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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 766, 767-JUNE 30, 1948 United States which are required to be liquidated under the terms of the Farmers' Home Administration Act of 1946 shall be sold by the Secretary of Agriculture or transferred by him to appropriate agencies of the United States for disposition as surplus property of the United States until hereafter authorized by law. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to supersede or modify in any way the provisions of section 9 of the Farmers' Home Administration Act of 1946. Approved June 30, 1948. [CHAPTER 767] AN ACT To promote the interests of the Fort Hall Indian Irrigation project, Idaho, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That those provi- sions of the order of the Secretary of the Interior, dated February 6, 1948, which are based on certain recommendations contained in the Report on Conditions Found to Exist on the Fort Hall Irrigation Project and the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, Idaho, dated February 26, 1941, and which are described in the said order as made pursuant to the authority contained in the Act of June 22, 1936 (49 Stat. 1803), are hereby approved pursuant to the provisions of such Act. SEC. 2. During such periods as water for the Fort Hall Indian irrigation project may be available in excess of the present duty of three acre-feet per acre per annum, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion and under regulations to be prescribed by him, to permit the delivery of such excess water equally to the project lands in an amount not to exceed five-tenths acre-feet per acre per annum, in addition to the present duty of three acre-feet per acre per annum: Provided, however, That any surplus water temporarily available in addition to the three and five-tenths acre-feet per acre per annum may be furnished for use on project lands on terms, con- ditions, and rates to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. SEC. 3. The Little Indian Unit containing one thousand one hundred eighty-six and thirty-three one-hundredths acres of irrigable land in townships 2 and 3 south, ranges 36 and 37 east, Boise meridian, within the boundaries of the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, is hereby made a part of the Fort Hall Indian Irrigation project and the lands therein shall have the benefit of, and be subject to, all existing legislation applicable to said project to the same extent as other lands of like ownership and character within the project. The Indian-owned irrigable land in the unit shall be charged with its proper proportionate share of the project rehabilitation and improvement costs of $15.10 and not to exceed $7.50 per acre, respectively, as these costs are defined in the report referred to in section 1 of this Act. The non-Indian- owned irrigable land of the unit shall be entitled to receive only natural-flow water until a full project water right is acquired for said land through the execution by the owner of a contract, or contracts, providing for the repayment to the United States of like per-acre costs as are charged against the Indian-owned land in the unit. Said charges, as to Indian and non-Indian lands, shall be a first lien against the lands, under the Act of March 7, 1928 (45 Stat. 200, 210). SEC. 4. The net irrigable area of the Fort Hall Indian irrigation project is hereby established as forty-seven thousand and forty-four and sixty-three one-hundredths acres of land, more or less. This area includes the forty-six thousand eight hundred and three and seventy- two one-hundredths acres of land, more or less, shown as the irrigable area of the project by the maps and plats in the report referred to in 1167 60 Stat. 1062. 7U.S.C.§1001 note; Supp. I, § 1001 et seq. 60 Stat. 1080. 7U. S.C. 1031. June 30, 1948 [H. R. 5416] [Public Law 854] Fort Hall Indian Irrigation project, Idaho. 25 U.. c.C. 389- 389e; Supp. I, § 389 note. Delivery of excess water. Little Indian Unit. Indian-owned irri- gable land. Non-Indian-owned irrigable land. 25U.S.C.1387 note. Net irrigable ares.

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