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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 70 STAT. · June 30, 1957 · Public Law 641

Public Law 641.

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70 Stat. 474 Public Law 641 chapter 490 AN ACT Making appropriations for the Tennessee Valley Authority, certain agencies of the Department of the Interior, and civil functions administered by the Department of the Army, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, and for other purposes. July 2, 1956[[H. R. 11319](/us/bill/84/hr/11319)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Public Works Appropriation Act, 1957.
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, for the Tennessee Valley Authority, certain agencies of the Department of the Interior, and civil functions administered by the Department of the Army, and for other purposes, namely: TITLE I—TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Tennessee [48 Stat. 58](/us/stat/48/58). [16 USC 831](/us/usc/t16/s831).
Valley Authority Act of 1933, as amended (16 U. S. C., ch. 12A), including hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, and purchase (not to exceed two hundred and eleven, for replacement only) and Resource development. hire of passenger motor vehicles, $5,351,000: *Provided*, That there shall be available for resource development activities pursuant to the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933, as amended, not to exceed $1,150,000: *Provided further*, That none of the funds provided herein may be used to acquire a building for use as an Administrative office of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Reduction in Appropriations The sum of $6,500,000 appropriated under this head in the Public [69 Stat. 355](/us/stat/69/355). Works Appropriation Act, 1958, for transmission connections with the Mississippi Valley Generating Company is rescinded as of July 1, 1956, and shall be covered into the Treasury as of that date. TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Office of the Secretary operation and maintenance, southeastern power administration For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of power transmission facilities and of marketing electric power and energy pursuant to the provisions of section 5 of the Flood Control Act of [58 Stat. 890](/us/stat/58/890). 1944 (16 U. S. C. 825s), as applied to the southeastern power area, $1,378,000. operation and maintenance, southwestern power administration For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of power transmission facilities and of marketing electric power and energy pursuant to the provisions of section 5 of the Flood Control Act of [58 Stat. 890](/us/stat/58/890). 1944 (16 U. S. C. 825s), as applied to the southwestern power area, including purchase of not to exceed four passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, $1,000,000. 70 Stat. 475 continuing fund, southwestern power administration Not to exceed $6,400,000 shall be available during the current fiscal year from the continuing fund for all costs in connection with the purchase of electric power and energy, and rentals for the use of transmission facilities.
Bonneville Power Administration construction For construction and acquisition of transmission lines, substations, and appurtenant facilities, as authorized by law, to remain available until expended, $18,700,000. operation and maintenance For necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of the Bonneville transmission system and of marketing electric power and energy, $7,400,000. administrative provisions Appropriations of the Bonneville Power Administration shall be available to carry out all the duties imposed upon the Administrator pursuant to law, including purchase of not to exceed thirty-two passenger motor vehicles for replacement only.
Appropriations made herein to the Bonneville Power Administration shall be available in one fund, except that the appropriation herein made for operation and maintenance shall be available only for the service of the current fiscal year. Other than as may be necessary to meet local emergencies, not to exceed 12 per centum of the appropriation for construction herein made for the Bonneville Power Administration shall be available for construction work by force account or on a hired-labor basis.
