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Show Executive Office of the President, Bureau of the Budget, Washington, D. C, December 31, 1952. Circular No. A-47 To: The heads of executive departments and establishments. Subject: Reports and budget estimates relating to Federal programs and projects for conservation, development, or use of water and related land resources. 1. Purpose The policies of the President with regard to programs and projects for the development of water and related land resources have been established from time to time both as a part of the normal budget and legislative review process under Bureau of the Budget Circulars No. A-ll, Instructions for the Preparation and Submission of Annual Budget Estimates, and No. A-19, Reports and Recommendations on Proposed and Pending Legislation, and as a part of the review of project reports under Executive Order 9384, Submission of Reports to Facilitate Budgeting Activities of the Federal Government. This circular is intended to draw together certain of these policies for water resources programs and projects and to provide the agencies in advance with a better understanding of the considerations which will be used in determining the relationship of a proposed program or project, or budget estimate, to the program of the President. The standards and procedures set forth in this circular will be used by the Executive Office of the President in reviewing agency reports and budget estimates subject to its provisions, in order that uniform policies may be applied with a view toward (a) establishing priority for projects yielding the greatest value to the Nation, and (b) securing effective resources development at minimum necessary cost. The priority among programs or projects meeting the standards and procedures set forth in this circular, and action upon budget estimates to initiate such programs or projects, necessarily will also depend on budget policies established from year to year to meet current economic conditions. S. Authority Executive Order 9384, October 4, 1943, requires submission to the Bureau of the Budget of reports relating to or affecting Federal public works and improvement projects. Bureau of the Budget Circular No. A-19, Revised, requires submission to the Bureau of agency reports on proposed and pending legislation. Bureau of the Budget Circular No. A-ll, Revised, outlines the requirements for preparation and submission to the Bureau of annual budget estimates. This circular, No. A-47, supplements the requirements of the Executive order and circulars referred to, and is issued pursuant to the authority cited therein. S. Coverage This circular relates to Federal programs or projects for the conservation, development, or use of water and related land resources. It applies to any report and to any budget estimate to initiate construction of a program or project, which, by the terms of the Executive order and circulars referred to in paragraph 2, is required to be submitted to the Bureau of the Budget and which involves a program or project of the type referred to in the first sentence of this paragraph. It does not apply to budget estimates for electric transmission lines or steam electric generating plants required in connection with water resources projects. 4. Compliance (a) Relation to existing law.-The standards and procedures set forth in this circular shall not be regarded as authorizing any deviation from general or specific requirements of law. Whenever a report or budget estimate varies from such standards or procedures because of a requirement of existing law, the variation |
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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] : |