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Show 2 TRANSFERRING DUTIES RELATING TO SAN DIEGO AQUEDUCT Diego subsequently assigned its rights in the contract to the San Diego County Water Authority. Public Law 171 of the S2d Congress authorized the Navy to construct the second barrel of the aqueduct. That law also authorized the Navy to enter into an amendment of the original contract to include the second barrel and to grant the San Diego County Water Authority the right to purchase the second barrel over a 40-year period, with annual payments being one-fortieth of the true cost of the project plus interest. Possession of the first barrel was turned over to the San Diego County Water Authority on January 1, 1952. The second barrel was completed in February 1955, at which time possession was turned over to the authority. Features of the bill The construction of the San Diego aqueduct was considered essential to an adequate water supply for the naval installations and the defense production plants in the San Diego area. The aqueduct brings water to the San Vicente Reservoir in San Diego County at a capacity of 165 cubic feet per second. Neither this bill nor the act that it amends establishes any new right of any kind for the use of Colorado River water in the State of California, The act of October 11, 1951, Public Law 171, 82d Congress, which this bill amends, has a specific provision that all diversions of water from the Colorado River through the authorized works shall be subject to and controlled by the Colorado River compact, the Boulder Canyon Project Act, the California Self-Limitation Statute, and the Mexican Water Treaty. That act also provides that it "shall in no way increase the total quantity of water to the use of which the State of California is entitled and limited by the said compact treaty and statutes." Upon a final determination of the true cost of the second barrel, a schedule of the annual payments of principal and interest will be prepared. Thereafter, the administration of the contract, barring defaults or other unanticipated eventualities, will consist largely of receiving payments from the authority and of transmitting them to the Treasury for covering into miscellaneous receipts. Upon completion of the payments almost 40 years in the future, documents of title will have to be executed on behalf of the Government *and delivered to the San Diego Water Authority. Since the administration of such a contract is a nonmilitary activity, the Department of the Navy is desirous of transferring the administration of the contract to the Department of the Interior. The committee was advised that the Department of the Interior had indicated its willingness to accept this responsibility. COST Enactment of this bill should result in no cost to the Government. DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS Printed below and hereby made a part of this report is a letter dated January 8, 1957, from the Secretary of the Navy indicating that this measure is part of the legislative program of the Department 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. |