Bureau of Reclamation For carrying out the functions of the Bureau of Reclamation as provided in the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto) [43 USC 485a](/us/usc/t43/s485a). and other Acts applicable to that Bureau, as follows: general investigations For engineering and economic investigations of proposed Federal reclamation projects and studies of water conservation and development plans; formulating plans and preparing designs and specifications for authorized Federal reclamation projects or parts thereof prior to initial allocation of appropriations for construction of such projects or parts; and activities preliminary to the reconstruction, rehabilitation and betterment, financial adjustment, or extension of existing projects; to remain available until expended, $5,680,000 of which $4,970,000 shall be derived from the reclamation fund and $500,000 shall be derived from the Colorado River development fund: *Provided*, That none of this appropriation shall be used for more than one-half of the cost of an investigation requested by a State, municipality, or other interest. construction and rehabilitation For construction and rehabilitation of authorized reclamation projects or parts thereof (including power transmission facilities) and for 70 Stat. 476 other related activities, as authorized by law, to remain available until expended, $131,225,500, of which $63,083,000 shall be derived from Restrictions. the reclamation fund: *Provided*, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for other than the completion of field engineering, survey work, and preliminary designs of the Southwest Contra Costa County Water District System and no repayment contract shall be executed or construction begun until plans have been submitted to and approved by the Congress through its legislative and appropriation procedures, after submission of a report to the Congress by the Secretary of the Interior
(1)on the cost and feasibility of said project, including the necessary distribution system and
(2)on the rates required to be charged to the ultimate consumers: *Provided further*, That not to exceed $208,000 of this appropriation shall be available for the construction of fish protective facilities at Savage Rapids Dam, Oregon, to be nonreimbursable and nonreturnable: *Provided further*, That not to exceed $200,000 of this appropriation shall be available for lighting the spillway of Grand Coulee Dam and shall be nonreimbursable and nonreturnable: *Provided further*, That not to exceed $233,800 shall be available for the emergency protection of medicinal waters of Soap Lake, Washington, from irrigation operations of the Columbia Basin project, which amount beyond the ability of the water users to repay shall be repayable from surplus power revenues of Grand Coulee Dam: *Provided further*, That not to exceed $520,000 shall be available toward emergency rehabilitation of the works of the Hayden Lake unit, Rathdrum Prairie project, Idaho, to be repaid in full under conditions satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior: *Provided further*, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to initiate the construction of transmission facilities within those areas covered by power wheeling service contracts which include provision for service to Federal establishments and preferred customers, except those transmission facilities for which construction funds have been heretofore appropriated, those facilities which are necessary to carry out the terms of such contracts or those facilities for which the Secretary of the Interior finds the wheeling agency is unable or unwilling to provide for the integration of Federal projects or for service to a Federal establishment or preferred customer: *Provided further*, That no part of this or prior appropriations shall be used for construction, nor for further commitments to construction of Moorhead Dam and Reservoir, Montana, or any feature thereof until a definite plan report thereon has been completed, reviewed, by the States of Wyoming and Montana, and approved by the Congress. operation and maintenance For operation and maintenance of reclamation projects or parts thereof and of other facilities, as authorized by law; and for a soil and moisture conservation program on lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Reclamation, pursuant to law, $27,267,000, of which $22,055,700 shall be derived from the reclamation fund and $2,115,000 shall be derived from the Colorado River darn fund, including (notwithstanding the provisions of the First Deficiency Appropriation [58 Stat. 157](/us/stat/58/157). Act, 1944, relating thereto) operation and maintenance of Palo Verde weir: *Provided*, That funds advanced for operation and maintenance of reclamation projects or parts thereof shall be deposited to the credit of this appropriation and may be expended for the same objects and in the same manner as sums appropriated herein may be expended, and the unexpended balances of such advances shall be credited to the appropriation for the next succeeding fiscal year. 70 Stat. 477 general administrative expenses For necessary expenses of general administration and related functions in the offices of the Commissioner of Reclamation and in the regional offices of the Bureau of Reclamation, $3,942,000 to be derived