1743 DEFER OPERATION CHARGES, EDEN PROJECT An act to defer certain operation and maintenance charges of the Eden Valley Irrigation and Drainage District. (Act of March 26, 1964, Public Law 88-291, 78 Stat. 170) [Eden Valley operation and maintenance charges deferred.]-The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to defer, without interest, the collection of irrigation operation and maintenance charges due for the last onehalf of calendar year 1964 as shown in the May 17, 1963, notices of 1964 water charges to the Eden Valley Irrigation and Drainage District: Provided, That the Secretary and the district enter into a contract prior to June 1, 1964, for the payment by the district of such deferred charges during the sixty-year repayment period provided by the repayment contract of June 8, 1950, with said district: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to defer all or any part of operation and maintenance charges due for the first one-half of calendar year 1965, as will be announced in a notice to be issued the district pursuant to article 8 of the repayment contract herein referred to, to the extent that he determines by June 1, 1964, that the water supply for 1964 is inadequate to meet project needs, such deferment without interest, to be contingent upon the Secretary and the district entering into a contract prior to December 1, 1964, for the payment by the district of such deferred charges over the repayment period provided by the repayment contract herein referred to. Appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for carrying on the functions of the Bureau of Reclamation shall be available for operation and maintenance of the Eden project to the extent that funds for operation and maintenance are deferred hereunder and therefore are not advanced by the Eden Valley Irrigation and Drainage District. (78 Stat. 170) EXPLANATORY NOTES Not Codified. This Act is not codified in the U.S. Code. Authorization. A plan of development and rehabilitation of the Eden project was approved by the President on September 18, 1940, as a Great Plains project. Funds were provided under the water conservation and utility provision of the 1940 Interior Department Appropriations Act, May 10, 1939, 53 Stat. 685. The project was reauthorized by the Act of June 28, 1949, 63 Stat. 277. Both Acts appear herein in chronological order. Legislative History. S. 1299, Public Law 88-291 in the 88th Congress. Reported in Senate from Interior and Insular Affairs Oct. 17, 1963; S. Rept. No. 567. Passed Senate Oct. 21, 1963. Reported in House from Interior and Insular Affairs Mar. 10, 1964; H.R. Rept. No. 1231. Passed House, amended, Mar. 16, 1964. Senate agrees to House amendments Mar. 18, 1964. 1744 PERMANENT POOL, COCHITI RESERVOIR An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make water available for a permanent pool for fish and wildlife and recreation purposes at Cochiti Reservoir from the San Juan-Chama unit of the Colorado River storage project. (Act of March 26, 1964, Public Law 88-293, 78 Stat. 171) [Sec. 1. Permanent pool for Cochiti Reservoir, New Mexico-Water to be made available from San Juan-Chama project.]—The proviso to subdivision (e) of the conditions applicable to the project for improvement of the Rio Grande Basin authorized by section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1960 (Public Law 86-645; 74 Stat. 493), is hereby supplemented to authorize, for conservation and development of fish and wildlife resources and for recreation, approximately fifty thousand acre-feet of water for the initial filling of a permanent pool of one thousand two hundred surface acres in Cochiti Reservoir, and thereafter sufficient water annually to offset the evaporation from such area, to be made available by the Secretary of the Interior from water diverted into the Rio Grande Basin by the works authorized by section 8 of the Act of June 13, 1962 (Public Law 87-483, 76 Stat. 97), subject to the conditions specified in sections 8, 12, 13, 14, and 16 of said Act. An appropriate share of the costs of said works shall be reallocated to recreation and fish and wildlife, and said allocation, which shall not exceed $3,000,000, shall be nonreimbursable and nonreturnable. (78 Stat. 171) Sec. 2. [Previous appropriation authorization not increased.]-Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to increase the amount heretofore authorized to be appropriated for construction of the Colorado River storage project or any of its units. (78 Stat. 172) EXPLANATORY NOTES Not Codified. This Act is not codified in the U.S. Code. Reference in the Text. Extracts from the Flood Control Act of 1960 (Public Law 86-645; 74 Stat. 493), including section 203 referred to in the text, appear herein in chronological order. The Act was approved July 14, 1960. Reference in Text. The Act of June 13, 1962, referred to in text, authorizes the San Juan-Chama project. The Act appears herein in chronological order. Legislative History. S. 614, Public Law 88-293 in the 88th Congress. Reported in Senate from Interior and Insular Affairs June 17, 1963; S. Rept. No. 255. Passed Senate June 19, 1963. Passed House, amended, Mar. 16, 1964. Senate agrees to House amendments Mar. 18, 1964. Companion bill H.R. 3194 reported in House from Interior and Insular Affairs Mar. 10, 1964; H.R. Rept. No. 1232. 1745 AMENDED CONTRACT WITH NEWTON WATER USERS' ASSOCIATION An act to approve a contract negotiated with the Newton Water Users' Association, Utah, to authorize its execution, and for other purposes. (Act of May 28, 1964, Public Law 88-314, 78 Stat. 203) [Amended repayment contract approved.]