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 850 Junea u, Al aska. Wake Islan d. Welles, Midway Is- land. San Juan, P. R. Arecibo, P. R. Guayanes, P. R. Saint Thomas, Vir- gin Islands. Central Valley project, Calif. Transfer of jurisdic- tion. 49 Stat. 1038, 1622 . Proaisos. Expenditure of fund not reimbursable . P rojec t rea uthor - ised. 49 Stat. 116, 1622 . Purpo ses declared. Repayments au- thorized. Uses specified. Marshall Ford Dam, Colorado River project, Tax. 75TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-OH. 832-AUGUST 2(i, 1937 Juneau Harbor, Alaska ; House Document Numbered 249, Seventy- fifth Congress ; Wake Island ; House Document Numbered 84, Seventy-fifth Congress ; Welles Harbor, Midway Island ; House Document Numbered 49 and Rivers and Harbors Committee Document Numbered 9, Seventy- fifth Congress ; San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico- Rivers and Harbors Committee Document Numbered 42, Seventy-fifth Congress ; Arecibo Harbor, Puerto Rico ; Rivers and Harbors Committee Document Numbered 43, Seventy-fifth Congress ; Guayanes Harbor, Puerto Rico ; House Document Numbered 243, Seventy-fifth Congress ; Saint Thomas Harbor, Virgin Islands ; House Document Numbered 200, Sevent y-fifth Congress . SEC . 2. That the $12, 000 ,00 0 recommended for expenditure for a part of the Central Valley project, California, in accordance with the plans set forth in Rivers and Harbors Committee Document Numbered 35, Seventy-third Congress, and adopted and authorized by the provisions of section 1 of the Act of August 30, 1935 (49 Stat . 1028, at 1038), entitled "An Act authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes", shall, when appropriated, be available for expenditure in accordance with the said plans by the Secretary of the Interior instead of the Secretary of War : 'Provided, That the transfer of authority from the Secretary of War to the Secretary of the Interior shall not render the expenditure of this fund reim- bursable under the reclamation law : Provided further, That the entire Central Valley project California, heretofore authorized and established under the provisions of the Emergency Relief Appro- priation Act of 1935 (49 Stat . 115) and the First Deficiency Appro- priation Act, fiscal year 1936 (49 Stat. 1622), is hereby reauthorized and declared to be for the purposes of improving navigation, regu- lating the flow of the San Joaquin River and the Sacramento River, controlling floods, providing for storage and for the delivery of the stored waters thereof, for the reclamation of arid and semiarid lands and lands of Indian reservations, and other beneficial uses, and for the generation and sale of electric energy as a means of financially aiding and assisting such undertakings and in order to permit the full utilization of the works constructed to accomplish the aforesaid purposes : Provided further, That, except as herein otherwise specifically provided, the provisions of the reclamation law, as amended, shall govern the repayment of expenditures and the construction, operation, and maintenance of the dams, canals, power plants, pumpi ng plan ts, tra nsmissi on line s, and incide ntal works deemed necessary to said entire project, and the Secretary of the Interior may enter into repayment contracts, and other neces- sary contracts, with State agencies, authorities, associations, persons, and corporations, either public or private, including all agencies with which contracts are authorized under the reclamation law, and may acquire by proceedings in eminent domain, or otherwise, all lands, rights-of-way, water rights, and other property neces- sary for said purposes : And provided further, That the said dam and reservoirs shall be used, first, for river regulation, improve- ment of navigation, and flood control ; second, for irrigation and domestic uses ; and, third, for power. SEC. 3 . That for the purpose of improving navigation, controlling floods, regulating the flow of streams, providing for storage and for d elivery of st ored wa ters, f or the reclama tion of lands, and