An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain stage 1 of the Palmetto Bend reclamation project, Texas, and for other purposes
PL 90-562 (H.R.5117), enacted 10/12/1968

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PUBLIC LAW 90-562-OCT. 12, 1968 
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Public Law 90-562 
AN A C T 
October 12, 1968 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain 
[H- R. 5117] 
stage 1 and to acquire lands for stage 2 of the Palmetto Bend reclamation 
project, Texas, and for other purposes. 
Palmetto Bend 
reclamation proj-
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asserrhbled^ That the Secretary 
of the Interior is authorized to construct, operate, and maintain the ect, Texas, 
first stage and to acquire lands for the second stage of the Palmetto 
construction. 
Bend Federal reclamation project, Texas, in accordance with the 
Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and 
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Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto) for the purposes 
of storing, regulating, and furnishing water for municipal and indus-
trial use, conserving and developing fish and wildlife resources, and 
enhancing outdoor recreation opportunities. The stage 1 development 
of the project shall consist of the following principal works: Palmetto 
Bend Dam and Eeservoir on the Navidad River near Edna, Texas, 
and recreation facilities. 
SEC. 2. (a) Closts of the project or any unit or stage thereof allocated ^1^^°'^^'' P*"'"' 
to municipal and industrial w^ater supply shall be repayable with Repayment 
interest, by the municipal and industrial water users over a period of c°sts. 
not more than fifty years from the date that water is first delivered 
for that purpose, pursuant to contracts wdth municipal corporations, 
organizations, or other entities as defined in section 2(g) of the Rec-
lamation Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187). Such contracts shall be ^3 use 485a. 
precedent to the commencement of construction of the project. Con-
traots may be entered into wdth a qualified entity or entities pursuant 
to the provisions of this Act without regard to the last sentence of sub-
section 9 (c) of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939, supra. 
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(b) If contracts for the repayment of all of the costs allocated to 
municipal and industrial water supply shall not have been executed 
within five years of the date of enactment of this Act, the authorization 
herein granted to the Secretary shall thereupon terminate. 
(c) The interest rate used for computing interest during construe- . interest rate, 
tion and interest on the unpaid balance of the costs of the project allo-
cated to municipal and industrial w^ater supply shall be determined by 
the Secretary of the Treasury, as of the beginning of the fiscal year in 
which construction is commenced, on the basis of the computed average 
interest rate payable by the Treasury upon its outstanding marketable 
public obligations w^iich are neither due nor callable for redemption 
for fifteen years from date of issue. 
SEC. 3. (a) The Secretary is authorized to transfer to a qualified 
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contracting entity or entities the care, operation, and maintenance of 
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the project works, and, if such transfer is made, to credit annually contractor. 
against the contractor's repayment obligation that portion of the year's 
joint operation and maintenance costs w^hich, if the United States had 
continued to operate the project, would have been allocated to fish and 
wildlife and recreation purposes. Prior to assuming care, operation, 
and maintenance of the project works the contracting entity or entities 
shall be obligated to operate them in accordance with criteria estab-
lished by the Secretary of the Interior with respect to fish and wildlife 
and recreation. 
(b) Upon complete payment of the obligation assumed, the contract- . Permanent usage 
ing entity or entities, their designee or designees, shall have a perma- "
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nent right to use that portion of project reservoir capacity which is or 
may be allocated to municipal and industrial water supply purposes by 
the Secretary of the Interior, so long as the space designated for those 
purposes may be physically available, taking into account such equit-
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Fish and wild-
life resources and 
recreation. 
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Appropriation. 
Appropriation. 
able reallocation of reservoir storage capacities among the purposes 
served by the project as may be necessary due to sedimentation, subject, 
if the project is then operated by the United States, to payment to the 
United States of a reasonable annual charge to cover operation and 
maintenance costs and a fair share of administrative costs applicable 
to the project. 
(c) Expenditures for the Palmetto Bend project may be made 
without regard to the soil survey and land classification requirements 
of the Interior Department Appropriation Act of 1954 (67 Stat. 266). 
SEC. 4. The conservation and development of the fish and wildlife 
resources and the enhancement of recreation opportunities in connec-
tion with the Palmetto Bend project shall be m accordance with the 
Federal Water Project Kecreation Act (79 Stat. 213). 
SEC. 5. There is authorized to be appropriated for construction of. 
the first stage of the Palmetto Bend reclamation project the sum of 
$34,100,000 (January 1967 prices), plus or minus such amounts, if 
any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in construc-
tion costs as indicated by engineering cost indexes applicable to the 
type of construction involved herein. There are also authorized to be 
appropriated such additional sums as may be required for the opera-
tion and maintenance of the first stage of the project. 
SEC. 6. There is authorized to be appropriated for the acquisition 
of lands for the second stage of the Palmetto Bend reclamation project 
the sum of $2,700,000. If, within twenty years after the initial opera-
tion of stage 1 of the project. Congress has not authorized construction 
of stage 2, the lands acquired j)ursuant to this section shall be utilized 
or disposed of in accordance with the provisions of section 3(b)(2) of 
the Federal Water Project Recreation Act (Act of July 9, 1965, 79 
Stat. 214; 16 U.S.C. 4601-14(b) (2)). 
Approved October 12, 1968. 
Public Law 90-563 
October 12, 1968 
AN ACT 
[H.R. 19831] 
rpf^ provide funds on behalf of a grateful nation in honor of Dwlght David 
Eisenhower, thirty-fourth President of the United States, to be used in support 
of construction of educational facilities at Elsenhower College, Seneca Falls, 
New York, as a distinguished and permanent living memorial to his life 
and deeds. 
Eisenhower 
College, Seneca 
Falls, N.Y. 
Appropriation. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of the Treasury shall make grants to Eisenhower College of Seneca 
Falls, New York. Such grants shall be made on condition that the 
funds so granted will be used for the construction of educational 
facilities at such college, for the equipment for such facilities, and for 
the repair, renovation, and rehabilitation thereof (but not for routine 
and ordinary maintenance). 
SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Secre-
tary of the Treasury for making grants under this Act, amounts which 
in the aggregate will not exceed gifts, bequests, and devises, of money, 
securities, and other property, made to Eisenhower College after the 
date of enactment of this Act, except that the aggregate amount so 
appropriated shall not exceed $5,000,000. Funds appropriated under 
this Act shall remain available until expended. 
Approved October 12, 1968.