Public Law 503.

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68 Stat. 486 Public Law 503 chapter 532 JOINT RESOLUTION To provide for construction by the Secretary of the Interior of the Glendo unit, Wyoming, Missouri River Basin project. July 16, 1954[[S. J. Res. 165](/us/bill/83/sjres/165)] Whereas construction by the Secretary of the Interior of a dam and reservoir at the Glendo site on the North Platte River in Wyoming was authorized by section 9, subsection

(c)of the Act of December[58 Stat. 891](/us/stat/58/891). 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 641,653); and Whereas the Interior Department Appropriation Acts for 1954 and several previous years have provided that “in order to promote agreement among the States or Nebraska, Wyoming, and Colorado, and to avoid any possible alteration of existing vested water rights, no part of this or of any prior appropriation shall be used for construction or for further commitment for construction of the Glendo unit or any feature thereof, until a definite plan report thereon has been completed, reviewed by the States of Nebraska, Wyoming, and Colorado, and approved by Congress”; and Whereas a definite plan report was completed by the Bureau of Reclamation in December 1952, reviewed by the States aforesaid, and approved by Wyoming on March 5, 1953, by Colorado on March 31, 1953, and by Nebraska on May 19, 1953; thus substantially complying[58 Stat. 887](/us/stat/58/887).[33 USC 701–1](/us/usc/t33/s701–1). with the provision of section 1 of the Flood Control Act of 1944; and Whereas the said definite plan report was approved by the Secretary of the Interior on February 19, 1954, and transmitted to the Congress by him on April 2, 1954; and Whereas the Secretary of the Interior has found the Glendo unit to be economically and financially feasible and has recommended its early construction; and Whereas, as appears in the stipulation signed on behalf of the States of Nebraska, Wyoming, and Colorado and of the United States on January 14, 1953, the prospect of construction of the Glendo unit as now proposed played an important part in the negotiations of said parties looking toward an amicable modification of the decree of the United States Supreme Court entered in the case of Nebraska versus Wyoming (325 U. S. 665); and Whereas the United States Supreme Court has approved said stipulation and modified its decree in accordance therewith (345 U. S. 981): Now, therefore, be it *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Glendo unit, Wyo.Congressional approval. That the definite plan report on the Glendo unit, Missouri River Basin project, approved by the Secretary of the Interior on February 19, 1954, is hereby approved by the Congress, and the Secretary is authorized to construct and operate said unit in accordance with said report and with the modified decree of the United States Supreme Court in the case of Nebraska versus Wyoming (345 U. S. 981) and, through its physical and financial coordination and integration with the other Federal works constructed or authorized to be constructed under the comprehensive plans approved by section 9 of the Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 641,[58 Stat. 891](/us/stat/58/891). 653), as amended and supplemented, with the financial objective of returning its reimbursable costs during a fifty-year payment period. Sec. 2. With respect to the Glendo unit, the provisions of section 1[33 USC 701–1](/us/usc/t33/s701–1).

(c)of the Flood Control Act of 1944 are hereby waived. Approved July 16, 1954. Public Law 504: To designate the lake to be formed by the completion of the Texarkana Dam and Reservoir on Sulphur River, about nine miles southwest from Texarkana, Texas, as Lake Texarkana. Public Law 504 Public Law 504 68 Stat. 487 1954-07-16 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 2026-01-12 83 2 public

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