[Yakima project, Kittitas division, Washington-Contracts for pay. ments-Appropriate repayment contracts-Provisions in contracts-No construction expenditure until State assumes development, etc., of project after completion-State to provide funds Advance payments required.]-Yakima project (Kittitas division), Washington: For construction of the Kittitas division and incidental operations, $375,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used for construction purposes until a contract or contracts in form approved by the Secretary of the Interior shall have been made with an irrigation district or with irrigation districts organized under State law providing for payment by the district or districts as hereinafter provided. The Secretary of the Interior shall by public notice announce the date when water is available under the project: Provided further, That no part of the sum provided for herein shall be expended for construction on account of any lands in private ownership until an appropriate repayment contract, in form approved by the Secretary of the Interior, shall have been properly executed by a district organized under State law, embracing the lands in public or private ownership irrigable under the project, and the execution thereof shall have been confirmed by decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, which contract, among other things, shall contain a provision for an appraisal, showing the present actual bona fide value of all such irrigable lands fixed without reference to the proposed construction of said Kittitas division, and shall provide that until one-half the construction charges against said lands shall have been fully paid no sale of any such lands shall be valid unless and until the purchase price involved in such sale is approved by the Secretary of the Interior, and shall also provide that upon proof of fraudulent representation as to the true consideration involved in any such sale the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to cancel the water right attaching to the land involved in such fraudulent sale; and all public lands irrigable under the project shall be entered subject to the conditions of this section which shall be applicable thereto: Provided further, That no part of the sum hereby appropriated shall be expended for construction until a contract or contracts shall have been executed between the United States and the State of Washington pursuant to its land settlement act embodied in chapter 188, Laws of 1919, as amended by chapter 90, Laws of 1921, and by chapters 34 and 112, Laws of 1923, or additional enactments, if necessary, whereby the State shall assume the duty and responsibility of promoting the development and settlement of the project after completion, including the subdivision of lands held in private ownership by any individual in excess of one hundred and sixty irrigable acres, the securing, selection, and financing of settlers to enable the purchase of the required livestock, equipment, and supplies, and the improvement of the lands to render them habitable and productive. The State shall provide the funds necessary for this purpose and shall conduct operations in a manner satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior: Provided further, That the operation and maintenance charges on account of land in this project shall be paid annually in advance not later than March 1, no charge being made for operation and maintenance for the first year after said public notice. It shall be the duty of the

Secretary of the Interior to give such public notice when water is actually available for such lands;

The unexpended balance, if any, remaining at the close of the fiscal year 1925 from the appropriation of $375,000 made by the act referred to as the "second deficiency act, fiscal year 1924," approved December 5, 1924 (Public, No. 292), for continued investigation, commencement of construction of the Kittitas unit, and incidental operations, Yakima project, Washington, is hereby reappropriated, to be available and to continue available for use during the fiscal year 1926: (43 Stat. 1170.)

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YUMA PROJECT, COLORADO RIVER LEVEE SYSTEM

[Extract from] An act authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes. (Act March 3, 1925, ch. 467, 43 Stat. 1186)

Sec. 16. [Reclamation fund to be reimbursed for work on Colorado River adjacent to Yuma project-Transfer to reclamation fund of amount for levee work, fiscal year 1926—Annual amount authorized for maintaining Colorado River levee.]-(a) That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $650,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to reimburse the reclamation fund for the benefit of the Yuma Federal irrigation project in Arizona and California for all costs, as found by the Secretary of the Interior, heretofore incurred and paid from the reclamation fund for the operation and maintenance of the Colorado River front work and levee system adjacent to said project.

(b) That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $50,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be transferred to the reclamation fund and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior for the purpose of paying the operation and maintenance costs of said Colorado River front work and levee system adjacent to said Yuma project, Arizona-California, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1926. (c) That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1927, and annually thereafter the sum of $35,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, as the share of the Government of the United States of the costs of operating and maintaining said Colorado River front work and levee system. (43 Stat. 1198.)

Cross reference.—See also act of July 3, 1926 (44 Stat. 841, 857), making appropriations for above purpose.

Act of January 21, 1927 (Public, No. 560, 69th Congress), repeals (c) of above section and authorizes the annual appropriation of $100,000, or so much as necessary, for defraying the cost of Colorado River front work.

COLUMBIA RIVER COMPACT

An act to permit a compact or agreement between the States of Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana respecting the disposition and apportionment of the waters of the Columbia River and its tributaries, and for other purposes. (Act March 4, 1925, ch. 534, 43 Stat. 1268)

[Sec. 1. Apportionment of water supply among States-Federal representative-Congressional and State approval required.]-Whereas the Columbia River and its tributaries are interstate streams having their sources in a drainage area of approximately 250,000 square miles, said streams flowing through the States of Montana, Idaho, Washington, and the Columbia River forming the boundary between the States of Washington and Oregon; and

Whereas the above-named States are vitally interested in the possible development of the Columbia River and its tributaries for irrigation, power, domestic and navigation uses; and

Whereas the Secretary of the Interior, in a letter to the President dated December 11, 1924, has pointed out that plans for future reclamation development must take into consideration the needs of the States and the water-right problems of interstate streams and stated that efforts to reach an agreement for the economic apportionment of water of interstate streams by the States concerned "have the cordial approval and support of this department"; and Whereas it is desirable that a compact for the economic apportionment of the water of the Columbia River and its tributaries for irrigation, power, domestic, and navigation purposes, entered into by and between the said States of Montana, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, and that the interests of the United States be considered in the drawing of said compact, by authorized representatives of each of said States and of the United States: Now, therefore,

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That consent of Congress is hereby given to the States of Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana to negotiate and enter into a compact or agreement not later than January 1, 1927, providing for an equitable division and apportionment among said States of the water supply of the Columbia River and of the streams tributary thereto, upon condition that two suitable persons, who shall be appointed by the President of the United States, one from the Department of the Interior and one from the War Department, shall participate in said negotiations as the representatives of the United States and shall make report to Congress of the proceedings and of any compact or agreement entered into: Provided, That any such compact or agreement shall not be binding or obligatory upon any of the parties thereto unless and until the same shall have been approved by the legislature of each of said States and by the Congress of the United States. (43 Stat. 1268.) Sec. 2. [Right to amend reserved.]-The right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is herewith expressly reserved. (43 Stat. 1268.)

NOTES

Cross reference. See act of April 13, 1926 (44 Stat. 247), extending this act and authorizing an appropriation of not to exceed $25,000 for completing investigations as to feasibility, etc., and related problems on Columbia River.

COMMISSION ON EQUITABLE USE OF WATERS OF RIO GRANDE

[Extract from] An Act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1925, and June 30, 1926, and for other purposes. (Act March 4, 1925, ch. 556, 43 Stat. 1313.)

[Equitable use of waters of Rio Grande below Fort Quitman, Texas.]— Commission on the equitable use of the waters of the Rio Grande: The appropriation of $20,000 made by Public Act No. 292, Sixtyeighth Congress, approved December 5, 1924, for the expenses of a commission to make a study of the equitable use of the waters of the Rio Grande below Fort Quitman, Texas, is hereby made available for the same purposes during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1926. (43 Stat. 1340.)

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