1653 CONVEY PROPERTY, SWEETWATER COUNTY An act to authorize and direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the State of Wyoming for agricultural purposes certain real property in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. (Act of March 20, 1962, Public Law 87-422, 76 Stat. 44) [Property conveyed-Oil and gas in the land reserved to the United States.]-The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to convey by quitclaim deed to the State of Wyoming, without cost, the real property constituting the Farson Pilot Farm land and known as farm unit numbered W-18, Eden Valley project, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, more particularly described as follows: Such property shall be conveyed under such conditions as in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture will assure the use of such property in the cooperative agricultural demonstrational work of the Department of Agriculture and the State of Wyoming. The conveyance of such property shall contain a reservation to the United States of all oil and gas in the land, together with the right to prospect for, mine and remove the same under such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. (76 Stat. 45) EXPLANATORY NOTES Not Codified. This Act is not codified in the U.S. Code. Supplementary Provision. Reimbursement for Improvements. The Act of November 5, 1966, 80 Stat. 1308, authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to reimburse the State of Wyoming for any permanent improvements made on the Farson Pilot Farm should it revert to the United States under the terms of the deed executed by the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to this Act. The deed provides that the lands shall revert to the United States if they cease to be used in the cooperative agricultural demonstration work being carried on by the Department of Agriculture and the State of Wyoming. The Act appears herein in chronological order. Background. The Farson Pilot Farm, which was authorized by this Act to be conveyed to the State of Wyoming, was "being used by the State under a memorandum of agreement with the Department of Agriculture, as a demonstration farm. Its purpose is to provide information and guidance to settlers on the Eden irrigation project by actual operation of crop and livestock enterprises adapted to the conditions of high altitude and short growing seasons existing on the project. It will also provide similar guidance to settlers on other irrigation projects now authorized in the Upper Colorado River Basin in Wyoming where comparable climatic conditions prevail." S. Rept. No. 906 on H.R. 3879, 87th Cong., 1st Sess. (1961). Legislative History. H.R. 3879, Public Law 87-422 in the 87th Congress. Reported in House from Agriculture Aug. 10, 1961; H.R. Rept. No. 883. Passed House Aug. 21, 1961. Reported in Senate from Agriculture and Forestry Sept. 8, 1961; S. Rept. No. 906. Passed Senate Mar. 8, 1962. Companion bill S. 875 reported in Senate from Agriculture and Forestry Feb. 8, 1962; S. Rept. No. 1206. 267-975-72-vol. III- -14 1654 DEFER CHARGES, ANGOSTURA UNIT, MISSOURI RIVER BASIN PROJECT An act to defer the collection of irrigation maintenance and operation charges for calendar year 1962 on lands within the Angostura unit, Missouri River Basin project. (Act of April 27, 1962, Public Law 87-440, 76 Stat. 58) [Charges deferred subject to repayment contract.]-The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to defer, without interest, the collection of irrigation maintenance and operation charges due in the calendar year 1962 as shown in the March 14, 1961, notice of 1962 water charges to the Angostura Irrigation District: Provided, That the Secretary and the district enter into a contract prior to May 1, 1962, for the payment by the district of such deferred charges during the forty-year period commencing January 1, 1966. (76 Stat. 58) EXPLANATORY NOTES Not Codified. This Act is not codified in the U.S. Code. Authorization. The Angostura Unit, Missouri River Basin project, was found feasible by the Secretary of the Interior on February 19, 1941, pursuant to the provisions of the Water Conservation and Utilization Act of August 11, 1939, as amended, and approved by the President on March 6, 1941. It was reauthorized as a unit of the Missouri River Basin project by the Flood Control Acts of December 22, 1944. The 1939 Act and extracts from the 1944 Act appear herein in chronological order. Legislative History. S. 2522, Public Law 87-440 in the 87th Congress. Reported in Senate from Interior and Insular Affairs Apr. 10, 1962; S. Rept. No. 1326. Passed Senate Apr. 11, 1962. Passed House Apr. 16, 1962. Companion bill H.R. 9252 reported in House from Interior and Insular Affairs Apr. 11, 1962; H.R. Rept. No. 1591. 1655 AMENDED CONTRACTS, MINIDOKA PROJECT An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an amendatory contract with the Burley Irrigation District, and for other purposes. (Act of May 31, 1962, Public Law 87-472, 76 Stat. 90) [Sec. 1. Execution of Burley Irrigation District amendatory contract authorized.]-The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to execute on behalf of the United States the amendatory contract with the Burley Irrigation District negotiated pursuant to section 7 of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187; 43 U.S.C., 1958 edition, sec. 485f) and approved by the district's electors on April 18, 1961. (76 Stat. 90) Sec. 2. [Negotiation of Minidoka Irrigation District amendatory contract authorized.]—The Secretary is further authorized to negotiate with and enter into an amendatory contract with the Minidoka Irrigation District on a similar basis as set out in section 1, to coordinate his operation of the power facilities on the Minidoka project with the power facilities of other reclamation project installations in the Snake River Basin, and to account for the return of the reimbursable allocations of these installations in accordance with the Federal reclamation laws. (76 Stat. 90) Sec. 3. [Provisions of law repealed.]—The provisos appearing in the portion of the "Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1940" (Act of May 10, 1939) (53 Stat. 685 at page 716), relating to the Minidoka project and the portion of the Act of May 10, 1926 (44 Stat. 453 at page 480), relating to the Minidoka project are hereby repealed. (76 Stat. 90) Sec. 4. [Act declared to be part of the reclamation laws.]