Public Law 992.

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70 Stat. 1058 Public Law 992 chapter 980 AN ACT To authorize construction by the Secretary of the Interior of the Crooked River Federal reclamation project, Oregon. August 6, 1956[[S. 3101](/us/bill/84/s/3101)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Crooked River reclamation project, Oreg. Authorization. That, for the purpose of furnishing water for the irrigation of arid and semiarid lands (including approximately twenty thousand acres of land in Crook County, Oregon) and for other beneficial purposes, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct, operate, and maintain the Crooked River Federal reclamation project.

The principal new works of the said project shall include a dam and storage reservoir at or near the Prineville site, a diversion dam and canal below said reservoir, and related pumping plants, canals, conduits, drains, and other facilities. The operation of said works shall be integrated with the operation of the existing Ochoco Dam and Reservoir and of the Government-owned generator in the Cove powerplant of the Pacific Power and Light Company, which works shall, for the purpose of this Act, be considered as works of the Crooked River project.

Sec. 2. Conditions. In constructing, operating, and maintaining the Crooked River project, the Secretary shall be governed by the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory [43 USC 371 note](/us/usc/t43/s371). thereof or supplementary thereto), except that

(1)any contract entered into under section 9, subsection

(d)of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187, 1193; 43 U. S. C , sec. 485h) for payment of those portions of the costs of constructing, operating, and maintaining the project which are allocated to irrigation and assigned to be paid by the contracting organization shall provide for the repayment of the portion of the construction cost of the project assigned to any contract unit or, if the contract unit be divided into two or more blocks, to any such block over a period of not more than fifty years (exclusive of any permissible development period) or as near thereto as is consistent with the adoption and operation of a variable payment formula which, being based on full repayment within the said period under average conditions, permits variance in the required annual payments in the light of economic factors pertinent to the ability of the organization to pay;

(2)the construction charge obligation of the Ochoco Irrigation District set out in its contract with the United States dated April 24, 1950, may, if the district so elects, be merged with and paid under the same conditions as other obligations undertaken by it under this Act;

(3)that portion of the cost of constructing the new works of the project which is allocated to irrigation but is beyond the ability of the water users to pay shall be charged to and returnable to the reclamation fund from net revenues derived by the Secretary of the Interior from his sale of power from the Dalles project, Oregon, which are over and beyond the amounts required to amortize the power investment therein, as provided in section 5 of the Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 887, 890; 16 U. S. C , sec. 825s), and to return interest on the unamortized balance of said investment; and

(4)construction of any of the new works herein authorized shall not be commenced until the Secretary shall have certified to the Congress, in accordance with the provisions [43 USC 390a](/us/usc/t43/s390a). of the Act of July 31, 1953 (67 Stat. 261, 266), that an adequate soil survey and land classification of not less than twenty thousand acres of land to be served by the project has been made and that those lands are susceptible to the production of agricultural crops by means of irrigation or that their susceptibility to the sustained production of agricultural crops by means of irrigation has been demonstrated 70 Stat. 1059 in practice. Those costs of constructing the project which are properly allocable to flood control and to the preservation and propagation of fish and wildlife as provided in existing law, and the like costs of operating and maintaining the same shall be nonreturnable and nonreimbursable under the reclamations laws. Sec. 3. The Secretary is authorized, in connection with the Crooked Recreational facilities. River project, to construct minimum basic public recreational facilities and to arrange for the operation and maintenance of the same by an appropriate State or local agency or organization. The cost of such facilities shall be nonreturnable and nonreimbursable under the Federal reclamation laws. Sec. 4. In order to promote the preservation and propagation of Screen and ladder. [16 USC 662](/us/usc/t16/s662). fish and wildlife in accordance with section 2 of the Act of August 14, 1946 (60 Stat. 1080, 16 U. S. C , sec. 661a), an appropriate screen and fish ladder shall be provided at the diversion canal headworks of the Crooked River project below Prineville Reservoir and a minimum release of ten cubic feet per second shall be maintained from said reservoir for the benefit of downstream fishlife during those months when there is no other discharge therefrom, but this release may be reduced for brief temporary periods by the Secretary whenever he may find that release of the full ten cubic feet per second is harmful to the primary purpose of the project. Sec. 5. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated $6,339,000 Appropriation. for construction of the new works of the Crooked River project, plus such amounts, if any, as may be required by reason of changes in the cost of construction work of the types involved therein as shown by engineering indices and, in addition thereto, such sums as may be required to operate and maintain said project. Approved August 6, 1956. Public Law 993: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Little Wood River reclamation project, Idaho. Public Law 993 Public Law 993 70 Stat. 1059 1956-08-06 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 993 chapter 981 AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Little Wood River reclamation project, Idaho. August 6, 1956[[S. 3227](/us/bill/84/s/3227)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That, for the principal Little Wood River project. [43 USC 391](/us/usc/t43/s391). purposes of improving the irrigation water supply of approximately ten thousand acres of land in Blaine County, Idaho, and assisting in the control of floods, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to undertake an enlargement of the Little Wood River Reservoir and to operate and maintain the same in accordance with the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto). Any contract entered into under section 9, subsection (d), of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (63 Stat. 1187, 1193; 43 U. S. C. 485h) for payment of those portions of the costs of constructing, operating, and maintaining the Little Wood River project which are properly allocable to irrigation and which are assigned to be paid by the contracting organization shall provide for the repayment of the construction cost over a period of not more than forty years or as near thereto as is consistent with the adoption and operation of a variable payment formula which, being based on full repayment within the period stated under average conditions, permits variance in the required annual payments in the light of economic factors pertinent to the ability of the organization to pay. Sec. 2. The Secretary is authorized to construct minimum basic Recreational facilities. public recreational facilities in connection with the Little Wood River 70 Stat. 1060 project and to enter into appropriate arrangements for the operation and maintenance of the same by a State or local agency or organization. The cost of such facilities shall be nonreimbursable and nonreturnable under the reclamation laws. Sec. 3.

