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PUBLIC LAW 86-277-SEPT. 16, 1959

43 USC 371 note.

Appropriation,

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thousand three hundred acres of land alon<i and near the Spokane River in the eastern part of the State of Washington and the Avestern part of the State of Idaho, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct, operate, and maintain the Spokane Valley Federal reclamation project. The principal engineering features of said project ehall consist of wells, pumps, storage facilities, and distribution systems. SEC. 2. In constructing, operating, and maintaining the Spokane Valley project, the Secretary shall be governed by the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto), except that (1) he may extend the base period of any contract entered into under section 9, subsection (d), of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187, 1193; 43 U.S.C. 485h(d)), as amended, to not more than lifty years, exclusive of a development period if he finds such to be proper, (2) the amount to be repaid during said base period shall be not less than $4,400,000, (3) the remaining reimbursable cost of the project, except for such parts thereof as may be returned under temporary water supply contracts or from other sources, shall be accounted for in the same manner as provided in item (c) of section 2 of the Act of July 27, 1954 (68 Stat. 568), and (4) he may, upon the request of any contracting entity, transfer to it the care, operation, and maintenance of those project works which serve it alone or, upon the request of two or more contracting entities, transfer to them or to any agency designated by them and satisfactory to him the care, operation, and maintenance of those project works which serve them, all on terms and conditions satisfactory to him. gj,,(, 3 There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for construction of the Spokane Valley project the sum of $5,100,000 plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in the costs of construction as indicated by engineering cost indexes applicable to the type of construction involved herein. There for the operation and maintenance of said works. Approved September 16, 1959.
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Public Law 86-277 September 16, 1959

JOINT RESOLUTION

^^' ^ -' To authorize the issuance of a sold medal in honor of the late Professor Robert H. Goddard. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the, United Dr, Robert H, ^fates of AnieHca in Congress assenwled., That in recognition of the Me<i^i,' great, creative achievements of the late Doctor Robert H, Goddard, and his historic pioneering research on space rockets, missiles, and jet propulsion, the chairmen of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics and the Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, on behalf of the Congress, are authorized to present to the family of the late Doctor Robert H, Goddard an appropriate gold medai. For such purpose, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to cause to be struck a gold medal with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions to be determined by the chairmen of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics and the Senate CornAppropriation, mittee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, There is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $2,500 for this purpose.

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