Chapter 920.
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Chap. 920: To preserve for development the potential water power and park facilities of the gorge and Great Falls of the Potomac River. Chapter 920 45 Stat. 1012 1928-05-29 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 70 1 public Chapter 920.— Joint Resolution To preserve for development the potential water power and park facilities of the gorge and Great Falls of the Potomac River.
May 29, 1928.[[H. J. Res. 307](/us/bill/70/hjres/307).][[Pub. Res., No. 67](/us/bill/70/pubres/67).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Great Falls of the Potomac River.For preservation of natural resources, etc., of, no permi t to be issued to any private interest for development of water power in the river, until further action of Congress. That, in order to preserve for development, in whatever manner Congress may ultimately find most desirable, the natural resources in water, potential water power, and park and recreational facilities afforded by the falls and gorge of the Potomac River near the National Capital, the Federal Power Commission be and hereby is directed not to issue any permit, preliminary or final, to any private interest for the development of water power in the Potomac River between the mouth of Rock Creek and a point four miles upstream from the present intake for the water supply of Washington, until further action of Congress, after consideration of such joint report or separate reports as may be made by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission and the Federal Power Commission as to the best utilization of the said area for the public benefit.
Approved, May 29, 1928.
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