(a)Fish and wildlife preservation. [16 USC 662](/us/usc/t16/s662). The Secretary may make such reasonable provision in the works of the Little Wood River project as, upon further study in accordance with section 2 of the Act of August 14, 1946 (60 Stat. 1080, 16 U. S. C. 66la), he finds to be required for the preservation and propagation of fish and wildlife. An appropriate portion of the construction cost of the project shall be allocated as provided in said Act and it, together with the portion of the construction cost allocated to flood control and the portions of the operation and maintenance costs allocated to these functions or the capitalized value of the equivalent thereof, shall be nonreimbursable and nonreturnable under the reclamation laws.

(b)Hunting and fishing. So far as the Secretary finds the same to be consistent with safety and with efficient operation or the primary purpose of the Little Wood River project, the project waters in the project area shall be open to free public use for lawful hunting and fishing purposes, and free access to the waters for those purposes shall be assured.

(c)Little Wood River Reservoir shall be operated in accord with water rights, under decree or permit, which are valid under the laws of the State of Idaho, but the Congress, taking cognizance of the need for clarification of certain of these rights in some formal manner effective under Idaho law, particularly as between the Fish and Game Department of said State and the water users under the Little Wood River project or their organizations, does not by this declaration accept for or impose upon the United States, its officers or employees any responsibility for determining the correctness of such claims of right and does not, either by the enactment of this Act or by any action taken pursuant thereto, intend to aid or prejudice the claims of any party to a dispute with respect thereto or to impose upon any party to a contract entered into under this Act any obligation with respect to such rights that does not exist under the laws of the State of Idaho or to require that water, other than that which is available under established rights, shall be used primarily either for irrigation or for the preservation of fish and wildlife resources. Sec. 4. Appropriation. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for construction of the Little Wood River project $1,880,000 plus such amounts, if any, as may be required by reason of changes in construction costs as indicated by engineering cost indexes applicable to the types of construction involved therein and, in addition, such amounts as may be required to operate and maintain said project. Approved August 6, 1956. Public Law 994: To amend the Act entitled “An Act incorporating the Archaeological Institute of America” to increase the value of real and personal property that such Institute may hold. Public Law 994 Public Law 994 70 Stat. 1060 1956-08-06 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 994 chapter 982 AN ACT To amend the Act entitled “An Act incorporating the Archaeological Institute of America” to increase the value of real and personal property that such Institute may hold. August 6, 1956[[H. R. 9348](/us/bill/84/hr/9348)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That section 3 of the Act entitled “An Act incorporating the Archaeological Institute of America”, approved May 26, 1906 (34 Stat. 203), is amended by striking out “one million” and inserting in lieu thereof “twenty million”. Approved August 6, 1956. Public Law 995: To provide for the conveyance of La Puntilla Military Reservation, San Juan, Puerto Rico, to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Public Law 995 Public Law 995 70 Stat. 1061 1956-08-06 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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