-The proposed contract designated “R.O. Draft 1/31/63; Rev. 3/12/63," negotiated by the Secretary of the Interior with the Newton Water Users' Association, Utah, to extend the period repayment of the reimbursable construction cost of the Newton project and to establish a variable repayment schedule is approved and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to execute such contract on behalf of the United States. (78 Stat. 203) EXPLANATORY NOTES Not Codified. This Act is not codified in the U.S. Code. Authorization. The Newton project was authorized by the President on October 17, 1940, under the Water Conservation and Utilization Act of August 11, 1939, 53 Stat. 1418, as amended, as a Great Plains project. The Act appears herein in chronological order. Legislative History. S. 1584, Public Law 88-314 in the 88th Congress. Reported in Senate from Interior and Insular Affairs Oct. 17, 1964; S. Rept. No. 566. Passed Senate Oct. 21, 1963. Reported in House from Interior and Insular Affairs May 12, 1964; H.R. Rept. No. 1391. Passed House May 18, 1964. 1746 AMENDED CONTRACT WITH BIG FLAT IRRIGATION DISTRICT An act to approve the January 1963 reclassification of land of the Big Flat unit of the Missoula Valley project, Montana, and to authorize the modification of the repayment contract with the Big Flat Irrigation District. (Act of May 28, 1964, Public Law 88-315, 78 Stat. 203) [Authority to negotiate an amendatory contract-Land reclassification approved.]-The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to negotiate and execute an amendatory contract amending the existing repayment contract between the United States and the Big Flat Irrigation District dated April 2, 1945, by reducing the construction charge obligation of the district in the amount of $7,190, representing the unmatured charges as of December 30, 1962, against one hundred and sixty-four and three-tenths acres of irrigable land presently classified as nonproductive. The reclassification of the lands of the Big Flat unit of the Missoula Valley project, Montana, dated January 1963, is hereby approved. (78 Stat. 203) EXPLANATORY NOTES Not Codified. This Act is not codified in the U.S. Code. Authorization. The construction of the Missoula Valley project, Montana, was approved by the President on May 10, 1944, under authority of the Water Conservation and Utilization Act of August 11, 1939, 53 Stat. 1418, as amended, particularly by the Act of July 16, 1943. The 1939 Act appears herein in chronological order. Legislative History. S. 1687, Public Law 88-315 in the 88th Congress. Reported in Senate from Interior and Insular Affairs, Oct. 17, 1963; S. Rept. No. 565. Passed Senate Oct. 21, 1963. Reported in House from Interior and Insular Affairs, May 12, 1964; H.R. Rept. No. 1392. Passed House May 18, 1964. 1747 WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH ACT OF 1964 An act to establish water resources research centers, to promote a more adequate national program of water research, and for other purposes. (Act of July 17, 1964, Public Law 88-379, 78 Stat. 329) [Sec. 1. Short title-Intent of Congress.]—(a) This Act may be cited as the "Water Resources Research Act of 1964." (b) In order to assist in assuring the Nation at all times of a supply of water sufficient in quantity and quality to meet the requirements of its expanding population, it is the purpose of the Congress, by this Act, to stimulate, sponsor, provide for, and supplement present programs for the conduct of research, investigations, experiments, and the training of scientists in the fields of water and of resources which affect water. (78 Stat. 329; 42 U.S.C. § 1961) TITLE I-STATE WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTES Sec. 100. [Appropriations to assist States in establishing Water Resources Research Institutes-Duties of the Institutes.]—(a) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior for the fiscal year 1965 and each subsequent year thereafter sums adequate to provide $75,000 to each of the several States in the first year, $87,500 in each of the second and third years, and $100,000 each year thereafter to assist each participating State in establishing and carrying on the work of a competent and qualified water resources research institute, center, or equivalent agency (hereinafter referred to as "institute") at one college or university in that State, which college or university shall be a college or university established in accordance with the Act approved July 2, 1862 (12 Stat. 503), entitled "An Act donating public lands to the several States and territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts" or some other institution designated by Act of the legislature of the State concerned: Provided, That (1) if there is more than one such college or university in a State, established in accordance with said Act of July 2, 1862, funds under this Act shall, in the absence of a designation to the contrary by act of the legislature of the State, be paid to the one such college or university designated by the Governor of the State to receive the same subject to the Secretary's determination that such college or university has, or may reasonably be expected to have, the capability of doing effective work under this Act; (2) two or more States may cooperate in the designation of a single interstate or regional institute, in which event the sums assignable to all of the cooperating States shall be paid to such institute; and (3) a designated college or university may, as authorized by appropriate State authority, arrange with other colleges and universities within the State to participate in the work of the institute. (b) It shall be the duty of each such institute to plan and conduct and/or arrange for a component or components of the college or university with which it is affiliated to conduct competent research, investigations, and experiments of |