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Show 419 vation and propagation of fish and wildlife" was added as a purpose to which a part of the project costs might be allocated.143 This broadened authorization for multiple uses of projects affects the scope of surveys which may be undertaken by the Bureau of Reclamation. It is authorized to conduct surveys for "irrigation works for the storage, diversion, and develop- ment of waters, including artesian wells."144 Or as expressed more recently, for "any reclamation or irrigation project, in- cluding incidental features thereof * * * or any project constructed or operated and maintained by the * * * Bu- reau of Reclamation for the reclamation of arid lands or other purposes."145 The Secretary of the Interior is also authorized to investigate water-conservation and utilization projects for "the purpose of stabilizing water supply and thereby rehabili- tating farmers on the land and providing opportunities for permanent settlement of farm families."146 These investiga- tions are carried out by the Bureau of Reclamation.147 Con- sistently with the emphasis upon irrigation in the foregoing authorizations for surveys and investigations, a representative from the Legal Division of the Bureau told a Senate Subcom- mittee in 1944 that the Bureau is "required to operate pri- marily for irrigation."14S The General Appropriations Act, 1951, made appropria- tions to the Bureau of Reclamation for "engineering and eco- nomic investigations of proposed Federal reclamation projects and studies of water conservation and development plans."149 But this appropriation is followed by a proviso that, except as to certain investigations in Alaska, "no part of this appropri- ation shall be expended in the conduct of activities which are not authorized by law." 143 Act of August 14,1946, § 2,60 Stat. 1080,16 U. S. C. 662. 144 Act of June 17,1902, § 2, 32 Stat. 388, as amended, 43 U. S. C. 411. 145Act of August 4, 1939, §§ 2(c), 9(a), 53 Stat. 1187, 1193, 43 U. S. C. 485a (c) and 485h(a) ; cf. Act of December 22,1944, § 1 (c), 58 Stat. 887, 889. 146 Act of October 14,1940, § 1, 54 Stat. 1119, as amended, 16 U. S. O. 590y. MTSee Sen. Doc. No. 18, 77th Cong., 1st sess., p. VIII (1941). 148 Statement of Howard R. Stinson, Legal Division, Bureau of Reclama- tion. Hearings before Subcommittee of Senate Committee on Commerce, on H. R. 3961, 78th Cong., 2d sess., p. 1141 (1944). 149 Act of September 6,1950, ch. VII, 64 Stat. 595, -. ' |