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Show TRANSFERRING DUTIES RELATING TO SAN DIEGO AQUEDU6T 3 Defense and that the Bureau of the Budget has no objection to its consideration. Department of the Navy, Office of the Secretary, Washington, D. C, January 8, 1957. Hon. Sam Rayburn. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. My Dear Mr. Speaker: There is enclosed a draft of proposed legislation to amend the act entitled "An act to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to enlarge existing water-supply facilities for the San Diego, Calif., area in order to insure the existence of an adequate water supply for naval installations and defense production plants in such area," approved October 11, 1951. This proposal is a part of the Department of Defense legislative program for 1957 and the Bureau of the Budget has advised that there would be no objection to the presentation of this proposal for the consideration of the Congress. The Department of the Navy has been designated as the representative of the Department of Defense for this legislation. It is recommended that this legislation be enacted by the Congress. PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION The purpose of this proposed legislation is to authorize the transfer of the administration of the contract, which provided for the construction of the San Diego aqueduct, from the Department of the Navy to the Department of the Interior. In 1945 the Department of the Navy commenced construction of the first barrel of the San Diego aqueduct and on October 17, 1945, entered into contract NOy-13300 with the city of San Diego by which that city agreed to lease the aqueduct with an option to purchase at the "true cost" thereof as determined under the contract. The contract was subsequently assigned to the San Diego Water Authority. The project was initiated on instructions from the President, following the report of an interdepartmental committee that had completed a study of the proposed construction of facilities to transfer Colorado River water to relieve a critical shortage in the supplies for the city of San Diego, Calif., and nearby communities (S. Doc. 249, 78th Cong., 2d sess. (1944)). Congress subsequently ratified the foregoing action and authorized the completion of the aqueduct (act of April 15, 1948, 62 Stat. 171). In 1951 the Department of the Navy was authorized to construct the second barrel of the aqueduct, to enter into an amendment to contract NOy-13300 to include the second barrel, and to grant to the San Diego Water Authority the right to purchase the same over a 40-year period upon certain terms and conditions (act of October 11, 1951, 65 Stat. 404). On January 1, 1952, possession of the first barrel was turned over to the San Diego Water Authority pursuant to the contract and on February 28, 1955, the construction of the second barrel having been completed, possession thereof was also turned over to the authority. A final determination of the "true cost" of the second barrel will soon be ascertained. At that time a schedule of the payments of |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : California exhibits. |