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PUBLIC LAW 87-595-AUG. 24, 1962

SEC. 5. Construction of the Arbuckle project herein authorized may be undertaken in such units or stages as in the opinion of the Secretary best serve the project requirements and the relative needs for water. Repayment contracts negotiated in connection with each unit or stage of construction shall be subject to the terms and conditions of section 2 of this Act. SEC. 6. The Secretary may (1) contract for the construction of any part of the minimum basic recreational facilities with any qualified agency of the State of Oklahoma or a political subdivision thereof, and (2) upon conclusion of a suitable agreement with any such agency or political subdivision for- assumption of the administration, operation, and maintenance thereof at the earliest practicable date, construct or )ermit the construction of public park and recreational facilities on ands owned by the United States adjacent to the reservoir of the Arbuckle project, when such use is determined by the Secretary not to be contrary to the public interest, all under such rules and regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. No recreational use of any area to which this section applies shall be permitted which is inconsistent with the laws of the State of Oklahoma for the protection of fish and game and the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare. The Federal costs of constructing the facilities authorized by this section shall be limited to the nonreimbursable costs of the Arbuckle project for minimum basic recreational facilities as determined by the Secretary. SEC. 7. The Secretary may make such reasonable provision in connection with the works of the Arbuckle Federal reclamation project, in accordance with section 2 of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (48 Stat. 401, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 661, and the following), as he nnds to be required for the conservation and development of fish and wildlife. SEC. 8. Expenditures for Arbuckle Reservoir, and the water supply aqueduct system, may be made without regard to the soil survey and land classification requirements of the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1954 (43 U.S.C. 390a). SEC. 9, There is authorized to be appropriated for construction of the Arbuckle reclamation project the sum of $13,340,000 (March 1962 prices), plus or minus such amounts as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in construction costs as indicated by engineering cost indices applicable to the type of construction involved herein. There are also authorized to be appropriated such additional sums as may be required for the operation and maintenance of the project. Approved August 24, 1962, 9:30 a. m.

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Public Law 87-595 AN ACT To amend sections 216(c) and 305(b) of the Interstate Commerce Act, relating to the establishment of through routes and joint rates.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled., That subsection (c) of section'216 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. 316(c)), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "As used in this subsection, the term 'common carriers by water' includes water common carriers subject to the Shipping Act, 1916, as amended, or the Intercoastal Shipping Act of 1933, as amended (including persons who hold themselves out to transport goods by water but who do not own'or operate vessels) engaged in the

August 24„ 1962 [H. R. 11643]

Interstate Commerce Act, amendment. 49 Stat. 558.

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