A bill to relinquish and disclaim any title to certain lands and to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain lands situated in Yuma County, Ariz.
PL 93-578 (S.3574), enacted 12/31/1974

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PUBLIC LAW 93-578-DEC. 31, 1974 
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(2) not to exceed $1,000,000 annually shall be made available by 
fund transfer to the Water Resources Council for the purposes 
authorized by section 13. 
(c) There also may be appropriated to the Administrator by sepa-
rate Acts such amounts as are required for demonstration projects 
for which the total Federal contribution to construction costs exceeds 
$50,000,000. 
Approved December 31, 1974. 
Public Law 93-578 
A N A C T ' 
December 31, 1974 
To relinquish and disclaim any title to certain lands and to authorize the Sec- 
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retary of the Interior to convey certain lands situated in Yuma County, 
Arizona. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Represemtatwes of the 
United States of America in Congress asserribled^ That the United 
"^"""^ county, 
States hereby disclaims any right, title, or interest in or to certain real 
"and convey-
property situated in Yuma County, Arizona, within the boundaries of ^nce. 
the east half of the northwest quarter and the north half of the north-
east quarter and the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of 
section 13; and the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter and 
the south half of the southwest quarter of section 12, township 9 south, 
range 21 east, San Bernardino meridian as depicted by the original 
plat of survey of such township published by the United States Sur-
veyor General's Office, dated March 21, 1857, being a portion of sec-
tions 23, 25, and 26, township 1 north, range 24 west, Gila and Salt 
River meridian as depicted by the dependent resurvey and accretion 
survey plat of said township published by the United States Depart-
ment of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, dated June 5,1962, 
except that the provisions of this section shall not apply to the 52-acre 
portion of such property that was condemned by the United States 
pursuant to the complaint in condemnation filed by the United States 
on June 30, 1964, in the United States District Court for the District 
of Arizona (No. Civ. 5188-Phx) and any portion of such property 
submerged in the bed of the Colorado River and owned by the States 
of California and Arizona. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to 
convey by patent to Wide River Farms, Incorporated, an Arizona 
corporation, 52 acres of land, more or less, described as the southwest 
quarter of the northwest quarter and the southwest quarter of the 
northeast quarter of section 13, township 9 south, range 21 east, San 
Bernardino meridian as depicted by the original plat of survey of 
such township published by the United States Surveyor General's 
Office, dated March 21, 1857, being a portion of section 26, township 1 
north, range 24 west, Gila and Salt River meridian, as depicted by 
the dependent resurvey and accretion survey plat of said township 
published by the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of 
Land Management, dated June 5, 1962, except that the provisions of 
this section shall not apply to any portion of such property that was 
described in the complaint in condemnation filed by the United States 
on June 30, 1964, in the United States District Court for the District 
of Arizona (No. Civ.. 5188-Phx.) and any portion of such property 
submerged in the bed of the Colorado River and owned by the States 
of California and Arizona. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to 
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prepare and execute without consideration such instruments as may be 
appropriate to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
Approved December 31, 1974. 
Public Law 93-579 
December31, 1974 
A N 
A C T 
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To amend title 5, United States Code, by adding a section 552a to safeguard 
individual privacy from the misuse of Federal records, to provide that 
individuals be granted access to records concerning them vs^hich are maintained 
by Federal agencies, to establish a Privacy Protection Study Commission, and 
for other purposes. 
Privacy Act of 
1974 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may 
5 use 552a 
bc clted as the "Privacy Act of 1974". 
Congressional 
SEC. 2. (a) Thc CoRgress finds that— 
^''s^ulc'552a 
^^) ^^^ privacy of an individual is directly affected by the 
note. 
collection, maintenance, use, and dissemination of personal infor-
mation by Federal agencies; 
(2) the increasing use of computers and sophisticated infor-
mation technology, while essential to the efficient operations of 
the Government, has greatly magnified the harm to individual 
privacy that can occur from any collection, maintenance, use, or 
dissemination of personal information; 
(3) the opportunities for an individual to secure employment, 
insurance, and credit, and his right to due process, and other legal 
protections are endangered by the misuse of certain information 
systems; 
(4) the right to privacy is a personal and fundamental right 
protected by the Constitution of the United States; and 
(5) in order to protect the privacy of individuals identified in 
information systems maintained by Federal agencies, it is neces-
sary and proper for the Congress to regulate the collection, main-
tenance, use, and dissemination of information by such agencies. 
statement o
f 
(^Q^ 'pj^g purposc of this Act is to providc certain safeguards for an 
purpose. 
individual against an invasion of personal privacy by requiring 
Federal agencies, except as otherwise provided by law, to— 
(1) permit an individual to determine what records pertaining 
to him are collected, maintained, used, or disseminated by such 
agencies; 
(2) permit an individual to prevent records pertaining to him 
obtained by such agencies for a particular purpose from being 
used or made available for another purpose without his consent; 
(3) permit an individual to gain access to information pertain-
ing to him in Federal agency records, to have a copy made of all 
or any portion thereof, and to correct or amend such records; 
(4) collect, maintain, use, or disseminate any record of identi--
fiable personal information in a manner that assures that such 
action is for a necessary and lawful purpose, that the infor-
mation is current and accurate for its intended use, and that 
adequate safeguards are provided to prevent misuse of such 
information; 
(5) permit exemptions from the requirements with respect to 
records provided in this Act only in those cases where there is an 
important public policy need for such exemption as has been 
determined by specific statutory authority; and 
(6) be subject to civil suit for any damages which occur as a 
result of willful or intentional action which violates any indi-
vidual's rights under this Act.