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Show 348 The second bill is the National Surveying and Mapping Act of 1950, which would:158 establish accelerated programs of topographic, geologic, geodetic, soil, and hydrographic surveying and mapping of the United States, its Territories and possessions and offshore areas, and the cadastral surveying of the pub- lic domain and other Federal public lands. This program would be accomplished through expansion of work already undertaken by various basic-data agencies with- in the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, and the Interior. Summary In the course of legislating for such "primary" purposes as navigation or irrigation, Congress has incidentally provided for a number of additional public purposes. Still other re- lated public purposes have received separate legislative atten- tion. Provision has been made for federal drainage activities as parts of major programs for flood control, soil conservation, and irrigation. Similarly, most enactments providing for water supply for domestic, municipal, industrial, and stock- watering purposes have evolved as incidents of multiple- purpose programs of development for "primary" purposes. Both separate and incidental attention has been paid to protection of fish and wildlife. For this purpose, provision is made for federal assistance to and cooperation with state and local agencies. Procedures are also prescribed to assure con- sideration of this purpose in development of water-resource projects. In the case of some but not all federal projects, express provision is made for recreational uses. Other provisions enable recreational uses of areas in national parks and forests. Still other statutes establish procedures for federal partici- pation in shore-protection investigations and in construction 188 H. R. 6900, 81st Cong., 2d sess. (1950). In connection with H. R. 6257 and H. R. 6900, see H. Doc. No. 706, 81st Cong., 2d sess. (1950). |