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PUBLIC LAW 85-784-AUG. 27, 1958

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Public Law 85-783 JOINT RESOLUTION To approve the report of the Department of the Interior on Red Willow Dam and Reservoir in Nebraska.

August 27, 1958 [S.J. R e s. 190]

Whereas the Red Willow Dam and Reservoir in Nebraska was authorized to be constructed by the Corps of Engineers in the 1944 Flood Control Act (58 Stat. 887); and Whereas, by the Act of May 2, 1956 (70 Stat. 126), the Congress transferred such construction responsibility to the Secretary of the Interior but provided therein that no expenditure of funds shall be made for such construction until the Secretary of the Interior submitted to Congress a report demonstrating the Red Willow project to be economically justified, and Congress approved such report; and Whereas the Department of the Interior has completed a report on the engineering and economic feasibility o f ' the proposed Red Willow Dam and Reservoir: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the report of the Secretary of the Interior demonstrating economic justification for construction and operation of the Red Willow Dam and Reservoir is hereby approved. Approved August 27, 1958.

Public Law 85-784 JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Interior to conduct studies and render a report on service to Santa Clara, San Benito, Santa Cruz, and Monterey Counties from the Central Valley project, California.

Whereas, by the Act of October 14, 1949 (63 Stat. 852), the Secretary of the Interior was authorized and directed to conduct certain investigations, surveys, and studies and render reports thereon, including a study to extend Central Valley project service to Santa Clara, San Benito, and Alameda Counties, California: and Whereas such report has not yet been prepared and submitted; and Whereas the most feasible means of importing water to Santa Clara, San Benito, Santa Cruz, and Monterey Counties from the Central Valley project appears to be by way of the Pacheco Tunnel route: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to conduct the necessary studies and render a report to the Congress on the feasibility of a plan to provide Central Valley project service, by way of the Pacheco Tunnel route, to lands and municipalities in Santa Clara, San Benito, Santa Cruz, and Monterey Counties: Provided, That said studies shall be conducted only under a contract with the Santa Clara-Alameda-San Benito Water Authority, or other public agencies or agency, pursuant to which said Authority, agencies or agency will pay 50 per centum of the cost thereof. SEC. 2. In conducting the studies authorized herein, the Secretary shall give due consideration to the studies and plans of the California Department of Water Resources and of the Santa Clara-AlamedaSan Benito Water Authority. Approved August 27, 1958.

August 27, 1958 [H. J. R e s. 585]

C e n t r al Valley project, Calif. Report to Congress.

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