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Show 511 the President, arrange for cooperation in the investigation, sur- vey, construction, operation, and maintenance of water-conser- vation and utilization projects.93 It also requires consultation by the Secretary of the Interior with the Secretary of Agricul- ture, and a report to the President on the participation of the Department of Agriculture.94 Similar in effect is the provision of the 1944 Flood Control Act which, as to program development within the area in which both Army Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation operate, requires that each give the other, "during the course of the investigations, information developed by the investiga- tions and also opportunity for consultation regarding plans and proposals," and to the extent deemed practicable by the inves- tigating department, "opportunity to cooperate in the investi- gations." 9B In such cases, the reports submitted to Congress must set out the relationship between plans reported on and the views of both the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Interior.96 As to irrigation development at dams and reservoirs under Army control, the 1944 Act also takes the further coordinating step of assigning to the Secretary of the Interior the responsi- bility for recommendations in that regard, as well as the con- struction of the additional irrigation works.97 As to navigation and flood-control features at Reclamation projects, the 1939 Reclamation Project Act provides for consultation between the Secretaries of the Army and the Interior on cost allocations, but leaves the programming of such features otherwise in the hands of the Secretary of the Interior.98 Congress has also required that federal agencies and li- censees consult with the Fish and Wildlife Service before im- M § 6, as added by Act of October 14,1940, 54 Stat. 1119, 1123,16 U. S. 0. 590&-4. 94§3(a), as added by Act of October 14, 1940, 54 Stat. 1119, 1120, 16 U. S. 0. 590z-l(a). "Act of December 22,1944, §§ l(a), l(c), 58 Stat. 887, 888, 889. 88 Id. m § 8, 58 Stat. 891,43 U. S. 0. 390. With respect to this section's exception for pre-1944 dams, see infra, pp. 533, 594. 98 Act of August 4,1939, § 9 (b), 53 Stat. 1187,1194,43 U. S. C. 485h (b). 911611-51------34 |