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Show 572 to transfer of statutory functions where prohibited by law would be voluntary interagency action, but to be effective that would require unanimous consent of the participating agencies as in the case of the procedure under the Federal Inter-Agency River Basin Committee.422 Consolidation of all water-resource project functions for a river system in one agency would aid in resolution of conflicts among purposes. To the extent permitted by physical facts and applicable statutory standards, a single administrative decision could then seek maximum achievement of all project purposes. In the case of the Tennessee Valley Authority, con- solidation of federal water-resource functions largely in a single agency was effected under a single set of standards previously discussed.423 A measure of consolidation has been accom- plished with respect to the lower Colorado River where federal water-resource operations are largely vested in the Bureau of Reclamation.424 Relevant to the latter case is the fact that example, Congress recently conditionally empowered the Secretary of De- fense to perform certain functions vested in him through or with the aid of such "officials or organizational entities of the Department of Defense" as he may designate. Act of August 10, 1949, § 5, 63 Stat. 578. Similarly, the Administrator of General Services is authorized "to regroup, transfer, and distribute" certain functions "within the General Services Administration." Act of June 30,1949, § 106, 63 Stat. 377, -. Likewise, the transfer of certain reclamation functions is permissible within the Department of the Interior, but not outside. Reorganization Plan No. 3, 1950, § 1, effective May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3174. See also supra, pp. 435-436. 422 See supra, p. 432. In connection with this latter possibility, see e. g., Report on Flood Control Operations, Columbia Basin, 1950 Flood, Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation (August 1950), containing Mem- orandum of Understanding Regarding Control of Storage in Grand Coulee Reservoir for Reduction of Crest of the 1950 Spring Flood on Columbia River. 428 See supra, pp. 484-486. 424 On the lower Colorado River, the Hoover, Davis, Parker, and Imperial Dams are all operated by the Bureau. It also maintains a front-work and levee system in connection with the Yuma Project on the Colorado River. Act of October 12, 1949, 63 Stat. 765, -. In connection with the perform- ance of protection work between the Yuma Project and the Boulder Dam by the Bureau of Reclamation, see Act of March 3, 1925, 43 Stat. 1186, 1198; Act of January 21, 1927, § 4, 44 Stat. 1010, 1021; Act of July 1, 1940, 54 Stat. 708; Act of June 28,1946, 60 Stat. 338. |