An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the San Felipe division, Central Valley project, California, and for other purposes.
PL 90-72 (S.1111), enacted 08/27/1967

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PUBLIC LAW 90-72-AUG. 27, 1967 
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(c) Any property acquired by the Commission remaining upon 
surplus property 
termination of the celebration may be used by the Secretary of the 
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Interior for purposes of the national park system or may be disposed 
of as surplus property. The net revenues, after payment of Commis-
sion expenses, derived from Commission activities, shall be deposited 
in the Treasury of the United States. 
(d) Mail matter sent by the Commission as penalty mail or franked 
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mail shall be accepted for mail subject to section 4156 of title 39, 
United States Code, as amended. 
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Approved August 21, 1967. 
Public Law 90-71 
AN A C T 
August 21, 1967 
To declare that the United States holds in trust for the Indians of the Battle 
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Mountain Colony certain lands which are used for cemetery purposes. 
Indians, Battle 
Be it enacted by the Senate and H(Mse of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That all of the right, ^^ 
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title, and interest of the United States in the following described 
LTnds"in trusf. 
public domain land located in the State of Nevada are hereby declared 
to be held by the United States in trust for the Indians of the Battle 
Mountain Colony: 
Township 32 north, range 44 east. Mount Diablo base and 
meridian, section 13, west half southeast quarter northw^est quarter 
northeast quarter, containing 5 acres, plus a right-of-way for 
access purposes across the west 33 feet of the northeast quarter 
northwest quarter northeast quarter of said section 13. 
Township 32 north, range 45 east. Mount Diablo base and 
meridian, section 18, north half northwest quarter southwest 
quarter northeast quarter, southwest quarter, containing li/4 acres, 
plus a right-of-way for access purposes across the west 33 feet of 
the south half northw^est quarter southw'est quarter northeast 
quarter southwest quarter, southwest quarter southwest quarter 
northeast quarter southwest quarter, and southeast quarter south-
west quarter of said section 18. 
SEC. 2. The Indian Claims Commission is directed to determine, in 
accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Act of August 13, 
1946 (60 Stat. 1050), the extent to which the value of the title con- 
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veyed by this Act should or should not be set off against any claim 
against the United States determined by the Commission. 
Approved August 21, 1967. 
Public Law 90-72 
AN A C T 
August 27, 1967 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain 
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the San Felipe division, Central Valley project, California, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, for the purposes 
of providing irrigation and municipal and industrial water supplies, s'an"F^eUpe^dlvi-
conserving and developing fish and wildlife resources, enhancing out- ^i""-
door recreation opportunities and other related purposes, the Secre-
tary of the Interior acting pursuant to the Federal reclamation laws 
(Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat, 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or 
supplementary thereto), is authorized to construct, operate, and main-
Central Valley 
project, Calif. 
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Fish and wild-
life resources and 
recreation. 
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Local interests. 
70 Stat. 524. 
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63 Stat. 1051. 
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62 Stat. 1251. 
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Appropriation. 
tain, as an addition to, and an integral part of, the Central Valley 
project, California, the San Felipe division. The principal works of 
the division shall consist of the Pacheco tunnel, pumping plants, power 
transmission facilities, canals, pipelines, regulating reservoirs, and dis-
tribution facilities. No facilities shall be constructed for electric 
transmission and distribution service which the Secretary determines, 
on the basis of an offer of a firm fifty-year contract from a local public 
or private agency, can through such a contract be obtained at less cost 
to the Federal Government than by construction and operation of 
Government facilities. 
SEC. 2. The conservation and development of the fish and wildlife 
resources and the enhancement of recreation opportunities in connec-
tion with the San Felipe division shall be in accordance with the 
provisions of the Federal Water Project Recreation Act (79 Stat. 213). 
SEC. 3. The Secretary may contract with the State of California for 
the delivery through facilities of the State water project to the San 
Luis forebay reservoir of all or any part of the water of the Central 
Valley project assigned to the San Felipe division. 
SEC. 4. In locating and designing the works and facilities author-
ized for construction by this Act, and in acquiring or withdrawing any 
lands as authorized by this Act, the Secretary shall give due con-
sideration to reports prepared by the State of California on the 
California water plan, and shall consult with local interests who may 
be affected by the construction and operation of said works and 
facilities or by the acquisition or withdrawal of lands, through public 
hearings or in such manner as in his discretion may be found best 
suited to a maximum expression of the views of such local interests. 
SEC. 5. In view of the special circumstances of the San Felipe divi-
sion, neither the provisions of the third sentence of section 46 of the 
Act of May 25,1926 (44 Stat. 636,649) nor any other similar provision 
of the Federal reclamation laws shall be applicable in the south and 
north Santa Clara subareas so long as the water utilized on project 
lands is acquired by pumping from the underground reservoir. 
SEC. 6. For a period of ten years from the date of enactment of this 
Act, no water from the project authorized by this Act shall be delivered 
to any water user for the production on newly irrigated lands of any 
basic agricultural commodity, as defined in the Agricultural Act of 
1949, or any amendment thereof, if the total supply of such commodity 
for the marketing year in which the bulk of the crop would normally 
be marketed is in excess of the normal supply as defined in section 
301(b) (10) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938^ as amended, 
unless the Secretarj^ of Agriculture calls for an increase m production 
of such commodity in the interest of national security. 
SEC. 7. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for con-
struction of the new works involved in the San Felipe division 
$92,380,000 (October 1966 prices), plus or minus such amounts, if any, 
as may be required by reason of changes in the cost of construction 
work of the types involved therein as shown by engineering cost 
indexes and, in addition thereto, such sums as may be required to 
operate and maintain said division. 
Approved August 27, 1967.