1614 DELIVER WATER, COLUMBIA BASIN PROJECT Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Interior during the calendar year 1962 to continue to deliver water to lands in certain irrigation districts in the State of Washington. (Joint resolution of August 30, 1961, Public Law 87-169, 75 Stat. 408) [Water delivery authorized pending completion of repayment contract.]— Pending completion of the amendatory repayment contracts with the QuincyColumbia Basin Irrigation District, the East Columbia Basin Irrigation District, and the South Columbia Basin Irrigation District, State of Washington, to the extent the Secretary of the Interior during the calendar year 1962 constructs necessary drainage facilities on the Columbia Basin project which are charged as a part of the cost of operation and maintenance as provided in the third sentence of article 7 of the existing repayment contracts with said districts, the Secretary is authorized to the extent of costs thereof to waive the provisions of articles 30(a) and 30 (b) of said contracts and to deliver water during the calendar year 1962. (75 Stat. 408) EXPLANATORY NOTES Not Codified. This Act is not codified in the U.S. Code. Legislative History. S.J. Res. 76, Public Law 87-169 in the 87th Congress. Reported in Senate from Interior and Insular Affairs July 25, 1961; S. Rept. No. 615. Passed Senate July 27, 1961. Reported in House from Interior and Insular Affairs Aug. 16, 1961; S. Rept. No. 953. Passed House Aug. 21, 1961. 1615 REHABILITATION WORK, AVONDALE, DALTON GARDENS, AND HAYDEN LAKE DISTRICTS An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to replace lateral pipelines, line discharge pipelines, and to do other work he determines to be required for the Avondale, Dalton Gardens, and Hayden Lake Irrigation Districts in the State of Idaho. (Act of September 22, 1961, Public Law 87-289, 75 Stat. 588) [Sec. 1. Rehabilitation work authorized.]—The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to replace lateral pipelines, perform interior lining of discharge pipelines, and to do other work he determines to be required in replacement, modification, or improvement of the facilities heretofore constructed by the United States for the Avondale, Dalton Gardens, and Hayden Lake Irrigation Districts in the State of Idaho. (75 Stat. 588) EXPLANATORY NOTES Cross References, Avondale and Dalton Gardens Projects. The Avondale and Dalton Gardens projects are known as Cordon amendment projects after Senator Guy Cordon of Oregon. The appropriations for these projects constitute their authorization except for the Act of September 22, 1961. Appropriations for the Avondale project are contained in the Act of July 31, 1953, 67 Stat. 266, the Act of July 1, 1954, 68 Stat. 365, and the Act of September 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 746. Appropriations for the Dalton Gardens project are contained in the Act of July 31, 1953, 67 Stat. 266 and the Act of September 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 746. Extracts from these Acts appear herein in chronological order. Authorization, Hayden Lake Unit. The Hayden Lake unit of the Rathdrum Prairie project was found feasible by the Secretary of the Interior on June 9, 1947, under the provisions of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939. Sec. 2. [Method of repayment.]—Each irrigation district, starting with the year following the completion of the work for the district under the authority of this Act, shall repay the United States toward the cost thereof over a forty-year period annual installments which, when added to those payments required by existing repayment contracts between the United States and the district, will be equal to the amortization capacity of the lands of the district as that amortization capacity has been heretofore established by the Secretary. In the event works or capacity are provided hereunder at the request of the district in addition to those heretofore constructed by the United States and being replaced or improved under authority of this Act, such work may be undertaken by the Secretary at a cost not to exceed $125,000, and payment therefor shall be made concurrently with other annual payments as provided for herein. (75 Stat. 588) Sec. 3. [Repayment contract required before construction is begun.]-Prior to initiating actual construction of any of the work authorized in section 1 of this Act, the district shall be required to enter into a contract with the United States satisfactory to the Secretary to repay the United States toward the cost thereof as provided in section 2 of this Act. (75 Stat. 588) Sec. 4. [Bonneville Power Administration revenues to be used to repay part of the construction costs.]—The remaining costs of the work completed hereunder for each district shall be returned to the reclamation fund within the 1616 REHABILITATION WORK, AVONDALE ETC. DISTRICTS period provided for in section 2 of this Act from revenues derived by the Secretary of the Interior from the disposition of power marketed through the Bonneville Power Administration. (75 Stat. 588) Sec. 5. [Appropriation authorization.]—There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, but not more than $1,611,000, as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. (75 Stat. 588) EXPLANATORY NOTES Not Codified. This Act is not codified in the U.S. Code. Legislative History. H.R. 4458, Public Law 87-289 in the 87th Congress. Reported in House from Interior and Insular Affairs July 27, 1961; H.R. Rept. No. 794. Passed House Aug. 7, 1961. Passed Senate Sept. 11, 1961. 