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Show 450 subject to certain state regulation.256 State law governs the formation and incorporation of the water-users' organizations which distribute water .under the Reclamation Law, and of public bodies and cooperatives eligible for Rural Electrifica- tion Administration loans.257 In addition, almost all federal power is distributed by entities organized and largely regulated under state law. Progress in Coordination Within Particular Regions At the outset, we said that there is no single, uniform federal policy governing comprehensive development of water and land resources. We also pointed out, however, that some statutes separately deal with individual projects, specific areas, and single river basins. Under a combination of these latter laws and other legislation of general application, development with- in different basins has approached varying degrees of compre- hensiveness. Most of these laws are concerned principally or exclusively with the physical aspects of integration. Efforts to provide for coordination have been concerned primarily with integrat- ing groups of engineering projects without a parallel regard for harmonizing the economic and social objectives of such projects. This aspect has been noted by the Hoover Com- mission and by its Task Force on Natural Resources:258 m For example: Applicant for Federal Power Commission license must comply with state laws relating to bed and banks, to use of water, and right to engage in business. Act of June 10,1920, § 9, 41 Stat. 1063, 1068,16 U. S. C. 802. Public-service licensees under Federal Power Act must abide by certain state regulation of services and charges. Act of June 10, 1920, § 19, 41 Stat. 1063,1073,16 U. S. O. 812. m Act of August 4, 1939, § 2(g), 53 Stat. 1187, 1188, 43 U. S. C. 485a(g) ; Act of May 20, 1936, § 4, 49 Stat. 1363, 1365, as amended, 7 U. S. C. 904 (Supp. III). 258 Department of the Interior, Report of the Commission on Organiza- tion of the Executive Branch of the Government, p. 26 (March 1949) ; Repobt of the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Goveknment, App. L, p. 31 (January 1949). |