from the reclamation fund and to be nonreimbursable pursuant to the Act of April 19, 1945 (43 U. S. C. 377): *Provided*, That no part of [59 Stat. 54](/us/stat/59/54). any other appropriation in this Act shall be available for activities or functions budgeted for the current fiscal year as general administrative expenses. upper colorado river basin fund For payment to the “Upper Colorado River Basin fund”, authorized by section 5 of the Act of April 11, 1956 (Public Law 485), $13,000,000, *Ante*, p. 107. to remain available until expended. special funds Sums herein referred to as being derived from the reclamation fund, the Colorado River dam fund, or the Colorado River development fund, are appropriated from the special funds in the Treasury created by the Act of June 17, 1902 (43 U. S. C. 391), the Act of December [32 Stat. 388](/us/stat/32/388). 21, 1928 (43 U. S. C. 617a), and the Act of July 19, 1940 (43 U. S. C. [45 Stat. 1057](/us/stat/45/1057). 618a), respectively. Such sums shall be transferred, upon request of [54 Stat. 774](/us/stat/54/774). the Secretary, to be merged with and expended under the heads herein specified; and the unexpended balances of sums transferred for expenditure under the heads “Operation and Maintenance” and “General Administrative Expenses” shall revert and be credited to the special fund from which derived. administrative provisions Appropriations to the Bureau of Reclamation shall be available for purchase of not to exceed seventy-five passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; purchase of two aircraft for replacement only, payment of claims for damage to or loss of property, personal injury, or death arising out of activities of the Bureau of Reclamation; payment, except as otherwise provided for, of compensation and expense of persons on the rolls of the Bureau of Reclamation appointed as authorized by law to represent the United States in the negotiation and administration of interstate compacts without reimbursement or return under the reclamation laws; rewards for information or evidence concerning violations of law involving property under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Reclamation; performance of the functions specified under the head “Operation and Maintenance Administration”, Bureau of Reclamation, in the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1945; [58 Stat. 487](/us/stat/58/487). preparation and dissemination of useful information including recordings, photographs, and photographic prints; and studies of recreational uses of reservoir areas, and investigation and recovery of archeological and paleontological remains in such areas in the same manner as provided for in the Act of August 21, 1935 (16 U. S. C. 461–467): *Provided*, That no part of any appropriation made herein [49 Stat. 666](/us/stat/49/666). shall be available pursuant to the Act of April 19, 1945 (43 U. S. C. 377), for expenses other than those incurred on behalf of specific [59 Stat. 54](/us/stat/59/54). reclamation projects except “General Administrative Expenses” and amounts provided for reconnaissance, basin surveys, and general engineering and research under the head “General Investigations”. Allotments to the Missouri River Basin project from the appropriation under the head “Construction and Rehabilitation” shall be available additionally for said project for those functions of the Bureau 70 Stat. 478 of Reclamation provided for under the head “General Investigations” (but this authorization shall not preclude use of the appropriation under said head within that area), and for the continuation of investigations by agencies of the Department on a general plan for the development of the Missouri River Basin. Such allotments may be expended through or in cooperation with State and other Federal agencies, and advances to such agencies are hereby authorized. Sums appropriated herein which are expended in the performance of reimbursable functions of the Bureau of Reclamation shall be returnable to the extent and in the manner provided by law. No part of any appropriation for the Bureau of Reclamation, contained in this Act or in any prior Act, which represents amounts earned under the terms of a contract but remaining unpaid, shall be obligated for any other purpose, regardless of when such amounts are to be paid: *Provided*, That the incurring of any obligation prohibited by this paragraph shall be deemed a violation of section 3679 [64 Stat. 765](/us/stat/64/765). of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U. S. C. 665). No funds appropriated to the Bureau of Reclamation for operation and maintenance, except those derived from advances by water users, shall be used for the particular benefit of lands
(a)within the boundaries of an irrigation district,
(b)of any member of a water users’ organization, or
