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Show APPENDIX XII XII-9 1202 Public Law 90-537 90th Congress, S. 1004 September 30, 1968 an act To authorize the const ruction, operation, and maintenance of the Colorado River Busin project, und for other He it enacted by the Senate and Howe of Iteprewntatioes of the United States of America in C<ongre*» ewsemoled, TITLE I-COLORADO RIVER BASIN PROJECT: OBJECTIVES Sec. 101. That this Act may be cited as the "Colorado River Basin Project Act". Colorado River Basin Project Aot. 82 STAT. 885 Sec. 102. (a) It is the object of this Act to provide a program for 82 stat. 886 the further comprehensive development of the water resources of the Colorado River Basin and for the provision of additional and adequate water supplies for use in the upper as well as in the lower Colorado River Basin. This program is declared to be for the purposes, among others, of regulating the,(flow, of the Colorado River; controlling floods; improving navigation; providing for the storage and delivery of the waters of the Colorado River for reclamation of lands, including supplemental water supplies, and for municipal, industrial, and other beneficial purposes; improving water quality ^providing for basic public outdoor recreation facilities; improving conditions for fish and wildlife, and the generation and sale of electrical power as an incident of the foregoing purposes. (b) It is the policy of the Congress that the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the''Secretary") shall continue to .develop, after consultation with affected States and appropriate Federal agencies, a regional water plan, consistent with the provisions of this Act and with future authorizations, to serve as the framework under which projects in the Colorado River Basin may be coordinated and constructed with proper timing to the end that an adequate supply of water may be made available for such projects, whether heretofore, herein, or nereafter authorized. TITLE II-INVESTIGATIONS AND PLANNING Sec. 201. Pursuant to the authority set out in the Reclamation Act of June 17,1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, and the provisions of the Water Resources Planning 43 use 371. Act of July 22, 1965, 79 Stat. 244, ae amended, with respect to the 42 use 1962 coordination of studies, investigations and assessments, the Secretary of the Interior shall conduct full and complete reconnaissance investigations for the purpose of developing a general plan to meet the future water needs of the Western United States. Such investigations shall include the long-range water supply available and the long-range water requirements in each water resource region of the Western United States. Progress reports in connection with then investigations shall be submitted to the President, the National Water Commission (while it is in existence), the Water Resources Council, and to the Congress every two years. The first of such reports shall be submitted on Or before June 30, 1971, and a final reconnaissance report shall be submitted not later than June 30,1977: Provided, That for a period of ten years from the date of this Act, the Secretary shall not undertake reconnaissance studies of any plan for the importation of water into the Colorado River Basin from any other natural river drainage basin lying outside the States of Arizona, California, Colo- note. Reports 1 20-174 (437) O - M |
