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Show 465 the two plans have been fully coordinated, not only with regard to the physical features to be included in the plan of development but also with regard to the policies and scheduling of the work to be done. The coordinated plan is comprehensive in scope and is designed not only to meet the most pressing current needs but to provide as well a basis for incorporation of further projects into the program as they become neces- sary. It provides also for the inclusion, when prepared by the appropriate agencies, of plans for forest manage- ment, land treatment, protection and propagation of fish and wildlife, recreational development, meeting needs and rights of Indians, and interagency procedures for coordinated operation of river-control projects. A supplemental Bureau of Reclamation report was submitted to the President on July 20,1949, together with the views of the affected states and the federal agencies.334 The Senate Public Works Committee recommended authori- zation of parts of the Army portion of the coordinated plan as an amendment to the 1950 Flood Control Bill.885 That Com- mittee declined to include the Bureau of Reclamation portion of the plan because reclamation was not within its jurisdic- tion.836 However, the Interior and Insular Affairs Committee was given time to prepare an amendment covering the reclama- tion features.387 This latter Committee reported out an amendment which would have authorized the initial reclamation units of the co- ordinated plan, and would have provided for a "Basin ac- count" under which records for all power and irrigation proj- 8MH. Doc. No. 473, 81st Cong., 2d sess., pp. 12-13, 55-93 Italic (1950). The Secretary of the Interior made it clear that he does not consider these re- ports as a substitute for a Columbia Valley Administration. Id. p. 13 Italic. The President also shares this view. H. Doc. No. 597, 81st Cong., 2d sess., p. 4 (1950). M5H. R. 5472, 81st Cong., 1st sess. (1949) ; H. Doc. No. 531, 81st Cong., 2d sess. (1950); Sen. Rep. No. 1143, 81st Cong., 1st sess., pp. 67-69 (1949) ; H. Rep. No. 1968,81st Cong., 2d sess., pp. 22-24 (1950). 836 See 95 Cong. Reg. 14121 (1949). U7Ibid. |