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Show 562 of Congress.360 Specifically exempted are dam and reservoir projects previously constructed by the Army Engineers which provide conservation storage of water for irrigation purposes.861 One feature of Section 8 is in dispute. As indicated, it pro- vides for a determination by the Secretary of the Army as to "any" dam or reservoir project operated under his direction, and that any irrigation works authorized thereunder are to be constructed, operated, and maintained by the Secretary of the Interior, "under the provisions of the Federal reclamation laws." ** The Secretary of the Interior takes the view that the application of the section is not limited geographically, and that it was designed to prevent agency duplication in the field of irrigation.363 The Chief of Engineers, on the other hand, takes the view that the section is tied in with Reclamation Law which applies only in the 17 Western States, and that conse- quently the section was intended to apply only in those States.384 Section 7 of the 1944 Act vests in the Secretary of the Army the duty of prescribing regulations for use of storage allocated to navigation or flood control at all reservoir projects con- structed wholly or in part with federal funds provided on the basis of such purposes.365 Other statutes make varying provisions for division of agen- cy responsibility with respect to power projects. For example, the Tennessee Valley Authority Act contemplated that the President might designate the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Interior to construct Norris Dam.868 But it directed that control of the completed dam be entrusted to TVA.367 ieoId. ieiId. ™Id. 688 H. Doc. No. 255, 81st Cong., 1st sess., pp. XIV-XV (1949). *MId., pp. XIX, XX. 865 Act of December 22, 1944, § 7, 58 Stat. 887, 890, 33 U. S. C. 709. With a specified qualification concerning flood control, this provision does not apply to TVA. See supra, n. 199, p. 109. m Act of May 18,1933, § 18,48 Stat. 58, 67,16 U. S. 0. 831q. mId. |