-This Act is declared to be a part of the Federal reclamation laws as those laws are defined in the Reclamation Project Act of 1939, supra. (76 Stat. 90) EXPLANATORY NOTES Not Codified. This Act is not codified in the U.S. Code. Cross Reference, Provisions Repealed. Extracts from the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1940, and the Act of May 10, 1926, referred to in the text of section 3, appear herein in chronological order. Explanatory notes following the items relating to the Minidoka project in these Acts set forth the provisions repealed by section 3. Legislative History. H.R. 9647, Public Law 87-472 in the 87th Congress. Reported in House from Interior and Insular Affairs Apr. 17, 1962; H.R. Rept. No. 1615. Passed House May 7, 1962. Passed Senate, amended, May 17, 1962. House agrees to Senate amendments May 21, 1962. Companion bill S. 2665 reported in Senate from Interior and Insular Affairs May 1, 1962; S. Rept. No. 1378. 1656 LAND RECLASSIFICATION, SUN RIVER PROJECT An act to approve the revised June 1957 reclassification of land of the Fort Shaw division of the Sun River project, Montana, and to authorize the modification of the repayment contract with Fort Shaw Irrigation District. (Act of June 8, 1962, Public Law 87-477, 76 Stat. 93) [Sec. 1. Land reclassification approved.]—The June 1957 reclassification of land of the Fort Shaw division of the Sun River project, Montana, as revised in September 1959, is approved. (76 Stat. 93) Sec. 2. [Fort Shaw Irrigation District's contractual obligation modified.]— The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, pursuant to section 8 (i) of the Act of August 4, 1939 (53 Stat. 1187), to modify the contractual obligation of the Fort Shaw Irrigation District by deducting from such obligation the amount of the unmatured construction charges as of the date of this Act against five hundred thirty-one and seventy-seven one-hundredths acres classified in a paying class under the Act of May 25, 1926 (44 Stat. 636), and found to be permanently unproductive; and the contractual obligation of the Fort Shaw Irrigation District shall, by reason of a finding that thirty-four and seventy-four one-hundredths acres of land, previously classed as permanently unproductive, possess sufficient productivity to be placed in a paying class, be increased in the sum of $1,193.67. (76 Stat. 93) EXPLANATORY NOTES Not Codified. This Act is not codified in the U.S. Code. Authorization. The Sun River project was authorized by the Secretary of the Interior on February 26, 1906, under the Reclamation Act of 1902, and approved by the President on January 5, 1911. Reference in the Text. The Act of May 25, 1926 (44 Stat. 636), referred to in section 2 of the text, appears herein in chrono logical order. Legislative History. S. 2132, Public Law 87-477 in the 87th Congress. Reported in Senate from Interior and Insular Affairs Aug. 29, 1961; S. Rept. No. 808. Passed Senate Sept. 1, 1961. Reported in House from Interior and Insular Affairs Apr. 17, 1962; H.R. Rept. No. 1614. Passed House, amended, May 7, 1962. Senate agrees to House amendments May 25, 1962. 1657 DELIVER WATER, RIVERTON PROJECT A joint resolution permitting the Secretary of the Interior to continue to deliver water to lands in the Third Division, Riverton Federal reclamation project, Wyoming. (Act of June 8, 1962, Public Law 87-479, 76 Stat. 94) [Water delivery continued pending completion of repayment contract.]— Pending completion of a repayment contract the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to continue to deliver water to the lands in the Third Division, Riverton Federal reclamation project, Wyoming, during the calendar year 1962, as under the provisions of section 9, subsection (d) (1), of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187, 1195; 43 U.S.C. 485h (d)) but without regard to the time limitation therein specified. Water shall be furnished upon individual applications accompanied by payments of an amount per acre to be irrigated equal to the estimated average per irrigable acre cost of operation and maintenance of the Third Division, whether or not all of the irrigable area is irrigated. Rates of charge for water delivery shall be $4 per acre for the first three acre-feet per acre with water in excess of that amount at $2 per acre-foot. The portion of the operation and maintenance costs applicable to lands for which water service is not requested is hereby declared to be nonreimbursable and nonreturnable. (76 Stat. 94) EXPLANATORY NOTES Not Codified. This Act is not codified in the U.S. Code. Authorization. The Riverton project was initially authorized as an Indian reclamation project pursuant to the Indian Appropriation Act of March 2, 1917, 29 Stat. 969, 993. It was placed under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Reclamation by the Act of June 5, 1920, 41 Stat. 874, 915, the Sundry Civil Expenses Appropriation Act for 1921. The first and second divisions of the project were developed over the next 20 years. The general plan of development of the third division was authorized as the Riverton Extension Unit of the Missouri River Basin project under section 9(a) of the Flood Control Act of 1944, 58 Stat. 887, 891, but was not constructed as a part of that project. Extracts from the 1920 and 1944 Acts, including the provisions referred to, appear herein in chronological order. Cross Reference, Delivery of Water. Other Acts authorizing the continued delivery of water to the lands of the Third Division, Riverton project are the Act of May 5, 1960, for the calendar years 1960 and 1961, the Act of April 19, 1963, for the calendar year 1963, and the Act of March 10, 1964 for the calendar years 1964, 1965 and 1966. These Acts appear herein in chronological order. Legislative History. S.J. Res. 151, Public Law 87-479 in the 87th Congress. Reported in Senate from Interior and Insular Affairs May 3, 1962; S. Rept. No. 1382. Passed Senate May 4, 1962. Reported in House from Interior and Insular Affairs May 23, 1962; H.R. Rept. No. 1728. Passed House, amended, May 24, 1962. Senate agrees to House Amendments, May 25, 1962. |