(c)of any individual, when such district, organization, or individual is in arrears for more than twelve months in the payment of charges due under a contract entered into with the United States pursuant to laws administered by the Bureau of Reclamation. Not to exceed $225,000 may be expended from the appropriation “Construction and Rehabilitation” for work by force account on any one project or Missouri Basin unit and then only when such work is unsuitable for contract or no acceptable bid has been received and, other than otherwise provided in this paragraph or as may be necessary to meet local emergencies, not to exceed 12 per centum of the construction allotment for any project from the appropriation “Construction and Rehabilitation” contained in this Act shall be available for construction work by force account. Boulder Canyon project. Sums which have heretofore been expended for construction purposes on the Boulder Canyon project from operation and maintenance appropriations and revenue receipts shall be considered as having been advanced to the Colorado River dam fund and repaid to the Secretary of the Treasury as of May 31 of the same operating year. Funds made available herein and hereafter to the Trinity division, Central Valley project, shall be available for the design and construction of power and hydraulic facilities totaling not to exceed approximately four hundred thousand kilowatts. All funds expended for construction, operation, and maintenance of the two thousand-second-foot Wahluke siphon, Columbia Basin project, shall be reimbursable, but repayment of those parts thereof and of other expenditures for said project which the Secretary finds properly allocable to irrigable lands located on the Wahluke slope shall be deferred until they are no longer needed in connection with operations of the Atomic Energy Commission and have been irrigated. General Provisions Sec. 201. Attendance at meetings. Appropriations in this title available for travel expenses shall be available for expenses of attendance of officers and employees at meetings or conventions of members of societies or associations concerned with the work of the bureau or office for which the appropriation concerned is made. 70 Stat. 479 Sec. 202. Appropriations in this title shall be available for expenditure Emergency reconstruction. or transfer (within each bureau or office), with the approval of the Secretary, for the emergency reconstruction, replacement or repair of buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoidable causes: *Provided*, That no funds shall be made available under this authority until funds specifically made available to the Department of the Interior for emergencies shall have been exhausted. Sec. 203. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or transfer Fire prevention. (within each bureau or office) of any appropriation in this title, in addition to the amounts included in the budget programs of the several agencies, for the suppression or emergency prevention of forest or range fires on or threatening lands under jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior. Sec. 204. Appropriations in this title shall be available for operation Operation of warehouses, etc. of warehouses, garages, shops, and similar facilities, wherever consolidation of activities will contribute to efficiency or economy, and said appropriations shall be reimbursed for services rendered to any other activity in the same manner as authorized by the Act of June 30, 1932 (31 U. S. C. 686): *Provided*, That reimbursements for cost of [47 Stat. 417](/us/stat/47/417). supplies, materials and equipment, and for services rendered may be credited to the appropriation current at the time such reimbursements are received. TITLE III—CIVIL FUNCTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY Cemeterial Expenses For necessary cemeterial expenses as authorized by law, including maintenance, operation, and improvement of national cemeteries, and purchase of headstones and markers for unmarked graves; purchase of two passenger motor vehicles; maintenance of that portion of Congressional Cemetery to which the United States has title, Confederate burial places under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army, The Surrender Tree site in Cuba, and graves used by the Army in commercial cemeteries; $6,765,000: *Provided*, That this appropriation shall not be used to repair more than a single approach road to any national cemetery: *Provided further*, That this appropriation shall not be obligated for construction of a superintendent’s lodge or family quarters at a cost per unit in excess of $14,000, but such limitation may be increased by such additional amounts as may be required to provide office space, public comfort rooms, or space for the storage of Government property within the same structure. Rivers and Harbors and Flood Control The following appropriations shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil functions of the Department of the Army pertaining to rivers and harbors, flood control, beach erosion, and related purposes: general investigations For expenses necessary for the collection and study of basic information pertaining to river and harbor, flood control, shore protection, and related projects, and when authorized by law, preliminary examinations, surveys and studies (including cooperative beach erosion studies as authorized in Public Law Numbered 520, Seventy-first Con-70 Stat. 480[46 Stat. 918](/us/stat/46/918). [33 USC 426, 465, 569b, 607a](/us/usc/t33/s426/465/569b/607a); [48 USC 1399](/us/usc/t48/s1399).gress, approved July 3, 1930, as amended and supplemented), of projects prior to authorization for construction, to remain available until expended, $9,322,000. construction, general For the prosecution of river and harbor, flood