712 EXCESS LANDS, TRUCKEE STORAGE AND HUMBOLDT PROJECTS An act to make the excess land provisions of the Federal reclamation laws inapplicable to the lands of the Washoe County Water Conservation District, Truckee storage project, Nevada, and the Pershing County Water Conservation District, Nevada. (Act of November 29, 1940, ch. 922, 54 Stat. 1219) [Excess land provisions.]-The excess land provisions of the Federal reclamation laws shall not be applicable to land in the Washoe County Water Conservation District, Nevada, irrigated from the Boca Reservoir, Truckee River storage project, Nevada, nor to the Pershing County Water Conservation District, Nevada, irrigated from the Humboldt River Reservoir, and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter into a contract with said districts, amending, in accordance with this Act, the contract of December 18, 1936, between the United States and the Washoe County Water Conservation District, and the contract of October 1, 1934, between the United States and the Pershing County Water Conservation District. (54 Stat. 1219) EXPLANATORY NOTES Not Codified. This Act is not codified in the U.S. Code. Legislative History. H.R. 10543, Public Law 883 in the 76th Congress. H.R. Rept. No. 3036. 713 COMPLETION OF BOCA DAM An act to provide for the completion and delivery of the Boca Dam, in the Little Truckee River, in accordance with the contract between the United States and the Washoe County Water Conservation District. (Act of May 29, 1941, ch. 153, 55 Stat. 210) [Sec. 1. Secretary of Interior to complete construction—To make required expenditures.]—The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to complete construction on the dam in the Little Truckee River, near Boca, California, which has been begun and substantially completed under a contract with the Washoe County Water Conservation District. The Secretary is authorized to make such expenditures, from funds now available for the completion of the Boca Dam, as may be required therefor. (55 Stat. 210) Sec. 2. [Secretary to deliver custody to District for operation and maintenance.]-The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to deliver custody of such dam to such district for operation and maintenance purposes in accordance with the contract between the United States and such district, dated December 12, 1936, at the earliest practicable time. (55 Stat. 211) EXPLANATORY NOTE Transfer to District for Operation and Maintenance. On January 2, 1942, the Secretary notified the Washoe County Water Conservation District that the Boca Dam and appurtenant works were available for storage of water and that the transfer of operation and maintenance to the District would become effective January 15, 1942. Sec. 3. [District's required payment not to exceed $1 million.]—The amount which such district is required to pay the United States under articles 11 and 12 of such contract of December 12, 1936, shall not exceed $1,000,000. (55 Stat. 211) EXPLANATORY NOTES Not Codified. This Act is not codified in the U.S. Code. Legislative History. S. 15, Public Law 86 in the 77th Congress. S. Rept. No. 173. H.R. Rept. No. 453. 267-067-72—vol. I—48 714 RECONVEYANCE OF LANDS FOR EDEN PROJECT An act relating to certain Carey Act lands in Wyoming. (Act of June 25, 1941, ch. 251, 55 Stat. 263) [Reconveyance of lands authorized.]-For use in connection with the Eden. water conservation and utility project in the State of Wyoming and subject to such terms and conditions as he may prescribe, the Secretary of Agriculture may accept on behalf of the United States the reconveyance of any lands within the Eden project which have been patented to the State of Wyoming pursuant to the provisions of section 4 of the Act of August 18, 1894 (28 Stat. 372, 422, as amended). (55 Stat. 263) EXPLANATORY NOTES Not Codified. This Act is not codified in the U.S. Code. Reference in the Text. The Act of August 18, 1894 (28 Stat. 372, 422, as amended), referred to in the text, is popu larly known as the Carey Act and is codified at 43 U.S.C. §641. The Act authorized the grant of desert lands to States for reclamation purposes. Extracts from the Act appear herein in chronological order. Legislative History. S. 879, Public Law 131 in the 77th Congress. S. Rept. No. 310. H.R. Rept. No. 642. 715 INTERIOR DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATION ACT, 1942 [Extracts from] An act making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942, and for other purposes. (Act of June 28, 1941, ch. 259, 55 Stat. 303) Thompson project, Colorado: Not to exceed $100,000 from power revenues shall be available during the fiscal year 1942 for the operation and maintenance of the power system; (55 Stat. 332) [Boise project-Cascade Reservoir storage capacity.]-Boise project, Idaho, Payette division, $1,500,000: Provided, That such part of the storage capacity of the Cascade Reservoir, and the costs thereof, shall be reserved for other irrigation or power developments in and adjacent to the Boise project, as shall be determined by the Secretary of the Interior; (55 Stat. 334) [Yakima project, Sunnyside division-Repayment contract required.]— Yakima project, Washington, Sunnyside division, $100,000, for betterment construction of irrigation works serving lands in Sunnyside Valley irrigation district: Provided, That no expenditure from this appropriation shall be made unless and until said district has entered into a contract with the United States, upon terms and conditions satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior, providing for the repayment of expenditures from this appropriation in not to exceed twenty annual installments and for the settlement of controversies between said district and its water users and the United States; (55 Stat. 334) [Boulder Canyon project-School, hospital and recreation grounds in Boulder City.]-Boulder Canyon project: . . subject to approval of plans therefor by the Secretary of the Interior, for construction of and equipment for (1) a school building and grounds, (2) an emergency hospital, and (3) recreation grounds in Boulder City, to be operated and maintained under regulations to be prescribed by said Secretary; (55 Stat. 335) 716 INTERIOR DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATION ACT, 1942 [Bullshead project-Subject to Colorado River Compact.]-Bullshead project, Arizona-Nevada, $4,000,000, for the purposes and substantially in accordance with the report thereon heretofore submitted under section 9 of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939, and subject to the terms of the Colorado River Compact; (55 Stat. 336) [Grand Coulee Dam project-Payments to school districts.]-Grand Coulee Dam project, Washington: . . . .. (3) not to exceed $550,000 may be used for operation, maintenance, and replacements, including payment to the Mason City and Coulee Dam school districts as reimbursement for instruction during the 1941-42 school year in the schools operated by said districts of each pupil who is a dependent of any employee of the United States living in or in the vicinity of Coulee Dam, in the sum of $25 per semester per pupil in average daily attendance at said schools, payable after the term of instruction in any semester has been completed, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior; (55 Stat. 337) EXPLANATORY NOTES Provision Repeated. Similar provisions authorizing payments to school districts are contained in each subsequent annual Interior Department Appropriation Act through the Act of July 1, 1946, 60 Stat. 366. Change of Name. The Act of March 10, 1943, 57 Stat. 14, changed the name of the Grand Coulee project to the Columbia Basin project. The Act appears herein in chronological order. [Valley Gravity Canal and Storage Project, Texas.]—Valley Gravity Canal and Storage Project, Texas: For the completion of investigations and commencement of construction of the Valley Gravity Canal and Storage Project, Texas, in substantial compliance with the engineering plan described in a report dated February 3, 1940, entitled "Report of Conference of Engineers to the American Commissioner, International Boundary Commission, United States and Mexico, on the Valley Gravity Canal and Storage Project (Federal Project Numbered 5)" and report appended thereto, $2,500,000 to be immediately available and to remain available until expended: Provided, That said sum shall be available to the President for allocation in accordance with the Act |