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Show 56 DIXIE PROJECT, UTAH SEC. 6. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized as a part of the Dixie project to construct, operate, and maintain public recreation facilities including access roads, to acquire or to withdraw from entry or other disposition under the public land laws such adjacent lands or interests therein as are necessary for . present and future public recreation use, and to provide for public use and enjoyment of the same and of the water areas of the project but these undertakings shall be coordinated with the other project purposes. The Secretary is authorized to enter into agreements with State or local public agencies or other public entities for the operation, maintenance, or additional development of project lands or facilities or to dispose of project lands or facilities to State or local agencies or other public entities by lease, transfer, exchange or conveyance, upon such terms and conditions as will best promote their development and operation in the public interest for recreation purposes. The costs of the undertakings described in this section, including costs of investigation, planning, operation, and maintenance and an appropriate share of the joint costs of the Dixie project, shall be nonreimbursable. SEC. 7. ( a) The use of all water diverted for this project from the Colorado River system shall be subject to and controlled by the Colorado River compact, the Boulder Canyon Project Act ( 45 Stat. 1057; 43 U. S. C. 617t), and the Mexican Water Treaty ( Treaty Series 994) ( 59 Stat. 1219). ( b) In the operation and maintenance of all facilities under the jurisdiction and supervision of the Secretary of the Interior authorized by this Act, the Secretary of the Interior is directed to comply with the applicable provisions of the Colorado River compact, the Upper Colorado River Basin compact, the Boulder Canyon Project Act, the Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act, the Colorado River Storage Project Act ( and any contract lawfully entered into by the United States under any of said Acts), the treaty with the United Mexican States, and the operating principles, and to comply with the laws of the State of Utah, relating to the control, appropriation, use, and distribution of water therein. In the event of the failure of the Secretary of the Interior to eo comply, any State of the Colorado River Basin may maintain an action in the Supreme Court of the United States to enforce the provisions of this section and consent is given to the joinder of the United States as a party in such suits, as a defendant or otherwise. SEC. 8. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be required to carry- out the purposes of this Act. Passed the Senate October 30 ( legislative day, October 22), 1963. Attest: FELTON M. JOHNSTON. Secretary.. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, OFFICE OF THE ' SECRETARY, Washington, B. C., June 19,1964- Hon. WAYNE N. ASPINALL, Chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. DEAR MR. ASPINALL : This responds to your request for the views of the Department of the Interior on H. R. 3279 and H. R. 4178, identical bills to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Dixie project, Utah, and for other purposes. We would not object to enactment of either of the above bills if amended as suggested hereafter. The Dixie project area is in the Virgin River Basin in southwestern Utah. The Virgin River rises in Utah and flows through parts of Arizona and Nevada before joining the Colorado River at the northern arm of Lake Mead. The Dixie project would conserve and regulate the flows of the Virgin River and its tributary, the Santa Clara. Flood flows of these rivers are now largely wasted. An adequate and predictable water supply for irrigation is a paramount necessity to stabilize and revitalize the agricultural economy of the region and support municipal and industrial growth. The Dixie project is multipurpose in character. It would provide irrigation water for 21,060 acres of land, of which 9,445 acres would receive supplemental water, and 11,615 acres would receive a new irrigation water supply. A munici- |