An Act to provide for the renewal of certain municipal, domestic, and industrial water supply contracts entered into under the Reclamation Project Act of 1939, and for other purposes
PL 88-44 (H.R.131), enacted 06/21/1963

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PUBLIC LAW 88-44-JUNE 21, 1963 
[77 STAT. 
Public Law 88-44 
June 21, 1963 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 131] 
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supply contracts entered into under the Reclamation Project Act of 1939, and 
for other purposes. 
Reclamation 
projects. 
Renewal of cer-
tain contracts. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Uowse of Re'p7'esentatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of the Interior shall, upon request of the other party to any long-term 
contract for municipal, domestic, or industrial water supply hereafter 
entered into under clause (2) in the proviso to the first sentence of 
section 9, subsection (c), of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 
Stat. 1195, 43 U.S.C. 485h), include provision for renewal thereof 
subject to renegotiation of (1) the charges set forth in the contract in 
the light of circumstances prevailing at the time of renewal and (2) 
any other matters with respect to which the right to renegotiate is 
reserved in the contract. 
Any right of renewal shall be exercised 
within such reasonable time prior to the expiration of the contract 
as the parties shall have agreed upon and set forth therein. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary shall also, upon like request, provide in any 
such long-term contract or in any contract entered into under clause 
(1) of the proviso aforesaid that the other party to the contract shall, 
during the term of the contract and of any renewal thereof and sub-
ject to fulfillment of all obligations thereunder, have a first right for 
the purposes stated in the contract (to which right the holders of any 
other type of contract for municipal, domestic, or industrial water 
supply shall be subordinate) to a stated share or quantity of the 
project's water supply available for municipal, domestic, or industrial 
use. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary is hereby authorized, upon request by the 
other party, to negotiate amendments to existing contracts entered 
into pursuant to the first sentence of section 9, subsection (c), of the 
Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to conform said contracts to the 
provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 4. As used in this Act, the term ''long-term contract*' means 
any contract the term of which is more than ten years. 
Approved June 21, 1963. 
June 21, 1963 
[H. R. 79] 
Public Law 88-45 
AN ACT 
To re<iuire authorization for certain appropriations for the Coast Guard, and 
for other purposes. 
Coast Guard. 
Certain appro-
priations, au-
thorization. 
63 Stat. 544-
550; 76 Stat. 142. 
14 u s e 631-655. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America, in Congress assembled, That after fiscal 
year 1964, funds may not be appropriated to or for the use of the 
Coast Guard for the construction of shore or oifshore establishments, 
or for the procurement of vessels or aircraft, unless the appropriation 
of such funds has been authorized by legislation enacted after Decem-
ber 31,1963. 
SEC. 2. Chapter 17 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
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"§656. Use of appropriations to restore, replace, establish, or 
develop facilities 
"(a) The Secretary may use any funds appropriated to or for tlie 
use of the Coast Guard for other construction purposes to restore, 
repair, or replace facilities that have been damaged or destroyed, 
including acquisition of sites. 
"(b) The Secretary mav use any funds appropriated to or for the 
use of the Coast Guard for other construction purposes to acquire, 
construct, convert, extend, and install at Coast Guard installations and 
facilities, needed permanent or temporary public works, including the 
preparation of sites and the furnishing of appurtenances, utilities, and 
equipment, but excluding the construction of family quartei-s. costing 
not more than $200,000 for any one project."' 
SEC. 3. The analysis of chapter 17 of title 14, United States Code, 
is amended by adding the following new item at the end thereof: 
"656. Use of appropriations to restore, replace, establish, or develop facilities.'' 
Approved June 21, 1963. 
Public Law 88-46 
AN ACT 
To provide for the withdrawal and reservation for the use of the Department 
of the Air Force of certain public lands of the United States at (^uddeback 
Lake Air Force Range, California, for defense jmrposes. 
June 21, 1963 
l[H. R. 3574] 
Be it enacted by the Semite and Houne of Repref^entatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) subject to 
valid existing rights, the public lands, and the minerals therein, within 
the areas described in section 2 of this Act are hereby withdrawn from 
all appropriations and other forms of disposition under the public 
land laws, including the mining and mineral leasing laws and dis-
posals of materials under the Act of July 31, 1947, as amended (61 
Stat. 681; 30 U.S.C. 601-604), except as provided in subsection (b) of 
this section, and reserved for the use or the Department of the Air 
Force for a period of ten years with an option to renew the withdrawal 
and reservation for a period of five years upon notice to the Secretary 
of the Interior, and subject to the condition that the reservation may 
be terminated at any time during either of such periods by the Secre-
tary of the Air Force upon notice to the Secretary of the Interior. 
(b) The Secretary of the Interior may, with the concurrence of 
the Secretary of the Air Force, authorize use or disposition of any of 
the lands or resources withdrawn and reserved by subsection (a) of 
this section. 
(c) Upon request of the Secretary of the Interior at the time of 
final termination of the reservation effected by this Act, the Depart-
ment of the Air Force shall make safe for nonmilitary uses the land 
withdrawn and reserved or such portions thereof as may be specified 
by the Secretary of the Interior, by neutralizing unexploded ammu-
nition, bombs, artillery projectiles, or other explosive objects and 
chemical agents. Thereafter the Secretary of the Interior pursuant 
to law shall provide for the appropriate use or disposition of all or 
any part of the land withdrawn and reserved under provisions of this 
Act. 
Nothing in this subsection, however, shall be construed to pre-
vent the Secretary of the Air Force at that time from making 
application for further withdrawal and reservation of all or part of 
said lands under laws and regulations then existing. 
Cuddeback Lake 
Air Force Range, 
Calif. 
Public lands, 
withdrawal and 
reservation. 
Termination. 
Special provi-