control, shore protection, and related projects authorized by law; detailed studies, and plans and specifications, of projects (including those for development with participation or under consideration for participation by States, local governments, or private groups) authorized or made eligible for selection by law (but such studies shall not constitute a commitment of the Government to construction); and not to exceed $1,400,000 for transfer to the Secretary of the Interior for conservation of fish and wildlife as authorized by law; to remain available until expended, $455,949,500, of which 00,000 shall be for the project “Mississippi Payment to Indians. River-Gulf Outlet, Louisiana”: *Provided*, That funds appropriated herein may at the discretion and under the direction of the Chief of Engineers be used in payment to the accounts of the Confederated Tribes of the Yakima Reservation; the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation; the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation; or other recognized Indian tribes, and those individual Indians not enrolled in any recognized tribe, but who through domicile at or in the immediate vicinity of the reservoir and through custom and usage are found to have an equitable interest in the fishery all of whose fishing rights and interests will be impaired by the Government incident to the construction, operation, or maintenance of The Dalles Dam, Columbia River, Washington and Oregon, and must be Grand Forks. subordinated thereto by agreement or litigation: *Provided further*, That in view of the physical conditions that developed during construction which increased the cost of land acquisition beyond the legal authority of the city of Grand Forks to provide, the Chief of Engineers is authorized to expend, for land acquisition, not to exceed the sum of $100,000 of the amount herein appropriated for the Grand Forks unit Lewis and Clark Irrigation District. of the Red River of the North project: *Provided further*, That in lieu of protecting the Lewis and Clark Irrigation District, the sum of $1,935,000 of the funds herein or hereafter appropriated for the Garrison Dam and Reservoir project on the Missouri River shall be available for the purchase of lands and improvements in the Lewis and Clark Irrigation District, and the sum of $1,196,000 shall be available for the relocation of highways and utilities therein. The substitution of land acquisition for the protection shall be made and the Secretary of the Army shall acquire such land and improvements if all of the landowners, on or before June 30, 1957, have offered to sell their property on terms agreeable to said landowners, and within the amount provided Buford-Tranton Irrigation District. herein for such land acquisition: *Provided further*, That in lieu of protecting the East Bottom of the Buford-Trenton Irrigation District, the sum of $1,341,891 of the funds herein or hereafter appropriated for the Garrison Dam and Reservoir project on the Missouri River shall be available for the purchase of lands and improvements in and contiguous to the Buford-Trenton Irrigation District, and not to exceed $2,000,000 shall be available to the Corps of Engineers for protection of the intake structure of the pumping plant in Zero Bottom and for the construction of bank protection to prevent erosion in the Missouri River adjacent to the Buford-Trenton irrigation project. The substitution of land acquisition for protection shall be made and the Secretary of the Army shall acquire such land and improvements if all of the landowners, except the heirs of Louis Morin, Junior, on or before June 30, 1957, have offered to sell their property on the terms agreeable 70 Stat. 481 to said landowners, and within the amount provided for such land acquisition: *Provided*, That the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, is authorized to acquire by condemnation proceedings, in the appropriate United States district court, the public domain allotment of Louis Morin, Junior, now deceased, described as the west half southwest quarter, section 16, and the north half southeast quarter, section 17, township 153 north, range 102 west, fifth principal meridian, North Dakota, in connection with the construction and operation of the Garrison Dam and Reservoir: *Provided further*, That in the event land acquisition is undertaken in lieu of protection of the East Bottom, that in recognition of the increased per acre annual operation and maintenance cost of the remaining lands in the Buford-Trenton Irrigation District, the construction charge obligation assignable to the remaining lands of said district pursuant to the Act of October 14, 1940 (54 Stat. 1119), as amended, and the proposed contract between [16 USC 590y](/us/usc/t16/s590y). the United States and Buford-Trenton Irrigation District, approved as to form February 23, 1955, shall be nonreimbursable, and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to enter into a contract with the Buford-Trenton Irrigation District to transfer operation and maintenance responsibility for project works constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation for the benefit of the Buford-Trenton Irrigation District to such district: *Provided further*, That not to exceed Small projects. $2,500,000 of the funds