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PUBLIC LAW 674-AUG. 27, 1954

SEC. 2. No money paid to Indians under this Act shall be subject to any lien or claim of attorneys or other persons. Before any payment is made under this Act, the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians of Minnesota shall, in such manner as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, ratify and accept the provisions of this Act. SEC. 3. Payments made under this Act shall not be held to be "other income and resources" as that term is used in sections 2(a)(7), 402 (a)(7), and 1002 (a)(8) of the Social Security Act, as amended (U.S.C. 1946 edition, title 42, secs. 302 (a)(7), 602 (a)(7), and 1202 (a)(8)). Appiroved August 27, 1954. Public Law 674

49 Stat. 620, 627. 64 Stat. 5 5 3.

CHAPTER 1012 AN ACT

To authorize works for development and furnishing of water supplies for waterfowl management, Central Valley project, California, and for other purposes!

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Staten of America in Congress assembled, That the entire Central Valley project, California, heretofore authorized under the Act of August 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 844, 850), and reauthorized under the Act of October 17, 1940 (54 Stat. 1198, 1199), the Act of October 14, 1949 (63 Stat. 852), and the Act of September 26, 1950 (64 Stat. 1036), is hereby reauthorized and declared to be for the purposes set forth in said Acts, and also for the use of the waters thereof for fish and wildlife purposes, subject to such priorities as are applicable under said Acts. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct, operate, and maintain such works on waterfowl management areas and refuges owned and operated by the State of California or the United States as may be necessary or desirable for the development of a water supply by means of wells and the recovery of drainage, and to furnish water available from such works, and water available from Central Valley project sources, for wildlife management purposes substantially in accordance with the recommendations set forth in the report of the United States Department of the Interior entitled "Waterfowl Conservation in the Lower San Joaquin Valley, Its Relation to the Grasslands and the Central Valley Project," dated October 1950, and such works should be developed in cooperation with the State of California. SEC. 3. The cost of investigation, planning, and construction of the works and the delivery of water as authorized in section 2 of this Act shall not be reimbursable or returnable under the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and the Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto). SEC. 4. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such funds, not to exceed $400,000, for construction of necessary works to supply water for State and federally owned and operated waterfowl management areas in the San Joaquin Valley to carry out the purposes of this Act. SEC. 5. Works constructed under the authorization of section 2, for the purpose of supplying State wildlife management areas with water, shall become the property of the State of California when constructed. SEC. 6. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to contract for the delivery of water to public organizations or agencies for use within the boundaries of such organizations or agencies for water-

August 27, 1954 [H. R. 4213]

Central V a l l e y project, Calif. R e authorization.,

Water supply de^' velopment works.

43 USC 3 7 1. Appropriation

Ownership.

Water contracts.

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