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Show 304 Dam by the Army Engineers.262 The same act authorized the President, through such agent as he might designate, to con- struct, operate, and maintain the Grand Coulee Project, and the Bureau of Reclamation was so designated.263 With the impending completion of Bonneville Dam, Congress in 1937 authorized its completion and provided a temporary form of administration, pending establishment of a permanent ad- ministration embracing other Columbia Basin projects.264 Operation of the dam and power house is the responsibility of the Secretary of the Army; marketing of the power is the responsibility of the Bonneville Power Administrator who is responsible to the Secretary of the Interior. As the Grand Coulee Project neared completion, the President, in the ab- sence of further congressional action, assigned responsibility for the marketing of its power to the Bonneville Power Ad- ministrator.265 Operation of the dam itself was left with the Bureau of Reclamation. Subsequently, the Bonneville Power Administrator's marketing responsibilities have been extended to other projects, including principally the Detroit Dam Proj- ect,266 Hungry Horse Project,267 McNary Project,268 Lower Snake River Project,269 and Chief Joseph Project.270 262 Act of August 30,1935, § 1, 49 Stat. 1028, 1038. 288 President's letter of January 29, 1936, to the Secretary of the Interior. See Bureau of Reclamation Project Feasibilities and Authorizations, p. 415 (April 1949). 264 Act of August 20,1937, 50 Stat. 731, as amended, 16 U. S. C. 832-832?. 265 Ex. O. No. 8526, August 26, 1940, 5 F. R. 3390. In 1943, Grand Coulee was reauthorized as the Columbia Basin Project, subject to specified provi- sions of Reclamation Law, together with provisions of the reauthorization statute. Act of March 10, 1943, 57 Stat. 14, 16 U. S. C. 835-835L 264 Act of June 30, 1948, 62 Stat. 1171; Department of the Interior Order No. 2115, October 16, 1945, 10 F. R. 14211. See also Act of June 28, 1938, 52 Stat 1215,1222. 267 Act of June 5,1944, 58 Stat. 270, 43 U. S. C. 593a-593b; Department of the Interior Order No. 1994, September 26,1944, 9 F. R. 11966. 848 Act of March 2, 1945, § 2, 59 Stat. 10, 21; Department of the Interior Order No. 2115, October 16,1945,10 F. R. 14211. ™Id. 270 Act of July 24,1946, § 1, 60 Stat. 534, 637 (therein designated "Columbia River, at Foster Creek") ; Department of the Interior Order No. 2237, August 9,1946,11 F. R. 8330. |