1617 EXCHANGE OF LANDS WITH MARY SAUNDERS MOSES [Extracts from] An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an exchange of certain land in Madera County, California, with Mary Saunders Moses. (Act of September 26, 1961, Private Law 87-220, 75 Stat. 928) [Sec. 1. Exchange of lands authorized.]-In order to bring about desirable land-use and ownership adjustments relating to certain private and federally owned land adjacent to the Madera equalizing reservoir, a feature of the Central Valley project, California, and in order to facilitate the administration of such reservoir, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to exchange lands of approximately equal value as provided in this Act. (75 Stat. 928) Sec. 2. [Parcels authorized to be conveyed.]-The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to convey to Mary Saunders Moses, on terms and conditions mutually satisfactory, the following-described lands: 4 parcels of land in sections 7, 8 and 18, township 10 south, range 19 east, Mount Diablo meridian, in the county of Madera, State of California, being portions of the 579.2-acre parcel of land described as parcel 5 in the deed from Mary Saunders Moses to the United States of America, dated September 28, 1942, and recorded October 27, 1942, in book 314 of official records at page 219, having a combined area of 161.23 acres, and separately described as follows: (75 Stat. 928) * ... * Sec. 3. [Parcels authorized to be accepted.]—In exchange for the foregoing lands the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept on behalf of the United States from Mary Saunders Moses title to the following described lands, situated in sections 7, 8, 17, and 18, township 10 south, 19 east Mount Diablo Meridian, in the County of Madera, State of California, having a combined area of 137.18 acres, more or less, and separately described as follows: (75 Stat. 929) references to other authorizations in the Central Valley project, California, see the explanatory notes following section 2 of the 1937 Act. Legislative History. H.R. 1378, Private Law 87-220 in the 87th Congress. Reported in House from Interior and Insular Affairs July 20, 1961; H.R. Rept. No. 749. Passed House Aug. 8, 1961. Reported in Senate from Interior and Insular Affairs Sept. 12, 1961; S. Rept. No. 981. Passed Senate Sept. 15, 1961. 1618 DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMPACT Joint resolution to create a regional agency by intergovernmental compact for the planning, conservation, utilization, development, management, and control of the water and related natural resources of the Delaware River Basin, for the improvement of navigation, reduction of flood damage, regulation of water quality, control of pollution, development of water supply, hydroelectric energy, fish and wildlife habitat, and public recreational facilities, and other purposes, and defining the functions, powers, and duties of such agency. (Joint resolution of September 27, 1961, Public Law 87328, 75 Stat. 688) PART I Whereas the signatory parties recognize the water and related resources of the Delaware River Basin as regional assets vested with local, State, and National interests, for which they have a joint responsibility; and Whereas the conservation, utilization, development, management, and control of the water and related resources of the Delaware River Basin under a comprehensive multipurpose plan will bring the greatest benefits and produce the most efficient service in the public welfare; and Whereas such a comprehensive plan administered by a basinwide agency will provide effective flood damage reduction; conservation and development of ground and surface water supply for municipal, industrial, and agricultural uses; development of recreational facilities in relation to reservoirs, lakes, and streams; propagation of fish and game; promotion of related forestry, soil conservation, and watershed projects; protection and aid to fisheries dependent upon water resources; development of hydroelectric power potentialities; improved navigation; control of the movement of salt water; abatement and control of stream pollution; and regulation of stream flows toward the attainment of these goals; and Whereas decisions of the United States Supreme Court relating to the waters of the basin have confirmed the interstate regional character of the water resources of the Delaware River Basin, and the United States Corps of Engineers has in a prior report on the Delaware River Basin (House Document 179, Seventy-third Congress, second session) officially recognized the need for an interstate agency and the economies that can result from unified development and control of the water resources of the basin; and Whereas the water resources of the basin are presently subject to the duplicating, overlapping, and uncoordinated administration of some forty-three State agencies, fourteen interstate agencies, and nineteen Federal agencies which exercise a multiplicity of powers and duties resulting in a splintering of authority and responsibilities; and Whereas the joint advisory body known as the Interstate Commission on the Delaware River Basin (INCODEL), created by the respective commissions or Committee on Interstate Cooperation of the States of Delaware, New |