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Show 495 In the first place, it should be noted that the Army Engineers are given individual grants of authority and the Bureau of Reclamation has general authority to make examinations and surveys in connection with their water-resource responsibil- ities.2 Similarly, the Federal Power Commission has wide investigatory authority in connection with its regulatory re- sponsibilities and in securing information as a basis for recom- mending legislation.3 Other federal agencies having no direct responsibility for participation in federal water-resource devel- opment have long been authorized to collect data useful to that end, such as the Weather Bureau, the Geological Survey, and the Coast and Geodetic Survey.4 Moreover, the Departments of Agriculture and Commerce collect a variety of data useful generally to persons engaged in agriculture or commerce.5 Such data, of course, have a corresponding usefulness in connection with federal water-resource activities. Even a casual examina- tion of the relevant statutes reflects overlaps and duplications in authority. Several examples will suffice to illustrate. But in considering these examples it should not be assumed that each statutory overlap carries with it a duplication of effort, since provision has been made both by statute and voluntary administrative arrangement to avoid such duplica- tion. For example, Congress has generally authorized the heads of agencies to place orders with other agencies for "work or services, of any kind that such requisitioned Federal agency may be in a position to supply or equipped to render."6 In the case of flood-control examinations and surveys by the Army Engineers, Congress has directed that, upon request of the Secretary of the Army, the several departments shall detail personnel to assist "to the end that duplication of work may be avoided and the various services of the Government eco- nomically coordinated therein."7 A similar provision exists 2 See supra, pp. 91-95,134-135,187-193. 8 See supra, pp. 247-275. * See supra, pp. 343-345. 5 See supra, pp. 342-343, 345-347. 6 Act of July 20,1942, 56 Stat. 661, as amended, 31 U. S. 0. 686. 7 Act of March 1,1947, § 3, 39 Stat. 948, 950, 33 U. S. O. 701. 911611-51------33 |