provided herein shall be available for the construction of small authorized projects selected by the Secretary of the Army the cost of which is not in excess of $150,000 and any such project shall be completed within the funds herein appropriated. operation and maintenance, general For expenses necessary for the preservation, operation, maintenance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood control, and related works, including such sums as may be necessary for the maintenance of harbor channels provided by a State, municipality, or other public agency, outside of harbor lines, and serving essential needs of general commerce and navigation; surveys and charting of northern and northwestern lakes and connecting waters; clearing and straightening channels; removal of obstructions to navigation; rescue work, and repair, restoration, or maintenance of flood control projects threatened or destroyed by flood; and not to exceed $1,250,000 for transfer to the Secretary of the Interior for conservation of fish and wildlife as authorized by law; to remain available until expended, $95,900,000. general expenses For expenses necessary for general administration and related functions in the Office of the Chief of Engineers and offices of the Division Engineers; activities of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, the Beach Erosion Board, and the California Debris Commission; administration of laws pertaining to preservation of navigable waters; commercial statistics; and miscellaneous investigations; $10,400,000. flood control, mississippi river and tributaries For expenses necessary for prosecuting work of flood control, and rescue work, repair, restoration or maintenance of flood control projects threatened or destroyed by flood, as authorized by law (33 U. S. C. [45 Stat. 534](/us/stat/45/534). [49 Stat. 1511](/us/stat/49/1511). 702a, 702g–1), to remain available until expended, $62,791,000. 70 Stat. 482 niagara remedial works For financing a part of the United States share of the cost of remedial works in the Niagara River, to be undertaken in accordance [1 UST 696](/us/ust/t1/s696). with article II of the treaty between the United States of America and Canada, ratified by the United States Senate on August 9, 1950, to remain available until expended, $500,000. united states section, saint lawrence river joint board of engineers For necessary expenses of the United States section of the Saint Lawrence River Joint Board of Engineers established by Executive [3 CFR. 1953 Supp. p. 114](/us/cfr/t3/1953/p114). [60 Stat. 810](/us/stat/60/810). Order 10500, dated November 4, 1953, including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U S. C. 55a), at rates not to exceed $100 per day for individuals; $150,000: *Provided*, That no part of these funds shall be obligated until agreement has been entered into, by the United States Government and the United States entity authorized to construct the power works in the International Rapids section of the Saint Lawrence River, providing for the reimbursement of the expenditures of the United States section of this Board by the construction entity. administrative provisions Appropriations in this title shall be available for expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with the work for which the appropriation is made, for uniforms, or allowances therefor, as [5 USC 2131 note](/us/usc/t5/s2131). authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954 (68 Stat. 1114), as amended, and for printing, either during a recess or session of Congress, of survey reports authorized by law, and such survey reports as may be printed during a recess of Congress shall be printed, with illustrations, as documents of the next succeeding session of Congress; and during the current fiscal year the revolving fund, Corps of Engineers, shall be available for purchase (not to exceed two hundred and forty-seven for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles. Short title. This Act may be cited as the “Public Works Appropriation Act, 1957”. Approved July 2, 1956. Public Law 642: To amend the Act of April 28, 1933, relating to daylight-saving time in the District of Columbia. Public Law 642 Public Law 642 70 Stat. 482 1956-07-02 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 2026-02-10 84 2 public Public Law 642 chapter 491 AN ACT To amend the Act of April 28, 1933, relating to daylight-saving time in the District of Columbia. July 2, 1956[[S. 3295](/us/bill/84/s/3295)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Daylight-saving time, D. C. That the Act entitled “An Act to permit the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia to establish daylight-saving time in the District”, approved [67 Stat. 23](/us/stat/67/23). April 28, 1953 (D. C. Code, sec. 28–2804), is hereby amended by striking out the words “last Sunday of September” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “last Sunday of October”. Approved July 2, 1956. Public Law 643: Relating to the administration by the Secretary of the Interior of section 9, subsections
(d)and (e), of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939. Public Law 643 Public Law 643 70 Stat. 483 1956-07-02 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 2026-02-10 84 2 public
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