River Compact.Time extended for completion of, by participating States.
That the provisions of the Act of March 4, 1925, entitled “An Act to permit a compact or agreement between the States of Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana respecting the disposition and apportionment of the waters of the Columbia River and its tributaries, and forVol. 43, p. 1268, amended.*Post*, p. 1404. other purposes,” be continued and extended, and the said States are hereby authorized to negotiate or enter into a compact or agreement and report to Congress in accordance with the provisions of the said Act not later than December 1, 1927.
Sec. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out ofAmount authorized for investigating irrigating by gravity, etc., Columbia Basin.Vol. 42, p. 1540.*Post*, p. 857. any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of not more than $25,000, for completing investigations of the feasibility of irrigation by gravity or pumping, water sources, water storage, and related problems on the Columbia River and its tributaries, including the Columbia Basin project.
Approved, April 13, 1926.