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Show 597 Fish and Wildlife.-The various pertinent statutory provi- sions have been previously grouped and reviewed.555 Espe- cially relevant here is the Act of August 14, 1946, which ex- pressly provides for including, as "an integral part of the costs" of federal projects, the cost of planning for, and con- struction and maintenance of facilities for the prevention of loss of and damage to wildlife resources.556 In the case of navigation and flood-control projects, no pro- vision of the foregoing statute or of other relevant legislation requires or contemplates return of the cost of such facilities. And in the case of Reclamation projects, the 1946 Act expressly provides for allocations to both the "preservation and propa- gation" of fish and wildlife, and further that such costs shall "not be reimbursable."557 Recreation.-The diversity in applicable law is apparent from an earlier review of relevant statutes.558 In the case of an Army reservoir project, express authorization exists for providing recreational facilities.559 Return of the costs of recre- ational facilities is not required. As we shall later see, how- ever, the differing provisions for leases contemplate return of an indeterminate portion of such costs.560 There is no corresponding general authorization under Recla- mation Law. If recreational facilities be included as parts of individual projects, the costs apparently must be included as part of one of the purposes for which the law affirmatively pro- vides an allocation.581 HS See supra, pp. 327-330. 586 Act of August 14,1946, § 2, 60 Stat. 1080,16 U. S. C. 662. BW Id. But cf. the President's message vetoing the Vermejo Project, H. R. 3788, 81st Cong., 1st sess. (1949), printed in H. Doc. No. 316, 81st Cong., 1st sess., pp. 1-3 (1949), and in 95 Cong. Rec. 12093 (1949). The President said that allocations for fish and wildlife "are usually restricted in scope to the prevention of loss of and damage to wildlife." Here, the proposal was to allocate for the benefits resulting from the creation of a wildlife manage- ment and development area not required for the protection of existing wild- life resources. 558 See supra, pp. 331-334. 889 Act of December 22,1944, § 4, 58 Stat. 887, 889, as amended, 16 U. S. C. 460d. m See infra, p. 615. 681 See supra, pp. 194-196. |