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Show Storage Project and of the participating projects. The Secretary is authorized to acquire lands and to withdraw public lands from entry or other disposition under the public land laws for the construction, operation, and maintenance of recreational facilities in connection with the said projects, and to dispose of them to Federal, State, and local governmental agencies by lease, transfer, exchange, or conveyance, upon such terms and conditions as will best promote their development and operation in the public interest. The costs, including the operation and maintenance costs, of all said undertakings shall be nonreimbursable and nonreturnable under the reclamation laws, and funds appropriated for carrying out the authorization contained in section 1 of this Act shall, without prejudice to the availability of other appropriated moneys for the same purposes, also be available for carrying out the investigations and programs authorized in this section. SEC. 10. The Secretary is hereby authorized to undertake the investigations and programs of cooperating Federal agencies outlined in paragraphs 33 to 39, inclusive, of the report of the Regional Director, Region 4, Bureau of Reclamation, dated December 15, 1950, and entitled "Colorado River Storage Project and Participating Projects, Upper Colorado River Basin." The cost thereof shall be nonreimbursable and nonreturnable under the reclamation laws, and funds appropriated for carrying out the authorizations contained in section 1 of this Act shall, without prejudice to the availability of other appropriated moneys for the same purposes, also be available for carrying out the investigations and programs authorized in this section. SEC. 11. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to alter, amend, or repeal the Boulder Canyon Project Act (45 Stat. 1057) or the Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act (54 Stat. 774). SEC. 12. Construction of the projects herein authorized shall proceed as rapidly as is consistent with budgetary requirements: Provided, That actual construction shall not be commenced, and no contracts therefor shall be entered into, on any portion of the projects hereby authorized, if a Federal agency having jurisdiction over the allocation of materials and labor, or either, finds, with the concurrence of the President, that the materials and labor, or either, necessary for said construction are more urgently needed for other national defense purposes and by appropriate general regulation, order or otherwise, suspends or prohibits their use for construction of these projects or portions thereof, until such suspension or prohibition is rescinded or expires or control over the allocation of such materials or labor is no longer exercised. -87- |
