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Show 616 Other Considerations Related to Project Operation and Development In connection with the development and operation of proj- ects, there are still other statutory provisions of sufficient im- portance to warrant comparative review. These include pro- visions relating to preference, transmission facilities, acreage limitations, and payments in lieu of taxes. Preference Provisions.-For many years, various federal statutes relating to the development of water resources have provided a preference for public bodies and cooperatives. Many of these we have previously grouped for review, and they need not be repeated here.655 But several significant variations with respect to disposal of power should be noted. In the marketing of power from reservoir projects under Army control, preference is given to "public bodies and co- operatives." 656 But in the marketing of power from projects under the Reclamation Project Act of 1939, preference must be given to:657 municipalities and other public corporations or agen- cies; and also to cooperatives and other nonprofit or- ganizations financed in whole or in part by loans made pursuant to the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and any amendments thereof. As to power sold from projects of the Tennessee Valley Au- thority, preference must be given to:658 States, counties, municipalities, and cooperative organ- izations of citizens or farmers, not organized or doing business for profit, but primarily for the purpose of sup- plying electricity to its own citizens or members * * *. Still different is the situation under the Bonneville Project and Fort Peck Project Acts. Each provides for both a "prefer- c55 See supra, n. 236, p. 299. 688 Act of December 22, 1944, § 5, 58 Stat. 887, 890, 16 U. S. 0. 825s. 667 Act of August 4, 1939, § 9(c), 53 Stat. 1187, 1194, 43 U. S. C. 485h(c). 688 Act of May 18,1933, § 10, 48 Stat. 58, 64, as amended, 16 TJ. S. G. 831i. |